Logan McDonald has been given the green light to play after a scare with his ankle, leaving Callum Mills as the Swans’ only fitness query. Meanwhile, Lions coach Chris Fagan already has a win under his belt this week.
Sydney captain Callum Mills faces his moment of truth on Wednesday when he puts his injured hamstring to the test for a grand final berth.
Hamstring injuries typically require a minimum recovery period of 21 days. Wednesday will be the 15th day since Mills sustained his strain, while the grand final falls on the 18th day. The Swans say Mills’s injury is on the minor end, raising hope he can bust sports science conventions. A crestfallen Longmire conceded after the Swans’ 2022 grand final hammering he had made the wrong call in picking Sam Reid, who injured his adductor muscle in the preliminary final. Reid was subbed out just after half-time.“I guess one of those things is to make sure you train 100 per cent, get through training and train flat out,” Longmire said. “That’s one of the things you learn.”
“I didn’t want to put myself in front of the team. What made it harder, I couldn’t test it out. Between the prelim and playing in a grand final, I ran 50 metres in a straight line. That was just to give off the perception I was fine.“That’s what made me so nervous – relying on painkilling each quarter to play on arguably the most athletic player of all time .”
McGlynn went through a similar episode this year coaching Wentworth in the Sunraysia Football Netball League. He picked a player two weeks after a hamstring injury. The player got through the game but the team lost.
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