Sam Darcy is our Most Important Player

[jazzadogs]

Some rumors going around that it might NOT be an ACL.

Are these your own sources angak, or rumours you have seen online?

[lemmon]

Tom Morris and Sam Edmund have tweeted that he's avoided an ACL tear

[Angak]

Please don't do that. I can't take being shattered twice.

I'm going with ACL until I'm told it's not.

Would they have a had a scan already this morning ?

Avoided the worst

[comrade]

Holy ****, it’s an Easter miracle.

[Happy Days]

So you’re telling me I stayed up til 3am listening to Frank Ocean for nothing?

[angelopetraglia]

Bone fracture and not an ACL. Wow. I want to hear more details but that feels like the great escape.

[jazzadogs]

As they approached the tomb, Dr Zimmerman saw that the rock had been moved.
The linen lay empty.
He saw, and he believed.

"Darcy has risen! Darcy has risen!" he cried.

[Hotdog60]

Surprise and relief as Dogs star avoids season-ending ACL tear

Sam Darcy avoids ACL tear, despite the Western Bulldogs fearing his season would be over



SAM DARCY has miraculously avoided a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament after hyperextending his knee in the Easter Sunday night win over St Kilda at Marvel Stadium.

The 21-year-old was cleared of the devastating season-ending injury by a scan on Monday morning.

Darcy is understood to still require knee surgery, but his 2025 campaign is remarkably still alive.
The Western Bulldogs were bracing for the worst after Darcy was helped off the ground in the first quarter of the 71-point win on Sunday night.

Darcy is still expected to miss a few months with a knee fracture, but should return for the closing two months of the season. His exact timeline will become clearer post surgery.

The 208cm forward-ruck was one of the most damaging players across the first five rounds, kicking 14.7 while averaging 8.2 marks to dominate games.

Luke Beveridge's side levelled the ledger at 3-3 and now have a fit and firing Marcus Bontempelli back in the line-up.
The skipper collected 30 disposals and kicked two goals on return to dazzle in his first game of the season.

The Bulldogs will still need to tinker with their forward setup this side of the bye, but they have options in Rory Lobb, James O'Donnell and Buku Khamis.

Father-son recruit Jordan Croft is yet to make his debut after being selected at pick No.15 in 2023, but the 200cm tall utility should get a chance in the coming months, while Jedd Busslinger – another former first-round pick – is yet to experience AFL but could be used in defence to allow one of the above trio to play forward.
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[1eyedog]

This is insane. The rubber man!

[Vred]

I am unbelievably moist at this news. Literally insanely surprised after watching it happen last night.

season back on.

[comrade]

I am a 38 year old man and my mental health is completely dependent on the knee of a 21 year old I’ve never met.

[Bulldog Joe]

While the non ACL tear sounds like relief, I am seriously concerned that a bone fracture in the knee is not any better.

[angelopetraglia]

I am a 38 year old man and my mental health is completely dependent on the knee of a 21 year old I’ve never met.

This sounds like completely normal behaviour to me.

[ledge]

While the non ACL tear sounds like relief, I am seriously concerned that a bone fracture in the knee is not any better.

He is young , like a lizard and its tail , it will just heal and become a whole new knee :-)

[The Adelaide Connection]

While the non ACL tear sounds like relief, I am seriously concerned that a bone fracture in the knee is not any better.

Yeah, that was my thought too. Adam Cooney's cracked patella/cartilage issue puts the fear of god in me when it comes to knees- he never really was the same.

If it has to be the year to get it right, so be it. I am pessimistically optimistic that he will be back for the back end of the year though.