Jack Hombsch and Alipate Carlile have successfully undergone surgery today to address respective hip and PCL injuries.
They will not return for the remainder of the 2016 season.
Hombsch’s surgery was performed on the hip opposite to the one that underwent the same procedure last year.
By undergoing surgery now, Hombsch will be able to return to training before Christmas, according to Port Adelaide’s head of high performance Darren Burgess.
“Hombschy has encountered a hip problem that needs addressing now if he’s going to be able to get back on track before Christmas next pre-season,” Burgess told portadelaidefc.com.au.
“Considering he’d need to spend some time in the SANFL even if he returned in the next few weeks, we’ve taken a longer view towards him and that means surgery is in his best interests.
“He’ll take about 16 weeks to fully recover.
“We took a similar approach to Carlile’s PCL as we did with Matt Lobbe – which was pretty conservative – but where ‘Lobbes’ responded well, Bobby hasn’t.
“We expect him [Carlile] to be back at full training in about 12 weeks.”
