Saints to nurse Gehrig
24/02/2008 7:07 PM
Veteran Saint Fraser Gehrig is set to miss between two and three weeks with the calf strain sustained during St Kilda's NAB Cup quarter-final victory over Geelong at Manuka Oval on Saturday.
The club has said it will take a conservative approach to getting Gehrig back on the field with a view to having him available for the club's Round 1 clash with Sydney at Telstra Dome.
Neither Justin Koschitzke nor Max Hudghton will play in Friday night's NAB Cup semi against Essendon, but the club insists it's because they are scheduled to rest this week and has nothing to do with injuries picked up at the weekend.
Koschitzke played his allocated time against the Cats and pulled up with some groin soreness while Hudghton is understood to have felt some hamstring tightness.
The Saints expect Nick Riewoldt, Lenny Hayes, Luke Ball and Adam Schneider to return to the side to take on the Bombers for their first involvement in NAB Cup action in 2008.
Robert Harvey, Steven King, Raphael Clarke and Michael Gardiner, all of whom were rested last Saturday, are also expected to return.