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Manly's Brett Stewart to undergo knee surgery, sidelined for five months
By staff reporters
foxsports.com.au
March 17, 2010 Manly fullback Brett Stewart is to undergo surgery on his left knee, and he is expected to be on the sidelines for five months.
Stewart sustained the injury in making a try-saving tackle on Wests Tigers winger Lote Tuqiri late in the Monday Night Football match at Sydney Football Stadium.
It a shattering blow to Brett personally and us as a club but we have to be positive and he is being positive despite his recent run of bad luck," Manly coach Des Hasler said.
"We proved we can win matches without him last season, and we can do it again.
"Its not the end of the world by any means but it would be ridiculous not to suggest he wont be missed. He is a champion player."
The injury is identical to that he sustained on his right knee last season. That injury sidelined him from round five until round 25.
"He has set himself round 20 (as a reurn date) and it is good he is setting himself goals," Sea Eagle chief executive Graham Lowe said.
"The Manly club knows how much of a fighter Brett is, and he will be given the best of medical and rehabilitation support to get himself back where he belongs as soon as possible.
He has been through it before and knows what to expect."
Manly's Brett Stewart to undergo knee surgery, sidelined for five months
By staff reporters
foxsports.com.au
March 17, 2010 Manly fullback Brett Stewart is to undergo surgery on his left knee, and he is expected to be on the sidelines for five months.
Stewart sustained the injury in making a try-saving tackle on Wests Tigers winger Lote Tuqiri late in the Monday Night Football match at Sydney Football Stadium.
It a shattering blow to Brett personally and us as a club but we have to be positive and he is being positive despite his recent run of bad luck," Manly coach Des Hasler said.
"We proved we can win matches without him last season, and we can do it again.
"Its not the end of the world by any means but it would be ridiculous not to suggest he wont be missed. He is a champion player."
The injury is identical to that he sustained on his right knee last season. That injury sidelined him from round five until round 25.
"He has set himself round 20 (as a reurn date) and it is good he is setting himself goals," Sea Eagle chief executive Graham Lowe said.
"The Manly club knows how much of a fighter Brett is, and he will be given the best of medical and rehabilitation support to get himself back where he belongs as soon as possible.
He has been through it before and knows what to expect."
