Injuries – Week One

Adelaide

Chayce Jones (AC joint) 1-2 weeks

Brisbane

Brandon Starcevich Concussion Test

Darcy Fort Hamstring Test.

Darcy Gardiner Knee 1 – 2 week

Tom Doedee Knee 4-5 weeks

Luke Lloyd Back 4-5 weeks

Carlton

Elijah Hollands has made the decision to take a period of leave due to personal reasons.

Sam Walsh (hamstring)

– Full training
– Available to play this week against Richmond

Orazio Fantasia (calf)

– Modified program
– Availability: Round 2
– Experienced a low-grade calf strain in practice match v GWS

Charlie Curnow (knee)

– Full training
– Availability: Round 2

Ben Camporeale (ankle)

– Modified program
– Availability: Round 3

Corey Durdin (ankle)

– Integrating back into full training
– Availability: Round 2-3

Hudson O’Keeffe (hamstring)

– Integrating back into full training
– Availability: Rounds 2-3

Rob Monahan (groin)

– Integrating back into full training
– Availability: Rounds 3

Matt Duffy (knee)

– Modified program
– Availability: Rounds 4-5

Collingwood

AVAILABLE:

Mason Cox

Mason Cox has returned to full contact training following a finger injury and will be available for the side’s Round One match against Port Adelaide.

TEST:

Josh Daicos

Josh Daicos sustained an ankle sprain in the second quarter of Sunday’s match. He finished the game and is expected to be available for this weekend’s match. Daicos will be restricted in his training early in the week, with his loads to increase closer to the game.

Will Hayes

Will Hayes is recovering from a corky. Hayes hasn’t returned to full training but has built up his running loads. He will be assessed this week to determine availability for VFL.

Jeremy Howe

Jeremy Howe had a collision in the second quarter against the GWS GIANTS. He underwent a HIA test and was cleared of a head injury. In that same incident, he suffered a minor knee sprain which will limit him early in the week. Jeremy will be a test in the back end of the week to determine his availability for Round One.

OTHER:

Joel Cochran

Joel Cochran has been on a limited training program due to a rib knock and illness. Cochrane will look to play limited minutes at this weekend’s VFL practice match.

Jordan De Goey

Jordan De Goey will not be available for this week’s Round One match as he continues to work through a training block. He is expected to be available for Round Two.

Will Hoskin-Elliott

Will Hoskin-Elliott received a direct knee to his back during Sunday’s game which led to him being subbed out. Hoskin-Elliott will not be available for this weekend’s game and will be assessed next week.

Oleg Markov

Oleg Markov sustained a calf injury during training last week. Markov is expected to be sidelined for three to four weeks.

Essendon

Matt Guelfi Hamstring 8-9 weeks

Peter Wright out for the next 4-6 weeks after he suffered a high–grade ankle ligament injury in Saturday’s VFL practice match against Collingwood.

Darcy Parish Back 3 weeks

Jayden Laverde Hip flexor 2-3 weeks 

Alwyn Davey Jnr Knee 1 week. Has also increased his running loads after undergoing surgery on his meniscus.

Nik Cox Concussion TBC is now working back into non-contact, skills-based training after managing lingering symptoms from a concussion sustained back in December.

Fremantle

Shai Bolton, Josh Draper, Nat Fyfe, Alex Pearce and Michael Walters and  are all a test for Saturday.

Hayden Young Hamstring 3 weeks

Charlie Nicholls Back TBC

Sean Darcy Knee/ Ankle 2-3 weeks

Odin Jones Back Season

Geelong

Available

 

Shaun Mannagh – Foot

Shaun is back in full training after being managed throughout the preseason with a right foot bone stress injury. He is set to play in the VFL practice match on Saturday against Port Melbourne.

Unavailable

 

Jake Kolodjashnij – Groin, 3 weeks

Jake has been managing groin soreness. Over the last two weeks his loading has progressed well however he will be unavailable for selection for the next three weeks.

Xavier Ivisic – Ankle, 4-6 weeks

Xavier is recovering well after surgery for a right ankle syndesmosis injury. He has recommenced running and will begin to integrate back into football drills over the next fortnight.

He is expected to remain sidelined for the next 4-6 weeks. 

