Pec injury setback for Majak

THE fairytale comeback of Majak Daw has again been put on hold with the North Melbourne defender suffering a potentially season-ending injury.

The 29-year-old tore a pectoral muscle during a gym session on Friday, indefinitely ruling him out of playing his first game since August, 2018.

The Kangaroos are weighing up whether to book him in for surgery, which would all but cost him any chance of playing an AFL game in 2020.

Before his latest injury setback, Daw was on the verge of a remarkable first AFL appearance since suffering serious hip and pelvic injuries in a fall from Melbourne’s Bolte Bridge in December, 2018.

He was picked to play in the Roos’ Round 1 game against St Kilda in March but was a late withdrawal after coming down with a minor cold.

North’s football manager, Brady Rawlings, highlighted the disappointment of losing such a valuable asset, but refused to rule out the chances of Daw playing this year.

“Maj was doing his weights program and felt a sharp pain on his right side during a chest exercise,” Rawlings said.

“He was sent for scans and the imaging showed a tear.’’

Only last week, Roos coach Rhyce Shaw spoke of how impressive Daw’s return to training had been following the AFL shutdown period.

The player was firmly in the selection mix for a spot in the Roos’ back six, along with Josh Walker, Sam Durdin and Ben McKay, for their round-two trip to face last year’s grand finalist GWS on June 14.

Daw has played 50 games during a stop-start career which began in 2013. His best season was 2018 after making a permanent switch to defence.