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Gold Coast SUNS defender Seb Tape underwent reconstructive surgery in Melbourne yesterday afternoon.
Tape and Gold Coast SUNS High Performance Manager Andrew Weller met with leading knee specialists Professor Julian Feller on Monday prior to the surgery.
Feller is an internationally recognised Melbourne orthopaedic surgeon whose main area of interest is knee surgery.
His expertise covers the whole range of knee conditions from sports injuries to knee replacement. Seb told The Rise that Feller outlined the surgery extensively prior to the surgery.
He gave me a complete run down on how he would reconstruct my knee, he went through the scans with me and gave me an insight into the understanding what and how he will complete the surgery.
Tape’s surgery was completed last night and he is expected to return to his home town of Adelaide following surgery before returning the Gold Coast in a couple of weeks.
Tape said despite the surgery being daunting he was comfortable with the outcome.
“I suppose you are always a little worried prior to a surgery, but it all seems to have gone pretty well. "I’ll head home to Adelaide to spend some time with my family while I’m recovering and get back to the coast pretty soon” he said.
General Manager - Football Operations, Marcus Ashcroft confirmed Tape will be sidelined for a considerable period of time.
The nature of the injury means Seb will miss the rest of the 2012 season and will be in rehabilitation mode when the 2013 pre-season commences.
Tape is in relatively good spirits despite the painful end to a season which had already been punctuated with injury.
Seb bravely attempted to play on despite losing three teeth in the opening round of the season and was really starting to make his presence felt for the SUNS when he suffered the devastating knee injury in the game against North Melbourne. The talented 19 year old has played 23 games for the GC SUNS since making his debut in the Club’s inaugural match against Carlton in Round 2 at the Gabba last season.
