HAWTHORN has confirmed James Sicily is set to miss the next 12 months with a ruptured ACL.

The star defender injured his knee against West Coast on Sunday night (watch the incident in the player above) and scans have revealed the extent of the damage. 

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Sicily was helped from the field after a collision in the final moments of the side's round 12 loss. 

ALL THE HIGHLIGHTS

  • 11:38

    Clarkson: Sicily's knee 'either a medial or ACL'

    Watch Hawthorns press conference after round 12's match against West Coast

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  • 07:57

    Simpson on injuries: 'At the moment we've had a bad run'

    Watch West Coast's press conference after round 12's match against Hawthorn

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  • 07:45

    Highlights: West Coast v Hawthorn

    The Eagles and Hawks go head to head in round 12

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  • 00:32

    Horror Hawk news as Sicily hurts knee

    Hawthorn have been dealt a cruel blow late in the game with gun defender James Sicily leaving the ground after appearing to injure his knee

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  • 00:29

    Emotions high as first-gamer earns gift

    Jack Darling produces a selfless act by giving debutant Nic Reid a chance to snap his long-awaited first AFL goal

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  • 00:23

    Crowd silence doesn't do this goal justice

    Jack Gunston scores a ripping soccer goal to an almost silent Optus Stadium

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  • 00:19

    Rampant Ryan just never stops flyin'

    Liam Ryan reels in his third spectacular mark of the game and finishes off with a textbook set shot

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  • 00:36

    Look out, killer Kennedy is heating up

    Josh Kennedy is inching closer to Tom Hawkins in the race for the Coleman Medal, with two early goals in the second half

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  • 00:30

    Shiels steals a much-needed Hawk opener

    Liam Shiels gets his side on the board with some slick play out of the stoppage

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  • 00:20

    To prove the first was no fluke, Ryan rises again

    Flyin' Ryan continues to electrify the crowd with another stunning mark in the forward line

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  • 00:19

    Flyin' Ryan doing the name proud

    Liam Ryan somehow manages to pluck a stellar mark among a host of players

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Hawthorn's football manager Graham Wright said the club was shattered.  

"This is obviously devastating for 'Sis', his teammates and the wider Hawthorn family," Wright told hawthornfc.com.au.

The Hawks have slipped to third bottom on the ladder and the injury is insult to a miserable 2020 and a season that Hawthorn would rather forget. 

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Hawthorn has won just one game from its last six and tensions are high as debate rages about the club's capacity to rebuild under master coach Alastair Clarkson.

Sicily has played 93 games for the Hawks over seven seasons.

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