'Breaks everywhere': Full extent of horror injury

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Collingwood manager Craig McRae has revealed the full grade of Jeremy Howe's breached arm, saying the x-ray looked similar a "cartoon picture".

Howe suffered the wounded pursuing a mid-air collision with Tyson Stengle during the 3rd 4th of Collingwood's triumph implicit Geelong connected Friday.

The 32-year-old landed awkwardly connected his near limb and it was instantly wide helium had been earnestly hurt.

The 220-game seasoned was taken to the Epworth Hospital, wherever helium underwent country connected Saturday.

"He's location and recovering well. I went and visited him successful hospital," McRae told SEN Breakfast.

"He showed maine an x-ray of the arm, which looked similar a cartoon picture, to beryllium honest, determination was breaks everywhere. I thought, 'Wow' and it was unthinkable to spot the harm he'd done."

McRae said Howe was "heavily medicated" erstwhile the brace spoke, but determined to get backmost onto the field.

"He said, 'I can't hold for this operation' and I said, what bash you mean," McRae explained.

"He goes, 'I'm 1 of the champion bony healers around.'

"I don't cognize if helium remembers this but I'm holding him to it and I anticipation he's a bully bony healer."

The Magpies manager said the expected betterment clip remains unclear.

"Our proposal is hold a mates of weeks, let's spot it settee down and past marque an appraisal from there," helium said.

"I cognize it's going to request a just spot of enactment successful determination due to the fact that determination was 3 breaks.

"Hopefully he's astatine location recovering good and getting that bony healing going."

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