PORT ADELAIDE is set to host Essendon on Friday night with the absence of another first-choice player with Ken Hinkley revealing Alipate Carlile will undergo wrist surgery.
It follows the confirmed outs of Chad Wingard (hamstring) earlier in the week, as well as Hamish Hartlett (hamstring) and Jay Schulz (back) who will miss another match.
According to Port Adelaide’s head of high performance Darren Burgess, Carlile will miss 4-6 weeks in rehabilitation.
“Bobby has a non-displaced fractured scaphoid – basically a crack to a bone in his wrist,” Burgess told portadelaidefc.com.au.
“We think he might’ve hurt it against St Kilda as he reported a little soreness after the game, we got it scanned after he reported it hadn’t improved in Round 2.
“He’ll be running within a week, his contact work will take about a month.”
The Power’s senior coach Ken Hinkley said the addition of Carlile to the Power’s injury list has his team “seven or eight players” away from where he’d like his playing stocks to be.
“We’ve got some issues on the injury front,” Hinkley told Melbourne radio RSN.
“We’ve had Hartlett, we’ve had Schulz, we’ve had Wingard and unfortunately we’ve for a fourth now in Carlile.
“So it adds another one to the list and means we’re seven or eight players away from where we’d like to be - hopefully we’ll get them back really quick.
“There’s a little bit missing in our team, but it gives opportunity for good young players to come in and play well.”
Port Adelaide hosts Essendon at the Adelaide Oval on Friday 8 April at 7.20pm ACST.
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