FOUR players will have their seasons ended prematurely because of surgery.

John Butcher underwent surgery today to repair his left hip lobral and requires further surgery later next week to repair his right hip lobral.

“We had hoped Butch would return this year but his symptoms weren’t improving,” head fitness coach Cam Falloon said.

“He had more scans and after consultation with surgeons it was decided he couldn’t continue playing with the issue and would require surgery.”

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Ruckman Brent Renouf will have surgery tomorrow on the patella tendon in his left knee, ending his 2012 season.

“It’s a problem he had when he came to the club and we’ve been managing it throughout the year but after consulting several surgeons it’s been decided he’ll need surgery,” Falloon said.

Talented 19-year-old Ben Newton will have an arthroscopy on his left knee this week and will not play again this season.

“He’s been hindered by the injury for some time and will the clean-up this week,” Falloon said.

“We expect him to be back up and running for the start of pre-season.”

Rookie forward/ruckman Daniel Webb will require surgery this week to re-attach his pectoral muscle to the bone after injuring it for West Adelaide in Round 18.

Webb has also been ruled out for the season.

Alipate Carlile and Cam Hitchcock are awaiting the results of scans after suffering hamstring injuries on the weekend.

Carlile aggravated his back/hamstring in the loss to the Giants and was forced from the field late in the game while Hitchcock had limited involvement in Glenelg’s loss to North after suffering another hamstring setback.

In positive news, Jasper Pittard is expected to miss just one more week after suffering rib and lung injuries in the win over Melbourne in Darwin.

Pittard was forced to travel back to Adelaide by train but is healing well, giving hope of a return in 2012.

Full injury list as at Monday 6 August

Brendon Ah Chee, knee - season
John Butcher, hip - season
Alipate Carlile, back/hamstring - TBC
Robbie Gray, knee - season
Cameron Hitchcock, hamstring - TBC
Ben Newton, knee - season
Cam O’Shea, foot stress fracture - 4 weeks
Jasper Pittard, rib/lung - 1 week
Brent Renouf, knee - season
Nick Salter, foot - season
Daniel Webb, pectoral strain - season