Carlton are asking debutant Alex Cincotta to fill the big void left by Adam Saad, as the Blues’ injury crisis in defence bites hard.
As injuries bite at Carlton, a mature-age rookie gets his chance.Blues give Cincotta his chance as injuries biteThe club is sweating on Mitch McGovern’s fitness but is optimistic the defender will be available to face St Kilda at Marvel Stadium on Sunday.
Cincotta is the beneficiary after being rewarded for his resilience and 12 months of strong form in the VFL playing as a rebounding half-back.A mature-age product of the Geelong Football League, Cincotta’s path to the big league has been rocky, overcoming an anterior cruciate ligament tear in 2020 to find his way to Carlton’s VFL side last year.
“We’re optimistic that he’s going to be right, but we’re going to have full training session now, and then we’ll check off match committee this afternoon off the back of training,” Hansen said. Coach Michael Voss missed training due to a family matter but Hansen said he would be taking the reins on Sunday.in which they were well beaten at the centre clearance and smacked for the contested ball.
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