Gold Coast have confirmed Suns star Ben King has ruptured the ACL in his proper knee.
The 21-year-old was collaborating within the Suns’ match simulation on Thursday, however fell to the bottom throughout a contest with quantity 5 draft choose Mac Andrew.
King was rapidly supported by coach Stuart Dew and Suns teammates.
But the membership confirmed King has suffered the dreaded season-ending damage.
“Unfortunately Ben’s ruptured his ACL in his right knee in a pretty simple marking contest that he’d been in many times before,” GC SUNS General Manager of Football Performance Wayne Campbell mentioned.
“Ben’s going nicely, every time somebody goes down with an ACL it’s shattering for a begin.
“He’s got a really strong family and we’ve got some really good support around him from the footy club, it’s not ideal by any stretch but we know Ben’s strength of character will see him attack the challenge in a positive manner.”
Devastated. Scans have confirmed what we feared for Ben King.
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— Gold Coast Suns (@GoldCoastSUNS) February 10, 2022
The membership will seek the advice of with its medical crew, specialists and Ben within the coming days earlier than deciding on the perfect plan of action for rehabilitation.
King underwent scans on Thursday afternoon and hoped for better-than-expected information.
Ben King. (Photo by Graham Denholm/AFL Photos through Getty Images)
“We’ll just have to wait and see but fingers crossed,” he instructed the Nine Network.
“They’ve (feelings) settled a bit.
“That’s just footy. Get injured, that’s just part of it.”
King is out of contract on the finish of the 2022 season, with golf equipment in Victoria already making an attempt to prise him away from south-east Queensland.
He has kicked 89 targets – 47 of them coming final 12 months – in 53 video games since debuting in Round 9, 2019.
King is a participant the struggling Suns can’t afford to lose with the membership but to play finals since coming into the AFL in 2011.
Gold Coast completed sixteenth final season with seven wins.
King’s twin brother Max performs for St Kilda whereas Essendon have additionally been closely linked to Ben.
There has been hypothesis about Ben returning to Victoria ever since he was drafted by Gold Coast again in 2018.
The Suns had been unimpressed by a cheeky tweet from St Kilda’s social media crew on draft night time that learn: “Ben, if you ever want to come home.”
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