2018 VFL Practice Match: Northern Blues vs Richmond

[Thryleon]

I'd say Kreuzer has done an iliopsoas.

I had that same injury back in my playing days and the symptoms looked the same. It's an initial sharp pain near the groin but deep more towards the spine, you feel an immediate with an associated snap like doing an achilles tendon, but with only some immediate minor discomfort followed by a complete loss of power through the hips and core without any real ongoing pain.

If true he'll be able to play on but be affected for the remainder of the season. He'll lose some power in his jump, kicking, acceleration, core strength and lateral movement. It can take months to get over, I never really recovered fully until after an off-season but in reality I never got full strength back either!

So it's a worry! :o

When I saw it happen, I thought the worst.

I turned to my Brother in law and told him that we might have seen Kreuzers last effective game in the AFL and then added (for Carlton anyway).

The bloke cant afford to carry something like this for a year.

I thought he just tweaked it to be honest and the fact he came back on alludes to that too, but he was effectively done and on to give someone else a breather.

Shame, if he goes down for any extended period of time, we will struggle to win many games.  I don't know a lot about footy but Kreuzer has been a big factor in our competitiveness thus far under Bolton.