Injuries – Week 5

ADELAIDE

Izak Rankine

“I don’t know as yet (if Izak will play), we don’t really get a chance to train this week unfortunately, but we’ll have a Captains’ Run tomorrow which we would like to see him get involved in, but we’ll just see how he pulls up” Nicks said.

“He got a knock to the calf, there’s some bleeding there but there’s no muscle damage, so it’s one we just need to be mindful of.

“The speeds that he gets up to it does put some pressure on that calf, so the last thing we want is to lose him for a month or so.

Matt Crouch

“We did (rest Crouch with an eye to play him this week), that gave him a slightly longer break and he’s pulled up quite well from that and it’s another decision we’ll have to make tomorrow,” Nicks said.

Toby Murray will be sidelined for an extended period after suffering a serious ankle injury in the SANFL on the weekend.

Murray fractured his fibula and damaged his syndesmosis

Toby Murray (ankle) TBC

Nick Murray (knee) 1-2 weeks

Josh Rachele (ribs) 3-5 weeks

Izak Rankine (calf) test

BRISBANE

Brandon Starcevich concussion. Has commence running on Tuesday.

Henry Smith has entered concussion protocols following Saturday’s VFL match with Richmond.

Kai Lohmann ankle sprain 1 week.

Keidean Coleman knee 3-5 weeks

 

CARLTON

Matthew Cottrell (ankle)
– Full training
– Availability: test
– Will aim to train fully this week as he aims to be available for selection

Marc Pittonet (calf)
– Full training
– Availability: test
– Will aim to train fully this week as he aims to be available for selection

 Lachie Cowan is expected to miss the next four to six weeks with a hamstring injury.

 

COLLINGWOOD

Collingwood’s Head of High Performance Jarrod Wade –

Jordan De Goey 

Jordan De Goey will be ruled out of Collingwood’s Round Five match against the Sydney Swans on Friday night as he recovers from right ankle and Achillies inflammation.

The midfielder was subbed off in the final term of the side’s Round Four match against Carlton after experiencing soreness.

De Goey will be assessed leading into the side’s Round Six match against Brisbane.

Lachie Schultz 

Lachie Schultz will be sidelined for Friday night’s game after scans revealed the forward sustained a minor hamstring strain during the side’s training session on Sunday afternoon.

Schultz is expected to spend two to three weeks on the sidelines.

Tom Mitchell

Tom Mitchell has commenced running and will continue to build on this over the next few weeks.

Mitchell is no longer experiencing plantar fasciitis symptoms and continues to progress re-loading his ankle.

Harvey Harrison

Harvey Harrison is progressing well in his return from an ACL injury. The forward commenced a running program this week and is expected to return to some light skill work within the next month.

Reef McInnes

Following a successful surgery 10 days ago, Reef McInnes is progressing well as he recovers from an ACL injury.

McInnes will commence a gym-based program to build on his strength over the next four to six weeks.

Ash Johnson

Ash Johnson continues to progress well following successful surgery to his left fibula.

Johnson will remain in a moonboot for the next two to three weeks and will commence a re-load period. The Club expects Johnson to return to play within the next six to eight weeks.

ESSENDON

Archie Perkins and Elijah Tsatas are expected to be available for selection.

Peter Wright will also return to play this weekend

Darcy Parish is in line for some match minutes when Essendon VFL take on Box Hill in a practice match

Jye Caldwell after his hamstring strain at training last week, expected to miss the next four weeks.

Nik Cox is back in full training, recovering well from the concussion symptoms that have halted his training since December, while Kyle Langford is aiming to return for Anzac Day as he progresses from a hamstring injury.

FREMANTLE

Nathan O’Driscoll Scans have confirmed that O’Driscoll will avoid surgery on his ankle, but will miss four to six weeks. “That will be treated with a non-surgical, conservative approach, and we will hopefully see him again in four to five weeks.”

Luke Jackson will miss the next two to three weeks after suffering a low-grade hamstring injury. “Luke has sustained a hamstring injury which will see him miss anywhere up to three games,”

Corey Wagner

“It’s still just calf awareness (for Wagner),” Merriman said.

“He will likely miss this week and return the following week.”

