“I think so. He’s had a few. I don’t know what he actually had when he came off, so I don’t know what he was getting assessed. I’ll get that brief in a sec. I don’t think there’s anything sinister in either. He’s copping a few bruises isn’t he. We’re finding our way through that.”
“Ollie has had a great year. He’s maybe developed a bit quicker than we thought.
“(He) didn’t play much footy as a junior and wasn’t as physically developed as some other young players. He’s got a real feel for the game. His instincts are really, really good.”
“We had a couple of bumps and bruises. Sam De Koning got a knock to his knee but was OK to go back on. He just didn’t play the last 5-6 minutes as a precaution. My understanding is everything else was clear.”
“What we will look to do with Matt to prolong him through the back-half of the year, we’ll start to explore a couple of other opportunities forward for him. He’s a capable ball-winner, capable goal-kicker, we just need another pre-season to refine that.”
“He got just a nasty knee in his hip. It was to the front of his hip. We had some concerns around his quad, that he’s injured before.
“We don’t know, is the bottom line. He had a lot of pain, couldn’t function, so we had no choice but to sub him off. We’ll scan that and fingers crossed, it presents like a knee to the hip which is a pretty severe cork. Hopefully it’s nothing more serious than that.”
“He’s getting closer to his best. He’s had those challenges throughout the pre-season, but he’s continued to find ways to improve and he’ll keep doing that – that’s the kind of person he is.”
GWS: Stephen Coniglio should return next week but Josh Kelly would likely miss another week.
On Coniglio, Adam Kingsley said: “Expect him to be. He’ll have to get through training with his shoulder. He was touch and go this week but we decided to be safe than sorry. I would expect he’ll be fine. I think Josh Kelly will be another week away with his calf but he’s been training well.”
Richmond: Tim Taranto subbed out due to a back injury.
Tigers coach Adem Yze said: “He just got a tight lower back. He tweaked it in the first quarter and it just got worse and worse. He tried to toil away, play different positions, but it was too high risk. We’ve got a 6-day break… Tim should be OK, hopefully next week.”
Collingwood: Jordan De Goey’s late withdrawal due to a groin injury.
“It’s difficult to know what’s going on there for me … other than he looked really sore this week.
“He’s been looking really sore early in the week and we’re de-loading him and running straight lines and getting him to the line but this week he looked really sore, so we’ll work through that.”
“We rested him this week to give him energy. Geez, he had plenty of energy… He’s a remarkable young man who has an ability to know what we need, when we need it.”
Fremantle is appealing to the Tribunal in a bid to overturn Nat Fyfe’s one-match ban for striking Jai Culley in the face with his right forearm in an attempted block that happened 40m off the ball.
The incident was classified as intentional conduct, low impact and high contact, drawing a one-match suspension.
400 games – S Pendlebury
250 – A Treloar
250 club – C Ward
200 – L McDonald, R Lester, L Hunter
150 – J Martin, K Langford, A Aliir
100 – C Serong
50 – L Bramble, B Hough, M Owens, L Jones, R Thilthorpe, L McNeill, R Mansell
Essendon:Jordan Ridley will miss 3 weeks due to a hip flexor strain.
Essendon GM of Football Daniel McPherson said: “Rids felt some discomfort in his hip after a marking contest just prior to half-time. We used the break to assess the injury, which we originally hoped was just a cork, but ultimately, he wasn’t able to continue, and so was subbed out of the game at half-time. Follow-up scans on Sunday morning unfortunately showed a strain to his hip flexor.”
GWS: James Peatling has attended 67 per cent and 69 per cent of CBAs for GWS the past two weeks, gathered a combined 46 disposals and scored 93 and 133 SuperCoach points.
North Melbourne: Alastair Clarkson says Zac Fisher is carrying soreness in his foot as he deals with plantar fasciitis.
He will be unavailable for selection this week
Collingwood: Scott Pendlebury has confirmed he has a contract to play on in 2025 and will continue beyond 400 games!
Carlton: Patrick Cripps
“I think so. He’s had a few. I don’t know what he actually had when he came off, so I don’t know what he was getting assessed. I’ll get that brief in a sec. I don’t think there’s anything sinister in either. He’s copping a few bruises isn’t he. We’re finding our way through that.”
