The 20-year-old, who was last year described by Karmichael Hunt as the most fearless player at the Club, saw his 2012 AFL season finish pre-maturely after a sickening collision with North Melbourne’s Lindsay Thomas resulted in Tape tearing his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and requiring a full knee reconstruction.
GC SUNS Football Operations Manager – Marcus Ashcroft, updated goldcoastfc.com.au about the extent of Tape’s injury.
“Seb’s recovery from knee surgery has been really promising, the club will continue to take a relatively conservative approach with his return,” said Ashcroft.
“He still requires a large amount of physical training before being available for selection.”
But Tape is confident the worst of his injury battles are behind him, and has remained consistently optimistic during the eight-month rehabilitation process.
“It’s definitely been a long process with the knee, but I’ve got to learn a lot about myself during this time and also got to see how much support I have out there – so there have been positives to take away from the situation.”
“If things keep progressing the way they do, GC SUNS fans should see me back a lot sooner than expected.”
GC SUNS Injury Update
Nathan Bock – Leg – Bock is progressing well and is completing short running and skills session. The club will take a conservative approach with Bock and has not placed a time frame on his return.
Tom Lynch – Foot – Resumed with the main training group on Monday and is well and truly regaining full fitness. Expect to see the key tall forward play NAB Cup in either Round 2 or 3.
Trent McKenzie – Knee – McKenzie is pain-free and is completing leg weights and running activites. He has started training two days a week with the team and has started a comprehensive running program.
Clay Cameron – Groin – Is improving as expected and is scheduled to join the team for modified training in the next fortnight.
Liam Patrick – Hamstring – has commenced running and is expected to resuming training in 3-4 weeks.
Brandon Matera – Foot – has commenced a running program and has started a modified training program with the main group. Matera will step up his training in the coming weeks and is expected to be available for NAB Cup selection.
