“His groins are effective, his groins are effective … he’s enjoying each week. There isn’t a purpose why his kicking has something to do along with his groins. His groins are effective,” Mitchell stated final Wednesday.
“He kicked the ball moderately effectively final week, I assumed. I’m actually proud of how he’s kicking. I can get you all of the kicks that he has accomplished that hardly anybody else within the competitors can pull off, and he has accomplished them over the past month. The kicking – that could be a storm in a teacup.
“I’m not involved about his kicking.”
Mitchell bristled when pressed additional on Sicily final week.
“His groins are effective – he’s enjoying each week, there’s no purpose that his kicking has something to do along with his groins,” he stated.
“Go watch all of his kicks and inform me which of them you suppose he may do higher. Carry me again, present me some imaginative and prescient, however I’m actually proud of how he’s kicking.
“I can get you all of the kicks he’s accomplished, that hardly anybody within the competitors can pull off, and he’s accomplished them over the past month. That’s a storm in a teacup.”
Hawthorn’s head physician stated Sicily’s harm was not vital sufficient to justify his omission earlier than the Collingwood recreation.
“Sadly, James’ harm has flared up publish the Collingwood recreation on Friday night time after exhibiting enchancment within the weeks prior,” the membership’s physician Liam West stated in an announcement.
“Having performed each recreation this season, we had been at all times seeking to give James an prolonged break across the bye, so we’ve determined to convey this ahead.”
Burge defined that the Hawks had been already planning to present Sicily a relaxation for subsequent Friday night time’s recreation in opposition to the Crows.
“However simply within the final fortnight, we’ve simply seen that his power numbers have come down slightly bit, and we’d like them to come back again up so we had been going to take the chance into the bye to take subsequent week off the desk and have that fortnight to organize him for post-bye,” Burge stated.
“However we’re now going to take this week as effectively.
“That’ll take him out of the following two video games and we’ll have the bye as effectively to get some rehabilitation and get his power numbers again up and get on prime of this problem so we will get him again to full coaching and again to enjoying soccer.”
The Hawks estimate key ahead Mitch Lewis (knee) remains to be about three weeks from a return, whereas star onballer Will Day (foot) remains to be two to 3 months away.
Prolonged rehab for Magpie Schulz
Collingwood’s Lachie Schultz will likely be sidelined for as much as six weeks with a hamstring harm after the Magpies opted for a mid-season rehabilitation interval for the small ahead.
In an announcement on the membership web site on Tuesday, head of high-performance Jarrod Wade stated the 27-year-old Schultz sustained a “reasonable” tear to the hamstring in his proper leg in final Friday night time’s conflict with the Hawks and the previous Docker will likely be out of motion for at the least 5 weeks.
The harm lay-off continues a turbulent 2025 season for the 117-gamer, who was concussed in an incident with Fremantle’s Jordan Clark in spherical 9.
Lachie Schultz speaking to teammates after over the win over Fremantle by which he copped a heavy knock.Credit score: Getty Photos
In additional harm information for the Pies, Pat Lipinski is in concussion protocols after sustaining a head knock throughout the third time period of the sport in opposition to the Hawks, whereas key ahead Dan McStay (knee) will return to full coaching this week forward of the Pies’ King’s Birthday conflict with Melbourne on Monday.
Jordan De Goey and Brayden Maynard are nonetheless recovering from Achilles and plantar fascia accidents respectively.
Wade stated De Goey has began a two-week operating program, after which he’ll be assessed on whether or not he can return to expertise coaching.
Wade stated Maynard was “progressing effectively in his restoration from a plantar fascia rupture”, however added: “Maynard is just not anticipated to be obtainable till publish the bye week.”
The Magpies can have their bye in spherical 14.
