West Coast nightmare continues as All Australian star Jake Waterman suffers ‘gruesome' shoulder injury
West Coast's nightmare season has reached another new low with All Australian forward Jake Waterman suffering a dislocated shoulder late in Sunday's 66-point loss to Adelaide.
The 27-year-old was sandwiched in a five-man contest for the ball, with each player flying in with an arm up in the air.
But Waterman's position as the lowest man on the worst angle left him vulnerable.
Crushed between two Adelaide players, he and his opponents instantly knew he was in trouble.
Physios held Waterman's arm as still as possible as he walked off in clear agony.
'Look at the deep breaths he's taking, he's just trying to hide the pain,' Mark Ricciuto said on Fox Sports.
'Don't say current footballers are soft, because they all went for that contest knowing anything could happen on the other side, and he was the one that copped the brunt of it.'
Waterman's immediate future will now be in doubt at a time his teammate Jeremy McGovern, a fellow 2024 All Australian, could have his career ended by concussion.
The Eagles were already also without Waterman's strike partner Jamie Cripps against the Crows because of a knee injury.
Waterman kicked a team-high three goals before he was forced off with the shoulder injury, while Adelaide were led by Josh Rachele's five-goal haul in the 19.14 (128) to 8.14 (62) win.
Crows skipper Jordan Dawson had kicked 2.3 from his 27 disposals, also recording two goal assists alongside eight clearances and nine tackles.
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