{"id":71733,"date":"2021-05-16T10:20:20","date_gmt":"2021-05-16T10:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=71733"},"modified":"2021-05-16T10:56:59","modified_gmt":"2021-05-16T10:56:59","slug":"teagues-stunning-admission-on-cripps-injury-denial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=71733","title":{"rendered":"Teague's stunning admission on Cripps injury denial"},"content":{"rendered":"

Carlton coach David Teague<\/a> has apologised for denying a report which suggested Patrick Cripps<\/a> was playing through a fracture in his back.<\/p>\n

Cripps' form has been a major talking point given he is out of contract at the end of the year, and a report from The Age<\/em> revealed why his output had been down in the first eight games in 2021.<\/p>\n

However, Teague strongly refuted the report, claiming Cripps was "fine" and did not have a fractured back.<\/p>\n

Following his side's 26-point loss to Melbourne, Teague admitted that he had gotten it wrong in his mid-week media conference.<\/p>\n

"It was probably one of my worst press conferences," he conceded.<\/p>\n

\"Patrick<\/p>\n

"I thought the injury was in the past. It hampered him in rounds two and three<\/a>, so when it got brought up I was probably a bit frustrated and I probably wasn't as honest and direct as I could've been. <\/p>\n

"At the end of the day, the message I wanted to get across was that he's fine now. I could've been clearer with the messaging around that, but for me, the fans need to know that he's right and he's out there.<\/p>\n

"I knew the full extent (of the injury), but I thought it was in the past. At the start of the year, I probably didn't share it a lot because you want to protect your player. <\/p>\n

"This one, the frustration probably came from (the fact that) it was in the past and we were dragging up old news because he didn't have his best day."<\/p>\n

\"David<\/p>\n

News of Cripps' injury has cast the spotlight over Carlton's medical staff and their relationship with the senior coach, but Teague backed the club's doctors.<\/p>\n

"Our medical staff I have absolute trust in, I think they do a very good job," he said. "Do they feed that information back to me? Absolutely."<\/p>\n

Teague pointed to the club's careful handling of oft-injured forward Charlie Curnow<\/a> as evidence of the club's player-first mentality when it comes to injury recoveries.<\/p>\n

"We'll always put the best interests of our players at heart. That's something this club really prides itself on, and you've seen that with Charlie," he said.<\/p>\n

"We're not going to rush Charlie back, we want him there for the long haul and we want his health to be the best it can be for the long-term and we're not going to rush him back for that reason. <\/p>\n

\"Charlie<\/p>\n

"As much as he's tapping me on the shoulder saying, 'Get me into training', we've got a plan and we're going to stick to that plan because we think it's in the best interest for him."<\/p>\n

Curnow has not played an AFL match since Round 15, 2019, and Teague indicated that Blues fans would still have to wait a while yet to see the star forward in action.<\/p>\n

"He's moving well, but I think he's still a few weeks from joining competitive stuff," he said.<\/p>\n

"He'll get integrated in training depending on the drill. Earlier in the week when we're doing a skill drill, he'll probably start shifting into that, before we get him into anything competitive. Until he's doing full training, he'll still be a while away."<\/p>\n

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