Bulldogs star forward Sam Darcy has been subbed off with a knee injury after landing awkwardly following a marking contest in the Bulldogs’ Easter Sunday clash against St Kilda.
Darcy crumpled to the ground and clutched at his left knee, which he appeared to hyperextend after a marking contest in the first quarter.
Sam Darcy on the ground in pain.Credit: AFL Photos via Getty Images
The 21-year-old went straight to the change rooms after he hobbled off the field, visibly in pain and accompanied by medical staff.
Former St Kilda captain Nick Riewoldt told Channel Seven viewers he hurt his knee in a similar situation in his playing days, and immediately feared it was an ACL rupture.
“I had one similar type of hyperextension,” he said.
“I have never done an ACL and that’s where my mind went straight away … [I’m] hoping that … is not as bad as it looked for Sam Darcy.”
Darcy is a pillar of the Bulldogs’ forward line and has been particularly crucial due to the prolonged absence of Jamarra Ugle-Hagan.
Substitute Cooper Hynes has replaced Darcy on field.
