Hear from High Performance Manager Ben Serpell, as he breaks down the latest injury report whilst the side prepares for their Round 3 clash with St Kilda at Marvel Stadium.

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“It was good to see the boys turn up in the second half,” Serpell said. 

“I think the upside of what we are seeing is that they are finishing the second half of the game quite well."

“So, what we do know is that they are in a good spot and can run out the game pretty well at the moment.” 

Sam Banks 

Concussion, 1 week

“Sam will go through the standard return to play protocol.”

“Not only does he have to deal with a concussion, but he also took five or seven stitches to the head as well."

“Hopefully he will be back playing in our game against Brisbane in a couple of weeks.” 

Maurice Rioli

Hamstring, Test

“Maurice sustained a small hamstring injury last week and whilst we thought he would be ok to play on the weekend, we thought we would be conservative.”

“He will be a test for this week and hopefully get some game time in this round.” 

Josh Smillie

Hamstring, Test

“Smillie has done a great body of work over the last few weeks and he’s training quite well.” 

“He will be a test on the back end of the week, but make no mistake if we don’t think he is ready to go, we will look after him a little bit more.”

“He is certainly doing a lot of fast running and is in a great position.” 

Hugo Ralphsmith 

Hamstring, 1-3 weeks

“Hugo is in a great position as well and we could probably see how he goes this weekend.” 

“But again, we want to look after him and we will look after him a little bit longer because if we don’t have to rush anything, we won’t.” 

Dion Prestia

Achilles, 3-4 weeks 

“No real change to Dion at the moment.”

“He will just keep pressing on with his rehab and we will look at him in about 3-4 weeks time.” 

 

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Player Injury Estimated Return
16. Josh Smillie

16. Josh Smillie

Quad Pre-Season

Smillie underwent quad surgery and has begun his return, with running expected to start in the coming weeks.

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1. Nick Vlastuin

1. Nick Vlastuin

Ankle Pre-Season

Vlastuin suffered an ankle injury in the Round 23 game against North Melbourne.

38. Tom Sims

38. Tom Sims

Elbow/Foot Pre-Season

Sims sustained a ulnar collateral ligament injury in the Round 20 VFL game against Sandringham. Routine end-of-season medicals also found a navicular stress fracture in his foot.

23. Judson Clarke

23. Judson Clarke

ACL TBC

Clarke ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his right knee during the Round 11 VFL game against Sydney.

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16. Josh Smillie

16. Josh Smillie

Smillie underwent quad surgery and has begun his return, with running expected to start in the coming weeks.

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Injury: Quad
Est. Return: Pre-Season
1. Nick Vlastuin

1. Nick Vlastuin

Vlastuin suffered an ankle injury in the Round 23 game against North Melbourne.

Injury: Ankle
Est. Return: Pre-Season
38. Tom Sims

38. Tom Sims

Sims sustained a ulnar collateral ligament injury in the Round 20 VFL game against Sandringham. Routine end-of-season medicals also found a navicular stress fracture in his foot.

Injury: Elbow/Foot
Est. Return: Pre-Season
23. Judson Clarke

23. Judson Clarke

Clarke ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his right knee during the Round 11 VFL game against Sydney.

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Injury: ACL
Est. Return: TBC

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