![]() Gawn could see the funny side on Monday morning as he fronted a media conference to promote Sunday's Round for Reach charity game against Sydney at the SCG. Who knows how long I'm out for - I still don't know, I haven't been into the club yet." when I went down in the first five minutes it was always going to be a daunting task," Gawn said. "We needed him on Friday night, that's for sure. Grundy was recruited from Collingwood in the off-season after being injured for most of 2022 and Gawn was rapt with how he stepped up against Lions opponents Oscar McInerney and Darcy Fort. Gawn was also bullish about fellow ruckman Brodie Grundy, who now is Melbourne's No.1 ruckman until he returns. "I'm pretty bullish about a return date." "I did get some really good news in terms of scans, but how we interpret those scans. "It was a big moment that got put on me in round two, at a time when you're not expecting that news." Photo by Chris Hyde/Getty Imagesīy the following afternoon, Melbourne were able to confirm that Gawn had sprained his medial collateral ligament and would only be out for about four weeks.Īnother ACL rupture would have ended his season. the vulnerability to cry, I had a little tear in the changeroom. ![]() ![]() "I'm 31, I'm sort-of getting towards the twilight and to do a third knee would have been pretty devastating for my own career. "The word 'ACL' had been floated around, so for someone who's done two and the people in the rooms couldn't tell me if I had or hadn't done it in terms of how my knee was presenting - the worst-case scenario does go (through) your mind," Gawn said on Monday. ![]()
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