Michael Voss
Carlton: David Cuningham was subbed out early with a dislocated shoulder.
“We’ll get that assessed and see what that damage is… I couldn’t really tell. He’s had it before. I’m not expecting the best news.”
Michael Voss
Port Adelaide: Zak Butters
“I thought he was great. I don’t know about a down night, I thought his second half and the way he fought back was really important.”
Ken Hinkley
Port Adelaide: Lachie Jones was subbed out for “tactical” reasons, given he was cramping in his hamstring and they didn’t want to take a risk.
Geelong: Ollie Dempsey
“Ollie has had a great year. He’s maybe developed a bit quicker than we thought.
“(He) didn’t play much footy as a junior and wasn’t as physically developed as some other young players. He’s got a real feel for the game. His instincts are really, really good.”
Chris Scott
Geelong: Sam De Koning
“We had a couple of bumps and bruises. Sam De Koning got a knock to his knee but was OK to go back on. He just didn’t play the last 5-6 minutes as a precaution. My understanding is everything else was clear.”
Chris Scott
Geelong:
Patrick Dangerfield appeared to roll his ankle late
Gary Rohan exited and has entered concussion protocols.
North Melbourne: Aidan Corr had an ankle injury but played on.
Charlie Comben was “a bit sore”.
Alastair Clarkson
Brisbane: Dayne Zorko
“No, nothing in that. He had a terrific game, Zorks. He’s doing such a good job at 35.”
Chris Fagan
Gold Coast: Matt Rowell – On playing Forward
“What we will look to do with Matt to prolong him through the back-half of the year, we’ll start to explore a couple of other opportunities forward for him. He’s a capable ball-winner, capable goal-kicker, we just need another pre-season to refine that.”
Damien Hardwick
Gold Coast: Jarrod Witts and Ned Moyle
“We’ll look at it. Once again Witta was really good in the ruck and Moyle took really, really some strong marks inside 50 as well.”
Damien Hardwick
Essendon: Jordan Ridley subbed out.
“He got just a nasty knee in his hip. It was to the front of his hip. We had some concerns around his quad, that he’s injured before.
“We don’t know, is the bottom line. He had a lot of pain, couldn’t function, so we had no choice but to sub him off. We’ll scan that and fingers crossed, it presents like a knee to the hip which is a pretty severe cork. Hopefully it’s nothing more serious than that.”
Brad Scott
Melbourne: Clayton Oliver
“He’s getting closer to his best. He’s had those challenges throughout the pre-season, but he’s continued to find ways to improve and he’ll keep doing that – that’s the kind of person he is.”
Simon Goodwin
GWS: Stephen Coniglio should return next week but Josh Kelly would likely miss another week.
On Coniglio, Adam Kingsley said: “Expect him to be. He’ll have to get through training with his shoulder. He was touch and go this week but we decided to be safe than sorry. I would expect he’ll be fine. I think Josh Kelly will be another week away with his calf but he’s been training well.”
WCE: Zane Trew left the game early.
Jarrad Schofield stated it was a neck/whiplash type injury as opposed to a concussion. He was taken to hospital post-game for scans.
Fremantle: Caleb Serong.
Justin Longmuir said: “He’s becoming a better player week in, week out. He’s had a phenomenal season.”
Fremantle: Sean Darcy had a sore shoulder after a heavy knock.
Justin Longmuir
Richmond: Tim Taranto subbed out due to a back injury.
Tigers coach Adem Yze said: “He just got a tight lower back. He tweaked it in the first quarter and it just got worse and worse. He tried to toil away, play different positions, but it was too high risk. We’ve got a 6-day break… Tim should be OK, hopefully next week.”
Richmond:
Daniel Rioli rolled his ankle, got it assessed and played on, indicating he’d be OK for next week.
Toby Nankervis was “ticking the boxes through the concussion protocols”
Dustin Martin was likely after a back complaint.
Adem Yze
Collingwood: Jordan De Goey’s late withdrawal due to a groin injury.
“It’s difficult to know what’s going on there for me … other than he looked really sore this week.
“He’s been looking really sore early in the week and we’re de-loading him and running straight lines and getting him to the line but this week he looked really sore, so we’ll work through that.”
