PORT ADELAIDE vice captain Ollie Wines admits he was extremely disappointed to dislocate his shoulder at training earlier this month, saying he “swore a fair bit” at the time.
Wines dislocated his left shoulder during a contest at training and underwent surgery after seeking medical advice.
The 25-year-old was in fine form during the pre-season, having endured a horror 2019 which included a leg break, a broken thumb and the dislocation of his right shoulder in the pre-season.
“I was pretty flat at first,” Wines explained upon his return to Adelaide from Melbourne where he had the surgery.
“I think I swore a fair bit and ran inside and got it put back in.
“Initially I was a bit more optimistic thinking I could play through it or avoid surgery but ultimately, the thing you’ve got to do is you have to have surgery, get it repaired properly.
“I’d rather miss time now when there’s no games on than risk doing it during the year when you’re just going to miss all the games.”
There is no timeline for Wines to return, but it is anticipated that he will miss the first few weeks of the AFL season.
The Power vice-captain was realistic about the incident that caused his injury.
“It was incredibly unfortunate in the end,” he said.
“It’s a funny thing how footy works and I was in good shape and going well but incidentally a year after I did the other shoulder I do it again – obviously this time it was a footy incident.”
“It was a contest that I do a lot and I got myself into an unfortunate position and there wouldn’t be too many shoulders that would have stayed in their joint from what I copped.”
Wines will now sit down with Port Adelaide’s high performance team to decide a plan for his return to competitive football.
“Usually it’s about a 12 week recovery. Seven of those maybe eight, are the next eight weeks when there’s no AFL games, so that’s a bit of a bonus at this stage and then possibly miss four games,” he explained.
“The thing about doing it last year is that I’ve learned how to come back from it.
“I’ll change a lot of things I did last year, perhaps play a bit more SANFL to get myself right.
“To miss these pre-season games is really important for me so we’ll map that out over the next week and make a plan to get back to my best footy.”
