First year Fremantle midfielder Andrew Brayshaw will go in for surgery on a broken jaw.
The 18 year-old copped a brutal hit off the play from Brownlow Medal fancy Andrew Gaff during the third quarter.
The worst has been confirmed that the hit has broken his jaw and he is unlikely to feature again for the Dockers in 2018.
Brayshaw was escorted from Optus Stadium to Royal Perth Hospital in an ambulance.