A double arm fracture has ended the debut AFL season of Western Bulldog Brett Goodes.
Goodes, the younger brother of Sydney superstar Adam, sustained the double fracture of his left forearm during Saturday's loss to Hawthorn in Launceston.
The injury was confirmed by X-rays on Saturday night and Goodes was to have surgery on Sunday morning.
Goodes is the second Bulldog to suffer a season-ending injury in as many games, with tough young midfielder Clay Smith having needed a knee reconstruction after going down last weekend.
Goodes, 29, has played 13 AFL games this year.
He provided one of the feelgood stories of last December's rookie draft, when the Bulldogs snaffled him after he had been working at the club as player welfare manager.
