Injury-troubled Fremantle Dockers midfielder Anthony Morabito has suffered a setback to his long-awaited AFL comeback.
Morabito injured the knee he has twice had reconstructive surgery on at Wednesday morning's training.
The club confirmed the 21-year-old had torn the graft on his surgically repaired anterior cruciate ligament and will need another reconstruction.
Morabito was the number four pick in the 2009 draft but after playing 23 AFL games for Fremantle in 2010 he has not made an AFL appearance since.
Fremantle football manager Chris Bond said Morabito had been working hard on making it back to the top level.
"He was really looking forward to this year and so were we," Bond said.
After pulling up lame from the training mishap Morabito was rushed away for scans on the injured knee.
Coach Ross Lyon and medical staff accompanied Morabito.
"We'll wait for the results of the scans but it is a concern given his history."
Tags: australian-football-league, sport, fremantle-6160, wa, australia First posted January 09, 2013 15:34:47
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