Melbourne Demons Updated on: 19/05/2009

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Player Injury Onset Estimated Return

James Frawley quadriceps strain Rnd 7 Rnd 9

Hip flexor strain

Brad Green fractured jaw Rnd 4 Rnd 9

Has had surgery to correct a broken jaw. Available

Jared Rivers ankle injury Rnd 7 Rnd 9

Was carried from the field and will have scans to diagnose the injury

Paul Wheatley quadriceps strain Pre-season Rnd 9

Whilst recovering from a calf strain, sustained a significant quad strain

Austin Wonaeamirri knee meniscal tear Rnd 6 Rnd 14

Injured riddled season continues. Has had arthroscopic surgery

Colin Garland foot injury Rnd 1 Indefinite

Diagnosed with a navicular stress fracture and will miss 16 weeks, best case scenario. May be in doubt for the remainder of the season

Sam Blease fibula fracture Rnd 5 Next season

John Meesen navicular stress fracture Rnd 6 End of season

Will miss the remainder of the season

Sam Blease fibula fracture Rnd 5 Next season

On that, I heard Jack Watts saying that Blease had actually dislocated his ankle and fractured his fibula when on the TAC Future Stars program.

This is what I suspected may have happened, as it has happened to me a few years ago and is quite common - whenever the ankle is dislocated there must be a fibula fracture up higher to allow the ankle to slip out of the joint.

I'm happy to say that, as explained to me by the surgeon at the time, the ankle will heal to be stronger than it was before the injury and I can definitely say this is true.

My right ankle is now clearly stronger and more stable than my left ankle which has never been injured.

He'll be out of footy for 9 months, but no long lasting effects.

I just hope Sam was tough enough to pop it back in himself ( just like I did )

Frawley, Rivers, Green and Wheatley are all available this week? Wheatley will come back through Casey, surely, but that means we might be able to bring Rivers and/or Frawley back this week to help out in defence. Frawley would be a good match up for Mark Williams I think.