Jesse Hogan Ruled Out For The Rest Of The Season
"Essentially his season is over."
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Jesse Hogan will miss the rest of the season.
Hogan's foot scans have revealed a partial stress fracture in the navicular bone.
The injury will not require surgery but Melbourne's elite performance manager Dave Misson says it is serious enough to rule him out for the year.
“Jesse was hampered by that foot injury during the game. Despite playing out the game, we needed to investigate that yesterday (Monday), which we did,” he told Melbourne Media.
“He had an MRI scan and a CT scan and what it showed was a partial stress fracture to the navicular bone. What that means for Jesse is that essentially his season is over. It can develop into a serious injury and we feel we’ve got it quite early.
“It’s not going to require surgery and we’re looking at a positive outcome for his preparation, going into 2019. We think he’s going to be right to go for the start of pre-season, but unfortunately for the rest of this season, that’ll be it for Jesse.”
Jayden Hunt will also miss two to four weeks and Bernie Vince will be out of action for six with ankle and shoulder injuries respectively.
Jack Viney is also three weeks away, while Michael Hibberd and Jake Melksham are both available to return against West Coast.
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