Jed Bews – Finger, 8-12 weeks

Jed has sustained a right fifth finger tendon injury. He has had surgery to repair the tendon and is currently in a splint and recovering well. He will be sidelined for the next 8-12 weeks, however, will be able to complete conditioning and light touch training.  

Cameron Guthrie – Achilles, TBC

Cameron is progressing well through his rehab after having minor surgery on his left achilles tendon two weeks ago.

After experiencing ongoing discomfort during high level football drills, it’s hoped the surgery will help Cam return to full function and minimise risk of ongoing issues.

He has commenced running and a return to play timeline will be confirmed as his loads increase. 

Tanner Bruhn – Finger, TBC

Tanner has sustained a finger injury. He has avoided surgery however will continue to wear a splint to help the healing process.   

Toby Conway – Back, TBC 

Toby has returned to running and is progressing well through this reconditioning block. He will start integrating into football-based drills over the next fortnight. Toby is a long-term prospect, and a timeline on his return will be set as an appropriate preseason load profile is completed.

Gold Coast

Lachie Weller (hamstring) and key defender Charlie Ballard (ankle) will be both be available

Mac Andrew (chest) has been ruled out for Round 1 but is set to return next week.

Sam Flanders (back) will aim to make his return in Round 3

Leo Lombard Shoulder 11 weeks

GWS

Hawthorn

James Worpel – Ankle (3-4 weeks)

“He’s been for scans and the scans are relatively promising. He’s got a moderate-grade syndesmosis ankle injury. We’re thinking it’s a three to four-week turnaround. He certainly won’t need any surgery. It’ll be conservative management like we’ve done before. We’ve had Meeky (Lloyd Meek), (Jack) Scrimshaw and Nick Watson last year with the same injury and we were able to turn them around in a pretty reasonable time. We’re confident that we’ll be able to do the same with this one.”

Calsher Dear – Back (TBC)

“He’ll have his 12-week scan this week. He was out there today, I was watching him doing some slow, acceleration work and technical running. He’s had a little bit of kicking and really, the scan is to tell us is there’s been good progression and if there is good progression, we can progress his training intensity in the rehab space. It’s not a scan for return to skills, it’s a progression of his conditioning. There will then be another scan down the track as well but let’s just wait and see what we find out.”

Mitch Lewis – Knee (TBC)

“He’s progressing through rehab, as I said in the last report. He’s made some great progress. Watching him run last week, opening up and the ability to absorb load and prepare himself in his stride has just been fantastic. His strength work and the specific work from his trip to Philadelphia is really paying off.”

James Blanck – Knee (5-7 weeks)

“He fully trained today. It wasn’t our main session for the week but he did every single drill and he’s really stringing some back-to-back football sessions together now and the next phase for us will be progressing to absolute full contact training, 18v18, match play and our main sessions, which is probably a week or two away. But at this stage, we’re looking at the Round 5/ Round 6 weeks for some return minutes through the VFL.”

Sam Butler – Leg (TBC)

“He’s progressing well, building his conditioning. Some of the symptoms he’s been experiencing in the past week or so have settled and he’s now making some more adaptations to conditioning training. We’ll need to string some more sessions together before we make the decision to come back into skills which is probably two weeks away at this stage.”

An update on Changkuoth Jiath, who is available for selection following his VFL return to play 

“He played some minutes in the VFL, played 75 minutes of match-play which was almost the whole game in a practice match at VFL level. He had great intensity and numbers through his running and he got plenty of the football, I understand. He’s recovered really well and fully trained today so that’s been a great result over the last week. Now, we’ll just keep progressing his involvement in training. He’s available for selection as well.”

Melbourne

Jai Culley	Foot	3-5 weeks
Marty Hore	Hand	Test
Luker Kentfield	Illness	5-6 weeks
Shane McAdam	Achilles	Season
Judd McVee	Hamstring	3-4 weeks
Jake Melksham	Hamstring	2 weeks
Andy Moniz-Wakefield	Knee	Season
Kysaiah Pickett	Suspension	Round 4
Koltyn Tholstrup	Back	6-8 weeks

Esava Ratugolea will be assessed this week ahead of Round 1.
Ratugolea underwent a knee arthroscopy last month and has now integrated back into full training.

Tom Anastasopoulos will have ankle surgery to repair a syndesmosis injury, he suffered during the club’s internal trial match on Friday.

