Was just down at Casey Fields and Max Gawn was carried off with what looked like a right knee.

He was in obvious pain and from of the look of the strapping he was already wearing, it is the same knee he has already had reconstructed.

Here we go. You have to mentally brace yourself for these types of stories from our club so as not to be let down by them.

The boys were doing a simulated match practice and his knee seemed to buckle. The play was instantly stopped and he had great difficulty getting to his feet. He was assisted from the field and was very disappointed. Watts came up to give him a consoling pat on the back as he was led up the race. As I said, I believe it is the same knee he has already had reconstructed. Hoping it's only minor, but it looks bad.

It happens. Lets hope for a speedy recovery.

Was just down at Casey Fields and Max Gawn was carried off with what looked like a right knee.

He was in obvious pain and from of the look of the strapping he was already wearing, it is the same knee he has already had reconstructed.

Terrible. Fingers crossed its not as bad as it looked.

Anything more uplifting to report?

Injury confirmed on MFC twitter.

Scans tomorrow.

Spencer does a knee one year and Gawn the next?

Who siad we could have too many rucks?!

Terrible. Fingers crossed its not as bad as it looked.

Anything more uplifting to report?

Jake Spencer may not be a "list clogger" after all.

There is good reason why we have a panel of ruckman.

Hope Gawn gets back from this. Nasty

Edit: Just saw DemonWA's post and agree you need to have enough rucks to cover this situation. Thankfully we are well placed with Jamar, Martin and Spencer.

I was right near Gawn when it happened. He came down from a contested mark - which he won - and seemed OK for a couple of seconds. Then he grimaced, grabbed hs knee and tried to run. He then fell to the ground in some pain. It did not look good and was definitely in the same knee he has heavily strapped. Mitch Clark and another player helped him up, but by then hte trainers arrived and he was led from the field supported by two of them, not putting any weight on his leg.

Yeah, terrible terrible news,

This is the reason he slid in the draft after all, lets hope it is only a minor injury if this is possible.

Will try not to speculate to much atm

Not good news but does anyone actually have a review about the session?

i just posted a thread "Casey Demons Christmas Party".

Shattered. Had high hopes for the kid.

In a worst case scenario, I suppose this may be Spencil's chance to do a "Martin" and step up.

Melbourne AFL ruckman Max Gawn hurts knee

Man I hate injuries!

He will be back. But not in 2012. It's a cruel game regularly. Good Luck Max.

So actually how was training...? I'd be keen to know how the session went and how the newcomers handled it?

He will be back. But not in 2012. It's a cruel game regularly. Good Luck Max.

Is this something you know or is it just your impression from what you have been reading? Don't forget Buddy Franklin went down with a knee injury second week of finals and looked set for a long stint on the sidelines, one week later he almost got the Hawks into the Granny of his own boot.

It sounds bad, but let's not get too ahead of ourselves and hope for the best.

Yeah. It could be a torn ACL, but it could also be a sprain, strain or badly twisted knee. The fact that he's getting scans tomorrow indicates that it didn't ease up quickly, indicating that it's not a minor injury, but it might be something that keeps him out for a couple of weeks if we're really lucky.

Is this something you know or is it just your impression from what you have been reading? Don't forget Buddy Franklin went down with a knee injury second week of finals and looked set for a long stint on the sidelines, one week later he almost got the Hawks into the Granny of his own boot.

It sounds bad, but let's not get too ahead of ourselves and hope for the best.

You could be right, and i hope you are...But i wouldn't put my house on it.

Buddy and Steve Johnson were both very lucky boys and they know it...

Max is a big unit..if his knee buckled then that is a lot of stress.

i wish him all the best....

Let's hope the Injury isn't serious.

I love the BIG GUY.

But if it does end up bad, who will come off the rookie list onto the Primary list.

Jai or Leigh. My preference would be Leigh

I guess we need to wait and see what today's assessment brings, especially considering the Franklin injury scare last finals time.

Good luck to the guy whatever the result - he did have a pretty good start in his few games this season.

I guess this is why we keep a few on the list - one man's misfortune is another's opportunity.

Wait for the scans people. Many, if not most knee injuries are minor. A scan is the logical step for any afl players knee injuries no matter what is wrong. He may have redone his ACL, but without doing any of the tests we don't know. He may well have a medial ligament or a torn meniscus both quite minor or a PCL or any other myriad of knee injuries. Wait for the scans before announcing that the sky is falling

Fingers crossed that it's only minor.

Fingers crossed that it's only minor.

Is this something you know or is it just your impression from what you have been reading? Don't forget Buddy Franklin went down with a knee injury second week of finals and looked set for a long stint on the sidelines, one week later he almost got the Hawks into the Granny of his own boot.

It sounds bad, but let's not get too ahead of ourselves and hope for the best.

Agreed. WYL's shooting the breeze again