Courtney Dempsey was an interested on-looker at today’s training session, forced to sit out after straining his plantar facia on Monday.

But Club Doctor Brendan De Morton said the minor injury was a blessing in disguise.

“It’s coming along very well, Courtenay did it in Monday’s training session, but today he’s a lot better,” De Morton.

“Plantar facia is a long sheet of tendon found  on the bottom of the foot, and because it’s a long sheet it usually doesn’t matter if you tear a bit of it, and often it actually takes a bit of tension out of the foot,” De Morton said.

Dr De Morton said the injury was not a major concern and he is confident Dempsey will be back training next week.

“He’ll be off his feet until Monday and then we’ll crank him up from there.”

“I’d be hopeful he’ll be into full training by mid next week.”