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Hadn't heard this one yet, not sure if others have. Not a big issue, but thought folks might be interested.
http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/minor-surgery-for-franklin-20091209-kk0o.html
http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/minor-surgery-for-franklin-20091209-kk0o.html
HAWTHORN star Lance Franklin has had an operation to his famous kicking foot to clean out floating bone chips.But while the club confirmed that the key forward had the operation to his left foot, they stressed that it was only a ''very minor surgery'' that would barely interrupt his pre-season.
Club spokesman Clinton Bown told The Age last night: ''He has had minor surgery last week but we expect him to be running again by Christmas.
''It's very minor and we would expect him to fully recover and have full movement soon, but we just thought it was the right time to get that seen to and cleaned up. It's just bone fragments that have been removed from a joint in his foot.
''He's been doing all the training through the pre-season and he's gone up to Coffs Harbour and is doing some reduced training there, and we expect him to be in full training again towards the end of the month.''
Half of Hawthorn's playing group - all of the first- and second-year players, along with some of the more developed players - are tackling the Kokoda Track, while the rest of the squad - including Franklin, Brad Sewell and Sam Mitchell - has gone to Coffs Harbour for an intensive training camp. One thing is certain, Franklin is likely to have been given strict orders not to ignore doctor's warnings for his recovery from surgery like he did last year.
At season's end, after having an operation to his hand, Franklin boarded a plane for Bali and defied warnings from his surgeon not to go swimming, lest it get infected. He went surfing, his hand got infected and he required antibiotics.
''To be fair, he's been training exceptionally well and this was just an opportunity to have minor surgery to clean it out and get back to full training, so we wouldn't think this will set back his training at all,'' Bown said.