The Western Bulldogs’ damage disaster has claimed some other superstar participant with key ahead Aaron Naughton stretchered off the bottom after a sickening fall within the membership’s defeat to Sydney on Thursday evening.
The Swans’ superstar recruit Charlie Curnow feasted at the Canine’ undermanned defence besides seven targets on some other grimy evening for Luke Beveridge’s decimated crew, who had been no fit after half-time to lose by means of 66 issues – 18.18 (126) to 9.6 (60).
On most sensible of the ladder simply over a fortnight in the past, the Canine are a shadow of the facet that used to be the remaining crew to style defeat this season and feature now misplaced their previous 3 video games by means of a mixed overall of 181 issues.
This loss, at the evening they celebrated the 10-year reunion in their fairytale 2016 flag, used to be compounded by means of a terrifying incident involving Naughton.
Naughton landed on his head after flipping midair, making an attempt a prime mark on Jai Serong deep within the Bulldogs’ ahead line.
The Canine have cleared Naughton of great damage, however he’s in excessive doubt for the Canine’ conflict with main premiership fancy Fremantle on Friday week.
“Preliminary exam makes us positive that Aaron has have shyed away from any critical accidents,” the Bulldogs stated in a remark launched within the ultimate quarter.
“He’s going to be reassessed over the approaching days.”
The damage is some other devastating blow to the Canine, who remaining week misplaced the opposite 1/2 in their superstar ahead pairing Sam Darcy to a season-ending knee damage. Ruckman Tim English and key defenders James O’Donnell and Rory Lobb also are on a long damage checklist.
The Canine completed the sport with younger puppies Louis Emmett and Will Lewis deep in assault.
The absences of O’Donnell and Lobb had been keenly felt. Curnow and Joel Amartey mixed for Sydney’s first 8 targets and completed with 10 in their facet’s 18.