Australian Football Association of North America

by Lisa Albergo reporting for AFANA from Chicago

ADELAIDE
Injury Update:
Brad Symes, ankle, 1 week
Brad Moran, hamstring, 2 weeks
Myke Cook, hamstring, ongoing assessment
Kris Massie, hamstring, 1 week
Rhett Biglands, knee reconstruction, season

Source: David Burtenshaw, Club Media Release

BRISBANE
Injury Update:
Sam Sheldon, groin, 1 week
Wayde Mills, knee, 1-2 weeks
Haydn Kiel, hamstring, 1-2 weeks
Colm Begley, quad, 2-3 weeks
Nigel Lappin, achilles, 3 weeks
Pearce Hanley, hamstring, 3 weeks
Daniel Bradshaw, hamstring, ongoing assessment
Scott Harding, knee, ongoing assessment

Source: Sam Lord, Club Media Release

CARLTON
Injury Update:
Paul Bower, shoulder, 7 weeks
Richard Hadley, groin, 2-3 weeks
Ryan Houlihan, hip, 6-7 weeks
Andrew Walker, shoiulder, 2-3 weeks

Source: Stephen Wilson, Club Media Release

COLLINGWOOD
Injury Update:
Simon Prestigiacomo, foot, 1-2 weeks
Brodie Holland, achilles, 1-3 weeks
Anthony Rocca, ankle, 1-3 weeks
Sean Rusling, shoulder, season
Brad Dick, knee, season

Source: Nick Hulett, Club Media Release

ESSENDON
Injury Update:
Tom Hislop, shoulder, ongoing assessment
Jason Winderlich, back, ongoing assessment
Jay Nash, head knock, ongoing assessment
Darcy Daniher, back, 1 week
Heath Hocking, groin, 1 week
Jason Johnson, calf, 2 weeks
Courtenay Dempsey, leg, 3 weeks
Alwyn Davey, knee, season
Andrew Lee, shoulder, indefinite, long term injury list

Source: Cara Pelchen, Club Media Release

FREMANTLE
Injury Update:
Steven Dodd, calf, 1 week
Roger Hayden, collapsed lung, 2 weeks
Luke Webster, knee, 2 weeks
Des Headland, knee, 6 weeks
Paul Hasleby, knee, season

Source: afl.com.au

GEELONG
Injury Update:
Matthew Scarlett, hamstring, 2 weeks
Matthew Egan, foot, season
Shannon Byrnes, foot, 3 weeks
Dave Johnson, hamstring, 1-2 weeks

Source: Kevin Diggerson, Club Media Release

HAWTHORN
Shane Crawford, knee tendonitis, ongoing assessment
Brent Guerra, hamstring, 1 week
Beau Muston, knee, season
Brad Sewell, shoulder, 4-5 weeks
Cameron Stokes, hamstring, 1-2 weeks

Source: Sara Kalaja, Club Media Release

MELBOURNE
Injury Update:
Jared Rivers, groin, ongoing assessment
Brent Moloney, shoulder, ongoing assessment
Jack Grimes, back, 3-4 weeks
Russell Robertson, ruptured achilles, season

Source: Leigh Newton, Club Media Release

NORHT MELBOURNE
Injury Update:
Nathan Grima & Leigh Adams, knee, season
Robbie Tarrant, shoulder, 5 weeks
Aaron Edwards, broken leg, 5 weeks
Jess Sinclair, ankle, 3-4 weeks
Andrew Swallow, ankle, 2 weeks

Source: John Murphy, Club Media Release

PORT ADELAIDE
Injury Update:
Matt Lobbe, fractured finger, 1 week
Toby Thurstans, knee, 4-5 weeks
Matthew Westhoff, foot, 1 week
Ryan Williams, hamstring tightness, 1 week

Source: Hitaf Rasheed, Club Media Release

RICHMOND
Injury Update:
Kane Johnson, knee, 2-3 weeks
Will Thursfield, hamstring, 2-3 weeks
Mark Coughlan, hamstring, indefinite

Source: Judith Donnelly, Club Media Release

ST KILDA
Injury Update:
Jayden Attard, knee reconstruction, 1-3 weeks
Xavier Clarke, hamstring, 1-2 weeks
Glenn Chivers, foot, 1-3 weeks
Eljay Connors, shoulder reconstruction, season
Robert Harvey, calf strain, 1-2 weeks
Matt Maguire & Luke van Rheenen, foot, season
Fraser Gehrig, long tem injury list

Source: Matt Schmidt, Club Media Release

SYDNEY
Injury Update:
Patrick Veszpremi, groin, 1 week
Matthew Laidlaw, hamstring, 1-2 weeks
Daniel O'Keefe, groin, season
Kristin Thornton, knee, season

Source: afl.com.au

WEST COAST
Injury Update:
Mitch Brown, knee, season
Matt Rosa, ankle, 5-7 weeks
Shannon Hurn, fractured fibula, 2-3 weeks
Chad Jones, ankle, 1-2 weeks
Josh Kennedy, knee, 1-2 weeks

Source: Anna Carew-Reid, Club Media Release

WESTERN BULLDOGS
Injury Update:
Scott West, knee, 2 weeks
Shaun Higgins, ankle, 6 weeks
Wayde Skipper, medial knee ligament, 7 weeks
Hugh Minson, knee, retired, long term injury list*

*A degenerative knee condition forced Minson to retire at the start of the season. He will remain on the long term injury list until the end of the season, at which time he will officially be delisted. The club has the option of elevating a player from the rookie list to the seniors at any time during the year.

Stacey Mair, Club Media Release