Craig McRae
Collingwood: Joe Richards was a late out due to gastro
Collingwood: Nick Daicos
“We rested him this week to give him energy. Geez, he had plenty of energy… He’s a remarkable young man who has an ability to know what we need, when we need it.”
Craig McRae
Sydney: Lewis Melican – hamstring injury
“(It was) bad enough to sub out, we’ll wait and see how the scan goes tomorrow.”
John Longmire
Sydney:
Will Hayward battled an ankle concern and Longmire said they’d see how he pulls up.
James Rowbottom should play next week.
Western Bulldogs: Nick Coffield
“He was just a little bit tight late, so we don’t think he’s got an injury.
“We subbed him off just with the awareness that we’ve got a five-day break, but I thought he’d been really important for us.”
Luke Beveridge
Adelaide:
Brodie Smith missed the game due to illness.
Riley Thilthorpe went off after a head knock.
Matthew Nicks
Melbourne: Koltyn Tholstrup Re-Signs until 2028.
Fremantle: Nat Fyfe
Fremantle is appealing to the Tribunal in a bid to overturn Nat Fyfe’s one-match ban for striking Jai Culley in the face with his right forearm in an attempted block that happened 40m off the ball.
The incident was classified as intentional conduct, low impact and high contact, drawing a one-match suspension.
West Coast:
West Coast has accepted the one-match bans handed down to Jack Petruccelle and Jack Hutchinson.
Richmond: Assistant coach David Teague has departed Richmond, effective immediately.
WCE:
Luke Edwards to miss this week after entering concussion protocols.
Callum Jamieson season is over and heading for knee and ankle surgery.
Fremantle: Josh Draper has been named the Telstra AFL Rising Star nominee for round 20
Upcoming AFL milestones:
400 games – S Pendlebury
250 – A Treloar
250 club – C Ward
200 – L McDonald, R Lester, L Hunter
150 – J Martin, K Langford, A Aliir
100 – C Serong
50 – L Bramble, B Hough, M Owens, L Jones, R Thilthorpe, L McNeill, R Mansell
400 – play/coach – K Hinkley
Essendon:Jordan Ridley will miss 3 weeks due to a hip flexor strain.
Essendon GM of Football Daniel McPherson said: “Rids felt some discomfort in his hip after a marking contest just prior to half-time. We used the break to assess the injury, which we originally hoped was just a cork, but ultimately, he wasn’t able to continue, and so was subbed out of the game at half-time. Follow-up scans on Sunday morning unfortunately showed a strain to his hip flexor.”
Gold Coast: Brandon Ellis has announced his retirement.
WCE: Clay Hall ($117 k MID) will make his AFL debut this Friday night against the Gold Coast Suns.
Essendon:
Essendon has had the fewest debutants of 2023-24 under coach Brad Scott.
There are 47 players rated elite by Champion Data this year.
Essendon is the only club without one.
The only way is up, up !!!!
GWS: James Peatling has attended 67 per cent and 69 per cent of CBAs for GWS the past two weeks, gathered a combined 46 disposals and scored 93 and 133 SuperCoach points.
North Melbourne: Alastair Clarkson says Zac Fisher is carrying soreness in his foot as he deals with plantar fasciitis.
He will be unavailable for selection this week
Richmond:
Dustin Martin trained fully today and is expected to return vs North Melbourne.
Toby Nankervis has exited concussion protocols
Fremantle: Justin Longmuir is hopeful Matt Johnson will come in to replace suspended Nat Fyfe despite not appearing at training on Thursday morning.
North Melbourne: Colby McKercher
Has trained fully this week so he is expected to play as long as he pulls up well.
Fremantle: Josh Treacy has signed on until end of 2030
Essendon: Archie Roberts is in for his first game for Essendon. The young Bomber will make his debut against Fremantle on Sunday.
(117k DEF)
No late changes for North Melbourne v Richmond
Substitutes:
NMF- Robert Hansen jnr
Richmond – Kamdyn McIntosh
Collingwood: Jordan De Goey – Suspected high-grade hamstring strain for . Unlikely to return again in 2024
Melbourne: Steven May – suffered multiple fractured ribs.
Scans showed the latest injury is to the same ribs he injured earlier in the year.
May has since been discharged from hospital, but no timeline has been set for his return.