Round 20 Injury Report
ADELAIDE
Injury Update:
Trent Hentschel & Rhett Biglands, knee, season
Kurt Tippett, shoulder, season
Matthew Bode, knee, 2 weeks
Scott Lockhart reporting for AFANA from Subiaco Oval, Perth.
Fremantle’s charge towards the finals is gaining momentum after their 63 point annihilation of fellow finals contender Essendon at Subiaco Oval on Sunday afternoon.
The win leaves Fremantle just half a game outside the top eight with three matches remaining. Essendon, who would have been inside the eight if they had beaten Fremantle, will now struggle to make September action having lost five of their past six matches to sit in 13th position.
PREVIEW ROUND 19
(Last week 5 from 8 total 88 from 144 = 61.1%)
The coaching merry go round featured strongly all week in AFL news (particularly when it was discovered that Terry Daniher had nominated his twin brother Neale to look for a coaching position instead of him) only to be displaced by the Akermanis statement about performance enhancing drugs use by a West Coast player whose name shall not be mentioned for fear of legal retribution. The problem is that Akers was believed so much that the drug testers descended on the Eagles headquarters here in Perth like a group of politicians on a holiday from parliamentary sittings. Who knows what the truth is and
At Docklands:
Footscray 4.5 6.9 7.11 12.13.85
St. Kilda 3.3 8.4 10.10 12.13.85
If the Stainers don't make the finals, they'll look back on this and the Collywood game as ones which were fumbled and dropped like a Brendon Gale marking attempt. This flooding-dominated game wasn't quite as bad as the Magpie one perhaps, as the Bulldogs controlled the ball for long periods and had a result coming, maybe. But when the Stainers led by 23 points,
by Lisa Albergo reporting for AFANA from Chicago
TRIBUNAL
Charges Laid:
Matthew Boyd (WB), making contact with umpire Chris Donlan. It is his first offense, incurring a $3200 fine. He accepted, reducing the fine 25% to $2400.
Lenny Hayes (STK), tripping Bulldog Jason Akermanis: assessed as negligent conduct (one point), low impact (one point) and body contact (one point), equaling three points, a Level One offense, 80 demerits, and a reprimand. He has a total of one match suspended within the last three years, increasing the penalty 10% and 88 demerits. He accepted, reducing the penalty 25% and 66 demerits held over toward his future record.
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