McLeod to miss a month
24/06/2008 6:36 PM
Andrew McLeod's recovery from minor knee surgery will take longer than first expected; the Adelaide defender now set to miss up to four weeks of football.
McLeod had an arthroscopy to clean out his troublesome right knee on Monday and could miss the Crows' next two games, according to club doctor Andrew Potter.
The Crows are not involved in the first weekend of the split round which allows McLeod to rest over the coming days. The club expects he'll start some bike work next week before easing into a running regime over the following fortnight.
"At this stage we expect Andrew to be ready to play in about a month. He will certainly miss the Geelong game (Friday week) and probably also the Collingwood match (Round 15) but that will depend on when he can get back to full training," Dr Potter said.
It was initially reported the dual Norm Smith Medallist could be back in action after just two weeks.
Adelaide has had some mixed news on the injury front with Trent Hentschel joining Jarrhan Jacky on the short-term injury list after spraining his left ankle in the SANFL.
Hentschel, who's been pressing for senior selection, will be on crutches this week.
Meanwhile the club said ruckman Ivan Maric had been cleared of internal damage to his left knee and should be available to take on Geelong next week.