Star St Kilda midfielder David Armitage will miss at least a month of football after undergoing groin surgery on Tuesday.
After producing his most complete pre-season in years, Armitage injured his groin in the Saints’ Round 1 loss to Melbourne and missed the following fortnight before returning against Collingwood in Round 4, where he aggravated his groin again.
Saints GM Football Performance Jamie Cox confirmed the news on Tuesday after Senior Coach Alan Richardson indicated that Armitage would head down this path last week.
“Unfortunately for Dave Armitage he has had to undergo an adductor release surgery to correct his injury,” Cox told saints.com.au on Tuesday afternoon.
“Dave won’t run for a couple of weeks and is expected to miss at least a month.”
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Off-season midfield recruit Koby Stevens has recovered well from a head knock in Sandringham’s loss to Richmond on Saturday and will face a fitness test on Thursday.
“Koby copped a knock to his head in the VFL and sat out the second half of the game,” Cox said.
“He has pulled up well from the knock, but will need to prove his fitness on Thursday before being declared fit for the weekend.”
St Kilda’s second pick in last November’s National Draft, Josh Battle, is set to miss the next fortnight with bone bruising in his knee following a collision in the VFL on the weekend.
“Josh’s knee is structurally sound but he has suffered some bone bruising and is set to miss a couple of weeks,” Cox said.
Injury List 25/4/17
David Armitage (groin) 4 weeks
Koby Stevens (concussion) test
Josh Battle (bone bruising) 2 weeks
Nick Coughlan (foot stress fracture) available
