Crows superstar Izak Rankine appears to have blown a calf muscle.
He was running through a boundary-line ruck contest when he pulled up short and started hopping.
He was immediately taken to the bench for treatment on his right calf.
“He’s pulled up short there,” Fox commentator Jack Riewoldt said. “That’s a big story.”
The Crows have the bye next week, so they will be tempted to take him out of the game now and allow him extra time to recuperate.
The Crows medical staff rubbed Rankine’s calf, and he did some stretching exercises, but he looked to be grimacing.
“He just tried to do a run through then and pulled up short,” Brad Johnson said on Fox. But Rankine is still consulting the Crows staff and is reluctant to rule himself out.
