Gold Coast will be without midfielder Pearce Hanley for an extended period after he underwent surgery on his dislocated shoulder.
Joining him on the sidelines will be ruckman Tom Nicholls, who also had surgery on an injured shoulder.
General Manager – Football Operations, Jon Haines, told the Alpha
“Both the boys had surgery yesterday on their respective shoulders and both went really well, which is pleasing,” Haines said.
“They’ll obviously commence their rehabilitation pretty much straight away.
“Pearce is looking at about a 12 week recovery period and Tommy is looking at a slightly longer one of about 16 weeks.
Forward Ben Ainsworth copped a head knock against West Coast on the weekend which saw his night end early with a concussion.
He will go through the normal concussion protocols, with a decision on his availability for Sunday’s QClash to be made later in the week.
“He got a knock in the game and he failed the concussion test during the game.
“We’ll have to wait and see how he progresses through those particular tests as to whether he’s going to play this week or not.”
Gold Coast’s NEAFL team were unable to come away unscathed from their game, with Jack Scrimshaw and Josh Schoenfeld suffering injuries.
“Jack has got a depressed fracture of the cheekbone, so he’ll miss between 4 and 6 weeks, depending on how that progresses.
“Josh has experienced some tightness in his hamstring, so he’ll be a test this week.
“At this stage, he’ll be 50-50 to play this weekend.”
Meanwhile, forward Peter Wright has progressed with his rehabilitation from his calf injury and will continue to be monitored.
“He’s getting on top of the calf injury, which has been a really frustrating one for him.
“He’s showing some really good signs – he ran really well on the weekend – so he’ll have another solid week of work this week and then we’ll assess him after that.”
