{"id":131120,"date":"2021-09-19T03:15:25","date_gmt":"2021-09-19T03:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=131120"},"modified":"2021-09-19T09:57:48","modified_gmt":"2021-09-19T09:57:48","slug":"inside-fiery-dees-training-that-left-youngster-hurt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=131120","title":{"rendered":"Inside fiery Dees training that left youngster hurt"},"content":{"rendered":"

Veteran AFL reporter Damian Barrett has offered an insight into the fiery Melbourne<\/a> training session that saw youngster Charlie Spargo pick up an injury.<\/p>\n

The small forward got his leg in an awkward position while being tackled during drills on Saturday evening under lights<\/a>. Medical teams looked at his ankle and pulled him from the session at Mineral Resources Park.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: <\/strong>Illness rocks Melbourne's grand final preparation<\/a><\/p>\n

While Melbourne is confident the 21-year-old will be able to take his place in next Saturday's AFL grand final<\/a>, Barrett revealed that there had been other "hearts-in-mouths moments" during the session.<\/p>\n

"It was a tackle drill, he was rotated a few times [and] there was genuine concern around it," he told Nine's AFL Sunday Footy Show<\/em>.<\/p>\n

"The club has said it was minor, but having said that it certainly did cause some concern for Spargo himself, who sat by himself for some time afterwards. <\/p>\n

\"Charlie<\/p>\n

"Just on the contest itself, there was an exchange of words between Harrison Petty and Michael Hibberd, maybe coming from Petty to Hibberd more than the other way, about a particular drill that didn't go the way they wanted it to. <\/p>\n

"It was on. There were a few hearts-in-mouths moments, not just with the Spargo incident."<\/p>\n

With a longer lead-up to the grand final this year due to the pre-grand final bye weekend, Port Adelaide great Kane Cornes suggested that the team that weathers the media storm best will prevail.<\/p>\n

"It's the strongest group that can deal with distractions [that will win the grand final]," he told the Sunday Footy Show<\/em>.<\/p>\n

"All of a sudden, we're talking about curfews and we're talking about [Luke] Beveridge not being happy with footage being released via someone's phone, then we're talking about a couple of injuries. <\/p>\n

"In the context of a season they're so minor, but because it's grand final week everything [increases in] magnitude."<\/p>\n

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