Adelaide youngster Zac Taylor appears to have suffered a serious knee injury during training on Wednesday morning.
The distraught 21-year-old limped off the ground in the hands of trainers, appearing to favour his right leg.
Taylor is yet to debut for the Crows at AFL level but has been in good form in the SANFL.
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The 2021 third-round draft pick has averaged 18.6 disposals in Adelaide’s reserves this year, including a season-high 23 touches last Saturday against Sturt.
South Australian 10 news reporter Jase Kemp had vision of the sad moment as it unfolded.
“Painful scenes at Crows training Zac Taylor looks to have suffered a serious knee injury during the session,” he wrote on X.
“Rough timing for the 21 year old who’s been playing some good footy in the SANFL.”
It continues a plague of injuries that is dogging teams right across the competition this season.
Brisbane are nursing four season-ending ACL injuries at the moment, while Collingwood and Richmond are both in the midst of injury crises.
But the Tigers will finally start to get some relief as three players, including dual premiership player Jack Graham, are set to return against Geelong.
Graham, along with Rhyan Mansell and Jacob Bauer, are all expected to be available for the Tigers’ Saturday night trip to GMHBA Stadium — their first game in Geelong since 2017.
Forward Mansell missed Richmond’s Dreamtime defeat to Essendon on Saturday night due to concussion.
Graham sat out the last two matches after hurting his hamstring in the thumping loss against the Western Bulldogs three weeks ago.
But the return of Graham will be offset by the absence of the dangerous Shai Bolton, who was concussed in the final quarter against the Bombers.
Luckless midfielder Jacob Hopper’s hamstring injury is taking longer to heal than first anticipated and could be sidelined for another four weeks.
Hopper’s former GWS teammate Tim Taranto is listed as up to two weeks away after the reigning Tigers’ best-and-fairest winner broke his wrist at training in April.
Star forward Tom Lynch has been sidelined since badly hurting his hamstring in the round-three upset of Sydney, but is tracking to be available in two-to-three weeks.
– With AAP