Injured Jake King to miss a month Matt Windley
From: Herald Sun
April 11, 2012 RICHMOND has confirmed midfield enforcer Jake King will miss at least a month of footy with a knee injury sustained in last weekend's loss to Collingwood.
"He'll be out for four to six weeks," football manager Craig Cameron said.
"He's hurt the posterior cruciate ligament that he hurt in 2009, so he's sort of re-aggravated that old injury, if you like."
Cameron said long-term injury concerns, defenders Kelvin Moore and David Astbury, were progressing well but were some weeks from returning via the VFL.
Moore, 28, did not play a game last season, having had several hip operations. Astbury, 21, suffered a season-ending knee injury in Round 12.
"Kel's still on the long-term injury list, which I think expires after Round 5," Cameron said.
"It just depends on whether he's ready to have a run at that stage. And David's probably two to three weeks away still.
"They've got to come back in and play (in the VFL) and prove their fitness and then they've got to prove their form is worthy enough of coming in.
"There's a time frame on when we'd like to get them match-ready, and that's two to three weeks in David Astbury's case and maybe a month for Kel Moore.
"But outside that, it's up to them to get their fitness and form to the level where they can be considered for senior selection."
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