GEELONG’s General Manager of Football Operations, Simon Lloyd, has given an update on the heath of Jack Steven following an incident on Saturday night that left him hospitalised.
The new Cat is currently recovering at the Alfred Hospital, after being transferred from Cabrini Hospital.
“The Geelong Football Club, first and foremost, our focus is on Jack’s health and wellbeing,” Lloyd says.
“Obviously it’s being investigated by the police at the moment, so we’ve got to be very careful not to speculate and make assumptions.
“Really at the moment the focus is on health and support for Jack."
Lloyd says the club is doing everything it can to support Steven.
"Our medical team have spoken to the trauma doctors at the Alfred and where he received the injury was under the right thoracic, so in his chest.
“Jack’s very lucky as we speak. He’s recovering, he doesn’t require any further operation or exploratory surgery so that’s a real positive in what is not great circumstances."
Lloyd says the club is solely focused on helping Steven get back on his feet.
“We’re not even thinking about that (a training return) at this present point in time. For us, we just really need to focus on his health and wellbeing.
"Since he’s arrived at the Geelong football Club he hasn’t missed a beat and he’s training really well and he’s been in great spirits and he’s really popular as I said.
"Really now we need to give him the space that he needs during this point in time and hopefully he does have a quick recovery and then we’ll assess where we go from there."
Steven’s strong support network is supporting the Cat at the Alfred.
“Jack comes from a very tight knit family, he has his mum and dad around him at the moment, he has his partner and his siblings as well,” Lloyd says.
"He has a slot of support, there’s a lot of love, care and support for him at this present point in time."
