West Coast will be without premiership defender Tom Barrass for a major chunk of the AFL season after a stress-related foot injury that may require surgery.
Barrass suffered the injury in the club's round four Western Derby win and was removed from the side ahead of the weekend's upset loss to Port Adelaide at Optus Stadium.
Tom Barrass faces a long spell on the sidelines with a stress-related foot injury.Credit:AAP
"We're not confident it's going to be a short-term problem," West Coast football boss Craig Vozzo told the club website.
"He's seeing a specialist tomorrow and then our medical team will gather (more information) and give us some advice as to the likely time out.
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"We're fearing that it's going to be a reasonable period out of the game unfortunately."
Coach Adam Simpson said in his post-match press conference his team might stop training at the $1.8 billion stadium after Barrass became the latest Eagle to fall victim to the turf.
The Eagles have been plagued by foot and lower leg injuries over summer, with Simpson of the belief the damage was caused by the Optus Stadium turf.
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