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IT'S A triple blow for Brisbane on the injury front with Marcus Adams, Cam Ellis-Yolmen and Connor McFadyen set to spend time on the sidelines..........The news is better for skipper Dayne Zorko, who should return from a calf injury........However, Zorko is still carrying some soreness around his Achilles.
https://www.afl.com.au/news/462577/luckless-lion-suffers-setback-young-gun-tears-acl
https://www.afl.com.au/news/462577/luckless-lion-suffers-setback-young-gun-tears-acl
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Big worries for Swans as another tall goes down
JULY 07, 2020
SYDNEY'S injury crisis has deepened with yet another tall unavailable.
Big man Joel Amartey was a chance to debut against Richmond at the Gabba on Sunday, but has suffered another setback right after recovering from a hamstring injury.
"We'd look at Amartey but unfortunately he did a groin on the weekend as well so he's missing for a couple (of weeks)," coach John Longmire said.
"He would have been a real chance of playing this weekend if he had got through last week's hitout."
Amartey joins rucks Sam Naismith (knee), Callum Sinclair (knee) and Michael Knoll (knee) on the sidelines.
The lack of experienced ruckmen available in the red and white saw West Coast ruckman Nic Naitanui score a perfect 10 against the Swans in the AFL Coaches Association's AFL Champion Player Award, with 197cm Hayden McLean left to battle the star Eagle by himself.
Lance Franklin (hamstring) and Sam Reid (calf) have already been ruled out and Tom McCartin (concussion) will miss another match too.
"Tommy's not playing this week, we're still mindful of the effects of that knock from a few weeks ago," Longmire said.
"He'll play when he's ready to play."
Defender Kaiden Brand (ankle) could return this week, allowing Aliir Aliir to spend more time in the ruck.
"Kaiden's a chance this week, he's been training this week. (Lewis) Melican will be out but Kaiden's a chance," Longmire said.
The possibility of playing scratch matches to keep players not getting senior games in form is becoming increasingly more difficult, particularly with injuries starting to pile up.
Clubs have loaned each other players to balance out sides in scratch matches over the past month, but Longmire acknowledges the issues with that.
"The clubs that have gone into hubs, they might only have 27 or 28 players, so we have got to be aware as all clubs in the industry have to help each other out in that regard," Longmire said.
"The challenge with that (loaning players) is when a player goes from one club to the next the risk of infection could go up, so you've got to be careful of that.
"We've got to think of ways of doing that and being creative. When those injuries start to mount as the season progresses you’ve just got to be more creative, because when you've got a full list it's a bit easier to do."
Big worries for Swans as another tall goes down
JULY 07, 2020
SYDNEY'S injury crisis has deepened with yet another tall unavailable.
Big man Joel Amartey was a chance to debut against Richmond at the Gabba on Sunday, but has suffered another setback right after recovering from a hamstring injury.
"We'd look at Amartey but unfortunately he did a groin on the weekend as well so he's missing for a couple (of weeks)," coach John Longmire said.
"He would have been a real chance of playing this weekend if he had got through last week's hitout."
Amartey joins rucks Sam Naismith (knee), Callum Sinclair (knee) and Michael Knoll (knee) on the sidelines.
The lack of experienced ruckmen available in the red and white saw West Coast ruckman Nic Naitanui score a perfect 10 against the Swans in the AFL Coaches Association's AFL Champion Player Award, with 197cm Hayden McLean left to battle the star Eagle by himself.
Lance Franklin (hamstring) and Sam Reid (calf) have already been ruled out and Tom McCartin (concussion) will miss another match too.
"Tommy's not playing this week, we're still mindful of the effects of that knock from a few weeks ago," Longmire said.
"He'll play when he's ready to play."
Defender Kaiden Brand (ankle) could return this week, allowing Aliir Aliir to spend more time in the ruck.
"Kaiden's a chance this week, he's been training this week. (Lewis) Melican will be out but Kaiden's a chance," Longmire said.
The possibility of playing scratch matches to keep players not getting senior games in form is becoming increasingly more difficult, particularly with injuries starting to pile up.
Clubs have loaned each other players to balance out sides in scratch matches over the past month, but Longmire acknowledges the issues with that.
"The clubs that have gone into hubs, they might only have 27 or 28 players, so we have got to be aware as all clubs in the industry have to help each other out in that regard," Longmire said.
"The challenge with that (loaning players) is when a player goes from one club to the next the risk of infection could go up, so you've got to be careful of that.
"We've got to think of ways of doing that and being creative. When those injuries start to mount as the season progresses you’ve just got to be more creative, because when you've got a full list it's a bit easier to do."
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Found this on the Eagles site regarding Brander, If he wasn't likely to be available for selection this week, I don't know why they'd mention him as being at the front of the queue to replace Shuey...
https://www.westcoasteagles.com.au/news/738763/spots-up-for-grabs-as-training-heats-up
West Coast is likely to have two vacancies this weekend with skipper Luke Shuey and small forward Jamaine Jones going down with relatively minor hamstring tweaks in Saturday’s win over Sydney.
If it’s like-for-like, we’re looking at a midfielder or a small forward.
That would put the likes of Jarrod Brander, who missed the Swans game with a hip injury, and Brayden Ainsworth, who was the emergency, at the front of the queue to replace Shuey.
