Essendon midfielder Jason Winderlich and defender Courtenay Dempsey have both had successful knee operations and will now begin rehabilitation in the coming days.
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General manager of football operations, Paul Hamilton told BomberTV the players went into surgery on Tuesday and are both in good spirits following the operations.
“The surgeons’ happy with the way the operations of both of them went,"" Hamilton said.
""They were both fairly clear cut and the surgeon was particularly happy with the result of both.”
Winderlich and Dempsey opted for conventional knee reconstructive surgery as opposed to the radical LARS treatment.
Hamilton said it is a positive that both players will be able to support and assist each other through the recovery period.

“We’re fortunate they’ve got each other to work with and I think that anybody who has been through something like this will know that it can be a lonely place if you’re doing it by yourself.”

The Bombers have come out of Monday’s Anzac Day clash injury-free with club doctors confident the team won’t lose any players through injury this week.

Hamilton said a couple of players were suffering from general soreness but a decision on whether anyone will need to be rested will be made later in the week.

“They're very sore, there is no doubting that and that is to be expected as they are after most games.”

“The doctor’s are relatively confident we shouldn’t lose anyone from injury for this week, that’s not to say we won’t... but we don’t have any soft tissue injuries so I suppose that’s a good start,” Hamilton said.  

In other good news for the club, Tayte Pears and Darcy Daniher are progressing strongly in their recovery from injury with both players’ only weeks away from returning to the field after joining training with the main squad.

“Tayte’s training really well, he’s joined in now with the main group so that’s really encouraging. We’ve been really encouraged by his last month and we can now see the light at the end of the tunnel with Tayte,” Hamilton said.

“Darcy’s had a number of problems for some time now… he’s back in full training now so we are probably only a week away from him training.”