Veteran Brisbane Lions midfielder Simon Black is aiming to be ready for round one. Picture: Peter Wallis. Source: The Courier-Mail
BRISBANE midfield marvel Simon Black will resume running this week and is on track to overcome a niggling knee injury in time to play round 1.
Black, 33, was yesterday due to run at full speed for the first time in six weeks after having minor surgery in December.
But the rain-soaked fields near Brisbane's temporary training venue of the state hockey centre at Colmslie were deemed unsafe.
Black will hit full stride in the coming days before what will be his 15th, and most likely final, AFL season.
While the imminent return to full training for the triple premiership player and Brownlow medallist is a boost to Brisbane's pre-season, Lions coach Michael Voss said Black would not be risked for the 2013 premiership opener, against the Bulldogs in Melbourne on March 30, if he was less than 100 per cent fit.
"He's got a fairly tight deadline to meet but we are pretty confident he will be good to go," Voss said.
"But by the same token, we build up round 1 so much and you have to remember that round 2 carries just as many premiership points ...
"We don't want to compromise the next 20-odd weeks for Blacky or the team, because the season is a marathon."
Brisbane's main group of players went through their paces on the artificial turf at Colmslie in steamy conditions because torrential rain during the long weekend made the normal preseason training base at Coorparoo unavailable.
Voss said the minor disruptions to Brisbane's training schedule caused by the wild weather had barely registered on the radar of the playing group.
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