But there are other candidates, including Xavier O’Neill, who has impressed through this period and is close to being ready for a shot at the elite level.
Brander is also an option to play forward in a re-shuffle, although that is unlikely given his size would make it the land of the giants inside the attacking arc.
https://www.westcoasteagles.com.au/news/738763/spots-up-for-grabs-as-training-heats-up
West Coast is likely to have two vacancies this weekend with skipper Luke Shuey and small forward Jamaine Jones going down with relatively minor hamstring tweaks in Saturday’s win over Sydney.
If it’s like-for-like, we’re looking at a midfielder or a small forward.
That would put the likes of Jarrod Brander, who missed the Swans game with a hip injury, and Brayden Ainsworth, who was the emergency, at the front of the queue to replace Shuey.
But there are other candidates, including Xavier O’Neill, who has impressed through this period and is close to being ready for a shot at the elite level.
Brander is also an option to play forward in a re-shuffle, although that is unlikely given his size would make it the land of the giants inside the attacking arc.
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Giants consider shock recall for club champ, defender hospitalised
JULY 07, 2020
REIGNING club champion Tim Taranto could make a shock return from injury for Greater Western Sydney's clash with top side Port Adelaide on the Gold Coast on Sunday.
Taranto hasn't played since last year's Grand Final because of a shoulder reconstruction but coach Leon Cameron is contemplating bringing him straight into the senior side.
The 22-year-old would provide a double boost to the Giants' onball brigade, with former co-captain Callan Ward (soreness) a certain inclusion after missing Sunday night's victory over Hawthorn.
Taranto is one player who benefited from the COVID-19-related, multi-month season shutdown, given he originally faced missing as many as 16 matches but could now play by round six.
However, the back injury that sidelined young key defender Sam Taylor has morphed into an infection in his joints, which saw him hospitalised and now indefinitely sidelined.
"Taranto will probably put his hand up to return. He's done his 18 weeks of rehab, so having him in that selection consideration is only a positive for us," Cameron told reporters.
"So whether or not we bring him back with one or two practice matches; we'll make that decision during the week. But he's in really good shape.
"We know he's got that running ability to probably adapt straight away."
Cameron said doctors looked to be "on top of the problem" with Taylor, after they discovered late last week his issue was far more "sinister" than a routine back injury.
The 21-year-old West Australian remains in hospital but could be out by Thursday or Friday this week, although Cameron expected him to miss at least a month of football.
"He started with a back injury from the (Collingwood) game the week before but it's spiralled out of control a little bit into an infection in his joints, which has been really tough for him," he said.
"He's been in hospital probably the last three or four days and we don't really have a timeline for him – he's been knocked around a fair bit.
"His health and wellbeing is at the forefront of our minds (but) hopefully by Friday he's out of hospital and we're on top of that infection, then he can start that rehab process and building up to play again."
Lachie Keeffe performed well in Taylor's absence on Sunday and will likely fill the void while he remains out.
Cameron said it was unlikely veteran ruckman Shane Mumford would play every game from now at his age, with recruit Sam Jacobs and developing big men Kieren Briggs and Matthew Flynn other options.
Giants consider shock recall for club champ, defender hospitalised
JULY 07, 2020
REIGNING club champion Tim Taranto could make a shock return from injury for Greater Western Sydney's clash with top side Port Adelaide on the Gold Coast on Sunday.
Taranto hasn't played since last year's Grand Final because of a shoulder reconstruction but coach Leon Cameron is contemplating bringing him straight into the senior side.
The 22-year-old would provide a double boost to the Giants' onball brigade, with former co-captain Callan Ward (soreness) a certain inclusion after missing Sunday night's victory over Hawthorn.
Taranto is one player who benefited from the COVID-19-related, multi-month season shutdown, given he originally faced missing as many as 16 matches but could now play by round six.
However, the back injury that sidelined young key defender Sam Taylor has morphed into an infection in his joints, which saw him hospitalised and now indefinitely sidelined.
"Taranto will probably put his hand up to return. He's done his 18 weeks of rehab, so having him in that selection consideration is only a positive for us," Cameron told reporters.
"So whether or not we bring him back with one or two practice matches; we'll make that decision during the week. But he's in really good shape.
"We know he's got that running ability to probably adapt straight away."
Cameron said doctors looked to be "on top of the problem" with Taylor, after they discovered late last week his issue was far more "sinister" than a routine back injury.
The 21-year-old West Australian remains in hospital but could be out by Thursday or Friday this week, although Cameron expected him to miss at least a month of football.
"He started with a back injury from the (Collingwood) game the week before but it's spiralled out of control a little bit into an infection in his joints, which has been really tough for him," he said.
"He's been in hospital probably the last three or four days and we don't really have a timeline for him – he's been knocked around a fair bit.
"His health and wellbeing is at the forefront of our minds (but) hopefully by Friday he's out of hospital and we're on top of that infection, then he can start that rehab process and building up to play again."
Lachie Keeffe performed well in Taylor's absence on Sunday and will likely fill the void while he remains out.
Cameron said it was unlikely veteran ruckman Shane Mumford would play every game from now at his age, with recruit Sam Jacobs and developing big men Kieren Briggs and Matthew Flynn other options.
