Adelaide’s premier onballer Rory Sloane says a high risk of further injury has forced him out of Thursday night’s AFL qualifying final against Greater Western Sydney.

Sloane, after appendix surgery on Tuesday last week, says he hasn’t recovered in time for the Adelaide Oval final.

“I would love to be out there with the boys but I won’t be able to, unfortunately,” Sloane told Triple M radio on Wednesday.

“The risk of doing some damage internally is probably a bit high.”

Sloane said he risked hernia problems by returning too soon.

“That is a potential risk; there’s a few risks … that internal strain can go on if I push it too early coming back,” he said.

“I haven’t quite healed as well as I would have liked and probably just haven’t done enough training in the end as well.”