RENTON, Wash. -- Percy Harvin will have hip surgery on Thursday, sidelining the dynamic wide receiver for the start of his first season with the Seattle Seahawks. Harvin made the announcement on his Twitter account on Tuesday night, hours after getting a second opinion on the injury in New York. The Seahawks then said the operation was scheduled for Thursday, but no timetable for recovery was provided. Harvin was seeking more information about the hip soreness in the area of his labrum that popped up just before the Seahawks opened training camp. Harvin noted the discomfort when he reported for camp last Wednesday. "When everything is goin good sometimes life throw u a curve ball... sorry to half to report that my injury will require surgery," Harvin wrote on his Twitter page. "Nobody was more anxious and excited about season then....but I will be back strong as ever." Seattle coach Pete Carroll has not indicated which hip is bothering Harvin. He said earlier in the day that the team was still gathering information about Harvins second opinion. Harvin started training camp on the physically unable to perform list and likely will remain there until the team has a better idea of his recovery time. If Harvin starts the season on the PUP list he must miss the first six weeks and would have to return to practice by the end of Week 11 to avoid missing the entire season. The loss of Harvin is significant, but not a huge setback for a team that relies on the legs of Marshawn Lynch and timely passing by Russell Wilson to drive its offence. Seattle invested significantly in Harvin, giving up draft picks to acquire him from Minnesota and signing him to a six-year deal reportedly worth up to $67 million. But Seattles offence averaged 32.9 points over the final nine games of last season without Harvin. If the Seahawks need a timeline of how the recovery might go, they only need to look at fellow Seattle receiver Sidney Rice, who underwent hip surgery in August 2010, and then returned to action in Week 11 after missing the first 2 1/2 months of the season. While Harvin was in New York on Tuesday, Rice was in Europe undergoing a procedure to help his knee, Carroll said. The procedure is non-surgical and Rice was expected to return to practice once he arrived back in Seattle. Carroll seemed so unconcerned about Rices procedure he jokingly asked reporters to guess where Rice was. Rice had been limited in practice the last few days before heading to Switzerland for the procedure. While Carroll didnt get into specifics, he said its focused on addressing a muscle around Rices knee and this was the only time available to have the procedure done. "He was practicing fine when he was out here but this was a procedure that theyve been waiting to do," Carroll said. 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Greg Inglis wont join Aaron Woods and Josh Mansour on the sidelines for the Kangaroos for Saturdays Test against New Zealand in Perth due to personal reasons.Inglis has remained in Sydney for the expected birth of his child on Monday but he will join the Australians at the Fremantle base likely on Wednesday.Woods and Mansour were named as part of coach Mal Meningas 24-man Four Nations squad, but will miss the Perth clash due to their respective weddings.Inglis is expected to take the field at centre for his 35th Test.But he might only train with the Australian side at the captains run on the Friday before the Test.Kangaroos pivot Johnathan Thurston said Inglis limited preparation shouldnt be an issue.I have played a lot of football with Greggy on the left hand side there so we know each others game really well, Thurston said on Monday.He is having the baby today and will rejoin us later this week and he willl just slot straight in there.dddddddddddde has played big games before where he has been underprepared and really come out and done a good job for us.Australia train for the first time in Perth on Monday afternoon, where the seven squad rookies will be given every chance to push for their Test debut.Australia train on Wednesday and not on Thursday, which means Friday might be his only session.Cooper Cronk said part of Meningas new values he had brought to the national side was the importance of family.Greg is planning on joining us later in the week, and I think he has every right to do so, Cronk said.Mal has made it family orientated and makes guys feel comfortable about that.It is a pretty important situation and I would be doing exactly as he would. He has our full support. ' ' '
