Player
|
Injury
|
Estimated Return
|
Eddie Betts |
Ribs |
Test |
Tom Doedee |
Knee |
Season |
Cam Ellis-Yolmen |
Shin |
1-2 weeks |
Kyle Hartigan |
Ankle |
Test |
Paul Hunter |
Foot |
6 weeks |
Alex Keath |
Ankle |
Test |
Ned McHenry |
Back |
2-4 weeks |
Andrew McPherson |
Hamstring |
4-5 weeks |
Updated: Tuesday, August 6 |
Early prognosis
|
Keath is expected to return for Sunday’s important encounter with West Coast in Perth. The key defender has missed the past two games with ankle soreness. Betts and Hartigan are both expected to be available to face the Eagles after sustaining injuries in last weekend’s 22-point win against St Kilda. Bettscopped a knee to the ribs in the second quarter, while Hartiganrolled his ankle in a marking contest. He’ll be managed early in the week before being tested at the Crows’ main training session on Thursday. Ellis-Yolmen is at least another week away from returning from a shin injury that has kept the big-bodied midfielder sidelined since round 13. – Lee Gaskin
|
Player
|
Injury
|
Estimated Return
|
Tom Cutler |
Foot |
1 week |
Mitch Hinge |
Hamstring |
Test |
Tom Joyce |
Shin |
5 weeks |
Dayne Zorko |
Hamstring |
Test |
Updated: Tuesday, August 6 |
Early prognosis
|
All eyes will be on Zorko this week. His scan results came back clear, but the skipper will still need to pass a fitness test to play. – Michael Whiting
|
Player
|
Injury
|
Estimated Return
|
Charlie Curnow |
Knee |
Season |
Sam Docherty |
Knee |
Season |
Pat Kerr |
Shoulder |
Season |
Matthew Kreuzer |
Hip |
Test |
Kym LeBois |
Hamstring |
2-3 weeks |
Caleb Marchbank |
Neck |
Season |
Mitch McGovern |
Conditioning |
Test |
Tom Williamson |
Back |
Season |
Updated: Tuesday, August 6 |
Early prognosis
|
The Blues are hopeful McGovern will return to football this week after a solid four-week training block, though haven’t ruled out the prospect of bringing him back through the VFL. The club also believes Kreuzer will return from hip soreness. – Riley Beveridge
|
Player
|
Injury
|
Estimated Return
|
James Aish |
Shoulder |
2-3 weeks |
Dayne Beams |
Shoulder/Hip |
Season |
Mason Cox |
Eye |
Season |
Jordan De Goey |
Hamstring |
1 week |
Lynden Dunn |
Knee |
Season |
Will Kelly |
Hamstring |
TBC |
Tom Langdon |
Knee |
Season |
Darcy Moore |
Hamstring |
2-3 weeks |
Nathan Murphy |
Back |
Test |
Sam Murray |
Provisional ASADA suspension |
TBC |
Isaac Quaynor |
Foot |
TBC |
Ben Reid |
Hamstring |
TBC |
Brayden Sier |
Calf |
TBC |
Jaidyn Stephenson |
Suspended |
3 weeks |
Daniel Wells |
Knee |
Test |
Updated: Tuesday, August 6 |
Early prognosis
|
Cox’s season-ending eye injury has added to the Pies’ personnel woes but Wells could return at VFL level. De Goey and Quaynorwill remain on the sidelines at least for the short term, while Aish and Moore also hope to be back before the end of the minor rounds. Sier seems unlikely again this week while Murphy again didn’t take the field in the VFL after being cleared to play. Kelly is also being managed conservatively, but Reidfaces an uphill battle to play again this season after another setback. Stephenson will be available at finals time but the campaign is over for Langdon and veterans Dunn and Beams. – Ben Collins
|
Player
|
Injury
|
Estimated Return
|
Tom Bellchambers |
Calf |
2-3 weeks |
Joe Daniher |
Groin |
Season |
Sam Draper |
Knee |
Season |
Aaron Francis |
Neck |
Test |
Dyson Heppell |
Foot |
Test |
Michael Hurley |
Shoulder |
3-4 weeks |
Matt Guelfi |
Knee |
Season |
Jayden Laverde |
Nose |
Available |
Shaun McKernan |
Illness |
Available |
Irving Mosquito |
Hamstring |
1-2 weeks |
Kobe Mutch |
Knee |
TBC |
Darcy Parish |
Concussion |
Test |
Adam Saad |
Hamstring |
2 weeks |
Devon Smith |
Knee |
Season |
James Stewart |
Groin |
Season |
Updated: Tuesday, August 6 |
Early prognosis
|
