‘We're hoping it's on the minor side': McStay's nervous wait after knee injury
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Collingwood forward Dan McStay is in danger of being sidelined until the bye after injuring his knee in the Magpies' Anzac Day victory over Essendon.
The Magpies were confident on Friday night that McStay had avoided damage to his anterior cruciate ligament and that he had hurt the medial collateral ligament in his left knee.
Scans over the weekend will reveal the extent of the injury though it's likely the Pies will have to make do without McStay for at least the short-term future.
'Dan's got an MCL [injury] of some degree,' Magpies coach Craig McRae said. 'We don't know until we get it scanned. I'll give you some context, 'Howie' [Jeremy Howe] did that and played the next week and they could be out for four to six weeks, we don't know, we'll know more tomorrow. I don't want to crystal ball it.
'We're hoping it's on the minor side.'
The upper end of that timeframe would result in McStay being out until after the club's bye in round 14.
It is a blow for McStay, who missed the Pies' premiership two years ago after tearing his ACL in the preliminary final.
On Friday, McStay left the field in the third quarter after a marking contest in Collingwood's goal square where he lost his footing. He emerged holding his left knee then hobbled off to the bench and was subbed out minutes later.
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