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Football => Richmond Rant => Topic started by: one-eyed on March 26, 2015, 06:33:04 PM
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Minor setback for Astbury
richmondfc.com.au
March 26, 2015 6:18 PM
Richmond defender David Astbury is unlikely to be available for the Tigers’ Round 1 match against Carlton next Thursday night, after being stung by a stingray while doing recovery at a bayside beach on Wednesday.
Astbury underwent minor surgery today to clean the wound in his left foot, which was pierced by the stingray barb.
“While you can imagine there has been a bit of banter between Dave and his teammates about his luck or lack thereof, this is a reasonably serious and extremely painful injury,” said Richmond’s General Manager of Football, Dan Richardson.
“However, we expect Dave will recover quickly and be ready for selection in the early rounds of the season.”
http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2015-03-26/minor-setback-for-astbury
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FFS this wouldn't have happened if we got Darren Burgess. Knows when the stingrays are out :banghead
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Could only happen to one of our players and so the cycle keeps going on
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Inb4 Maric is injured after fighting a dragon.
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Cue the Debbie downers.
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Inb4 Maric is injured after fighting a dragon.
:lol
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I love it.
We get a match ending injury at a recovery session..
LMAO.
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Only at Richmond
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Dimmas fault?
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Only at Richmond
Does Richmond have a beach?
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Only at Richmond
Does Richmond have a beach?
its at the end of punt road :whistle
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David Astbury @dastbury12
"My experience with a stingray wasn't as fruitful as this guy's. Surgery went well, thanks for the kind messages."
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CBA7GNFUMAEIRwe.jpg:large)
https://twitter.com/dastbury12/status/581029340315414529
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Too injury prone time to move him on
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If they did recovery sessions at the zoo, he'd be stuffed by a gorilla.
Just sayin'.......
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rotten luck
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could of been worse, could of been stung in the plumbs
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Astbury on Ch 7 news showing where on the ankle he was stung ...
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CBPr_zDUsAAn2Ls.jpg)
https://twitter.com/7NewsMelbourne/status/582068261266706432
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Luckless Tiger David Astbury tells of stingray pain
Jennifer Phelan
afl.com.au
March 30, 2015
RICHMOND defender David Astbury says being stung by a stingray caused more pain than the two knee dislocations he's suffered in his injury-hit career.
The 24-year-old needed surgery to remove a stingray barb from his left foot after being stung at Port Melbourne beach on Wednesday.
The much-improved defender was wading in waist-deep water during an extra recovery session when he encountered the stingray.
He's now certain to miss the Tigers' round one opener against Carlton on Thursday night but is optimistic of facing the Western Bulldogs in round two.
"It sort of barbed me pretty hard up through the inside of my left foot and into my ankle," Astbury told the Seven Network on Sunday night.
"The poison they have brings on quite a bit of pain and it thins the blood as well so there was obviously a fair bit of bleeding.
"It was more painful than dislocating my kneecap."
A panicked Astbury had to drive himself to the Alfred Hospital and used his hands-free phone speaker to seek assurance from friends and family throughout the trip.
"I didn't have the best run to the Alfred, unfortunately," he said.
"But I spoke to my sister, the club doctor and another one of my friends and they calmed me down."
Astbury has had a terrible run with injuries in recent years.
He was leading the Tigers' best and fairest last season when he dislocated his left patella against Melbourne in round nine.
It came after he suffered the same injury on his right side midway through the 2011 season, which required two operations and cost him nearly 12 months.
The 37-game player said he believed he would overcome his latest setback quickly and be right to face the Bulldogs on April 11.
"I'm looking forward to hopefully putting my hand up for selection in round two," he said.
"Sometimes life throws you a curve-ball and mine was a stingray this time."
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2015-03-29/astburys-stingray-pain