K Rock Football | A flood of injuries and unavailability has opened the door for the return of two-time Werribee Centrals best-and-fairest, Tyler Crennan, for Saturday’s clash with Corio.

Missing from the opening six rounds of the season due to work and family commitments, the 2023 Whitley Medal runner-up made two appearances in the reserves before last week’s interleague break.

Coach Rhyce Prismall says they made no promises to Crennan when he returned to training last month.

“It’s probably only the fact that we’ve got so many boys going to Europe and a couple of injuries that we really entertained it,” he said.

“And the more we did and the more we spoke to Tyler and the coaching staff, we thought it was a bit of a no-brainer that we should get him in at the moment, with our availability and see how it goes.

“He probably is an A-grader in the competition if you look at the past five or six seasons. So, not a bad inclusion.

“Hopefully, he can get back to his old straps that we’ve seen in the past couple of seasons.”

With Centrals’ midfield one of the competition’s most dominant, led by GDFNL representative Tate Camilleri, the returning Connor Linehan-Cunningham, and Lara recruit Aaron Stone, Crennan will likely spend more time elsewhere on the ground.

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