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

[Blightys Barrel]

It’s almost a badge of honor for a 1st or 2nd year player needs some type of shoulder surgery during the season, or in the off season.

Would love to see the running plan he will be given pre and post Xmas to build up that tank. He has plenty of mates who need to get those miles into the legs. Looking forward to a 2025 where he shows the comp why he went top #5 in the draft. Enormous ceiling for this guy.

 

[shintemaster]

Running = a tick, hopefully he can still put on size though before that 4 months is over because he needs some to have impact next year.

 

[Themanbun]

You can't run for a fair bit of time with a shoulder reco

 

[apollo_creed]

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

Don’t think he is the type of player in his second year who would even go close to winning the award anyway. Incremental improvement (to be noticeable) with his type is enough.

 

[shimaburnsgrieg]

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

So why didn't we just say he was out 'injured' last week - why did we say 'managed'? Is someone telling porkies or did we get that wrong as well?

 

[LB2Snake]

That sucks. He needs to hit the gym hard over pre season, surely this is a setback to that.

 

[Sillygit]

Some weird shit in this thread.

Just this thread?

 

[Val Keating]

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

And you don’t run on your arms…

 

[Val Keating]

You can't run for a fair bit of time with a shoulder reco

How long mate? I’ve never had one.

 

[Themanbun]

How long mate? I’ve never had one.

About 3 months I think

 

[DuckYeah]

How long mate? I’ve never had one.

About 3 months I think

can peddle though..

 

[The acurate one]

can peddle though..

Can’t be the only one reading that as “ piddle”.

 

[FootySmartSimpson]

It’s almost a badge of honor for a 1st or 2nd year player needs some type of shoulder surgery during the season, or in the off season.

Would love to see the running plan he will be given pre and post Xmas to build up that tank. He has plenty of mates who need to get those miles into the legs. Looking forward to a 2025 where he shows the comp why he went top #5 in the draft. Enormous ceiling for this guy.

Should be aiming to play a HF/wing hybrid role by 2026.

 

[Colby Cheer Squad]

So why didn't we just say he was out 'injured' last week - why did we say 'managed'? Is someone telling porkies or did we get that wrong as well?

Oh no. We put the wrong word on a selection sheet. That's going to set the club back a decade.

 

[Colby Cheer Squad]

can peddle though..

True, you don't need two working shoulders to sell goods at a market stall.

 

[Sillygit]

Oh no. We put the wrong word on a selection sheet. That's going to set the club back a decade.

Thats a paddlin

 

[DuckYeah]

Can’t be the only one reading that as “ piddle”.

Ohhhh gee, it wood difinitly sownd like dat gee if u are kiwi hoo hooo hoo

 

[King Corey]

You guys must be built differently. I'd have thought bounding around an oval would affect a repairing shoulder.

But I'm not former Spetsnaz.

 

[My Left Foote]

You guys must be built differently. I'd have thought bounding around an oval would affect a repairing shoulder.

But I'm not former Spetsnaz.

No that's fine, it's carrying the weight of expectations from North Big Footy of being a top 5 pick that's really damaging to a repairing shoulder.

 

[The Warlord]

Oh no. We put the wrong word on a selection sheet. That's going to set the club back a decade.

A new low in Jen Watt's disastrous reign of terror

 

[The Warlord]

You guys must be built differently. I'd have thought bounding around an oval would affect a repairing shoulder.

But I'm not former Spetsnaz.

You're a current spetsnatz

 

[Jeremy Jordan]

I reckon this thread would pretty much mirror the Ugal-Hagan thread on the doggies board.

Remember his first couple of years, god he copped it from their supporters. Was being traded to every club in the land, worst first round pick we have ever seen.

Turns out some blokes just need a little more time to find their place.

 

[R00StaR]

It’s almost a badge of honor for a 1st or 2nd year player needs some type of shoulder surgery during the season, or in the off season.

Would love to see the running plan he will be given pre and post Xmas to build up that tank. He has plenty of mates who need to get those miles into the legs. Looking forward to a 2025 where he shows the comp why he went top #5 in the draft. Enormous ceiling for this guy.

For these types of players we're not worried what we're getting out of them in the first few years, so curious why the whole season hasn't been about tank and strength building. If it means VFL only so be it, lacking tank and strength is like throwing them into the lions den anyway.

Not only that, the extra work LDU has been doing with his first, second step burst (which Sheezel is joining him with) seems something we should have in our program already.

 

[The Warlord]

I reckon this thread would pretty much mirror the Ugal-Hagan thread on the doggies board.

Remember his first couple of years, god he copped it from their supporters. Was being traded to every club in the land, worst first round pick we have ever seen.

Turns out some blokes just need a little more time to find their place.

He looked a bit overawed at times earlier in the season.

 

[zoomba23]

I reckon this thread would pretty much mirror the Ugal-Hagan thread on the doggies board.

Remember his first couple of years, god he copped it from their supporters. Was being traded to every club in the land, worst first round pick we have ever seen.

Turns out some blokes just need a little more time to find their place.

To be fair, one's a key forward and the other one... isn't. One had an obvious position he'd develop into and the other one doesn't. That said, the other one's still quite good at the Aussie Rules