Star Cat’s major injury complication revealed

Geelong star Jeremy Cameron played through pain for much of the season because the screws used to fix the plate in his forearm snapped loose.

It can be revealed that the screws broke in the opening weeks of Cameron’s season in a major complication stemming from surgery on a broken right arm in last year’s Grand Final.

It must be stressed that playing with the “floating” screws free didn’t pose any risk of further injury to Cameron, but the goalkicker battled through significant discomfort at times.

Cameron has long been scheduled to undergo surgery on the plate in the wake of Geelong’s campaign. If he’d gone under the knife during the season it would have ended his year.

The forward was also forced to have shoulder surgery after suffering a left AC joint injury in a Round 18 loss to GWS, but still managed to kick 41 goals from 19 games while playing up the ground for long periods.

"(Cameron) did a remarkable job to get through the year the way he did. It's for him to speak about what he put up with his arm. I will say that we don't put our players at risk, so it was more a discomfort function thing that he was struggling with,” Scott said after the semi-final loss to Fremantle.

"It was one of those issues where he could have had it fixed and he misses the rest of the year or he could keep playing through and if it failed, he would have to get it done then. But I thought he was terrific the way he hung in.

"He'll get it fixed straight away and it'll be a decent lay-off, but the good news with upper body injuries is generally you can run.”

Cameron will next year share the Cats forward line with close mate and new teammate Toby Greene.