Esava Ratugolea (knee) – test
Zak Butters (knee) – 4-6 weeks
Tom Anastasopoulos (ankle) – 4-6 weeks
Brandon Zerk-Thatcher (back) – 7-9 weeks
Todd Marshall (achilles) – TBC

Richmond

Judson Clarke	ACL	TBC
Jonty Faull	Back	Test
Josh Gibcus	ACL	TBC
Taj Hotton	ACL	TBC
Mykelti Lefau	ACL	TBC
Dion Prestia	Achilles	3-5 weeks
Hugo Ralphsmith	Hamstring	3-5 weeks
Josh Smillie	Hamstring	2-4 weeks
Tylar Young	ACL	TBC

 

St Kilda

Dan Butler	Achilles	1-3 weeks
Paddy Dow	Knee	TBC
Liam Henry	Knee	1-3 weeks
Dougal Howard	Shoulder	7-9 weeks
Max King	Knee	1-3 weeks
Mitch Owens	Shoulder	1-3 weeks
Mattaes Phillipou	Leg	7-9 weeks
Cooper Sharman	Thumb	3 weeks
Alix Tauru	Back	4-5 weeks

 

Sydney

Taylor Adams
Taylor Adams suffered a low-grade strain of his right hamstring in the game against Hawthorn and was unable to complete the match. He is expected to be unavailable for 3 – 4 weeks. 

Riak Andrew
Riak landed heavily on his right shoulder in the opening quarter of the VFL practice match. He suffered a high-grade right AC joint injury and will be reviewed by specialists this week regarding the best course of management for his injury.  

Aaron Francis
Aaron sustained a concussion injury in the VFL practice match against GWS Giants on Saturday. He will be managed per the AFL Concussion Guidelines.  

Indhi Kirk
Indhi was concussed in the VFL practice match. He will be managed per the AFL Concussion Guidelines.    

Errol Gulden
Errol is 1 week post his left ankle surgery. He remains non-weight bearing and is expected to be able to commence upper body weights and conditioning next week. He will meet with his surgeon in 4 weeks to determine a return to play schedule.  

Callum Mills
Callum is continuing his cross training and gym-based strength work. He is aiming to commence running this week with a return to play in 3-4 weeks.    

Harry Cunningham 
Harry is beginning to come out of his boot this week. He has commenced calf and foot-based strength work and is continuing his cross-training program. Targeting a return in 3-4 weeks’ time.   

Robbie Fox 
Robbie has recommenced running following his calf strain. He will aim to build volume and commence conditioning running this week. Targeting a return in 4-5 weeks.  

Jesse Dattoli
Jesse is 3 months post his lumbar stress injury. His repeat imaging shows good healing of his stress fracture, and he will aim to build his running volumes over the next fortnight.  

Logan McDonald 
Logan has returned to team training this week. He will progress his exposure to team drills and match play as he progresses towards a return to football after the Round 3 bye.  

Will Edwards 
Will has completed a 4-week block of team training and conditioning. He is a test to return to play in the VFL practice match this week.  

Patrick Snell
Patrick’s hamstring rehabilitation is progressing well, with good healing and improving strength of his muscle. He is continuing to increase his speed and conditioning exposure as part of his return-to-play program. He is a test to return to play in the VFL practice match this week. 

Ned Bowman 
Ned is progressing well on his return from a low-grade quad strain. He will be a test to return to play this weekend in the VFL practice match. 

WCE

Bo Allan	Illness	Test
Rhett Bazzo	Foot	1-2 weeks
Campbell Chesser	Ankle	TBC
Callum Jamieson	Ankle/knee	5-7 weeks
Dom Sheed	Knee	Season
Elliot Yeo	Knee and ankle	5-7 weeks

 

Bo Allan is in doubt after suffering illness up to and over the weekend, with the Eagles flagging they may need to be cautious with the defender’s anticipated debut.

Western Bulldogs

Bailey Dale Quad Test

Ed Richards Calf Test

Lath Vandermeer Concussion Test

Rhylee West Hamstring Test

Anthony Scott Knee 2-4 weeks

Liam Jones Hamstring 3-5 weeks

Adam Treloar Reconditioning 4-6 weeks

Marcus Bontempelli calf 5-7 weeks

Jason Johannisen Hamstring 6-8 weeks

Lachie Jaques Thigh 6-8 weeks

Cody Weightman Knee Indefinite