Talia, Petrenko ahead of schedule

Adelaide Crow and Rising Star Daniel Talia after breaking his forearm against the Sydney Swans in the second qualifying final this year. Picture: Simon Cross Source: Herald Sun

KEY Crows Daniel Talia and Jared Petrenko are on track to be fit for the start of next season.

AFL Rising Star winner Talia has almost fully recovered from the broken forearm he suffered in Adelaide's qualifying final defeat to Sydney, while tough-tackling forward Petrenko has resumed light skills work after having his right shoulder reconstructed.

"They are both tracking really well and we'd expect them to be right for Round 1," Crows list manager David Noble said.

"They're not doing any competitive stuff yet because we don't want to risk any setbacks but their running and general fitness is very good.

"Overall we are very pleased with how their recoveries are going and at this stage we'd expect them to get some pre-season games under their belts."

Petrenko who had previously had his left shoulder reconstructed had been expected to miss Adelaide's opening premiership season match against Essendon at AAMI Stadium on March 22.

But he is a month ahead of schedule in his rehabilitation.

"It's a lot better than I first thought," Petrenko told the club's website.

"It's usually a six-month rehabilitation but I'm looking to get back in five, which would be late February or early March.

"I was anticipating I'd miss all the NAB Cup, come back through the Eagles (in the SANFL) and possibly miss the start of the AFL season proper. Now I'm hoping to sneak in a couple of NAB Cup games.

"It still seems a long way away when I think about it, but it's looking a lot brighter than two months ago."

Petrenko, 23, dislocated his right shoulder in the Crows' semi-final win against Fremantle and took painkillers to get through the preliminary final defeat to Hawthorn.

"The damage to my shoulder was just enough to require surgery," he said.

"It wasn't a full-blown mess, so it didn't take as much work to repair."

Key defender Talia is taking part in all training except contact drills.

He must protect his rebuilt arm from a heavy hit until the end of January after having a large plate and nine pins inserted in the arm.

"I'm doing all the running and skills work. I just can't receive any direct contact because if it hits the exact spot where the bone was broken I might re-injure it," Talia, 21, said.

Talia who was a revelation in defence last season has spent the off-season improving his running. He said he was already ahead of where he was at the end of last pre-season when he was coming off an achilles injury.

The only other players in the Crows' rehabilitation group are Bernie Vince (shoulder), Luke Thompson (ankle) and Matthew Jasch (groin).

All three had minor end-of-season surgery but are expected to join in full training when the players resume training after Christmas on January 7.
 

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