Sydney captain Callum Mills will miss subsequent week’s AFL preliminary remaining on the SCG due to a hamstring damage.
Mills tweaked his hamstring at coaching on Tuesday, the membership’s first main session since defeating GWS in an epic qualifying remaining.
Scans on Wednesday confirmed a minor pressure for the academy graduate, who had battled by way of a bout of gastro to deal with the Giants final Saturday.
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The membership confirmed the star will miss subsequent Friday’s preliminary remaining on the SCG, the place Sydney will host the winner of the Port Adelaide-Hawthorn semi-final.
Mills could be racing the clock to return for the grand remaining, assuming the Swans advance.
The 27-year-old was additionally notably stricken by a persistent calf situation earlier this yr.
Mills does have some September kind in terms of fast returns, having injured his hamstring in week one of many 2016 finals then been recalled for the grand remaining that Sydney misplaced.
Taylor Adams looms as the plain alternative within the facet that rallied from 28 factors all the way down to defeat the Giants and earn every week off.
Adams, who left Collingwood to hitch the Swans in final yr’s commerce interval, was dropped in week one of many finals by coach John Longmire.
“His perspective was very good,” Longmire mentioned on the weekend.
“I had a chat with him earlier within the week and he’s been terrific.
“Who is aware of what occurs within the subsequent few weeks. You bought to be on prime of you sport and all these guys (who didn’t play in opposition to GWS) will must be able to go as a result of that’s simply the character of the sport.”
His setback follows an injury-marred season for the versatile gun.
Mills was sidelined initially of 2024 after badly injuring his left shoulder in a Mad Monday mishap, having come off second greatest after wrestling with teammate Jacob Konstanty.
A calf damage then delayed the academy product’s return, which means the ultimate in opposition to GWS was simply his seventh sport of the season.
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