Round 18 Injury Report

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ADELAIDE
Injury Update:
Myke Cook, hamstring, indefinite
Rhett Biglands & Brett Burton, ruptured ACL, knee reconstruction, season**

**The club has elevated Jared Petrenko from the rookie list to the seniors to replace Biglands

Source: David Burtenshaw, Club Media Release

BRISBANE
Injury Update:
Joel Macdonald, ankle, 1 week
Haydn Kiel, hamstring, 1 week
Matt Austin, achilles, 1 week
Nigel Lappin, achilles, ongoing assessment
Matthew Leuenberger, knee, season

Source: Stephen Buckley, Club Media Release

CARLTON
Injury Update:
Jordan Bannister, hamstring, season
Aaron Joseph, appendicitis, 1 week
Setanta O’hAilpin, calf, 2-3 weeks

Source: Stephen Wilson, Club Media Release

COLLINGWOOD
Injury Update:
Kevin Dyas, hamstring, 4-6 weeks
Ben Reid, foot, 4-6 weeks
Anthony Rocca, ankle, 4-6 weeks
Sean Rusling, shoulder, season
Brad Dick, knee, season

Source: Nick Hulett, Club Media Release

ESSENDON
Injury Update:
Tayte Pears, hip, ongoing assessmnent
Andrew Lee, shoulder, 1 week
David Myers, foot, 1 week
Jason Johnson, calf, 1 week
Scott Gumbleton, collarbone, 2 weeks
Mark McVeigh, , knee, 2-3 weeks
Bachar Houli, groin, season
Courtney Johns, knee, season
Alwyn Davey, knee, season
Jason Winderlich. back, season
Jay Neagle, ankle, season

Source: Cara Pelchen, Club Media Release

FREMANTLE
Injury Update:
Roger Hayden, hamstring, 1 week
Brock O'Brien, hamstring, 3 weeks
Andrew Foster, back, season
Paul Hasleby, knee, season

Source: afl.com.au

GEELONG
Injury Update:
Paul Chapman, hamstring, 2-3 weeks
Tom Hawkins, foot, 2 weeks
Matthew Egan, foot, season

Source: Kevin Diggerson, Club Media Release

HAWTHORN
Injury Update:
Max Bailey, knee, season
Tim Boyle, groin, 2 weeks
Ben McGlynn, quad, 2-3 weeks
Beau Muston, knee, season

Source: Sara Kalaja, Club Media Release

MELBOURNE
Injury Update:
Jared Rivers, abdominals/groin, season
Brent Moloney, shoulder, season
Brock McLean, ankle, season
Russell Robertson, ruptured achilles, season
David Neitz, neck, retired

Source: Leigh Newton, Club Media Release

NORTH MELBOURNE
Injury Update:
Nathan Grima & Leigh Adams, knee, season
Jesse Smith, hamstring, 3 -4 weeks
Hamish McIntosh, knee, 2-3 weeks
Aaron Edwards, broken leg, 2-3 weeks
Ben Ross, ankle, 1-2 weeks

Source: John Murphy, Club Media Release

PORT ADELAIDE
Injury Update:
Chad Cornes, knee/shoulder, season
Nathan Krakouer, hamstring, 2 weeks
Steven Salopek, achilles tendonitis, ongoing assessment
Warren Tredrea, shoulder, season
Michael Wilson, knee, 2 weeks

Source: Daniel Norton, Club Media Release
(Hitaf Rasheed resigned from the club to take up a position elsewhere)

RICHMOND
Injury Update:
Graham Polak, head trauma with brain injury, indefinite
Kayne Pettifer, knee, season

Source: Judith Donnelly, Club Media Release

ST KILDA
Injury Update:
Eljay Connors, shoulder reconstruction, season
Max Hudghton, calf, ongoing assessment
Matt Maguire, metatarsal (foot) fracture, season
Luke van Rheenen, foot, season

Source: Alistair Hogg, Club Media Release

SYDNEY
Injury Update:
Adam Goodes, groin, 1-2 weeks
Michael O'Loughlin, ankle, 3-4 weeks
Henry Playfair, hamstring, 3-4 weeks
Matthew Laidlaw, hamstring, indefinite
Tim Schmidt, knee, indefinite
Nick Davis, knee, season
Brett Meredith, shoulder, season
Daniel O'Keefe, groin, season
Kristin Thornton, knee, season

Source: afl.com.au

WEST COAST
Injury Update:
Mitch Brown & Brett Jones, knee, season
Beau Waters, elbow, season
Beau Masten, groin, season
Adam Hunter, shoulder/knee, season
Shannon Hurn, leg, 3-4 weeks
Matt Rosa, ankle), 3 weeks
Josh Kennedy, knee, 1 week

Source: Anna Carew-Reid, Club Media Release

WESTERN BULLODGS
Injury Update:
Dylan Addison, medial knee ligament surgery, season
Scott West, knee, 1-2 weeks
Wayde Skipper, medial knee ligament, 2 weeks
Tim Callan, hamstring, ongoing assessment
Tom Williams, shoulder, ongoing assessment
Jarrad Grant, osteitis pubis, season
Hugh Minson, degenerative knee, long-term injury list, retired**

**Minson, due a degenerative knee condition which began in his junior playing days, was forced to retire just before the start of the season. He will remain on the playing list until the end of the season and then be officially delisted. The club has the option to elevate a player from the rookie list to the seniors at any time during the season.

Source: Stacey Mair, Club Media Release