Christian Petracca is back home after needing surgery on a lacerated spleen following the King's Birthday loss to Collingwood. Video via AAP.
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00:00Obviously it was a great time to get away and reset and get everyone out of the building.
00:05It's 7 and 6. We're right in the mix with a lot of teams.
00:10We've had a lot of chance to reflect about where we're at, what we need to do, how we're going to go after our game.
00:16Both internally but also out on the field.
00:20We're very optimistic. As I said post-game, there's things that we think are treading in the right direction on the weekend.
00:27We feel like we've got a lot to build off of.
00:29We sit in the mix with a lot of teams that have got room for improvement about where they're going to finish by the end of the year.
00:36We've had good reflection, we've had some good chats, we've had some good meetings.
00:40We've had some good training so we feel like we're ready to go.
00:43There's been a lot of talk about the stripper tracker and going back on the field.
00:47How do you reflect on that and how do you have more time to process it in the aftermath?
00:52It's not really my job, it's the doctor's job.
00:56I trust their medical team like never before.
01:01They're unbelievable at what they do and they're independent to the game.
01:06All their focus is on player safety and welfare.
01:10They did all the assessments possible and we were really comfortable with where that stood.
01:14It wasn't until a long time post that an internal injury was diagnosed.
01:19They're very hard injuries to diagnose.
01:22Incredibly trusting of our doctor.
01:24They do an amazing job.
01:26Full trust in what they do.