GWS star Dylan Shiel sends scare through Giants camp after suffering injury at training
GWS suffered a major scare at training on Wednesday when star midfielder Dylan Shiel was injured during a routine session at the club in the lead-up to Round 1. Will he be OK to face the Bulldogs?
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A DYLAN Shiel training mishap has sent a scare through the Giants just 10 days out from their season opener against the Western Bulldogs in Canberra.
The All-Australian midfielder was felled when he clashed heads with Matt de Boer during a stoppage drill and needed the assistance of trainers to get back to his feet.
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After consulting with medicos he was cleared of any serious damage.
Shiel’s last match was in the preliminary final when he was controversially hit with a high bump from Richmond captain Trent Cotchin.
Shiel was forced off under the concussion rule while Cotchin played on and was cleared to play in the grand final win over Adelaide the following week.
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Giants co-captain Phil Davis made light of the incident.
“Midfielders get way too excited and run around crashing into each other,” he said.
“If you look at the backs we stay out of harm’s way and don’t get injured.”
