Dream Team Medical Room: Round 14

And just like that the byes are over. After three weeks of depleted teams and sub-par scoring, round 14 brings with it fresh hope and more importantly full teams! Well that is of course unless you’re carrying any wounded from the massacre that has been this entire season!

Scott Pendlebury headlines the omissions for this week as his broken Tibia is once again keeping him sidelined. Although he is rearing to go it looks like the standard minimum of 4 weeks will be adhered to but will he be back next week? Maybe Pendlebury should ask Alan Didak what his secret is as to my surprise he has been called a potential starter for this week’s game by Collingwood. From a quote “complete” tear in round 11 to play round 14 he either a) did not fully tear his adductor b) Collingwood medical staff lied or c) has superhuman healing powers. Either way let’s hope he gets up for those who had the patience to hold him.

An interesting injury to come from the weekend’s games is a season ending a career threatening foot injury to Melbourne’s Mitch Clark. Clark suffered a Lisfranc injury to his right foot and was substituted off in the second quarter after colliding with teammate James Magner. The Lisfranc injury  or Tarsometatarsal injury  is an injury of the midfoot region where in one or all of the Metatarsal bones are displaced from the Tarsus by means of either boney fracture or ligamentous rupture. Clark may or may not have surgery depending on the specifics of his injury, however Melbourne medical staff will have to be very careful with Clark’s  management as the very same injury ended hawthorn Trent Croad’s career.

Still on the lower limb Daniel Giansiracusa will be out for another 4 weeks after scans confirmed a stress fracture in his foot. If he’s keeps going the way he is could be a cheap option or next year? Angus Monfries has added yet another soft tissue injury to Essendons injury list and is expected to miss 2-3 weeks with a grade one hamstring tear. Although playing well something has to be looked at/changed in Essendon conditioning plans to limit the amount of soft tissue injuries in the seasons to come.

Adelaide forward Kurt Tippett is under a cloud of doubt for this weekend after sustaining a concussion in Adelaide’s loss to North Melboune. The same very cloud is also circling Fremantle defender Greg Broughton after he collided with a team mate late in the last quarter. If Selwood is anything to go by then these two should not play this weekend, however the club doctors will make that call. Anthony Moribito’s return to AFL has also taken a small side road as he too way laid out on the weekend in an off the ball incident in the WAFL. One week maximum rest though for all three of the above, so hold if anything. On a final concussion note, all recovered from his concussion administered rest is Saint Kilda rookie Ahmed Saad. Expect him to be named this week if form permits. Captain and team mate Nick Reiwoldt is also likely to play after tweaking his calf two weeks ago against North Melbourne. Back to Adelaide and rookie Sam Shaw will face a fitness test this week after injuring his knee (that might explain his poor scoring on the weekend). After making his way into many teams let’s hope he gets some more game time to earn some dollars.

Further return this week include Jordan Lewis, Hayden Ballantyne, Will Minson and hopefully Ryan Hargrave. One more missed game from Hargrave and Andrew Carrazzo will be looking like a very tasty option for many coaches out of patience. With no set injury Hargraves extended rest surely must be form related? Brendon Whitecross should play after a two week rest with groin soreness (one being a bye) and after 10 week out with an elbow fracture Gold Coast Jarred Harbrow is available to face West Coast. On that topic West Coast may choose to rest some of their senior players again GC with Scott Selwood in particular taking a knock to the shoulder on the weekend. With Adam Selwood out with an arm infection and Will Schofield and Sam Butler both recovering from hamstring troubles Thursday will give us more of an insight into West Coasts plans of the near future, but I don’t see them rushing anyone back for this weekend’s outing.

And that rounds it up. The injury list below is from afl.com and the Herald Sun. Some timeframes may differ slightly to official individual club releases and people with inside knowledge. So do some research before pulling the trigger?

 

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ADELAIDE
Kurt Tippett (concussion) test
Jarryd Lyons (foot) 2 weeks
Sam Shaw (knee) test

BRISBANE
Todd Banfield (leg) test
Matthew Leuenberger (achilles) 1 week
Brent Staker (knee) season
Bryce Retzlaff (knee) season
Matt McGuire (shoulder/elbow) TBA

CARLTON
Jarrad Waite (back) test
Levi Casboult (knee) 2 weeks
Nick Heyne (hamstring) 2 weeks
Marcus Davies (shoulder) 2 weeks
Marc Murphy (shoulder) 3-5 weeks
Simon White (knee) 6 weeks
Jeremy Laidler (knee) season
Sam Rowe (testicular cancer) indefinite

COLLINGWOOD
Scott Pendlebury (leg) test
Alan Didak (torn groin/adductor) 4-8 weeks
Ben Johnson (shoulder) Indefinite
Andrew Krakouer (knee) Indefinite
Brent Macaffer (knee) Indefinite
Josh Thomas (foot) Indefinite
Luke Ball (knee) Season
Lachie Keeffe (knee) Season

