Dan Hannebery‘s pre-Christmas program will be pushed back two weeks to the start of December after the midfielder fractured a bone in his right foot while on leave.

The 27-year-old incurred the injury after rolling his ankle in an innocuous incident involving outdoor steps at his sister’s house in Perth this week.

The fracture isn’t expected to impact the midfielder’s pre-season beyond the immediate recovery period.

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St Kilda’s senior players (five plus years) return to training on November 18, with Hannebery still set to complete a significant training block pre-Christmas.

General Manager of Football Simon Lethlean said:

It’s never a good time to suffer an injury but given Dan’s recovery will predominantly take place while on leave, we don’t expect his pre-season to be impacted greatly.

“Our team of physios and strength and conditioning guys were keen to manage Dan’s workload prior to the Christmas break, and their program will now be pushed back two to three weeks.”

“He should be running at the start of December and training with the main group shortly after.”