The Bombers’ injury list has grown markedly this week, losing Guelfi for the season to a training accident which required knee surgery, and important backman Saad to a minor hamstring strain. They will get McKernan back from illness and will be desperate for Heppell to be available, while Parish and Franciswill also be monitored before being cleared for the clash. – Callum Twomey |
Player
|
Injury
|
Estimated Return
|
Brennan Cox |
Hip |
1 week |
Stefan Giro |
Knee |
Season |
Stephen Hill |
Quad |
TBC |
Jesse Hogan |
Foot |
Season |
Rory Lobb |
Shoulder |
Season |
Lloyd Meek |
Foot |
Season |
Alex Pearce |
Ankle |
Season |
Luke Ryan |
Hamstring |
2 weeks |
Matt Taberner |
Foot |
Season |
Nathan Wilson |
Toe |
TBC |
Updated: Tuesday, August 6 |
Early prognosis
|
Lobb‘s season is over after undergoing shoulder surgery. A timeframe on Wilson is yet to be determined. Scott Jones made his return from a calf injury in the WAFL and got through unscathed. Ryan and Cox are still in the frame to return before the end of the season. Pearce spent time as an assistant coach for Peel Thunder last week as he recovers from an ankle injury. – Jourdan Canil |
Player
|
Injury
|
Estimated Return
|
Jordan Cunico |
Ankle |
2-3 weeks |
Zach Guthrie |
Ankle |
Test |
Nathan Kreuger |
Knee |
Test |
Brandan Parfitt |
Back |
Test |
Gary Rohan |
Knee |
2-4 weeks |
Updated: Tuesday, August 6 |
Early prognosis
|
Scans on Monday confirmed Rohan would miss at least the next fortnight with his knee setback. Parfitt has now missed three matches with a back complaint and will be put through his paces to assess his availability on Wednesday. Kreuger and Guthrie are outside chances to return. – Mitch Cleary
|
Player
|
Injury
|
Estimated Return
|
Callum Ah Chee |
Ankle |
2 weeks |
Will Brodie |
Hamstring |
Season |
Sam Collins |
Hip |
Season |
Brayden Crossley |
Personal leave |
TBC |
Nick Holman |
Back |
Season |
Jack Hombsch |
Ankle |
Season |
Wil Powell |
Knee |
Season |
Izak Rankine |
Hip |
TBC |
Mitch Riordan |
Calf |
1-2 weeks |
Rory Thompson |
Knee |
Season |
Harrison Wigg |
Knee |
Season |
Aaron Young |
Knee |
Test |
Updated: Tuesday, August 6 |
Early prognosis
|
Not much news for the Suns, which is a good thing. Young has had a difficult season but is a chance to play NEAFL at the weekend. Ah Chee is progressing well and still a chance to return before the season finishes. – Michael Whiting
|
Player
|
Injury
|
Estimated Return
|
Jeremy Cameron |
Calf |
Test |
Stephen Coniglio |
Knee |
5 weeks |
Matt de Boer |
Shoulder |
Test |
Matt Flynn |
Knee |
Season |
Josh Kelly |
Calf |
Test |
Zac Langdon |
Ankle |
5 weeks |
Jonathon Patton |
Knee |
TBC |
Sam Taylor |
Hamstring |
3 weeks |
Callan Ward |
Knee |
Season |
Updated: Tuesday, August 6 |
Early prognosis
|
Cameron, Kelly and de Boer could all be ready to face the Hawks on Friday night, but they’ll have to train strongly on Wednesday to convince selectors to pick them. In further good news, Aidan Corr, Isaac Cumming and Xavier O’Halloran are all fit but won’t play this weekend because of the Giants’ NEAFL bye. – Adam Curley
|
Player
|
Injury
|
Estimated Return
|
Grant Birchall |
Hamstring |
2-3 weeks |
Will Golds |
Ankle |
2-3 weeks |
Jarman Impey |
Knee |
Season |
Harry Jones |
Knee |
Season |
Darren Minchington |
Hamstring |
3-5 weeks |
Tom Mitchell |
Broken leg |
Season |
Tim Mohr |
Dislocated knee/ACL |
Season |
Ryan Schoenmakers |
Calf |
1-2 weeks |
Updated: Tuesday, August 6 |
Early prognosis
|
Birchall‘s season may be over because of a hamstring setback on Friday night. However, the Hawks say they are pleased with him being able to play six games between VFL and AFL level, especially with his troublesome knee holding up well. Jack Scrimshaw (knee) resumed in the VFL on restricted minutes and will increase his game time this weekend. Tim O’Brien(calf), Harry Morrison (back) and Dylan Moore (groin) also returned from respective injuries as well. First-year midfielder Will Golds sprained an ankle at training last week. – Marc McGowan
