Harry McKay could be sent for surgery on troublesome knee issue as Charlie Curnow hurts calf
A win on Sunday kept Carlton’s finals hopes flickering but they may need to push on without a key forward.
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Carlton coach Michael Voss says star forward Harry McKay could need surgery on his injured knee and more time on the sidelines after he failed to respond to treatment as well as the club had hoped.
After taking down West Coast without McKay, who has only played seven games this season, Voss said the club would need to make a call this week on whether to send him to surgery.
His absence might be felt even more by the Blues from this week, with key forward partner-in-crime Charlie Curnow injuring his calf in Perth on Sunday.
“I’m not sure. We have to explore that,” Voss said of McKay.
“It’d be too early for me to say other than to say that we need to investigate it further and obviously seeing a specialist is one of those steps that we’ll take.
“And then we’ll make some decisions off the back of that, probably sometime during the week.
“Obviously, we had to look at it a couple of weeks ago, and the advice was to wait and see how it responded.
“It seemed like it was hopeful, that we were hopeful that it turned a corner, but it hasn’t.
“So, we’ll have to just do a little bit more further investigation and make a call from there.”
McKay has played only seven of 13 games this season and kicked only nine goals.
He’s been sidelined with a knee injury since the round 11 loss to Greater Western Sydney.
The tall forward has been durable over the past four seasons, playing at least 19 games in each season since the start of 2021.
The extent of Curnow’s injury is not known, with the dual Coleman medallist declaring after the 34-point win over West Coast that he expected to fit to play against North Melbourne next weekend.
“It’s fine. I’ve never really had a soft tissue before,” he told Fox Footy.
“I had a bit of awareness … so we’ll see how we go. It looks like it’s going to be pretty fine … so I look forward to getting out against North Melbourne next week.
“You’ve just got to be really careful with those things.”
Originally published as Harry McKay could be sent for surgery on troublesome knee issue as Charlie Curnow hurts calf
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