Nat Fyfe will be a test to play after not featuring at any level of football over the weekend due to knee soreness.

“He’s (Fyfe) looking good. He trained out here today, and he will be available for selection this week with all going to plan on Thursday,” Merriman said.

Sam Switkowski could also make his return, provided he progresses through main training later in the week after spending three weeks on the sidelines with a groin injury.

“He (Switkowski) was very close last week actually,” Merriman said.

“He is going to be a test to play with all going to plan and will be available for selection,” Merriman said.

Sam Sturt has undergone a knee arthroscope today (Tuesday) for a knock he received at training last month, with the forward expected to miss the next six to eight weeks.

“He (Sturt) had surgery today, and we are still waiting on an official report, but with all going to plan there, we will probably see him again in six to eight weeks,” Merriman said.

Brandon Walker Shoulder three to four months

Charlie Nicholls (back)  one week

GEELONG

Mark Blicavs is set to return after he was a late withdrawal on Friday night with illness.

Mitch Knevitt has been cleared to play after missing the game against Melbourne with foot management.

Jack Henry is set to miss the next three to four weeks with a right hamstring strain.

Jake Kolodjashnij	Groin	1-2 weeks
Mitch Edwards	Pelvis	1-2 weeks
Xavier Ivisic	Ankle	2 weeks
Keighton Matofai-Forbes	Management	2 weeks
Jack Henry	Hamstring	3-4 weeks
Jed Bews	Finger	4-8 weeks
Jack Martin	Management	TBC
Toby Conway	Back	TBC
Cameron Guthrie	Achilles	TBC
Tanner Bruhn	Finger	TBC
Jacob Molier	Hamstring	TBC
Cillian Burke	Knee	Indefinite
Lenny Hofmann	Back	Indefinite

 

GOLD COAST

Connor Budarick  rib injury and is expected to be sidelined in the short-term and will be unavailable for Round 5

David Swallow Knee 4-6 weeks

Leo Lombard Shoulder 6+ weeks

Charlie Ballard knee Season

GWS

Stephen Coniglio test

Brent Daniels will be given until Friday to prove his fitness as he manages an abdominal strain.

Phoenix Gothard has returned to full training following his finger injury and is expected to return through the VFL next weekend

Ryan Angwin (ankle) 1 week

Josh Fahey (foot) 1 week

Ollie Hannaford  wrist 6 weeks

Logan Smith illness TBC

 

HAWTHORN

Will Day is set to miss the next three-to-four months after suffering a stress fracture in his foot.

Scans revealed he had suffered the stress fracture in the navicular bone of his foot, with the 23-year-old to undergo surgery in the coming days.

James Blanck (knee) – test 

“He’s going to play some minutes. There’s a VFL practice match this weekend, there’s no official VFL game. He’ll play some game time in that which is exciting, his first game in over 12 months. He’s been fully training now for at least three to four weeks so he’s ready to go. He’ll play some managed minutes and then we’ll progress his match minutes in the next couple of weeks. He’s really excited. He’s trained amazingly well the past couple of weeks and had a great session last Saturday so it’s really exciting.”

Sam Butler (leg) – test 

“He’s had the same preparation as James with full match practice last Saturday. He’s fully trained for the last two weeks. We’re just on managed minutes to start with then we’ll progress those over the coming weeks, providing he pulls up well. It’s really exciting for Sam.”

Connor Macdonald (ankle) – test 

“He’s made some significant progression in the last week. He had a fantastic running session on the weekend and again, yesterday. He’s going to run again tomorrow and we’ll look to put him in some drills on Friday. Then we’ll make a further assessment to his availability after Friday’s full training session.”

James Worpel (ankle) – test  

“He’s tracking really well. He fully trained today, he’ll fully train again on Friday and then we’ll make a final call on his availability as well for this weekend, but it’s looking promising.”

Calsher Dear (back) – 2 weeks 

“Some exciting news, we’ve now put a timeline on his return. We’re looking at AFL Round 7 but through the VFL on some managed game time. He’ll miss two more games and start to fully train next week, get two full weeks of training into that VFL game at Round 7 and then progress his game time from there. It’s good to have a solidified timeline now. His scan last week was very, very good so we actually now can progress his football exposure, which we already started but now we can go to full football training.”

