Sportingbet.com.au – Hawthorn Fans
March 3, 2009 11:00 am Footballwww.sportinbet.com.au – Hawthorn fans can rest easy tonight following a press release that in no uncertain terms has Lance ‘Buddy’ Franklin re-injured the thumb that he had an operation on last year and he will be fit to take the field for the season opener – and Grand Final re-match, against the Geelong cats.
Franklin apparently injured the thumb during a marking drill over the weekend and the rumour mill kicked into full swing.
Reports immediately surfaced that Franklin had in fact broken the thumb and would require further surgery to fix it.
The reports were further fuelled by speculation that a new – and extremely expensive – ad for the Hawthorn Football Club featuring Franklin taking a mark was shot while the star was injured.
In a press release given by Hawthorn’s general manager of Football operations, Mark Evans, it was stated that although Buddy ‘copped a football on the end of his thumb’ he had been sent of for scans purely as a precaution as it was the same thumb he had operated on.
He also pointed out that under no circumstance would the Hawthorn Football Club (or any club in it’s right mind for that matter) allow and injured player, particularly one of Buddy’s importance and profile, to take part in a commercial if he was seriously injured.
The injury will mean that Buddy will be rested for the side NAB cup clash against Melbourne in Launceston next week – a match that the reigning premiers are expected to win comfortable, even without their formidable full forward. www.sportingbet.com.au
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