Geelong rocked as assistant coach collapses at training

Geelong’s grooming league connected Friday has been rocked by frightening scenes with adjunct manager Steven King collapsing.

The 45-year-old was mid-conversation with Cats prima guardant Jeremy Cameron erstwhile helium abruptly dropped to the ground.

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King was attended to by the club’s aesculapian unit earlier helium was taken to Epworth Hospital.

Channel 7’s Mitch Cleary reported the incidental near Cameron visibly shaken and said the scenes were rather “confronting”.

A scheduled property league with Cats manager Chris Scott was delayed arsenic the grooming league was enactment connected clasp arsenic players were taken from the way for astir 20 minutes.

The nine has since said they expect the erstwhile ruckman to beryllium OK and helium volition stay nether observation.

King is 1 of the starring contenders to onshore the vacant relation arsenic the West Coast Eagles manager for adjacent season.

He had returned to Melbourne connected Thursday nighttime aft flying backmost from Western Australia pursuing an interview.

The incidental comes a small implicit 24 hours retired from Geelong’s preliminary last showdown against Brisbane astatine the MCG.

The victor of that contention volition publication their spot successful the 2024 AFL Grand Final wherever they’ll instrumentality connected the victor of Friday night’s archetypal preliminary last betwixt Sydney and Port Adelaide.