News: Liam Jurrah
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NEWS: Jurrah is 2 weeks away from playing for VFL affiliate the Casey Scorpions. Jurrah returned back to the club today after his court appearance. Melbourne club football manager Josh Mahoney told melbournefc.com.au "He has now begun an intensive conditioning program designed to get him back playing when this is completed." | ||||
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NEWS: The Alice Springs Magistrates Court is currently delivering answers on the alleged machete incident involving Liam Jurrah. Prosecutor Stephen Robson said "It is alleged Liam Jurrah struck (his cousin) Basil Jurrah to the head with a machete." | ||||
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NEWS: Jurrah will front Northern Territory magistrate for a hearing beginning on Monday in Alice Springs.Melbourne coach Mark Neeld says "We're fully aware of what Liam's going through at the moment. We've got certain people within our footy club that are well educated in that area and are offering Liam all the support we can possibly give him. We get briefed every now and then." | ||||
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NEWS: In an unforgiving year thus far, Jurrah made his season debut with Melbourne on the weekend and sustained an ankle injury which will keep him out another 4-6 weeks. | ||||
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NEWS: 12 disposals and 3 marks on Richards... dislocated finger on his left hand in Q4... left ankle knock later in Q4 | ||||
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NEWS: Melbourne coach Mark Neeld has justified his decision to play Jurrah saying "No matter what angle we take, no matter what I say, no matter what Liam says, there will be people who say 'yep we support you' and there will be other people who have a different view. That is the way it works. We're going to let the legal system run its course. There is no need to worry about Liam's resilience or mental strength." | ||||
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NEWS: Jurrah played his first game for the season on the weekend. He looked very classy on his return and dominated in the first quarter. He fell away as the game went on and clearly lacked match conditioning as his 2nd and 3rd efforts were not quite up to scratch. | ||||
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NEWS: Jurrah has been recovering from a wrist injury and fitness, but it is believed is ready to return to the field this weekend. "He is really excited about playing footy again," Melbourne football manager Josh Mahoney told the Herald Sun. | ||||
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NEWS: Melbourne had planned to play Jurrah this weekend in the VFL but have decided to take a cautious approach. Melbourne football manager Josh Mahoney said "Liam trained strongly this week and with another full week of training, he will be available for selection at Casey." | ||||
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NEWS: Football manager Josh Mahoney told melbournefc.com.au "Liam will participate in full training this week and if he is able to achieve the individual benchmark set for him, he will be available for selection this week. If he does that, then he'll be available for selection for Casey this week." | ||||
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NEWS: Melbourne Demons football manager Josh Mahoney told The Age "At this stage we just want him to play initially and if his form is good enough at Casey, then he will be available for selection after that. His wrist has recovered well and it has just been a matter of building his fitness base over the next few weeks to the required levels." | ||||
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NEWS: Brad Green believes he will not play alongside Jurrah "until at least the second half of the season." Jurrah is still battling a wrist injury and his fitness and conditioning needs plenty of work. | ||||
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NEWS: According to the AFL, Jurrah returned to Melbourne headquarters Tuesday morning, met with Mark Neeld for the first time since the incident, and trained on an exercise bike. As mentioned earlier, Jurrah still has a wrist injury which would have forced him to miss Round 1 of the premiership season as it was. | ||||
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NEWS: In fact he wants to continue training and simply make his family proud. Football and family are his top priorities. According to The Age, Jurrah "has denied taking part in a brawl that left a 35-year-old man with serious head wounds at Little Sisters town camp." | ||||
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NEWS: Jurrah believes he did not commit the serious assault he has been accused of doing. Melbourne have noted that we will not see Jurrah playing football for the Demons, until at a minimum, after mid-season. | ||||