Suns star Rioli to undergo surgery
Rioli suffered a leg injury before half-time in Sunday's shocking 61-point loss to the Crows in Adelaide and had to limp off the ground. The 28-year-old had an operation on his knee in early December last year after sustaining an MCL injury.
'Scans on Monday shows that Daniel has sustained a small fracture to his fibula,' Suns' head physiotherapist Lindsay Bull said in a statement.
'After discussing the results with Daniel, a decision was made that he will undergo an operation which will make him unavailable for selection for several weeks.'
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