{"id":336157,"date":"2023-10-04T01:24:13","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T01:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=336157"},"modified":"2023-10-04T05:05:10","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T05:05:10","slug":"gutted-swans-skipper-breaks-silence-on-bad-mistake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=336157","title":{"rendered":"'Gutted' Swans skipper breaks silence on 'bad mistake'"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sydney Swans<\/a> co-captain Callum Mills<\/a> has broken his silence on a Mad Monday mishap that threatens to ruin the start of his 2024 AFL season.<\/p>\n

The 26-year-old required surgery on a rotator cuff in his shoulder after tearing it \ufeffwhile wrestling a teammate during post-season celebrations<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The club publicly admonished the skipper and on Wednesday he fronted media to speak about the incident.<\/p>\n

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"I'm gutted that this will potentially put the start of my season at risk, but one thing I do want to assure people is I'm doing everything I possibly can to get back as quick as possible," Mills said.<\/p>\n

"And for Swans fans, I want to make it really clear that this will not deter my, nor my teammates', commitment to chasing success in 2024."<\/p>\n

\"Sydney<\/p>\n

Mills was pressed on exactly what happened at Mad Monday, but the gun midfielder refused to divulge \ufeffdetails.<\/p>\n

"As I said, I made a bad mistake," he said.<\/p>\n

"As soon as I found the results, I went into (coach John Longmire's) office and told him exactly what happened, and as you can imagine, he was extremely disappointed, as am I in myself.<\/p>\n

"It was extremely hard, but that's the respect I have for Horse (Lonmire), to be able to own it and take full responsibility.<\/p>\n

"It was quite an innocuous accident. The next couple of days, I didn't know what I'd done, how bad it was.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

"It was a bad mistake, and it's extremely frustrating and I'm gutted that this is the result."<\/p>\n

The incident prompted some commentators to call for Mills to be stripped of the co-captaincy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He says no such conversation has taken place with Longmire or his teammates yet.<\/p>\n

"I think that's a discussion for the club to have, we haven't had those discussions," Mills said.<\/p>\n

"What I will say is I absolutely love leading this club, it's something I hold clearly deep to my heart, and it's something I love doing. It's a position that I don't take for granted.\ufeff"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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