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TWO POWER PLAYERS – Logan Austin and Cam O’Shea – have undergone post-season surgery, joining four others currently in rehabilitation following in-season operations.
Scans revealed an ankle fracture for Austin suffered in the Power’s final game against Gold Coast
He will be fit to return to running within six weeks.
O’Shea has undergone hip surgery and will be back on track within a month.
Previous surgeries include Chad Wingard, who has already returned to the track as part of his rehabilitation program, hip surgery to Jack Hombsch and knee surgeries to Dougal Howard (ACL) and Alipate Carlile (PCL).
Port Adelaide’s high performance manager Darren Burgess said the majority of players would return to full training when the Power's pre-season resumes.
“One of the positives is that we’ve only had two surgeries at the end of the season and all but Dougal Howard should be back in full training when we resume in November,” Burgess said.
“Logan will spend about six weeks in rehab before he can be back running again.”
Summary of post-season surgeries
Austin – ankle – 6 weeks to return to running
O’Shea – hip – 4 weeks to return to running
Wingard – finger – returned to running
Hombsch – Hip – running in 3 weeks
Howard – ACL – running in 3 weeks
Carlile – PCL – running in 2 weeks
