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How do you replace the irreplaceable?Thats the question West Coast coach Adam Simpson is attempting to digest as he comes to grips with the news that star ruckman Nic Naitanui will spend up to a year on the AFL sidelines.Naitanui will undergo a knee reconstruction after rupturing the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee during Friday nights 25-point win over Hawthorn.Scans on Saturday morning confirmed the bad news, and Naitanui will meet with surgeons over the coming days to map out the best course of action.Naitanui is expected to undergo a traditional knee reconstruction instead of LARS, meaning he will miss most - if not all - of next season.West Coast catapulted themselves back into the premiership race with impressive wins over GWS and Hawthorn over the past fortnight.But Naitanuis injury has severely dented those chances.West Coasts form dipped markedly when Naitanui was sidelined for six games earlier this season.Scott Lycett was serviceable in the lead ruck role during that period, but he failed to exert anything close to the influence that Naitanui wields.And of greater concern was the back-up ruck role.Mitch Brown, Fraser McInnes, and Jonathan Giles all struggled in the role, while the Eagles are loath to move intercept king Jeremy McGovern away from defence to pinch-hit in the ruck.Simpson has flagged a shift to a more mobile ruck set-up during Naitanuis absence, floating the possibility of using forward Jack Darling as a pinch-hitter.West Coast are unlikely to finish in the top four, even if they beat the Crows in Adelaide on Friday night.A loss to the Crows would likely see West Coast drop to seventh - consigning them to an away elimination final.Longer term, West Coast are set to explore the option of luring GWS big man Rory Lobb their way.The 206cm forward/ruckman is contracted with GWS next season, but there are reports hes homesick and keen to be traded to a WA-based club.Fremantle initially appeared to be his best fit, given their lack of ready-made key position players.But with Naitanui now set to miss most of 2017, the Eagles could make a big play for the 23-year-old.Lobb has booted 25 goals this season, including a bag of four in his sides one-point loss to West Coast in round 21. George Springer Jersey . Kyle Denbrook, a soccer player from Saint Marys University, took the CIS male athlete of the week honour. Stanley, a fourth-year business administration student from Charlottetown, scored both goals in a 2-0 win over Dalhousie on Friday and tallied again in a 1-0 win over Saint Marys on Sunday. Authentic Custom Astros Jersey . PAUL, Minn. http://www.customastrosjersey.com/ . Haas said he "felt a lot of pain" in his right shoulder when he slammed his racket to the ground in frustration after losing his serve at 3-3 in the first set. Kent Emanuel Jersey . He says so-called TRT is only one problem and he wants to go even further than the ban. "Its about time," St-Pierre told reporters at a promotional event in Montreal on Friday. "I think its a good thing. Nolan Ryan Jersey Large . Boucher previously coached the Tampa Bay Lightning and had a 97-78-20 record over two-plus seasons. He was dismissed by the team last March after the Lightning struggled in the lockout-shortened season with a 13-18-1 record. SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. -- Kyle Toth sank five 3-pointers, grabbed seven rebounds and Cal Poly cruised to a 69-52 win over NCCAA member Bethesda on Saturday.Toth finished with 17 points on 6-for-12 shooting, Donovan Fields added 15 points and Luke Meikle had 11 points with 10 rebounds for Cal Poly (2-2), which had 19 assists and won the rebounding battle 50-38.Josh Mishlers 3-pointer early in the first half made it 15-14 and gave Cal Poly the lead for good. Thee Mustangs took a 31-26 advantage into the break and continued to pull ahead over the final 20 minutes.ddddddddddddethesda led 14-12 early in the first half after Buddha Boyds jumper with 12:11 left but couldnt hang on.CJ Johnson scored 16 points for Bethesda and Jarrell Tate had 10. Boyd finished with eight points and five rebounds. ' ' '