PORT Adelaide defender Alipate Carlile will miss the next five weeks of football.
Carlile aggravated a pre-existing injury in Round 14 against North Melbourne at AAMI Stadium, coming from the field looking sore and sorry.
He missed the Power's trip to Brisbane to take on the Lions, with his place in defence taken by the returning Nick Salter, who has missed the majority of the year with a leg injury.
Following tests conducted last week, it has been confirmed that Carlile will miss the following 5 weeks with his hip injury.
