Paul Puopolo ... limped off with knee injury. Source:News Limited
Hawthorn are confident forward Paul Puopolo has escaped a serious knee injury.
The goalsneak crashed to the ground in the final minute of the Hawks' loss to Gold Coast Suns in their NAB Cup clash on Saturday night.
He was helped from the ground by trainers but - in a positive sign - was able to walk around after the game.
Hawthorn football operations manager Mark Evans said Puopolo would have a scan in the next 24 hours.
"They're pretty confident it's not (an ACL)," he said.
"He hyper-extended the knee but was walking around OK on and off the plane today so we'll have to monitor it."
Even if he is cleared, as expected, Puopolo will sit out the next pre-season game against Western Bulldogs at Etihad Stadium on Friday night.
"We're pretty conservative on things at this time of the year," Evans said.
The Hawks will be boosted by the return of veterans Sam Mitchell and Brad Sewell, who didn't make the trip to Queensland, because of university studies.
They were required at Monash University over the weekend as a crucial part of the MBA they've been studying.
Hawthorn were surprisingly beaten by the Suns and Brisbane Lions in the round-robin games at Metricon Stadium, although they did field an extremely young team with up to a dozen new faces.
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