Hear from High Performance Manager Ben Serpell, as he updates on the squad ahead of the Round 4 clash against Brisbane at the MCG.

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Sam Banks

Concussion, Test

"He's done really well, Banksy. He's got through all his protocols well. He's just got to get through training on Wednesday.

"Full contact training with no symptoms and he should be available for playing this weekend, if the coaches choose to select him."

Josh Smillie

Hamstring, Test

"Like last week, Smil's got through a good body of work.

"He'll continue to train and we'll make him available for selection this week. We will leave it up to the coaches to have the conversation at the table."

Liam Fawcett

Concussion, 1-2 weeks

"Unfortunately for Liam, he sustained a broken nose and was concussed (in the VFL).

"He'll go through the same protocols as what Sam Banks did (over) the last couple of weeks."

Hugo Ralphsmith

Hamstring, Test

"As it stands, Hugo is available for selection this week, he's still got to get through another training session.

"If he gets through that, he'll be a discussion at the table with the coaches later."

Dion Prestia

Achilles, 2-4 weeks

"He's doing well. There's no real update on where he's at.

"He's getting through quite well. He's trying to push things as quick as he can. Unfortunately, we have to hold Dion back from himself sometimes."

Judson Clarke

ACL, 3-6 weeks

"Judson Clarke will get through his first full week of training this week, with no yellow hat on (no contact). He'll be full contact training.

"We'll do a few weeks of that and he should be available for selection towards the end of April."

Mykelti Lefau, Tylar Young

ACLs, TBC

"We're seeing Mykelti and Youngy join into training with the yellow hat on.

"They're getting through everything, no contact."

Taj Hotton

ACL, TBC

"Taj is not too far off where those two are at, as well.

"He's doing quite well. He's excited."

Josh Gibcus

ACL, TBC

"He's starting to get into a few football drills.

"He's quite a complex case in that he's had that hamstring injury last year, followed by an ACL injury this year.

"He's just taking a little bit more time to respond to his training. But once he is, I'm sure we'll get him out there.

"I'm sure the fans don't want to see him re-hurt, so we will make sure we look after him."

Injury List

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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
34. Harry Armstrong	Foot	Round 16-18 Harry Armstrong suffered a bone stress in his foot during the Round 3 match with Fremantle. Read Article
23. Judson Clarke	ACL	Round 16-18 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 16-20 Lalor suffered a partial tear to his Achilles during a training session in the lead-up to Round 8. Read Article
19. Tom Lynch	Throat	Round 17 Lynch sustained a larynx fracture in Round 11. 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
5. Jack Ross	Concussion	TBC Ross presented with concussion symptoms after the Round 12 AFL game. 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

Injury: Hip

Est. Return: Test

34. Harry Armstrong

Harry Armstrong suffered a bone stress in his foot during the Round 3 match with Fremantle.

Read Article

Injury: Foot

Est. Return: Round 16-18

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

Injury: ACL

Est. Return: Round 16-18

4. Sam Lalor

Lalor suffered a partial tear to his Achilles during a training session in the lead-up to Round 8.

Read Article

Injury: Achilles

Est. Return: Round 16-20

19. Tom Lynch

Lynch sustained a larynx fracture in Round 11.

Read Article

Injury: Throat

Est. Return: Round 17

38. Tom Sims

Sims sustained an MCL injury in the Round 9 VFL game.

Read Article

Injury: MCL

Est. Return: Round 18-20

50. Campbell Gray

Gray suffered a high-grade hamstring strain in Round 10.

Read Article

Injury: Hamstring

Est. Return: Round 19-23

5. Jack Ross

Ross presented with concussion symptoms after the Round 12 AFL game.

Read Article

Injury: Concussion

Est. Return: TBC

16. Josh Smillie

Smillie sustained a small re-tear of the injury he acquired in February.

Read Article

Injury: Quad

Est. Return: TBC

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

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