Sport
1 May, 2026
Wilson still weeks from Pie return
BOORT ruckman Connor Dalgleish’s short-term future remains under a cloud after he damaged two discs in his lower back in the Magpies’ last game against Sea Lake Nandaly.
Dalgleish lasted only a few minutes of the game before leaving the field with back spasms.
His condition became worse the day after the match, when he was rushed to hospital.
Dalgleish is being treated for his injury, but coach Andrew Rutley said it would be another week or two before the club would have any update on his likely return.
Boort has a nightmare run in the next few rounds with a brutal injury toll that has seen the club increasingly calling on juniors to make up the numbers.
That has brought about a new club policy that will prevent Under 17 players from appearing in both junior and senior matches on the same day.
Captain Keiren Wilson severely injured his shoulder in round one and the club is still waiting for the results of an MRI.
“He has a fair range of movement but is still a number of weeks off a return,” Rutley said on Tuesday.
Boort faces reigning premiers Calder United next Saturday before a round-four clash against last year’s runner up, Birchip Watchem.
After the competition’s second bye on May 16, the Magpies will take on ladder-leaders Wedderburn and the following week will play this year’s big improvers, St Arnaud.
The league-wide Anzac weekend bye did provide Boort with some breathing space on its spate of injuries.
Lachlan Hall had a lower back/hamstring injury but trained last Thursday and is likely to be fit to face the Lions.
Alex Chamberlain was concussed against Sea Lake Nandaly but has recovered well, and the club is hopeful he will be ready to play this week.