David Hille continues to impress on the training track with assistant coach Ashley Prescott saying the 2008 Crichton Medallist has increased his training load this week to include more intensive training drills.
The 28-year-old is expected to make his return to senior football in Round 1 of the season proper after undergoing an AC reconstruction last season.
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“He is going tremendously well. He has progressed from doing a lot of line running to a lot more football activity,” Prescott said.
“Today he was out there diving around getting footballs off the ground so he is doing a lot of those movements that replicate the game more.
“The fitness staff are making sure he ticks the boxes he needs to tick in order to get his body right. With the program he is on at the moment, they are just making sure he reaches certain milestones but we are making sure he achieves those before we put any real time on it.”
In other good news for the Bombers, young gun Michael Hurley is also progressing well from surgery for a wrist injury that was sustained during the season, having pins removed yesterday.
“His injury has come along well. He had some minor surgery yesterday to remove some pins that were in there,” Prescott said.
“The specialist was extremely happy with the way it was going but they have put it back in the cast for protection from knocks from his teammates.
“When he comes back (to full training), he will be ready from a running point of view but will just need to get some extra conditioning into his arm.”
