{"id":374570,"date":"2024-03-10T08:55:37","date_gmt":"2024-03-10T09:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=374570"},"modified":"2024-03-10T12:02:59","modified_gmt":"2024-03-10T12:02:59","slug":"bennett-confirms-stars-scary-blood-clot-setback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=374570","title":{"rendered":"Bennett confirms star's scary blood clot setback"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dolphins<\/a> coach Wayne Bennett<\/a> has confirmed \ufeffOrigin star Tom Gilbert contracted a potentially serious blood clot after he injured his ACL in the Pre-season Challenge.<\/p>\n

Gilbert feel awkwardly against the Warriors in New Zealand<\/a> and scans confirmed the worse with the forward ruled out for the season.<\/p>\n

Following the trip back to Brisbane, reports have emerged he developed the blood clot in his calf before it moved to his lungs.<\/p>\n

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The setback will reportedly push back Gilbert's ACL surgery by three months, hurting his rehabilitation.<\/p>\n

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Speaking after the Dolphins loss to the Cowboys<\/a>, \ufeffBennett confirmed his star forward did suffer a blood clot but wouldn't divulge how long that will push back his operation.<\/p>\n

"A\ufeffll I can tell you is what we know," he said at the press conference.<\/p>\n

"What we know is there's no definite conclusion of when the operation is going to be.<\/p>\n

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"He did have a blood clot, that's been resolved but it's an ongoing examination with the doctors. We don't have a definitive answer of what's going to happen or when it's going to happen, and we're not going to speculate on that."<\/p>\n

\"Bennett<\/p>\n

Bennett added there's been no rush to get Gilbert in for surgery, despite the nine-month recovery that comes with an ACL injury.<\/p>\n

"He was never going to play this season anyway," he said.<\/p>\n

"No one was rushing around to get him an operation."<\/p>\n

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Asked \ufeffif Gilbert was alright, Bennett bluntly stated the blood clot was "no more serious than the day he injured his leg".<\/p>\n

"He's OK. He's here today, he's fine," he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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