Injury Report: Round 21, 2025

High Performance Manager Ben Serpell gives this week’s Injury Report ahead of the side's Round 21 clash against Gold Coast at People First Stadium.

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After a gallant fight against the Pies last week, Serpell discussed the state of the squad going into our second last interstate trip of the season.

Tim Taranto is a test to face the Suns after his calf tightness, while as specified by Senior Coach Adem Yze post-game, Ben Miller "should be OK" after jarring his hip in the loss.

"It was a very tough end to the game last week. Credit to the boys, there was a bit of illness going through the squad last week," Serpell said.

"Not only did they work hard on field, but they were getting over a few viruses. They pulled up OK this week and we'll go through a bit of extra recovery."

03:03

Tim Taranto - Calf, Test

"Tim had a bit of calf tightness after the Perth game (against West Coast), unfortunately he felt that still in the warmup going into the game," Serpell said.

"What we're going to do is take a conservative approach. We'll put him on a test for this week. Also, his conditioning over the last week is something we're considering in helping make that decision.

"Hopefully he's OK this week and hopefully on the plane, but we'll go conservative with him if we have to."

Seth Campbell - Concussion, Test

"Happy to say that Seth's got through with flying colours so far," Serpell said.

"He's just got to get through training tomorrow and he'll be available this weekend."

Josh Smillie - Conditioning, Test

"Smil is a similar scenario to Seth, we've seen him out doing some training lately," Serpell said.

"I'm happy to say that if he gets through training this week, we'll consider him for a game.

"Of course there's a conservative approach we like to take with these young blokes, we'll continue down that path if we need to."

Mykelti Lefau - Calf, 2-4 weeks

"Mykelti is going OK. He's probably not progressing as well as we'd like him to," Serpell said.

"I had him down for two to four weeks last week. I'm going to stick to that at this point in time to make sure he progresses in a safe manner."

Liam Fawcett - Foot, 2-4 weeks

"Liam's done really well. He came out of surgery well, got into training pretty quickly," Serpell said.

"The boys downstairs (trainers) are doing a good job with him. We anticipate him back within two to four weeks."

04:24

Oliver Hayes-Brown - Hamstring, 2-4 weeks

"He was a bit tight after some aerial contests," Serpell said.

"With our ruck stocks, we want to go a bit conservative, around a two to four week timeline, to ensure we're doing the right thing by him."

Thomson Dow - Patella, 2-5 weeks

"Really happy to say that Thomson Dow is starting to respond well to his training," Serpell said.

"Whilst we'll be holding his return-to-play timeline similar to the past couple of weeks, hopefully we see that drop in the next couple of weeks."

Kane McAuliffe - Quad, 4-6 weeks

"Sad for Kane, because the week before, he got through our scratch match against Sandringham with flying colours. We wanted to make sure he got through another training session," Serpell said.

"Unfortunately, he had a re-strain in that training session. That's going to put him back for another four to six weeks."

Campbell Gray - Knee, 4-6 weeks

"He's doing quite well. We expect him back in around four to six weeks for hopefully the wildcard (VFL) and VFL Finals after that," Serpell said.

Samson Ryan - Foot, 4-6 weeks

"We'll put four to six weeks for Samson Ryan. He's progressing well and with our ruck stocks, we just want to look after them a bit more," Serpell said.

Player	Injury	Estimated Return
14. Tim Taranto	Concussion	Test Taranto suffered a concussion in Round 6. Read Article
49. Kaleb Smith	Groin	1 week Smith has been managing groin soreness since November last year and is now in a conditioning block. Read Article
25. Toby Nankervis	Hamstring	3 weeks Nankervis injured his hamstring in the Round 2 game against Gold Coast. Read Article
29. Jasper Alger	MCL	3 weeks Alger suffered a high-grade MCL injury in Round 3 against Fremantle. Read Article
38. Tom Sims	Foot	3-4 weeks 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. Read Article
3. Dion Prestia	Calf	3-4 weeks Prestia suffered an injury to his calf in Round 8 against West Coast. Read Article
17. Maurice Rioli	Hamstring	4 weeks Rioli sustained a hamstring injury in the second quarter of Round 6. Read Article
34. Harry Armstrong	Foot	4 weeks Harry Armstrong suffered a bone stress in his foot during the Round 3 match with Fremantle. Read Article
6. Sam Banks	Collarbone	4 weeks Banks fractured his collarbone in three places during the Round 6 match with North Melbourne. Read Article
13. Hugo Ralphsmith	Knee	4-6 weeks Ralphsmith injured his MCL in Round 7. Read Article
26. Zane Peucker	Syndesmosis	5-6 weeks Peucker injured his syndesmosis in a VFL practice match on April 18. Read Article
10. Taj Hotton	Hip	6-8 weeks Hotton suffered a bone stress in his hip after the February 20 practice match against Essendon. Read Article
23. Judson Clarke	ACL	7-10 weeks 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	8-12 weeks Lalor suffered a partial tear to his Achilles during a training session in the lead-up to Round 8. Read Article
16. Josh Smillie	Quad	TBC Smillie sustained a small re-tear of the injury he acquired in February. Read Article
7. Rhyan Mansell	Foot	TBC Mansell presented foot soreness to the Club in March and will undergo surgery to treat bone stress. Read Article
18. Josh Gibcus	Knee	Season Gibcus sustained an ACL sprain in the VFL Round 5 game. Read Article

14. Tim Taranto

Taranto suffered a concussion in Round 6.

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