Pre-season Injury List and Notes

This is aimed to be a resource for Draft coaches , especially for those who are drafting this weekend. No one likes picked someone who is injured or has been injured so hopefully this helps those who haven’t had much of a pre-season to date. print this bad boy off and good luck drafting!

Hopefully this is close to being correct, if I didn’t know their name, I left them off ha ha ha… correct as of February 22nd.

DEFENDERS

Kaine Baldwin – Fracture – unsure of return
James Blank – Knee – Missing season, Sicily was 20+ worse without him in ‘23
Angus Brayshaw – retired
Jordan Butts – Hamstring – Should play practice matches
Jiath Changkuoth – Hamstring – returning around round 4
Heath Chapman – Hamstring – returning rounds 2 or 3
Hunter Clark – busted face – chance for round one
Isaac Cumming – Calf – will miss early games
Daniel Curtin – Knee – Should play practice matches
Tom Doedee – Knee – should return around round 3
Dylan Grimes – Old man calf – should be right for round one
James Leake – Quad – time line uncertain
Griffin Logue – Knee – returning mid season
Caleb Marchbank – illness – doubt for round one
Wayne Milera – Hamstring – Should play practice matches
Seamus Mitchell – Busted Jaw – A chance for round one
Nick Murray – Knee – Returning mid/late season
Harry Perryman – Hamstring – will miss early games
Luke Ryan – Ankle – Should play practice matches
Jack Sinclair – Calf – should be right for round one, will miss practice games
Jacob Weitering – Calf – Chance to play round 1

MIDFIELDERS

Will Ashcroft – Knee – returning around round 12
Finn Callaghan – Shoulder – Chance for round one
Matt Crouch – Finger – sore, but will play all practice games
Will Day – Fractured foot – return unknown
Paddy Dow – Knee – Bone bruising, might miss games early
Willem Drew – Shoulder – Should play practice matches
Cam Guthrie – Quad – occurred on 22nd, looked bad, could be in doubt for round one
Clay Hall – leg – could play round one if named
Ben Hobbs – Shoulder – Should play practice matches
Elijah Hollands – Suspension – Plays round 3 if named
Lachie Hunter – Calf – In doubt for round one
Zak Jones – Concussion – will miss practice game, should be fine if named
Callum Mills – Shoulder – should return mid season
Clayton Oliver – Played the other day, good chance for round one
Dion Prestia – Hamstring – in doubt to start the season
Dom Sheed – Foot – Should be right for round one
Dylan Shiel – Leg – missing start of the season
Rory Sloane – Eye – test for round one
Jake Soligo – Ankle – Should play practice matches
Tarryn Thomas – Bad man – delisted
Sam Walsh – Back – will miss practice games, should play round one

RUCKS

Sean Darcy – Ankle – Should play practice matches
Sam Draper – Groin relocation – Time line uncertain
Lachlan McAndrew – Wrist – Chance for round one if named

FORWARDS

Ben Brown – Knee – timeline uncertain
Dan Butler – Ankle – Had surgery, will miss early games
Josh Corbett – Hip – Out for the season
Jai Culley – Knee – will miss early games
Zac Fisher – Hamstring – played the other day, should be fine
Tom Fullarton – Hamstring – will miss early games
Denver Grainer-Barras – Toe – Returning mid-season
Elijah Hewett – Foot – uncertain on return
Adam Kennedy – Knee – chance to return mid season
Ben King – Knee – A small chance for round one
Tom Lynch – Foot – Will miss early games
Jack Macrae – Hamstring – should be right for round one
Jack Martin – Knee – doubt for round one
Daniel McStay – Knee – Out for the season
Dylan Moore – Glandular fever – timeline unclear
Kysaiah Pickett – Suspension – returns round 2
Liam Ryan – Hamstring – Will miss early games
Jack Silvagni – Knee – Out for the season
Bailey Smith – Knee – out for the season
Joel Smith – Bad man – out for the season
Sam Switowski – Hamstring – Should play practice matches
Jed Walters – Collarbone – Could debut approx. round 3
Chad Wingard – Achilles – should return mid season

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