ST KILDA youngster Daniel Markworth has had a minor setback in his recovery from a knee reconstruction, undergoing an arthroscope to remove scar tissue.
The 21-year-old is expected to be out of action for two to three weeks after the minor surgery, which took place after the Saints returned from Colorado last week.
It is the second year running Markworth has injured the knee while on an overseas training venture.
He landed awkwardly on his reconstructed right knee when he came down from taking a mark and tried to turn quickly.
Last year, it was an innocuous training incident in the days before the end of the trip that caused the ruptured anterior cruciate ligament.
This week's minor repair is not expected to seriously impact the highly-touted forward's pre-season, after he began to build up his fitness work in July.
It was then that he travelled to the Gold Coast for a two-week training burst with former ironman champion Trevor Hendy.
Markworth was drafted with the Saints' NAB AFL Draft selection of No.35 in 2011 and is yet to make his AFL debut.
