New Sydney recruit Taylor Adams has faced another bout of bad luck, being ruled out for up to four weeks with a medial ligament strain in his left knee.
The former Collingwood midfielder, who missed out on the Magpies' four-point grand final victory over Brisbane due to a hamstring injury sustained on the eve of the finalswent down during the Swans practice match against Brisbane on Friday night.
The 30-year-old was sent for scans on Saturday, confirming the bad news over the weekend.
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Adams has had a horror run with injuries, ripping his groin off the bone during Collingwood's 2022 finals campaign, before last year's heartbreak.
The Swans initially played down the injury concern, despite ruling Adams out of the match immediately after he came to the bench.
He has played 206 games across his career that began at GWS before his move to the Pies.
Before the Swans pre season campaign, the veteran spoke of the pain he has been dealing with since missing the Pies' 16th V/AFL premiership last September.
"I don't think I'll ever fully get over that (missing the grand final)," Adams said in December last year.
"It's not just me, it's my family, my support network, people at the footy club who put so much time and effort in and then you fall one hurdle short.
"It's heartbreaking, and it was so bittersweet because there were so many people at the footy club who I've been side by side with for so many years who I knew deserved it, and I was extremely happy for them."
The new Swan, who joined former Pies teammate Brodie Grundy up at Sydney, will have to wait a little while longer to play alongside the ruckman, who left Melbourne after a failed experiment as the Dees' second ruckman behind Max Gawn.
Meantime, Sydney has been dealt another blow, with former captain Luke Parker being ruled out for up to a month after having surgery on a broken arm last week.
It's not the news the club needed on the eve of the season, as they will take part in the AFL's new Opening Round fixture against Melbourne at the SCG, to be played a week before the round one.
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