Fremantle captain Alex Pearce ruled out of Indigenous All Stars clash with ankle injury

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Fremantle captain Alex Pearce ruled out of Indigenous All Stars clash with ankle injury

Fremantle captain Alex Pearce has been officially ruled out of Saturday’s pre-season Indigenous All Stars clash at Optus Stadium with an ankle injury.

Pearce, who has lineage to the Palawa people of Tasmania, had been selected to represent the Indigenous All Stars against the Dockers.

The 29-year-old key defender tweaked an existing ankle injury in an intra-club practice match last Friday and was ruled out of the showpiece pre-season fixture following scans over the weekend.

While the club said the injury was “minor”, it would assess his availability for their next intraclub game on February 23 and their second official pre-season hit out against Melbourne on March 2.

The Dockers open the season against Geelong at GMHBA Stadium on March 15.

Pearce looked solid for almost three-quarters of match simulation at Cockburn before landing awkwardly on his left ankle attempting to spoil.

He ran off the ground immediately where he was looked at by doctors and spent the last quarter on the bench with his ankle on ice.

Camera IconFremantle Football Club – pre-season intraclub game in Cockburn Central. Captain Alex Pearce. Credit: Kelsey Reid/The West ***********

Pearce tweaked the ankle a week earlier, just days before being reappointed club captain for a third season, and had hopes of getting through the intra-club match unscathed so he could represent the All Stars.

Fremantle veteran Michael Walters will captain the All Stars, while gun recruit Shai Bolton is also hopeful of playing managed minutes.

Walters will be joined by Charlie Cameron (Brisbane), Bradley Hill (St Kilda) and Jarman Impey (Hawthorn) in the All Stars leadership group.

West Coast’s Tim Kelly, Liam Ryan and Coen Livingstone are also in the All Stars squad.

The All-Stars squad features 31 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander players from 16 clubs.

It will be the first All Stars game since 2015 when West Coast won a close game in front of 10,000 fans and Shaun Burgoyne won the Polly Farmer Medal as best afield.

Bouncedown is at 4.30pm on Saturday.

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