Round Three Injury Update

by Lisa Albergo reporting for AFANA from Chicago

ADELAIDE
Injury Update:
Trent Hentschel & Rhett Biglands, knee, season
Mark Ricciuto, back, has begun running, indefinite
Nick Gill, hamstring, has begun running, ongoing assessment
Bryce Campbell, ankle, 2 weeks
Ivan Maric, hip, 3 weeks
John Meesen, knee, 6 weeks
Ken McGregor, Achilles, 3 weeks to full training.
Darren Pfeiffer, fractured cheekbone, 3 weeks
Graham Johncock, ankle, to be assessed

Source: David Burtenshaw,Club Media Release

BRISBANE
Injury Update:
Mitchell Clark, bruised fibula (leg), 2-3 weeks
Matthew Leuenberger, osteitis pubis, 2-3 weeks
Daniel Bradshaw & Pat Garner, knee reconstruction, season
Anthony Corrie, knee, indefinite
Chris Scott, hip, indefinite
Joel Macdonald, knee, 4-6 weeks
Troy Selwood, back, 3-5 weeks
Rhan Hooper, quad, 2-3 weeks.
Joel Tippett, broken thumb, 1 week.

Source: Sam Lord, Club Media Release

CARLTON
Injury Update:
Clinton Benjamin, quad, 1 week
Shaun Grigg, fractured shoulder, 8-10 weeks
Anthony Koutoufides, ruptured finger tendon, 5-6 weeks
Anthony Raso, broken wrist, 1 week
Sam Jacobs, left knee hyperextension, ongoing assessment

Source: Ian Coutts, Club Media Release

COLLINGWOOD
Injury Update:
Chris Bryan, finger, 1 week
Nathan Buckley, hamstring, 1-2 weeks
Ryan Lonie, groin, 1-2 weeks
Chris Dawes, knee, midseason
Sean Rusling, shoulder, indefinite
John Anthony, neck, 2008

Source: collingwoodfc.com.au

ESSENDON
Injury Update:
Jay Nash, foot, 4 weeks
Nathan Lovett-Murray, groin, 2 weeks
Andrew Welsh, strained hamstring, 2–3 weeks

Source: Cara Pelchen, Club Media Release

FREMANTLE
Injury Update:
Robert Haddrill, knee, 3 weeks
Brett Peake, broken collarbone, 4-6 weeks
Byron Schammer, post-surgery complications, possible midseason return

Source: fremantlefc.com.au & Inside Football

GEELONG
Injury Update:
Tom Harley, ruptured finger tendon, 5 weeks
Joel Reynolds, knee reconstruction, season
Tom Lonergan, kidney, progressing well, indefinite

Source: Sarah Birch, Club Media Release

HAWTHORN
Injury Update:
Richard Vandenberg, hamstring, 3-4 weeks
Joel Smith, knee, 3-4 weeks
Mitch Thorp, hip, 5-6 weeks

Source: afl.com.au & Sarah Kalaja, Club Media Release

KANGAROOS
Injury Update:
Nathan Thompson, knee reconstruction, season
Leigh Harding, knee, indefinite

Source: John Murphy, Club Media Release

MELBOURNE
Injury Update:
David Neitz, partial tear to knee ligament, 3-4 weeks
Russell Robertson, knee, 6 weeks
Clint Bartram, knee, to be assessed
Brock McLean, foot, 5
James Frawley, foot, 3 weeks
Isaac Weetra, hamstring, 1 week

Source: Leigh Newton, Club Media Release

PORT ADELAIDE
Injury Update:
Daniel Motlop, ankle, 2-3 weeks

Source: Hitaf Rasheed, Club Media Release

RICHMOND
Injury Update:
Ray Hall, hip, 3 weeks
Carl Peterson, groin, indefinite
Mark Coughlan, knee reconstruction, season
Kent Kingsley, ankle, 3 weeks
Trent Knobel, arthroscopic surgery ankle, 3-4 weeks
Nathan Brown, leg, ongoing assessment

Source: Tony Greenberg, Club Media Release

ST KILDA
Injury Update:
Max Hudghton, quad, 3-4 weeks
Matt Maguire, stress fracture, 4-6 weeks
Raphael Clarke, back, indefinite
Aaron Hamill, knee, indefinite
Fergus Watts, ankle, indefinite

Source: afl.com.au

SYDNEY
Injury Report:
Paul Bevan, hamstring, 1 week
Luke Brennan, knee, 1 week
Matt O’Dwyer, knee, 1 week
Nick Davis, foot, 2 weeks
Lewis Roberts-Thomson, foot, long-term injury list

Source: Stephen Brassel, Club Media Release

WEST COAST
Injury Update:
Mark Nicoski, shoulder, 8 weeks
Mitch Morton, (knee, 1 week
Sam Butler, groin, 2 weeks
Josh Wooden, hip, 2 weeks

Source: Gary Stocks, Club Media Release

WESTERN BULLDOGS
Injury Update:
Jason Akermanis, hamstring, 2 weeks
Damian McCormack, knee, 8 weeks
Chris Grant, groin surgery, 8-10 weeks

Source: afl.com.au