Richmond captain Chris Newman makes quick recovery Grant Baker
From: Herald Sun
August 12, 2011 RICHMOND captain Chris Newman could make a surprise return as early as next weekend from a potentially season-ending knee injury.
Newman was subbed off just minutes into the Tigers' Round 18 match against Geelong and scans revealed a PCL injury.
Asked this morning if he was done for the year, Newman said: "I hope not."
"I was thinking that way early on. It has progressed really well and surprised a few. I did a bit of running yesterday and pulled up really well today, that was always going to be the test.
"So hopefully, maybe, I can start playing from next weekend."
Newman said he retained absolute faith in the direction coach Damien Hardwick was taking his young team.
"There’s no doubt we’ve been inconsistent and I think that comes from having a young group and just trying to find our feet a little bit," he told Triple M.
"Throughout the year we’ve been in a lot of games, particularly early in the year. I think we’ve lost five games by under 20 points and if you turn a couple of those around you’re sitting not too bad.
"That’s been the key this year. Damien Hardwick has got a fantastic plan in place and the trick is to execute it well and we probably haven’t done that well enough this year."
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