AFLW 2024: Sarah Hosking out indefinitely as Saint avoids knee surgery

Richmond leadership group member Sarah Hosking could miss the Tigers’ finals campaign after suffering another hamstring injury. Picture: Dylan Burns / Getty Images

Experienced Richmond forward Sarah Hosking faces finals heartbreak after scans revealed a “pretty significant” injury to her troublesome right hamstring in Darwin on Saturday.

The 28-year-old, who has returned a career-best four goals this season, reached for her hamstring late in the drawn Dreamtime clash against Essendon and finished the game on crutches.

It came after the Bombers were dealt their own blow with scans on Monday confirming an ACL injury for ruck Steph Wales, also suffered late in the final quarter.

Hosking missed the round 1 clash against West Coast after making a delayed start to pre-season training following off-season surgery on the same hamstring.

Richmond AFLW high performance boss 스포츠토토사이트 Eliza Morrison said there was no timeline yet on Hosking’s return, but confirmed she would certainly miss this Sunday’s clash against second-placed Hawthorn at Punt Road.

“Sarah was pulled from the game in the final minutes. She has a pretty significant hamstring injury,” Morrison said.

“We took her for a scan yesterday, so we’ll have a good review of that today with the doctor and with Sarah herself, and then we’ll see what her plan is going forward. But she won’t be available for selection this week.”

St Kilda vice-captain Bianca Jakobsson avoided a dreaded ACL tear but will face five months of rehabilitation after a “significant hyperextension” of her knee in Ballarat on Sunday.

The dual All-Australian collapsed to the ground clutching her left knee after going to tackle Elaine Grigg late in the first quarter of the Saints’ loss to the Western Bulldogs.

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