Star Fremantle veteran David Mundy has suffered a broken leg while riding a bike with his kids.
The 34-year-old sustained a fibular fracture just above his left ankle in the first week of December when a pedal smashed into his leg.
Mundy took part in pre-season training for two weeks after the incident but reported soreness on Friday and was sent for scans that uncovered the fracture.
The club is unsure how long the midfielder will be sidelined, but he requires non weight-bearing immobilisation for at least four weeks.
“Most likely, the fracture is a result of an injury that David sustained whilst riding his bike with his children,” Fremantle football chief Peter Bell said.
“… David is a professional and we are sure he will do everything he can to get his body in the best shape for 2020.
“Given the type of injury, at this stage there are no set time frames for David’s return to football.”
Mundy has displayed impressive durability throughout his career, playing 316 games in 15 seasons.
David C
Roar Rookie
Freo shouldn't be relying on someone like Mundy at this stage of their rebuild anyway. Don't think they'll miss him too much if they indeed do miss him.
DingoGray
Roar Guru
Disaster? He's unlikely to miss any footy. Not sure it's a disaster. Maybe a delay fitness wise, but older professional bloke like Mundy, i would suggest SFA impact. May even help him back end of the year to be a little bit fresher
IAP
Guest
It's a crack - he hasn't snapped his leg. He'll get off it for a couple of weeks and be good to go by round 1. This is just a typical media beat-up of a non-story.
Don Freo
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Bewley, Blakely, Sturt, Valente, Carter...
Dutski
Roar Guru
True - it certainly sounded more serious in the headline!
Don Freo
Roar Rookie
Fyfey can show him how to play with a proper fracture.
ScottyJ
Roar Rookie
May be a blessing in disguise. Let's some others step into the role earlier and eases the veterans work load over the pre season.
Liam Salter
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Yeah man, I saw the headline and freaked out. Glad that - whilst it’s still nowhere near ideal - it isn’t a properly bad broken leg.
Liam Salter
Roar Guru
I’m honestly pretty confused about how he’s done this! Sounds like such an innocuous injury.
6x6 perkele
Roar Rookie
The classic foot coming of a pedal whack, one of the strangest injuries I've heard man.
6x6 perkele
Roar Rookie
Sounds like four weeks in a moonboot then rehab, I reckon the no time frame is if worse case is he needs surgery after initial four weeks.
6x6 perkele
Roar Rookie
Yes and usually you'll find something like Nathan brown would rightfully be stated to be a break and more minimal things like this a fracture.
6x6 perkele
Roar Rookie
Yes but break is certainly the most sensational way to headline this article for what sounds like a minimal non displaced fracture which will require four weeks in a moonboot.
6x6 perkele
Roar Rookie
Cheers for realising what I meant man, break invokes images of Nathan brown.
Cracka
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Mundy at 34 is a worry? but on a up the Dockers have a really good group of younger players coming through, Jesse Hogan 25yo, Adam Cerra 20yo, Andrew Brayshaw 20yo, Blake Acres 24yo, James Aish 24yo, Luke Ryan 23yo, Caleb Serong 18yo, Cam McCarthy 24yo, Liam Henry 18yo plus a couple more, so I wouldn't be to worried about Mundy. New coach, new game plan, new culture, new exciting Fremantle in 2020.
dontknowmuchaboutfootball
Guest
Have to admit that, after the head in hands response, I had pretty much the same thought. No timeframe for return, though, and with at least four weeks of non weight-bearing immobilisation, I can't see him being ready for Rd1. The silver lining (for supporters, maybe not for his family), I guess, is that two of those weeks are over the end of year break.
Col from Brissie
Roar Guru
Fractures & breaks are the same. Probably suffered a non-displaced fracture/break.
Macca
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"Breaks leg in bicycle accident" invokes thoughts of a mangled mess after coming off your bike at speed, not fracture (he trained on for 2 weeks) from kids bike pedal hitting leg/
Floyd Calhoun
Guest
They’re the same thing I believe. Different degrees of severity obviously.
Dutski
Roar Guru
Whaaaaa? A fracture IS a break. That is literally what a fracture is.