ESSENDON
Alwyn Davey (suspension) 1 week
Angus Monfries (hamstring) 3 weeks
Scott Gumbleton (concussion) test
David Zaharakis (quad) 4 weeks
Jason Winderlich (hamstring) unavailable
Brent Prismall (knee) indefinite

FREMANTLE
Zac Dawson (knee) 1-2 weeks
Nathan Fyfe (shoulder) 5-6 weeks
Antoni Grover (knee) 1 week
Stephen Hill (ankle) test
Josh Mellington (hamstring) 2-3 weeks
Viv Michie (foot) TBA
Aaron Sandilands (toe) 9 weeks
Cam Sutcliffe (shoulder) TBA
Chris Mayne (ankle) test
Greg Broughton (concussion) test

GEELONG
Travis Varcoe (foot) indefinite
Jordan Murdoch (finger) indefinite
Nathan Vardy (hip) indefinite
Josh Cowan (achilles) indefinite
Daniel Menzel (knee) season

GOLD COAST
Nathan Bock (leg) season
Campbell Brown (shin/knee) TBA
Michael Coad (thumb) 4-5 weeks
Charlie Dixon (cheekbone) 1-2 weeks
Daniel Gorringe (achilles) indefinite
Jarrad Harbrow (elbow) 2 week
Tom Lynch (foot) 2-3 weeks
David Swallow (knee) 2-3 weeks
Seb Tape (knee) season
Rory Thompson (ankle) TBA
Dion Prestia (hamstring) 3 weeks
Jaeger O’Meara (groin) test

GREATER WESTERN SYDNEY
Stephen Clifton (knee) test
Stephen Coniglio (thumb) 2-3 weeks
Rhys Cooyou (groin) 1-2 weeks
Israel Folau (hamstring) test
Josh Growden (leg) 2-3 weeks
Anthony Miles (knee) 1 week
Setanta O’hAilpin (knee) season
Liam Sumner (foot) 2-3 weeks
Jacob Townsend (jaw) 2-3 weeks
Dom Tyson (shin) 1-2 weeks
Tim Segrave (back) test

HAWTHORN
Max Bailey (wrist) 2-4 weeks
Xavier Ellis (knee) 3-4 weeks
Luke Hodge (knee) 1-2 weeks
Will Langford (shoulder) 1-2 weeks
Broc McCauley (elbow) test
Michael Osborne (knee) season
Alex Woodward (knee) season

MELBOURNE
Rohan Bail (concussion) test
Clint Bartram (knee) test
Brad Green (hip) 1 week
Liam Jurrah (ankle) 2-4 weeks
Neville Jetta (ankle) 2-4 weeks
Michael Evans (back) 4-6 weeks
Rory Taggert (back) indefinite
Max Gawn (knee) season
Mitch Clark (foot) season

NORTH MELBOURNE

Hamish McIntosh (knee) 2-3 weeks
Jack Ziebell (back) test

PORT ADELAIDE
Mitch Banner (knee) 2-3 weeks
Travis Boak (foot) 1 week
Robbie Gray (knee) season
Hamish Hartlett (hamstring) 4 weeks
Steven Salopek (knee) 1-2 weeks
Jay Schulz (abdomen) 4-6 weeks
Paul Stewart (thigh) 1 week
Jacob Surjan (concussion) 1 week
Jackson Trengrove (finger) 3-4 weeks
Aaron Young (ankle) 1 week
Dom Cassisi (hip) 1 week
Cameron Hitchcock (hamstring) TBC

RICHMOND
Matthew Arnot (ankle) 1-2 weeks
Brad Helbig (foot) indefinite

ST KILDA
Ahmed Saad (concussion) available
Rhys Stanley (hamstring) test
Jack Newnes (quad) test
Nick Riewoldt (calf) test

SYDNEY
Jordan Lockyer (hamstring) TBA
Luke Parker (collarbone) 5 weeks
Gary Rohan (leg) season
Jed Lamb (shin) 1 week
Shane Mumford (back) test
Josh Kennedy (groin) test

WEST COAST
Bradd Dalziell (knee) 1 week
Andrew Embley (shoulder) 3 weeks
Josh Kennedy (ankle) 7-8 weeks
Mark LeCras (knee) season
Mark Nicoski (hamstring) 6 weeks
Will Schofield (hamstring) 2 weeks
Adam Selwood (arm) TBA
Ashley Smith (ankle) test
Blayne Wilson (ankle) 10-12 weeks
Scott Lycett (knee) 9 weeks
Scott Selwood (shoulder) test

WESTERN BULLDOGS
Tom Williams (shoulder) test
James Mulligan (achilles) test
Will Minson (club suspension) available
Dale Morris (leg) indefinite