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Kennelly and Schneider to return
4:29:04 PM Wed 31 March, 2004
Karen Collins
Sportal
Sydney Swans defender, Tadhg Kennelly is set to make a remarkable return to the senior side after undergoing knee surgery less than seven days ago.
The Irishman twisted his knee during tackling practice in last Wednesday?s main training session at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
An arthroscopy last Thursday morning showed a tear to the meniscus cartilage in his left knee and minor surgery followed.
Despite subsequent expectations of a return in round three or four, coach Paul Roos hopes the 22-year-old will run on Thursday to prove his fitness.
?We have picked Tadhg to play (against Fremantle on Sunday) so that is based on the medical advice so far,? Roos said prior to Wednesday?s training.
?It is certainly not a certainty so we are aware there may be a withdrawal later in the week, but at this stage based on our medical advice we have picked him to play.?
Roos continues to marvel at Kennelly?s stunning recovery and how far medical technology has come along over the years.
?It?s staggering when you look at medical science the way it has come on over the last 12 months.
?I know its ancient history but when I played under-19?s a cartilage operation then was six months so for a guy to come back in ten or eleven days is staggering.
?I know basically from the moment Tadhg got out of hospital he was preparing to play against Freo.
?He had the pump on his leg and ice-packs going left, right and centre to stop the swelling.
?He had done everything right so structurally the injury is actually fixed. It is really the wounds around it where you go in with the arthroscopy and how sore they are going to be.?
Goal-sneak Adam Schneider will also make a welcome return following a hamstring injury sustained against Carlton in round one of the Wizard Home Loans Cup.
A position in the senior side was made available when forward Nick Davis suffered a hip flexor muscle strain in Sydney?s two-point loss to the Brisbane Lions on Saturday night.
4:29:04 PM Wed 31 March, 2004
Karen Collins
Sportal
Sydney Swans defender, Tadhg Kennelly is set to make a remarkable return to the senior side after undergoing knee surgery less than seven days ago.
The Irishman twisted his knee during tackling practice in last Wednesday?s main training session at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
An arthroscopy last Thursday morning showed a tear to the meniscus cartilage in his left knee and minor surgery followed.
Despite subsequent expectations of a return in round three or four, coach Paul Roos hopes the 22-year-old will run on Thursday to prove his fitness.
?We have picked Tadhg to play (against Fremantle on Sunday) so that is based on the medical advice so far,? Roos said prior to Wednesday?s training.
?It is certainly not a certainty so we are aware there may be a withdrawal later in the week, but at this stage based on our medical advice we have picked him to play.?
Roos continues to marvel at Kennelly?s stunning recovery and how far medical technology has come along over the years.
?It?s staggering when you look at medical science the way it has come on over the last 12 months.
?I know its ancient history but when I played under-19?s a cartilage operation then was six months so for a guy to come back in ten or eleven days is staggering.
?I know basically from the moment Tadhg got out of hospital he was preparing to play against Freo.
?He had the pump on his leg and ice-packs going left, right and centre to stop the swelling.
?He had done everything right so structurally the injury is actually fixed. It is really the wounds around it where you go in with the arthroscopy and how sore they are going to be.?
Goal-sneak Adam Schneider will also make a welcome return following a hamstring injury sustained against Carlton in round one of the Wizard Home Loans Cup.
A position in the senior side was made available when forward Nick Davis suffered a hip flexor muscle strain in Sydney?s two-point loss to the Brisbane Lions on Saturday night.
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