Hurt Locker: All the latest injury updates and news at your club
We are at the halfway point of the AFL season and a healthy list has never been more important. How is your club placed? See the full injury list here.
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As we navigate through the bye rounds, see every club’s full injury list below.
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ADELAIDE
Josh Rachele – corked thigh – test
Jordon Butts – concussion – concussion protocol
Luke Brown – health and safety protocol
Rory Sloane – knee – season
Paul Seedsman – concussion – season
BRISBANE
Joe Daniher – Shoulder – 2-3 weeks
Kai Lohmann – Ankle – 1-2 weeks
Hugh McCluggage – Hamstring – Test
CARLTON
David Cuningham – Knee – TBC
Ed Curnow – Calf – 2-4 weeks
Matt Kennedy – Quad – 1 week
Caleb Marchbank – Knee – 1 week
Oscar McDonald – Back – Season
Mitch McGovern – Hamstring – 6-8 weeks
Harry McKay – Knee – 3 weeks
Alex Mirkov – Ankle – 1-2 weeks
Luke Parks – Foot – 9 weeks
Marc Pittonet – Knee – 5-7 weeks
Jacob Weitering – Shoulder – 6 weeks
Zac Williams – Calf – 8-10 weeks
Jacob Weitering met with surgeons on Monday and will have AC joint surgery in the coming days. He will miss a minimum of six weeks.
The Blues are now without their best forward (Harry McKay), best ruckman (Marc Pittonet), their best defender, intercepting tall Mitch McGovern and dashing half back Zac Williams with long-term injuries.
-Jon Ralph
COLLINGWOOD
Charlie Dean – Foot – 3-4 weeks
Brodie Grundy – Knee – 4-6 weeks
Ash Johnson – Hamstring – 1-2 weeks
Will Kelly – Hip – Test
Nathan Kreuger – Shoulder – Season
Jack Madgen – Shoulder – 4 weeks
Tom Wilson – Back – Season
ESSENDON
Nik Cox – Foot – 8-10 weeks
Matt Guelfi – Hamstring – Test
Michael Hurley – Hip – Indefinite
Kyle Langford – Hamstring – Test
Mason Redman – Suspension – Available
Will Snelling – Calf – 1-2 weeks
Jake Stringer – Hamstring – Test
Patrick Voss – Foot – 2-3 weeks
FREMANTLE
Nat Fyfe – back – Test
Matt Taberner – back – Test
Joel Western – hamstring – 3-4 weeks
Nathan O’Driscoll – foot – TBA
Jye Amiss – kidney – Long Term
Fremantle captain Nat Fyfe has made the decision to return from injury at Peel Thunder on Saturday more than a decade after his last WAFL appearance. Fyfe met with Fremantle’s hierarchy on Tuesday after training where it was decided he would avoid the temptation of an immediate AFL return in a top-four clash against Brisbane and former teammate Lachie Neale on Sunday.
-Eliza Reilly/West Australian
GEELONG
Jon Ceglar – Foot – 2 weeks
Patrick Dangerfield – Calf – 2 weeks
Jack Henry – Foot – 2 weeks
Shaun Higgins – General soreness – Test
Max Holmes – Ankle – TBC
Flynn Kroeger – Wrist – TBC
Sam Menegola – Knee – Test
Esava Ratugolea – Ankle – 3 weeks
Gary Rohan – Hamstring – Test
Sam Simpson – Concussion – TBC
Rhys Stanley – Ankle – Test
Nick Stevens – Foot – TBC
Paul Tsapatolis – Ankle – Test
Geelong is set to welcome back two key players ahead of an important Friday night clash with the Western Bulldogs. Rhys Stanley and small forward Gary Rohan are “likely” inclusions for the Cats, as the side prepares for its final game before the mid-season bye. “Potentially (we get) Rhys Stanley, and I think Gary Rohan will play, I think there’s even more certainty around that,” coach Chris Scott said. “Those two are likely, but really the bulk of those guys that are missing at the moment will be a post-bye proposition. There’s a big cohort of them … we just need to think through exactly how we reintroduce those guys, quite a few of them would be OK to play next week. The quandary for us is with four, five, six guys available, bringing them all back at once does present a challenge for cohesion.” Scott said it was “not a foregone conclusion” that first-gamer Neale would make way at the selection table.
