STAR Fremantle recruit Shai Bolton has been sidelined with a calf injury and is in doubt for the Indigenous All-Stars’ clash against the Dockers, while the club have already put a line through gun midfielder Hayden Young.
Bolton was training with the rehab group on Tuesday and faces a race against time to be fit to play in the exhibition match, where he has been named as part an an extended All-Stars squad.
Meanwhile, the Dockers are taking no chances with star mid Young, who has already been ruled out of the clash with a hamstring niggle.
It’s been a tumultuous off-season for Young, who narrowly avoided another fracture to his leg during a training session in December.
Young suffered a knock before Christmas to the fibula he had fractured in last year’s final-round loss to Port Adelaide, but thankfully he escaped with only bone bruising.
The 23-year-old became the longest-contracted player in the League in December when he signed a new deal tying him to the Dockers until 2033.
While he was already contracted to the club for another three seasons, until the end of 2027, he added a six-year extension.
In addition to the game against the Indigenous All-Stars, Fremantle will also face Melbourne at Rushton Park on March 2 as part of the AAMI Community Series before opening its season against Geelong at GMHBA Stadium a fortnight later.