Mitch Lewis (knee) – 8-10 weeks 

“Through consultation with our medical team and sitting down with Mitch, we’ve now put a timeline on his return, so AFL Round 13, but through the VFL is the targeted date at this stage and again, that wouldn’t be a full game to start with. As I said last week, there’s a certain period of time that we just need to spend with Mitch with the injury he’s had and the graft. He’s actually started some training with the group. He did a drill with us on Saturday, albeit no contact, he did a little bit more today but we’re going to just slowly progress his training and by that time, he’ll make his return and have plenty of training under his belt.”

Will Day (foot) – 3-4 months 

“Yeah, it’s really disappointing for Will, for the club and Will, more importantly. He has a stress fracture in his navicular. We’ve just had a bye and a four-day break and he came back off the break reporting some awareness in his foot. Naturally, we reacted to that, given some history. We went and had some scans and the news isn’t great. He’s going to miss a significant period of time. He’s going to have some surgery tonight, there’s some things there that we need to have a look at and get cleaned up that will hopefully prevent this sort of thing happening again in the future. We’ll have some more news on that after the surgery’s done and in the coming weeks.”

MELBOURNE

Jake Lever will undergo surgery on his ankle, sidelining him for up to eight weeks.

  “As part of our management process, we sought some expert opinions. He saw a surgeon today and, unfortunately for Jake, he will now undergo surgical intervention and he’ll likely be out for approximately eight weeks.” 

Xavier Lindsay Test 

Tom Campbell minor hamstring injury.  2-3 weeks

Koltyn Tholstrup and Luker Kentfield, the two have completed their extended rehab schedules and are now available for selection this week. 

Judd McVee “Judd integrated back into most of training last week and he’ll full train this week, with the plan for him to be available ahead of Round 6.”

Marty Hore (calf) 5-7 weeks, Shane McAdam (Achilles) season and Andy Moniz-Wakefield (knee) season, are all continuing to complete their respective rehab programs.

 

NORTH MELBOURNE

Jackson Archer Hamstring 1 week

Finn O’Sullivan and George Wardlaw are both available for selection

Eddie Ford (hamstring) and Zac Fisher (concussion) will face tests on Thursday

Josh Goater (hamstring) 3 weeks

Brayden George (knee) TBC

Callum Coleman-Jones (Achilles) May/June

PORT ADELAIDE

 Darcy Byrne-Jones Suspended 1 week

Jack Lukosius fractured kneecap 6-8 weeks

Brandon Zerk-Thatcher Back 3-5 weeks

Ryan Burton Hip 1-2 weeks

Jed McEntee Hamstring Test

RICHMOND

Josh Smillie had a successful VFL debut on Saturday, collecting 10 disposals while playing on managed minutes in a win over the Lions.

“Josh is looking really good after that game. We’re all excited to see him back out there,”

Hugo Ralphsmith also made his return via the VFL.

“Hugo’s GPS numbers were through the roof. It was a really good demonstration from him to say that he’s ready to go. Hopefully this weekend he’s another discussion at the selection table,”

Liam Fawcett Concussion, Test

“Liam’s protocol today was to get through some training with modified contact. He got through that successfully.

“He’ll have a day off tomorrow and then we’ll go full contact training Wednesday.

“Provided he gets through that without any headaches or symptoms, we’ll get him available for selection this weekend.”

Kane McAuliffe Foot, 1-2 weeks

“Kane presented to training a couple of days ago with some soreness in his foot. We took a precautionary approach. We sought expert opinion from inside and outside the Club.

“What we’ve found in the last little while is that he’s responded to a little bit of downtime.

“Whilst we’ll rest him this week, he’ll probably be available for selection the following week, in the week we play Gold Coast.”

Rhyan Mansell Shoulder, 2-3 weeks

“Rhyan sustained a shoulder injury back in our game against Port Adelaide. Obviously he put in a mountain of work the week after and got himself up for the game against St Kilda.

“Unfortunately, he re-injured his shoulder then (against St Kilda). We’d always made a decision that we were going to jab his shoulder the following week (Round 4), to put him in a good position and give him a bit of downtime.

