Leading sports physician Dr Peter Brukner says women are more susceptible to rupturing anterior cruciate ligaments after a spate of serious knee injuries continued in the AFLW.

The Western Bulldogs are fearing the worst for No.1 draft pick Isabel Huntington after she was taken from the field on a stretcher during Sunday’s clash against the Brisbane Lions.

It came after Carlton star Brianna Davey suffered a season-ending ACL tear on Friday night.

The Bulldogs lost young forward Daria Bannister to a season-ending knee injury in round one.

“The figures are something like (females are) five times more likely to tear their (anterior) cruciate than their male counterparts with equivalent activity,” Brukner told RSN927.

“There are number of reasons for it. The main reason is just mechanics, in that females have a wider pelvis and therefore are more bow-legged.

“There’s more of an inclination for their knees to fall in when they twist, so that makes them more susceptible to doing an anterior cruciate.

“That’s pretty well recognised the world over.

“There’s a lot of research that’s come out of female handball players in Scandinavian countries and female soccer players in the US.”

The Bulldogs expect scans to confirm Huntington will require a second knee reconstruction.

The 18-year-old clutched at her knee after it buckled in the second quarter of her side’s win at South Pine Sports Complex.

The star forward had just set the Bulldogs on the path to victory with back-to-back goals.

Huntington missed the 2017 season as she recovered from a knee reconstruction, having also broken her right leg in 2015.

Her injury came just two days after Davey’s season came to an abrupt halt.

The Blues confirmed on Saturday that Davey’s season is over after she ruptured an ACL in Friday night’s win over Greater Western Sydne at Drummoyne Oval in Sydney.