‘No way’ Spargo will miss grand final: McDonald
MELBOURNE are confident small forward Charlie Spargo will play in Saturday’s grand final despite his failure to train with his teammates on Monday.
Spargo injured his left ankle during a tackling drill on Saturday and was a spectator as his teammates trained in Joondalup.
The 21-year-old instead talked to teammates and trainers without even putting on his boots.
But teammate Tom McDonald declared while Spargo could require painkillers, there was “absolutely no way he’d miss” the attempt to break a 57-year premiership drought against the Western Bulldogs in Perth on Saturday.
Spargo wasn’t expected to return straight to full training after the incident on Saturday. He didn’t have any scans but was expected to have residual soreness.
McDonald insisted there was nothing to worry about and that Spargo was following a normal course of action for someone who rolls their ankle.
“He‘s going to be fine. Guys who have a normal rolled ankle, they’d never run on a Monday, probably not a Tuesday, and you’d try to get them to train for a Wednesday,” McDonald said.
“There would be absolutely no way he’d miss it. He didn’t need a scan … worst-case scenario he’d have some painkillers.”