Collingwood forward Daniel McStay has been ruled out of the AFL grand final after suffering a high-grade medial strain in his knee
“Dan has been an important part of our season this year and played an integral role in the last night’s victory against the Giants,” Magpies football boss Graham Wright said. “We are all disappointed for Dan to miss the grand final, but we will all rally around him, and he will continue to be a part of the team’s preparations for the week ahead.”“It’s pretty scary so close to playing in a granny and it might have been taken away from me, so we will wait and see,” he told reporters on Saturday.
McStay moved from Brisbane as a free agent at the end of last year and missed three months of his first season at Collingwood with an injured finger, which was operated on and then became infected. He returned in round 18 and has kicked multiple goals in eight of the Magpies’ last nine matches, taking his tally to 20 in 14 appearances in the black and white.
Collingwood vice-captain Taylor Adams is also in significant doubt for the season decider after sitting out the preliminary final with a hamstring injury.
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