Sloane back in full training for Crows
STAR Adelaide Crow Rory Sloane has rejoined full training following appendix surgery and declared himself a certain starter for the preliminary final against Sydney or Geelong.
Vice-captain Sloane, who missed the club’s six-goal qualifying final win against GWS, said he had been given the go-ahead to resume full training duties on the last day of the Crows’ three-day “relaxation and rejuvenation’’ trip to the Gold Coast.
“I’m pretty much at 100 per cent (fitness) now and joining in full training,’’ he said.
Sloane, who had an emergency appendectomy nine days before the final against the Giants, revealed he was never really close to playing despite the will-he-or-won’the charade leading up to the game.
“I was probably three days off (from playing),’’ the brilliant midfielder said.
“It wasn’t so much the pain, I was more worried about the internal stuff and what damage there could have been if I had overstretched or twisted the wrong way.
“It (the wound) might have reopened, the internal stitches, and caused some internal damage (such as a hernia).’’
Sloane said the extra week off Adelaide had earned by beating GWS would have him cherry-ripe for the preliminary final.
“The beauty is we’ve got an extra couple of weeks for myself to get ready, which is very handy,’’ he told Triple M.