Fears are mounting that GWS Giants spearhead Jesse Hogan’s AFL season is over.
The key forward hasn’t played since injuring his foot against the Western Bulldogs in Round 21.
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The reigning Coleman medallist went to the bench with eight minutes remaining in that loss and was clearly emotional.
Three weeks on, the 30-year-old’s year hangs in the balance, with one game left in the home and away season and at least one final.
“Have we seen the last of Jesse Hogan this year?” Kane Cornes asked on The Agenda Setters.
“Potentially,” Mitch Cleary said. “He has a crucial meeting tomorrow (Wednesday) with the same surgeon that did his navicular surgery six years ago.
“He hasn’t played since this game against (the Western Bulldogs) three or four weeks ago, he won’t play this week against North Melbourne in the Giants’ last home and away game of the season.
“Depending on how this meeting goes with that surgeon tomorrow, that will decide the rest of his season.
“The Giants are holding their breath.”
The reigning Coleman medallist has been in career-best form since at least the start of last year, when he kicked 77 goals, including five in the Giants’ semi-final loss to Brisbane.
Hogan has 43 goals from 15 games this year, including bags of nine and six early on, and is the Giants’ biggest focal point up forward.
“Hodgey, Daisy, Kane — can they win the flag without that man?” Cleary asked.
All three replied at once: “No.”
In his absence on Saturday, youngster Harry Rowston booted four goals to sink Gold Coast.
Rowston had just one goal in 15 games before the weekend.
Hogan has a long history of injury troubles, including a devastating navicular injury that threatened to derail his career, but appeared to have overcome his persistent fitness issues at the Giants.
He played every game last year and all but three games in 2023, but has been restricted to just 15 so far this season.
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