Hawthorn captain James Sicily is “optimistic” he can face St Kilda in Launceston this weekend regardless of dislocating his shoulder within the first quarter of the Hawks’ upset win on Sunday.
Sicily’s day regarded completed when he left the sphere within the palms of trainers, however he returned to have a serious influence and kicked the objective that buried the Western Bulldogs throughout time-on within the last time period.
He mentioned he was pleased with Hawthorn’s improved defensive efficiency following a heavy loss to Sydney in spherical 7, as he additionally apologised to first-year Hawk Nick Watson for his on-field “tantrum” after the No.5 decide missed an easy shot at objective within the dying moments.
Sicily mentioned he was hopeful of no important structural harm to his shoulder regardless of the dislocation and instructed RSN he was “optimistic” he could be match to face the Saints in an intriguing Saturday afternoon conflict.
“(I’m) fairly banged up this morning however all value it actually, waking up on a Monday after a very good win … it was good to get some reward for effort,” he mentioned.
“You go into slightly little bit of shock actually. I felt like, … ‘I’m most likely completed for a good stint right here’. “It was a very uncomfortable feeling, however the docs received it in fairly seamlessly, after which I nonetheless had all my power and never a lot ache … it was weird, would’ve reasonably not completed my shoulder nevertheless it’s pulled up OK, slightly bit stiff this morning, however we’ll see what occurs.”
The captain mentioned he was embarrassed to observe the replay of his blow-up at Watson following his miss within the last moments as he praised the small ahead for his good response in successful a vital one-against-two contest to maintain the ball in Hawthorn’s palms with a minute to play.
“I had a tantrum … I didn’t realise it regarded that infantile till I watched it on TV,” Sicily mentioned.
“(Watson) had some unbelievable efforts after that defensively … he’s going to kick quite a lot of objectives for us, Wiz, he’s had quite a lot of photographs on objective.
“He mentioned he was a bit rattled after I yelled at him. It’s extra the follow-up (after the sport) as a result of within the warmth of the second you’ve nonetheless received a job to do – it’s onerous to are likely to folks’s emotions.”
Watson celebrated his first win for the Hawks together with father-son debutant Calsher Expensive, who Sicily was thrilled to see rise up together with his second objective halfway by means of the ultimate time period.
“It was superior that we received to see why we picked (Expensive) within the workforce this week,” Sicily mentioned.
“He was a bloody uncooked child once we received him – Gunners (Jack Gunston) has completed quite a lot of work with him.
“Debutants within the week and the build-up is all the time refreshing as a teammate and thrilling. It’s stuff that’s actually healthful.”
