AFL Player # 2: Sam Draper - Out for 6 to 8 weeks after knee surgery - 14/5

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Struggling with a hip injury, so they planned to sub him out, give him a little less game time going into the bye and hopefully get him right for the second half of the year.

So spake Scott at the post-game press conference

 

[eth-dog]

Listed as "test". Hope we don't risk it.

 

[Lore]

Still not running, still de-loading... and then loading back up next week.

The Bombers are in no rush to put a timeframe on ruckman Sam Draper’s return.

McPherson said Draper is still letting his initial hip injury heal before commencing any on-ground training.

“Drapes will have another de-loading week this week before we can hopefully start to build him back up from next week,” McPherson said.

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Ruckman Sam Draper will not play for at least the next two weeks, with the ruckman “not yet ready” for main training duties, which rules him out of selection

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[Lore]

Running, hoping to play again in 2023

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[Lore]

Ruckman Sam Draper has been given a timeframe for the first time in his comeback from a hip injury.

The Bombers have slated a 1-2 week return for the 24-year-old, which could see him return for Essendon’s clash with GWS.

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Listed as test:

GM of Performance Daniel McPherson said all players must get through main training without issue to be considered for selection.

“We’re really pleased [they] are all close to a return, and provided they have a good week, we expect they’ll be pushing to be available for selection,” McPherson said.

“Once we get through main training, we’ll be better placed to make a call on whether or not each of them is ready to go.”

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[Lore]

Yeah so that hip that became a hip/groin is now just a groin injury.

Hopefully back in main training by January.

ESSENDON is hoping Sam Draper will be back into full training at the start of 2024 after an injury-hit end to this season.

Draper battled a groin injury in the second half of the year, playing just one game after round 13 as the Bombers sunk down the ladder and out of finals contention.

The ruckman is a pivotal part of the Bombers' hopes, with the club's head of performance Daniel McPherson saying Draper would be taking a cautious approach during the start of the off-season.

"This time of the year it's fairly conservative given there's a longer timeframe. We'll just keep monitoring that. He's doing little bits and pieces but he's not doing a whole heap yet so the plan will be to get him back running again shortly and progress him and lift that up leading into Christmas and then hopefully he's in main training again by January," McPherson told AFL.com.au.

"That's the plan at this stage. It's been annoying because it's just been hanging around since the middle of the season. For a guy who plays in that position where you need a bit of power and jumping, it makes it difficult."

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Groin surgery. Well done medical department. Wasted 4 months doing nothing.

 

[Lore]

Last time we heard about it (last week) he wasn't running yet, and now instead of the goal being main training by January it's main training in January, so 2-4 weeks setback?

I mean not like they'd know anyway, usually they don't get an ETA until the post-surgical consult thing.

Essendon ruckman Sam Draper has undergone surgery today on his groin.

Draper battled a groin injury in the second half of the year and his conservative rehabilitation program has not successfully relieved him from discomfort.

Essendon General Manager of Performance Daniel McPherson confirmed the news.

“Our initial approach was to undertake a conservative rehab approach with Sam given the time of year. We’ve been monitoring his progress daily and his improvement has been slower than we would have liked to this point,” McPherson said.

“With pre-season approaching, we want to give Sam the best chance to return to training pain-free, and surgery gives him the greatest assurance of this. The plan will be to build him up leading into Christmas before integrating him back into main training in January.

“The role Sam plays requires power and agility to enable him to run and jump, and this injury has prevented him from being able to do that. It hasn’t improved at the rate we would’ve liked, so it was decided that surgical intervention was required.”

Essendon will provide further updates as his rehabilitation progresses.

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[Lore]

Sounds like he's on-track with the goals stated two months ago.

Ruckman Sam Draper is continuing his rehabilitation from off-season groin surgery and targeting a return to full training in January.

Speaking to Triple M on Monday, Draper said he’s putting “a lot of time into his body”as he aims to build into having an uninterrupted 2024.

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[Lore]

Ruck Sam Draper has reached a milestone in his recovery from a groin injury, with the 25-year-old expected to begin to integrate into training next week. Draper underwent groin surgery over the off-season and has just completed a strong rehabilitation running block following the Christmas break.

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Named to play in the VFL match sim this week

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Drapes to miss the next 6-8 weeks after arthroscopic surgery.
As per SEN.