AFLW ladder leaders North Melbourne’s premiership hopes have taken a success, with captain Emma Kearney anticipated to overlook six weeks with a high-grade hamstring pressure.
Kearney injured her proper hamstring within the first couple of minutes of the opening quarter of Sunday’s win over Richmond, with scans on Monday confirming the extent of the damage.
The damage occurred in a contest within the driving rain in Launceston, with Kearney difficult for the ball within the Kangaroos’ defensive 50, colliding with a Richmond ahead earlier than coming to a cease quickly afterwards.
She was unable to proceed and was helped off the bottom and dominated out of the sport, earlier than the unhealthy information was confirmed.
“That is clearly disappointing information for Emma and our program,” North Melbourne common supervisor of girls’s soccer Erin Lorenzini mentioned in a press release.
“Emma is an extremely dependable participant and chief for us and was placing collectively one other stellar marketing campaign this season.
“For one of these damage, it is often a six-week rehab, and we all know she is going to do every thing in her energy to return inside that timeframe and proceed to help the workforce as a lot as she will from the sidelines.”
Kearney is among the AFLW’s most skilled and embellished gamers, having being named All-Australian eight instances, a premiership winner and AFLW finest and fairest winner with the Western Bulldogs in 2018, and the Kangaroos’ inaugural skipper.
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North Melbourne has had a robust begin to the season as the one remaining unbeaten workforce after six video games.
The Kangaroos have 5 wins plus a draw in opposition to Geelong in spherical two.
They lead the desk by half a sport from Brisbane, and have the league’s finest scoring assault and stingiest defence.
Given the AFLW home-and-away season is 10 video games lengthy, Kearney wouldn’t be scheduled to return to motion till the semifinal or prelim ultimate stage in mid to late November.
