A minor situation has changed into a significant one for Collingwood and famous person Scott Pendlebury who is about to overlook the following month with {a partially} torn bicep tendon.
The Magpies confirmed the shock information on Friday after the previous captain had been dominated out of his crew’s conflict with the Western Bulldogs on Friday evening after failing to get by means of coaching this week.
Pendlebury, 36, harm himself in final week’s draw with Fremantle and it’s not solely a blow to the membership’s premiership defence but in addition places in danger his probabilities of breaking Brent Harvey’s AFL video games file of 432 video games.
“Scott was cleared to coach on Wednesday and whereas he obtained by means of many of the session, it was over the past tackling drill the place he examined it and felt soreness return in that bicep. Additional evaluation together with an MRI revealed a partial tendon tear of the bicep muscle,” Pies health boss Jarrod Wade stated
“It’s a slight setback for Scott who will rehabilitate his bicep over the approaching weeks, and we count on to see him return to full health following our bye in Spherical 15.
“Scott is the last word skilled and in optimistic information for him, he’ll be capable of preserve his normal health and stay on a working program throughout his restoration.”
Pendlebury would wish to play on past 2025 to interrupt Harvey’s file. It’s understood he desires to play on in 2025, needing solely six video games to achieve the 400 sport barrier.
He turns into the one hundred and sixty fifth participant on Collingwood’s harm listing which incorporates Jordan De Goey who’s a month away with an belly tear, ruckman Mason Cox who has a medial ligament harm, ahead Jamie Elliott is battling a vascular situation in his leg, and Brody Mihocek is out for 2-4 weeks with a hamstring sprain.
