Port Adelaide key forward John Butcher has a wrist injury. Picture: Sarah Reed. Source: The Advertiser
PORT Adelaide's injury-plagued forward John Butcher has had another setback, with scans expected to confirm he has suffered a small crack in a wrist.
Butcher - who missed much of the Power's pre-season campaign as he recovered from hip surgery - was injured during the second half of Port's five-goal trial match win against premier Sydney at AAMI Stadium on Saturday.
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It was initially thought Butcher had sustained a hand injury.
The club now believes he has suffered a small fracture at the top of the wrist and is awaiting the results of scans later today.
The Power insists the injury isn't serious and that Butcher could still be an outside chance to be available for selection for the round one clash against Melbourne at the MCG on March 31.
However this seems highly unlikely.
Even if Butcher's wrist injury is minor, he has not had enough football to justify being picked in Port's best 22.
Saturday's match against the Swans was his first AFL hitout for the season and he was scratchy in his only SANFL trial for the Port Magpies the previous week.
The highly-rated Butcher has played just 12 games in three seasons since being drafted at pick eight at the 2009 national draft because of a long line of back, hip and soft tissue injuries.
The Power expects former captain Dom Cassisi (calf) and forward Brett Ebert (hamstring) to resume from injury in SANFL trial matches this week.
Robbie Gray, who last weekend played a half with West Adelaide in his return from a knee reconstruction, is expected to play three quarters in the SANFL this week.
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