Fears for superstar Fyfe compound horror Docker day

Alex Malcolm April 24, 2016 8:08 PM

FREMANTLE fears Brownlow medallist Nat Fyfe has re-injured the leg he broke during last season's preliminary final.

Fyfe finished Sunday afternoon's match on crutches, compounding the winless Dockers' misery after they slumped to an upset loss against Carlton at Domain Stadium. Fyfe sat out the second half on the bench with a large ice pack strapped to the lower part of the leg he fractured during last season's preliminary final.

He limped onto the ground to commiserate with his beaten teammates after the Blues' remarkable four-point win. Fremantle coach Ross Lyon said the Dockers won't know the extent of the problem until Fyfe has scans within the next 24 hours.

"We're really concerned in relation to where he's got his plate in his broken leg," Lyon said after the match. "I'm not sure, I think it was a severe kick to the leg. I don't even know how it happened. "Once the investigations are done and I'm sure that will be within 24 hours I would imagine the club would do a press release and keep everyone updated."

A serious injury to the superstar midfielder would be a hammer blow to the Dockers, who have made an 0-5 start to the season after previous losses to the Western Bulldogs, Gold Coast, West Coast and North Melbourne. Fyfe played out the Dockers' 2015 preliminary final loss to Hawthorn despite fracturing the fibula in his left leg.

He attended the Brownlow Medal presentation walking with a cane, before undergoing surgery. 

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A serious injury to the superstar midfielder would be a hammer blow to the Dockers, who have made a 0-5 start to the season after previous losses to the Western Bulldogs, Gold Coast, West Coast and North Melbourne.

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