{"id":290079,"date":"2023-09-26T12:49:04","date_gmt":"2023-09-26T12:49:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=290079"},"modified":"2023-09-26T12:49:04","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T12:49:04","slug":"shoulder-surgery-for-swan-callum-mills-after-post-season-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/rugby-league\/shoulder-surgery-for-swan-callum-mills-after-post-season-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Shoulder surgery for Swan Callum Mills after post-season injury"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sydney co-captain Callum Mills has undergone shoulder surgery after he was injured at a post-season event.<\/p>\n
The Swans released a statement on Tuesday night confirming that Mills was recovering from successful surgery performed last week.<\/p>\n
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Callum Mills hurt his shoulder at a post-season event.<\/span>Credit: <\/span>Getty Images<\/cite><\/p>\n Channel Seven reported earlier on Tuesday that Mills had hurt himself while wrestling a teammate during a Mad Monday post-season drinks event.<\/p>\n Sydney said the co-captain\u2019s recovery timeline was still to be confirmed.<\/p>\n Charlie Gardiner, Sydney\u2019s executive general manager of football, said the injury was upsetting.<\/p>\n \u201cLosing players to injury in the off-season is always disappointing,\u201d Gardiner said.<\/p>\n \u201cCallum is our captain and an important member of the squad. We are extremely disappointed this injury has occurred.<\/p>\n \u201cCallum is equally disappointed, as you can imagine, but he is recovering well and will get to work on his rehabilitation immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n Mills is a veteran of 155 games for the Swans after making his debut in 2016 and playing in the club\u2019s lost grand final to the Western Bulldogs.<\/p>\n Mills polled well in the 2021 (18 votes) and 2022 (21 votes) Brownlow Medal counts, but picked up only three votes in this year\u2019s award on Monday night.<\/p>\n The midfielder also suffered an accidental off-field injury in 2018 after he tripped while walking back from a cafe and throwing a gridiron ball. Mills broke his foot and had to miss the rest of that season.<\/p>\n Keep up to date with the best AFL coverage in the country. <\/i><\/b>Sign up for the Real Footy newsletter<\/i><\/b>.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n <\/i><\/b><\/p>\n Source: Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Sydney co-captain Callum Mills has undergone shoulder surgery […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":290078,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nMost Viewed in Sport<\/h2>\n
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