Jy Simpkin is recovering after taking a nasty blow to the head from St Kilda defender Jimmy Webster during training.
The North Melbourne Kangaroos player, 26, was left with concussion when he was knocked flat on the field by his rival, but thankfully he is now in good hands.
Girlfriend Demi Brereton has been nursing the athlete back to health and assured Thursday night that he is ‘doing really well’, reported Herald Sun.
Before stepping out at the Royal Exhibition Building during the Melbourne Fashion Festival, the model, 27, told the publication she had become ‘Nurse Demi’.
‘He’s doing really well, I’m just a nurse Demi. Soccer is so unpredictable,” she said.
Jy Simpkin is recovering after taking a nasty blow to the head from St Kilda defender Jimmy Webster during training. Jy is pictured with girlfriend Demi Brereton
Demi and Jy have been dating for almost two years.
It comes after it was revealed Jimmy faces a near-certain suspension for his high tackle on North Melbourne co-captain Jy in an AFL practice match.
Jimmy sprung from the ground and collected Jy’s head with a hip-and-shoulder bump during the first quarter of the clash at RSEA Park on Sunday.
The North Melbourne Kangaroos player was left with concussion when he was flattened on the field by his rival, but thankfully he is now in good hands
Saints dominated early and withstood a second-half fightback as they cruised to an 11.18 (84) to 10.5 (65) win in their final tune-up for the home-and-away season.
But key defender Dougal Howard limped off late with a hamstring injury and Saints’ fall-out is also likely to include Jimmy being sent straight to the tribunal for a late bump that left Jy dazed after kicking into North’s forward line.
Kangaroos players rushed to remonstrate with Jimmy and a melee spilled over the boundary line as Jy lay on the ground.
Girlfriend Demi Brereton, 27, has been nursing the athlete back to health and assured on Thursday night that he is ‘doing really well’, the Herald Sun reported
Jy, who suffered two concussions last season, was attended to by the medical staff before eventually leaving the field and quickly being sidelined for the rest of the game.
Northern great David King has called for Jimmy to receive a hefty suspension following the incident.
‘Ten weeks. Simple as that. I just hope Jy Simpkin is ok. Just so unnecessary. I hope we’re not still having this conversation in ’24, he said on Twitter.
‘I just saw (Simpkin) and he seemed fine. He watched the game from the bench in the second half, Kangaroos assistant coach Xavier Clarke said after the game.
