Recovering: Injured star Greg Inglis. Picture: Colleen Petch Source: Herald Sun
MELBOURNE Storm centre Greg Inglis is an outside chance to play this weekend after scans revealed no damage to the ankle he injured on Monday night.
The swelling went down significantly post-match and scans set for tomorrow were pushed forward to yesterday morning.
They showed no ligament damage but he had some bone swelling high up in his ankle, and some pain, and won’t be able to run until at least Saturday.
Inglis was named for Sunday’s Anzac Day clash against New Zealand Warriors at Etihad Stadium, and Storm football manager Frank Ponissi said he would be given until the last minute to prove his fitness.
“He came to the club yesterday morning and any swelling he had was gone. They scanned him and there was no damage whatsoever to the ligaments,” Ponissi said.
“He did aggravate some scar tissue in the incident which was creating a bit of the pain he was feeling around the area.
“But amazingly after what looked like quite a serious incident he could be an outside chance of playing this week. Given the rate of recovery from post-game to getting the scans you couldn’t rule him out yet.”
Storm physio Kieran Morgan said Inglis’s injury was still quite tender and how he responded to treatment would determine if he played.
