{"id":97470,"date":"2021-07-09T08:46:42","date_gmt":"2021-07-09T08:46:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=97470"},"modified":"2021-07-09T11:56:58","modified_gmt":"2021-07-09T11:56:58","slug":"butters-to-miss-a-month-with-fresh-knee-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=97470","title":{"rendered":"Butters to miss a month with fresh knee injury"},"content":{"rendered":"

Port Adelaide<\/a> youngster Zak Butters will be sidelined for approximately a month after suffering another knee injury in his long-awaited comeback game. <\/p>\n

Playing in his first match since Round 4, Butters managed 10 disposals in the Power's 31-point loss to Melbourne on Friday night<\/a>, before landing awkwardly following a marking contest.<\/p>\n

Scans on Friday confirmed that the 20-year-old had sprained the medial ligament in his right knee. <\/p>\n

Butters has endured a wretched run with injuries this season. He injured his syndesmosis tendon in Round 4 against Richmond, before requiring surgery for a nerve issue in his left knee.<\/p>\n

\"Zak<\/p>\n

"Sometimes when you have a bad run … it goes against you," Port Adelaide coach Ken Hinkley said of Butters' injury luck in 2021.<\/p>\n

"You get back, you're excited about getting back and then all of a sudden, first game back, something else happens."<\/p>\n

Butters is the second Port player in consecutive weeks to suffer a knee injury after Kane Farrell ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his right knee in Round 16.<\/p>\n

Port Adelaide faces a trip to Melbourne to face a resurgent St Kilda side in Round 18, desperately requiring a win if it is to secure a top four finish and a double chance in the finals.<\/p>\n

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