Get the latest injury update from High Performance Manager Ben Serpell ahead of Saturday afternoon's Round 2 clash against Port Adelaide at Adelaide Oval.
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Injury Report: Round 2
High Performance Manager Ben Serpell gives an update ahead of the Round 2 match against Port Adelaide.
“It was a good result from the boys and certainly very exciting, but nothing to get ahead of ourselves at the moment,” Serpell said.
“The boys were back in at 9am the next morning getting some rehab done, which was great.
“We were treated with an appearance by some of the women coming down to help with the rehab session for some of our boys.
“Really appreciative of Shelby Knoll, Charley Ryan, Katie Brennan and Mon Conti, jumping in with the likes of Josh Smillie and Noah Balta the next day.”
All eyes now turn to Port Adelaide at Adelaide Oval on Saturday afternoon.
“As teams, we can do a bit better by travelling together and coming together as a group. Being a bit more excited this week after the win, it should be pretty good.”
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Josh Smillie
Hamstring, 1-2 weeks
“No real change to his expected return. He’s tracking quite well, getting some training into him."
“He’s looking around one to two weeks and hopefully get into a bit of footy this week again."
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Dion Prestia and Hugo Ralphsmith
Achilles and Hamstring, 2-5 weeks
“They’re tracking well in rehab. There’s no real change to their return-to-play."
“Between them, they’re both two-to-five weeks away. We’ll see them hopefully in a few drills over the coming weeks."
Jonty Faull
Back, Test
“Jonty’s an exciting one. He got to play a bit of VFL on the weekend on limited game time."
“We’ll progress his game time over the next couple of weeks and see him having some impact as the season progresses."
Jacob Blight
Adductor, Test
“He slipped in back play and got a little bit of adductor soreness. He’ll be a test for this weekend and hopefully gets through his cramping and we’ll be right.”
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| Player | Injury | Estimated Return |
|---|---|---|
11. Luke Trainor |
Hip |
Test
Trainor presented with hip soreness after the first session after the bye. Read Article |
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5. Jack Ross |
Concussion |
Test
Ross presented with concussion symptoms after the Round 12 AFL game. Read Article |
|
19. Tom Lynch |
Throat |
Round 17
Lynch sustained a larynx fracture in Round 11. Read Article |
|
34. Harry Armstrong |
Foot |
Round 17-18
Harry Armstrong suffered a bone stress in his foot during the Round 3 match with Fremantle. Read Article |
|
23. Judson Clarke |
ACL |
Round 17-18
Clarke ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his right knee during the Round 11 VFL game against Sydney last year. Read Article |
|
4. Sam Lalor |
Achilles |
Round 17-20
Lalor suffered a partial tear to his Achilles during a training session in the lead-up to Round 8. Read Article |
|
38. Tom Sims |
MCL |
Round 18-20
Sims sustained an MCL injury in the Round 9 VFL game. Read Article |
|
50. Campbell Gray |
Hamstring |
Round 19-23
Gray suffered a high-grade hamstring strain in Round 10. Read Article |
|
2. Jacob Hopper |
Ankle |
TBC
Hopper suffered a stress fracture in his ankle following the Round 14 game against Brisbane. Read Article |
|
16. Josh Smillie |
Quad |
TBC
Smillie sustained a small re-tear of the injury he acquired in February. Read Article |
|
8. Jonty Faull |
Back |
Season
Faull will miss the remainder of the 2026 AFL season due to stress fractures in his back. Read Article |
|
18. Josh Gibcus |
Knee |
Season
Gibcus sustained an ACL sprain in the VFL Round 5 game. Read Article |
11. Luke Trainor
Trainor presented with hip soreness after the first session after the bye.
Read Article
5. Jack Ross
Ross presented with concussion symptoms after the Round 12 AFL game.
Read Article
19. Tom Lynch
Lynch sustained a larynx fracture in Round 11.
Read Article
34. Harry Armstrong
Harry Armstrong suffered a bone stress in his foot during the Round 3 match with Fremantle.
Read Article
23. Judson Clarke
Clarke ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his right knee during the Round 11 VFL game against Sydney last year.
Read Article
4. Sam Lalor
Lalor suffered a partial tear to his Achilles during a training session in the lead-up to Round 8.
Read Article
38. Tom Sims
Sims sustained an MCL injury in the Round 9 VFL game.
Read Article
50. Campbell Gray
Gray suffered a high-grade hamstring strain in Round 10.
Read Article
2. Jacob Hopper
Hopper suffered a stress fracture in his ankle following the Round 14 game against Brisbane.
Read Article
16. Josh Smillie
Smillie sustained a small re-tear of the injury he acquired in February.
Read Article
8. Jonty Faull
Faull will miss the remainder of the 2026 AFL season due to stress fractures in his back.
Read Article
18. Josh Gibcus
Gibcus sustained an ACL sprain in the VFL Round 5 game.
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