Pies' flag hopes dealt huge blow by Daicos injury

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Collingwood's play has been dealt a large stroke with young weapon Nick Daicos to miss astatine slightest the adjacent six weeks with a hairline fracture successful his knee.

Daicos sustained the wounded successful the Magpies' daze 32-point nonaccomplishment to Hawthorn astatine the MCG connected Saturday afternoon.

Collingwood confirmed the wounded to Daicos successful a connection connected Sunday day portion besides confirming defender Nathan Murphy would miss up to 3 weeks aft hurting the syndesmosis associated successful his close ankle.

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"We are disappointed for some Nathan and Nick who volition unluckily miss games done wounded for an extended period," Collingwood shot brag Graham Wright said successful the statement.

Nick Daicos picked up the wounded to his genu and is acceptable to miss the commencement of the last bid (Daniel Pockett via Getty Images)

"Both players underwent scans aft our crippled past nighttime which confirmed Nathan suffered a low-grade syndesmosis wounded successful his close ankle and is expected to miss the adjacent 2 to 3 weeks, portion Nick has a hairline fracture successful the lateral tibial plateau of the close genu joint.

"Nick has been seen by a specializer genu surgeon this greeting and, portion fortunately this does not necessitate an operation, it volition request clip to heal earlier helium returns to football. At this stage, the expected timeframe for Nick is six weeks.

"Both Nathan and Nick person played important roles this season, they are consummate professionals and volition bash each they tin to advancement done their rehab to marque themselves disposable and we volition enactment them done that recovery."

Daicos is presently the associated 2nd favourite to instrumentality retired the Brownlow Medal, and has 31.2 disposals per crippled successful 20 appearances truthful acold this season.

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