– Matthew Forrest
GOLD COAST
Josh Corbett – Hip – 3 weeks
Rory Thompson – Knee -3 weeks
Jack Lukosius – Knee – 4 weeks
Ben King – Knee – Season
Bodhi Uwland – Back – Indefinite
GWS
Jack Buckley – Knee – 4-6 weeks
Finn Callaghan – Shoulder – Test
Brent Daniels – Hamstring – 3-5 weeks
Phil Davis – Hamstring – 1-2 weeks
Josh Fahey – Shoulder – Season
Bobby Hill – Testicular cancer – Indefinite
Jacob Hopper – Knee – 3-5 weeks
Daniel Lloyd – Arm – 1-2 weeks
Conor Stone – Hamstring – TBC
Tim Taranto – Back – Test
Callan Ward – Concussion – 1 week
Lachie Whitfield – Ankle – Test
HAWTHORN
Tyler Brockman – Shoulder – Season
Jack Gunston – Ankle – 4 weeks
Emerson Jeka – Hamstring – 4 weeks
Max Lynch Concussion – Test
Ben McEvoy – Neck – TBC
Jaeger O’Meara – Hamstring – Test
Tom Phillips – Ankle – 4 weeks
Ned Reeves – Shoulder – Test
Jack Scrimshaw – Concussion – 1-2 weeks
Josh Ward – Concussion – Test
Ned Reeves, the tallest man in the AFL, is looming as a timely inclusion for Sunday’s clash with Collingwood.
First-year Hawthorn coach Sam Mitchell has been without a recognised ruckman more often that he would like in 2022, with Max Lynch playing just six games and Reeves and none since he injured his shoulder in round 5.
Mitchell also said gun midfielder Jaeger O’Meara, who missed the trip to Darwin last week, was also a chance to return to play the Magpies.
“We have another two training sessions this week,” Mitchell said.
“If he’s got any sort of signs or worrying we don’t risk him. We think he’ll probably play.”
– Russell Gould
MELBOURNE
James Harmes – Hamstring – Test
Blake Howes – Foot – 6-8 weeks
Ed Langdon – Ribs – Test
Steven May – Concussion – 1-2 weeks
Tom McDonald – Ankle – Test
Christian Salem – Knee – Test
Joel Smith – Ankle – 5-7 weeks
Demons coach Simon Goodwin has revealed he is weighing up bringing in as many as six new faces for Saturday’s clash with Sydney, locking in defender Adam Tomlinson to replace concussed star Steven May. Tomlinson could get the job on Sydney superstar Lance Franklin if he overcomes a one-match ban at the tribunal, with premiership defenders Christian Salem and Michael Hibberd, as well as Ed Langdon, James Harmes and Tom McDonald, all “available for selection”.
-Russell Gould
NORTH MELBOURNE
Miller Bergman – Shoulder – Season
Aiden Bonar – Hamstring – 2-3 weeks
Callum Coleman-Jones – Quad – Test
Charlie Comben – Lower leg – 5-6 weeks
Ben Cunnington – Illness – Indefinite
Eddie Ford – Foot – 1 week
Aaron Hall – Hamstring – 2-3 weeks
Ben McKay – Knee – Test
Will Phillips – Illness – TBC
Jared Polec – Ankle – Indefinite
Phoenix Spicer – Hamstring – Test
Cam Zurhaar – Foot – 2-3 weeks
An untimely quad injury to Callum Coleman-Jones means North Melbourne coach David Noble will have to look elsewhere to replace star forward Cam Zurhaar (foot). Key defender Ben McKay is set to return from a knee injury for Saturday’s clash against Gold Coast in Darwin. After making the move from Richmond to the Kangaroos in the off-season, Coleman-Jones has played just four senior games, the last in round 9 after which both he and Jaidyn Stephenson were dropped to the second-tier competition. Neither will be back in the senior team this week, with a quad injury keeping Coleman-Jones out last weekend, and Noble wasn’t convinced the VFL, where the Kangaroos are 17th on the ladder with two wins from eight games, was providing the best path back. Having sent Stephenson back to increase his intensity, Noble said he had to look for other things in his game to consider him for senior selection. “It’s difficult to generate that intensity and pressure at times with VFL, the standard is difficult and awkward at times,” Noble said. “We saw a fair bit of his run from back to forward on the weekend. He’s certainly put himself back in the frame.”