“He’s progressing quite well and will be available for selection once he serves his ban.”

Dion Prestia Achilles, 3-4 weeks

“Dion’s still going through (rehab). No real progression on him.

“He’s probably going to go through more of a plateau at the moment, until we can see that he’s progressing well.

“We’ll have some updates on him as soon as we can.”

ST KILDA

Jack Steele will be given every chance to return this week

Zaine Cordy pectoral muscle TBC

Dan Butler (achilles 2-3 weeks) and Max King (knee TBC ) will both be unavailable this week

Alex Dodson Concussion Protocols

Liam O’Connell Concussion Protocols

Hunter Clark Abdominal 1-2 weeks

Jack Carroll Hamstring 3 weeks

Mattaes Phillipou Leg 4 weeks 

Dougal Howard Shoulder 4 weeks 

Paddy Dow Knee  TBC

SYDNEY

Lewis Melican
Lewis is completing team skills and will be a test to return to play in our main training session this week. 

Harry Cunningham
Harry has completed team skills and football conditioning sessions. He will be a test to return to play this week.

Riak Andrew
Riak is 4 weeks following his AC joint surgery. He is now able to come out of his sling and commence range of motion and shoulder strength work. He is aiming to commence running towards the end of this week. 8 – 10 weeks.

Taylor Adams
Taylor Adams will continue his rehabilitation from his hamstring injury this week and is expected to be unavailable for a further 3 – 5 weeks. 

Tom Papley
Tom’s heel pain came on slowly last week following training sessions over our bye round. He had imaging which confirmed he had sustained a stress fracture of his calcaneus. He is currently progressing out of a camboot and will aim to have a rehabilitation period of 6 – 8 weeks. 

Callum Mills
Callum is completing straight line running conditioning and building his speed and volume. He has recommenced change of direction drills and will look to increase recommence rehab skills this week. 2-3 weeks  

Errol Gulden
Errol’s surgical review was completed last week. His fracture is healing well and he can now weight bear out of the boot and commence range of motion and strength training for his ankle joint. He’s surgeon has advised he will be able to return to play around the mid-season bye.

Robbie Fox
Robbie’s is completing strength and conditioning work as a part of his calf rehabilitation. He is looking to recommence running drills this week. TBC.

Jesse Dattoli
Jesse is building his running speed and volume as a part of his stress fracture rehabilitation. He is looking to recommence rehab skills and change of direction this week. 6-8 weeks.

WEST COAST

Elijah Hewett will miss a week with a low-grade calf strain

“Elijah suffered a low-grade calf strain last Thursday at main training.

“It was extremely low-grade, however due to the injury happening on the Thursday, playing this week is just too soon, so he will miss this week.”

Campbell Chesser Ankle 5-7 weeks

Jack Hutchinson Test

Callum Jamieson Ankle/knee 2-3 weeks

Jeremy McGovern Adductor  1-2 weeks

Dom Sheed Knee Season

Jack Waterman Test

Elliot Yeo Ankle/knee 4-5 weeks

 

WESTERN BULLDOGS

Oskar Baker has been suspended for one game for rough conduct

Laith Vandermeer knee

“Scans have confirmed that he does have some low-grade cartilage damage in his knee.

“At this stage we have a conservative management plan around Laith, with a level of optimism that his symptoms will settle quickly. We will confirm his return-to-play plan in the coming days.”

Anthony Scott will be placed in concussion protocols after a collision in the VFL

Jason Johannisen has built some great continuity in his training following his high-grade hamstring injury. He has pretty much fully trained the last 2-3 weeks and has completed multiple match simulation type training sessions. He will be in good stead to return to availability this weekend.

Marcus Bontempelli (calf)

“Marcus has continued to progress really well following his complex calf injury. He will re-integrate into team training this week.

“He is on track to complete a controlled game-parameters training session this Saturday, which should set him up to return to availability in Round 6

Taylor Duryea Test

Adam Treloar Hamstring 3-5 weeks

Nick Coffield Hamstring 4-6 weeks

Riley Garcia Knee 4-6 weels

Cody Weightman Knee TBC