|
Player
|
Injury
|
Estimated Return
|
Jeff Garlett |
Shoulder |
Season |
Mitch Hannan |
Groin |
1-2 weeks |
Neville Jetta |
Knee |
Season |
Kade Kolodjashnij |
Head |
Season |
Jake Lever |
Ankle |
Test |
Steven May |
Hamstring |
Test |
Tom McDonald |
Knee |
Season |
Aaron Nietschke |
Knee |
Season |
Joel Smith |
Groin |
Season |
Charlie Spargo |
Calf |
Test |
Tom Sparrow |
Knee |
2-3 weeks |
Aaron vandenBerg |
Foot |
Season |
Guy Walker |
Shoulder |
Indefinite |
Sam Weideman |
Jaw/hip |
Season |
Updated: Tuesday, August 6 |
Early prognosis
|
Key backs May and Lever are tests for this week’s match against Collingwood, with Lever having rolled his ankle last round. Weideman is down to have operations on both hips, the first next week. McDonald’s season is over but he is due to start running on the weight-bearing AlterG treadmill next week after surgery on a torn meniscus, while Nietschke has started incorporating agility work in his rehab from a knee reconstruction. – Sarah Black
|
Player
|
Injury
|
Estimated Return
|
Shaun Atley |
Knee |
Test |
Luke Davies-Uniacke |
Shoulder |
Season |
Majak Daw |
Hamstring |
Season |
Aaron Hall |
Personal leave |
Indefinite |
Kyron Hayden |
Achilles |
Season |
Ben Jacobs |
Head/neck |
Season |
Luke McDonald |
Fractured fibula |
Season |
Tom McKenzie |
Back |
TBC |
Bailey Scott |
Foot |
Season |
Dom Tyson |
Calf |
Indefinite |
Ed Vickers-Willis |
Knee |
Season |
Will Walker |
Knee |
Season |
Declan Watson |
Knee |
Indefinite |
Sam Wright |
Hamstring/retirement |
Season |
Updated: Tuesday, August 6 |
Early prognosis
|
The Roos have booked Davies-Uniacke in for a right shoulder reconstruction to fix an issue he suffered earlier in the season when fending off an opponent, bringing an end to his second AFL campaign. Watson‘s is a fresh injury and he will sit out at least this weekend to try to recover from a medial cruciate ligament setback in his left knee, the same knee he had reconstructed in mid-2017. Wright‘s farewell game ended prematurely when he sustained a hamstring injury, but he wasn’t going to play again this year, anyway. Atley will try again to prove his fitness after hurting himself in round 19. – Marc McGowan
|
Player
|
Injury
|
Estimated Return
|
Ryan Burton |
Hamstring |
1-2 weeks |
Zak Butters |
Bruised sternum |
Test |
Tobin Cox |
Kidney |
2 weeks |
Brad Ebert |
Knee |
4-6 weeks |
Jake Patmore |
Knee |
Season |
Jack Watts |
Leg |
Indefinite |
Updated: Tuesday, August 6 |
Early prognosis
|
Butters is in doubt for Saturday’s clash with Sydney after suffering a bruised sternum in the first half of last weekend’s win against Essendon. Burton is on track to return from a hamstring injury before the end of the season after increasing his training loads. Watts has returned to running, but there isn’t any timeframe on when he will be available. The utility hasn’t played since breaking his leg and damaging his ankle in round two. – Lee Gaskin |
Player
|
Injury
|
Estimated Return
|
Trent Cotchin |
Hamstring |
1-2 weeks |
Jack Higgins |
Brain bleed |
Season |
Callum Moore |
Ankle |
Test |
Alex Rance |
Knee |
Season |
Sydney Stack |
Calf |
Test |
Updated: Tuesday, August 6 |
Early prognosis
|
One of Richmond’s shortest injury lists for the season at the right time of the year. Moore is a chance to make his return in the VFL from a fractured ankle this weekend. Stack is less likely to play against Carlton, with the club wanting to be cautious with a first-year player who has a soft-tissue injury. Cotchin is still a week or two away. – Sarah Black
|
Player
|
Injury
|
Estimated Return
|
Blake Acres |
Shoulder |
Test |
David Armitage |
Personal |
Indefinite |
Logan Austin |
Shoulder |
Indefinite |
Jack Bytel |
Back |
Season |
Jarryn Geary |
Leg |
Season |
