Star Bulldog Bailey Smith endures season-ending harm

The 2024 season of Western Bulldogs star Bailey Smith has come to a near some time recently it had indeed started, with the 23-year-old cracking his ACL on Wednesday.

To begin with detailed by 7 News’ Mitch Cleary on Wednesday evening, Smith is said to have maintained the damage amid a club preparing session prior within the day.

The Bulldogs have since included to prior reports by way of an official explanation, expressing that checks conducted on Wednesday affirmed the most noticeably awful.

“We’re all greatly baffled for Bailey, and understand with him greatly,” Bulldogs’ Official Executive of Football, Chris Give said.

“The whole Club will rally around him amid this troublesome time, as he starts his rehab journey.”

2024 was balanced to be a enormous year for the social media star, with Smith uncontracted at the Pet hotel past the conclusion of the year and as of now fielding plenty of intrigued within the advertise.

Smith took to Instagram, succinctly sharing “Ok well, she’ll be right” on his story sent to more than 340 thousand devotees.

With this fair his 6th season as a Bulldog, Smith isn’t however an qualified free operator.

In October, News Corp recorder Jon Ralph claimed Smith was appraised an “80 per cent chance” to take off the Pooches amid the 2024 low season after as of now being connected with a move to Hawthorn this past low season.

Smith commenced his career on Barkly Road after being chosen with the 7th determination of the 2017 AFL Draft.

The Sandringham Dragons product has turned out for Luke Beveridge’s side on 103 events, to begin with wearing the ruddy, white and blue amid the Bulldogs’ Circular 1 win over Sydney in 2019.

Between 2020 and 2023, Smith was voted into the AFL Player’s Association’s ’22 Beneath 22′ side at all four times of inquiring.