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Bugger, bugger, bugger
Force star to have groin surgery
c/o Fox Sports
August 08, 2006
INJURY-plagued Western Force five-eighth Lachlan Mackay will have surgery on his groin tomorrow but is hopeful of being back in time for the start of next year's Super 14.
Mackay saw doctors in Perth this afternoon and was set to undergo an operation on two chronic groin tears at Mount Hospital.
He was to also receive treatment for osteitis pubis – a common footballing injury caused by repetitive kicking, sprinting and changing direction.
Orthopaedic surgeon Peter Annear was to conduct the procedure, which involved cutting away at and lengthening Mackay's right and left adductor muscles and scraping away inflamed tissue from his pubic symphysis.
Mackay was expecting a long lay-off.
"It's pretty much a full-on operation, it's five months recovery for getting back," he told AAP today.
"Five months in terms of getting back to actually hopefully playing a game of football.
"It's laying pretty low for a few weeks and you can start jogging after six weeks and after that it's a long process to being able to play a game of football."
MacKay missed much of his debut season with Force with a knee injury and has sustained a litany of other ailments over the years.
The 23-year-old fly half said he was aiming to be back for the pre-Super 14 trial games in mid-January and barring any hiccups would definitely be available for round one.
AAP