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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“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.”

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."

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
21. Noah Balta	Toe	Round 23-24 Balta injured his toe after an awkward landing during a contest in Round 19. Read Article
22. Sam Cumming	Ankle/Shoulder	Season Cumming suffered a moderate grade syndesmosis injury in a tackle during Round 21. The ankle injury will not require surgery, but the Club will take the opportunity for him to go in and have his shoulder operated on. Read Article
7. Rhyan Mansell	Foot	Season The Club sought specialist opinion regarding Rhyan Mansell's foot soreness leading into Round 21. Following their assessment, the Club has made the decision to rule him out for the remainder of the year. Read Article
38. Tom Sims	Toe	Season Sims has some medial sesamoid pain, with the plan to offload him until he is pain-free. Read Article
49. Kaleb Smith	Quad	Season Smith sustained a quad strain in the July 19 VFL game. Read Article
2. Jacob Hopper	Ankle	Season Hopper suffered a stress fracture in his ankle following the Round 14 game against Brisbane. 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
16. Josh Smillie	Quad	Season Smillie and the Club are entirely focused on setting him up for a full pre-season. Read Article

21. Noah Balta

Balta injured his toe after an awkward landing during a contest in Round 19.

Read Article

Injury: Toe

Est. Return: Round 23-24

22. Sam Cumming

Cumming suffered a moderate grade syndesmosis injury in a tackle during Round 21. The ankle injury will not require surgery, but the Club will take the opportunity for him to go in and have his shoulder operated on.

Read Article

Injury: Ankle/Shoulder

Est. Return: Season

7. Rhyan Mansell

The Club sought specialist opinion regarding Rhyan Mansell's foot soreness leading into Round 21. Following their assessment, the Club has made the decision to rule him out for the remainder of the year.

Read Article

Injury: Foot

Est. Return: Season

38. Tom Sims

Sims has some medial sesamoid pain, with the plan to offload him until he is pain-free.

Read Article

Injury: Toe

Est. Return: Season

49. Kaleb Smith

Smith sustained a quad strain in the July 19 VFL game.

Read Article

Injury: Quad

Est. Return: Season

2. Jacob Hopper

Hopper suffered a stress fracture in his ankle following the Round 14 game against Brisbane.

Read Article

Injury: Ankle

Est. Return: Season

8. Jonty Faull

Faull will miss the remainder of the 2026 AFL season due to stress fractures in his back.

Read Article

Injury: Back

Est. Return: Season

18. Josh Gibcus

Gibcus sustained an ACL sprain in the VFL Round 5 game.

Read Article

Injury: Knee

Est. Return: Season

16. Josh Smillie

Smillie and the Club are entirely focused on setting him up for a full pre-season.

Read Article

Injury: Quad

Est. Return: Season

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