Player Watch #7: Zane Duursma - out for 2024, undergoing shoulder surgery

[Disco Dew]

No nerves required. Keep it together you flops!

 

[bengrina]

Is it 3 year contract or 2 from draft?

 

[zoomba23]

No nerves required. Keep it together you flops!

Can't tell if you're addressing Bigfooty or the players. Either way, you are correct

 

[The Nostradamus]

Is it 3 year contract or 2 from draft?

3 for first rounders

 

[bengrina]

3 for first rounders

So 2 more years . Guaranteed improvement as a club by that stage

 

[Psicosis]

Hope the club approach his development a bit more pragmatically over the preseason. Been laughable thus far.

 

[Mordecai]

Hope the club approach his development a bit more pragmatically over the preseason. Been laughable thus far.

What have they been doing?

 

[Psicosis]

What have they been doing?

Playing him as a down the line option in our team with his lack of physical size. Dropping him after being sub. Only trialling him in other positions in one game at VFL level.

They haven’t set him up for success like our other early picks IMO.

 

[nicko74]

I reckon he might be pulling up sore or something perhaps? Doesn't make sense otherwise given where the club is at

 

[Blightys Barrel]

Plays 35 mins and is managed. Doesn’t seem to stack up for me. Let’s move to 2025 and a bigger tank and 4 KG of pure muscle.

 

[Passmore]

No nerves required. Keep it together you flops!

Some weird shit in this thread.

 

[RossHenshaw]

Hate to say it but you know what the joke / rumours are when someone is all of sudden or is strangely dropped as “managed”

 

[Themanbun]

There's been nothing wrong with the club's development of him thus far.

 

[travelli]

Playing him as a down the line option in our team with his lack of physical size. Dropping him after being sub. Only trialling him in other positions in one game at VFL level.

They haven’t set him up for success like our other early picks IMO.

Playing teenagers against dudes who have 5 or 8 years of pro gym development is wrong. Wardlaw is a freak. Duursma has the skills but needs more time before he plays against men

 

[hotchilli]

Gee this thread is super dramatic.

 

[chubbspeterson]

Gee this thread is super dramatic.

It's quite unbelievable. He had 3 touches against Tigers and not sure he got near it as sub against WCE.
I'm a big fan but you can't carry that level of impact so it's back to the VFL.
We're not in the four walls of the club , for all we know he might have pulled up sore from training or has an illness and yet now it's mismanagement or something more sinister.
Cadman comes in and out of the side for the Giants all the time and nobody bats an eyelid.
Happens at our joint and it's Defcon 1.

 

[hotchilli]

It's quite unbelievable. He had 3 touches against Tigers and not sure he got near it as sub against WCE.
I'm a big fan but you can't carry that level of impact so it's back to the VFL.
We're not in the four walls of the club , for all we know he might have pulled up sore from training or has an illness and yet now it's mismanagement or something more sinister.
Cadman comes in and out of the side for the Giants all the time and nobody bats an eyelid.
Happens at our joint and it's Defcon 1.

Exactly right.

Not every kid out of the draft is ready to make a consistent impact from day 1.

 

[giantroo]

Young forward Zane Duursma won't be available for selection having recently undergone shoulder surgery.

Duursma, who was taken with the fourth pick of the 2023 National Draft, has played 13 games and booted nine goals in his rookie campaign.

"Zane had been dealing with shoulder instability in the back-half of the year which we were able to manage conservatively in enabling him to still train and play," White said.

"Last week the decision was made off the back of external advice to put him in for shoulder surgery.

"The rehab timeline will be 3-4 months before full contact, but it will enable a strong off-season of focusing on his running fitness and intensity in setting up for a big 2025."

AFL R24 injury update: Young star, high-flyer, defensive duo done for season

Harry Sheezel, Zane Duursma, Charlie Comben and Miller Bergman will all be unavailable for Saturday's season finale against Hawthorn in Launceston

www.nmfc.com.au

 

[Scallop Industry Thug]

So that’s a reco?


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[chubbspeterson]

Told you there was more to him being "managed". You don't know what's happening with players behind the scenes, they can be carrying injuries. Get well soon Zane.

 

[muttley45]

Hope all goes well with the surgery, has he played too many games to eligible for Rising Star next year ?

 

[giantroo]

Hope all goes well with the surgery, has he played too many games to eligible for Rising Star next year ?

Yep, has played 13.

 

[Rollmop]

Wonder if they should have gotten independent advice earlier? Hope he recovers well.

 

[trooroo4life]

Bit shit he won’t be back in full training until the new year. Will be getting a lot of run into his legs Nov-Dec.

 

[DuckYeah]

Bit shit he won’t be back in full training until the new year. Will be getting a lot of run into his legs Nov-Dec.

Leg press, extensions, curls.. get on that leg machine buddy..