Fraser Needs To Prove Fitness

Collingwood's $341k ruck Josh Fraser will face a race against time to be fit for Saturday night's clash with Hawthorn due to a knee injury sustained on the weekend.

Fraser, owned by 28,000 DT coaches and eyed by many more after injuries to fellow rucks Dean Cox and Aaron Sandilands, has a posterior cruciate ligament complaint in his right knee.

Pies footy manager Geoff Walsh said on Monday morning, “Our docs had a look at him on the weekend.

“He’s got a bit of swelling in the knee that he’s got history with; it’s been a troublesome one for a while.

"The swelling’s come down again a bit this morning,” Walsh said.

“We’ll just manage it a bit the first two or three days of the week, give him a pretty light program, and by about mid-week, we’ll know where he stands.”