\u201cThe surgery itself wasn\u2019t that significant, but the fact that it was probably a repeat injury, and the communication with the surgeon beforehand saying \u2018we might go into your knee, and it might be ruptured\u2019,\u201d Murray said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t realise the effect that had on me mentally. Obviously last year it was hard coming back from surgery and having times where I would just be stepping off and my knee would collapse and I think those are the things that spiralled through my mind.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve added in some gymnastics (into training) at the moment and done a heap of strength work on my knee so I am in a really confident space.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s really basic stuff, jumping and landing – a lot of my repeat incidents was when I was landing with a straight leg and that was putting a lot of tension through that ACL. I\u2019ve just been sort of trying to re-train the brain when I am landing, just landing with that softer leg.\u201d<\/p>\n
Murray is set to begin his fifth season with the Crows after joining the list via the AFL\u2019s pre-season supplemental selection period in 2021.<\/p>\n
He was elevated to the senior list ahead of the 2024 season, and became a mainstay in the Crows defensive line-up before injuries struck.<\/p>\n
Hailing from the Riverina town of Henty in NSW, Murray said connecting with fans in regional communities meant a great deal to him, as players travelled north to Port Augusta, Port Pirie and Whyalla as part of the club\u2019s community camp.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI got amongst the kids and had a kick of the footy, it\u2019s been good fun,\u201d Murray said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe didn\u2019t have as much exposure (to AFL players) where I was from, obviously the Crows do such a good thing here in SA, they always try to come out to the community, which is great.<\/p>\n
\u201cI still remember when I was a little kid and I had the Swans people come in, and just the impact it had on me. If we can have a similar impact, then hopefully those kids can hold those memories all throughout their childhood.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor us to come out and be amongst the kids, it feels like they really appreciate it. Coming from a country town, it\u2019s something that I hold dearly.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Crows\u2019 community camp will culminate with an internal trial at Central Oval, Port Augusta, on Friday afternoon, and Murray said it would give players another opportunity to fine-tune ahead of a practise match against Port Adelaide next week.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have our little goals and things we want to hit throughout the week, so (we\u2019re) just trying to nail them and fine-tune coming into (the game against) Port,\u201d Murray said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt won\u2019t change too much. I think we are all getting pretty sick of playing against each other.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a different venue, a different ground, and it will be pretty cool to get amongst the Port Augusta community, and I\u2019m sure they will enjoy us being down here.\u201d<\/p>\n
The internal trial will start at 4pm and will be live streamed on the Club\u2019s website and App.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Crows defender reflects on working his way back from a knee injury and how he\u2019s primed for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":474569,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85,83],"class_list":{"0":"post-474568","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-afl","8":"tag-afl","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-australian-football-league","12":"tag-australianfootballleague","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-text"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=474568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474568\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/474569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=474568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=474568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=474568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}