Brisbane Lions skipper Dayne Zorko has been ruled out of Saturday's top of the table clash with Port Adelaide due to a calf injury and could miss multiple games.
In a statement released to the club website, Lions high performance manager Damien Austin revealed scans have revealed Zorko has a minor calf strain.
Zorko overcame a similar injury to return to the side for last Sunday's win against the Crows but failed to finish the game.
โIt will be two or three weeks,โโ Austin said.
โHopefully weโll get him back soon as thereโs not too much damage there.
โIt was disappointing throughout the game, but he did all the training and hit all the measures that we needed him too to tick the boxes.โโ
The Lions could potentially receive a boost however, with Austin stating veteran ruckman Stefan Martin is a chance to face the Power. Dayne
โHe had a bigger session today and a big session on Saturday,โโ he said.
โSo hopefully weโll get him up to speed to sprint on Thursday and do a full training session and hopefully he is available.โโ
In other injury news, gun Hawk Luke Breust is set to miss a month after suffering a small fracture in his jaw against North Melbourne.
โLuke got a knock to the jaw on the weekend whilst laying a tackle,โ Hawks physical performance manager Luke Boyd told the club website.
โAt the time he was a little bit sore but he managed to play out the game.
โHe woke up on Monday morning though and he was quite sore through there so we got the area scanned.
โWhat thatโs shown is a small fracture through his jaw so he will have surgery on that in the next 24 hours and he will miss a few weeks of football.โ