Jade Gresham |
Eye socket |
2-3 weeks |
Dan Hannebery |
Ill |
Test |
Dean Kent |
Quad |
Season |
Max King |
Ankle |
Season |
Billy Longer |
Concussion |
Season |
Paddy McCartin |
Concussion |
Season |
Jack Newnes |
Ill |
Test |
Ben Paton |
Ill |
Test |
Lewis Pierce |
Concussion |
Indefinite |
Dylan Roberton |
Heart |
Season |
Updated: Tuesday, August 6 |
Early prognosis
|
Gresham could be sidelined for the rest of the season after suffering a fractured eye socket on the weekend. The Saints would expect Hannebery, Newnes and Paton to be right to go. However, considering Hannebery hasn’t played at any level since June and has dealt with well-publicised soft-tissue issues, he might need to return via the VFL. – Dinny Navaratnam
|
Player
|
Injury
|
Estimated Return
|
Darcy Cameron |
Quad |
1-2 weeks |
Harry Cunningham |
Groin |
Season |
Lance Franklin |
Hamstring |
1-2 weeks |
Will Hayward |
Hip |
Season |
Matthew Ling |
Achilles |
1-2 weeks |
Jack Maibaum |
Knee |
Season |
Jarrad McVeigh |
Calf |
2 weeks |
Sam Naismith |
Iliotibial band |
1 week |
Colin O’Riordan |
Groin |
Season |
Callum Sinclair |
Shoulder |
Season |
Nick Smith |
Hamstring |
Season |
Durak Tucker |
Hamstring |
TBC |
Updated: Tuesday, August 6 |
Early prognosis
|
Star defender Rampe has been cleared by specialists to return against Port, after he missed the Sydney Derby with an eye injury. Superstar forward Lance Franklin will increase his training and could face Melbourne in round 22. Veteran McVeighis hopeful of joining training next week with a look at playing again before he retires at the end of the year. The news isn’t as positive for Naismith who is battling soreness, while O’Riordanisn’t expected to play again this year. – Adam Curley
|
Player
|
Injury
|
Estimated Return
|
Jamie Cripps |
Adductor |
1 week |
Liam Duggan |
Ankle |
Test |
Harry Edwards |
Foot |
Test |
Shannon Hurn |
Calf |
Test |
Mark Hutchings |
Hamstring |
Test |
Nic Naitanui |
Ankle |
Indefinite |
Brodie Riach |
Leg |
TBC |
Josh Smith |
Hamstring |
4-6 weeks |
Daniel Venables |
Concussion |
Season |
Updated: Tuesday, July 30 |
Early prognosis
|
Hurn, Hutchings, Duggan and Cripps ticked the boxes getting through skills work on Tuesday morning and none of them appeared restricted in any way during the 45-minute session. Cripps might be the only one unavailable with his return scheduled against Adelaide in round 21. Star midfielder Luke Shuey was on light duties jogging laps but doesn’t appear in significant doubt six days out from the Carlton clash at Marvel Stadium. – Travis King
|
Player
|
Injury
|
Estimated Return
|
Hayden Crozier |
Ankle |
Test |
Caleb Daniel |
Hamstring |
TBC |
Taylor Duryea |
Groin |
Test |
Ryan Gardner |
Knee |
4-6 weeks |
Fergus Greene |
Shoulder |
Season |
Dale Morris |
Knee |
Season |
Josh Schache |
Concussion |
Test |
Mitch Wallis |
Ankle |
Indefinite |
Updated: Tuesday, August 6 |
Early prognosis
|
Defender Daniel pulled up sore following the loss to Brisbane and scans have revealed some damage to his left hamstring. He will miss at least this week’s clash against Essendon. Crozierwill be tested later in the week after hurting his ankle last week. – Josh Schonafinger
|
*Placed on the club’s long-term injury list
Don’t shoot the messenger but my reliable GWS source all year has let me know today that he doubts Josh Kelly will play and Jezza Cameron is only 50/50 to get up.
Good to see North Melbourne has started formatting its injury list properly.
Rhyce Shaw getting it done!
If J Kelly returns, will Greene still get midfield time and maintain his current scoring?
Lobb’s gone for the season, I can cover with McLean but will be in strife if ROB doesn’t play, with one trade left, and $71’600 in the bank is Westhoff my only option?
Appreciate your work Schwarz.
FYI – west coast needs to be updated. The above is last weeks update.