Adelaide Crows have suffered a major setback with captain Nathan van Berlo rupturing his Achilles Tendon at training on Monday which will likely see him out of action for up to three months.
Adelaide captain Nathan van Berlo won Adelaide's first time-trial of the new year but will now miss three months with an Achilles injury. Picture: Sarah Reed Source: News Limited
NATHAN van Berlo's potentially season-ending Achilles tendon injury was caused by a training sled hitting the Adelaide Crows captain in the leg while he was running yesterday.
Adelaide will investigate the exact circumstances of the incident but club doctor Andrew Potter told media this morning the sled struck van Berlo on the Achilles during a running drill causing it to rupture.
It was initially thought the midfielder had sustained a cut heel but scans yesterday revealed it was much worse.
The 27-year-old underwent surgery yesterday afternoon and will not return to play until at least August.
"We're not entirely sure exactly what happened and the club is still looking into that," Dr Potter said. "But suffice to say it was during a warm up.
"They were doing some speed work and some strength work.
"One of the things that is used in many sports and widely across the AFL is they use those sleds that they pull which are weighted.
"For some reason Nathan was struck on the back of the heel by one of those sleds.
"Now the circumstance of that we're not sure of. We're still looking into that but that's how it happened."
Former Crow Phil Davis dragging a sled with weights, similar to the one that injured captain Nathan van Berlo. Source: News Limited
He said the skipper would wear a cast for 8-12 weeks.
It would be at least six months until the 182 game veteran started full training.
"We expect him to be able to get back to full football training around about six months," he said.
"All of those time frames are very fluid.
"As you'll be aware from other cases, there will be a potential complication rate, things like DVT (Deep Vein Thrombosis) and clots in the leg."
Van Berlo has captained Adelaide since 2011.
Attention will now turn to who will take charge of the Crows this year, with Patrick Dangerfield an obvious favourite.
Veteran Scott Thompson was Van Berlo's vice-captain last season with star midfielder Dangerfield deputy vice-captain.
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