THAT’S HALL FOLKS
SUNS INJURY PAIN
THE Gold Coast Suns are reeling from another heavy blow with midfielder Aaron Hall set to miss the rest of the season.
Hall has a bicep tendon tear that has been listed as a 10-week to 12-week injury by the Suns so there remains a slim chance he might return for the final game or two of the year.
News of the injury came a day after Gold Coast co-captain Steven May was ruled out for up to six weeks.
The defender suffered damage to the lateral ligament in his right ankle during the Suns’ 85point thumping by the Cats at Metricon Stadium on Saturday night.
Gold Coast are also grappling with the long-term health of fellow defender Kade Kolodjashnij who is enduring a second season of serious concussions.
The 22-year-old missed the final 10 rounds of last season after multiple head knocks left him with blurred vision.
He played the first four games of this season before suffering another head knock in April.
He was named to return in the Suns reserves team in the NEAFL last weekend but experienced headaches and was a late withdrawal and visited a specialist in Melbourne.
Suns football manager Jon Haines said the club would know more of his condition in the coming days.
“He is seeing a specialist to
get another assessment, it is the same specialist he saw last year when he suffered his first bout of concussion,’’ Haines said
Twin brother, Geelong’s Jake Kolodjashnij, revealed the extent of the family’s concern on Melbourne radio yesterday.
“It’s been an up and down ride for Kade because he was going really well in the early stages (of his AFL career), and then he had some minor hits, and because of his (injury) history, it’s really upsetting his head,” Jake Kolodjashnij said.
“Fingers crossed it all goes well for him but there might be some conversations on where he’s at (with his concussions).”
The Suns are away again this weekend when they play GWS in Sydney on Saturday.