– Russell Gould
PORT ADELAIDE
Orazio Fantasia – Quad – Assess
Scott Lycett – Shoulder – 6-7 weeks
Trent McKenzie – Knee – 1 week
Jake Pasini – Knee – Inactive
Josh Sinn – Groin – 7-9 weeks
Sam Skinner – Concussion – 1 week
Port Adelaide “will leave no stone unturned” to try to solve Orazio Fantasia’s injury problems, Power general manager football Chris Davies says, after the livewire suffered another setback.
Fantasia’s first game of the season for Port in the SANFL on Saturday lasted just minutes after he hurt his quad in the first quarter against North Adelaide.
He had an MRI on Sunday evening, which has confirmed a strained quad.
The Power are yet to have a full timeline on the 26-year-old’s return to training and games.
Davies said the Power now needed to be cautious with Fantasia in the second half of the season as they try and break into the top eight.
-Simeon Thomas-Wilson
RICHMOND
Noah Balta – Hamstring – 1-2 weeks
Kane Lambert – Hip – 1-2 weeks
Tom Lynch – Hamstring – 2-3 weeks
ST KILDA
Hunter Clark – H & S protocols – Available
Nick Coffield – ACL – Season
Dan Hannebery – Calf – Indefinite
Jack Hayes – Knee – Season
Jack Higgins – Concussion/H & S protocols – Test
Jack Steele – Shoulder – 4 weeks
SYDNEY
Harry Cunningham – Abdominal – TBC
Tom Hickey – Toe – Test
Josh Kennedy – Hamstring – 8 weeks
Sam Naismith – Knee – Season
Angus Sheldrick – Knee – 2 weeks
WEST COAST
Oscar Allen – Foot – Inactive
Campbell Chesser – Foot – Inactive
Tom Cole – Ankle – Inactive
Luke Edwards – Groin – Inactive
Luke Foley – Concussion – Test
Shannon Hurn – Calf – Test
Tom Joyce – Ankle – 4-5 Weeks
Zac Langdon – Ankle – TBC
Jeremy McGovern – Back – Test
Xavier O’Neill – Knee – 4 Weeks
Nic Naitanui – Knee – 4-6 Weeks
Jack Petruccelle – Hamstring – Test
Willie Rioli – Hamstring – 1-2 Weeks
Liam Ryan – Hamstring – 1-2 Weeks
Luke Strnadica – Calf – 1-2 Weeks
Premiership captain Shannon Hurn is expected to fly to Adelaide to face the Crows on Saturday, with Simpson teasing a small cavalry is coming to provide a much-needed boost for the club after the mid-season bye in round 13.
But Sheed, returning from an ankle injury, and Yeo, who exited concussion and COVID protocols, are unlikely to be rushed back against the Crows.
Defender Jeremy McGovern has avoided a major back injury after being subbed out in the 101-point loss to the Western Bulldogs but did not train on Monday.
-Samantha Rogers/West Australian
WESTERN BULLDOGS
Bailey Smith – illness – test
Riley Garcia – knee – 1 week
Stefan Martin – shoulder – 1-2 weeks
Josh Bruce – knee – 2-3 weeks
Toby McLean – knee – 2-3 weeks
Mitch Hannan – concussion – 2-3 weeks
Laith Vandermeer – hamstring – 4-5 weeks
Lachie Hunter – personal – indefinite
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