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The Age has published a list of games missed by injury in 2009 for clubs' top 10 players, based on last year's b & f, (AFL ladder position in brackets):

1. Essendon (8th) Melbourne (16th) 36

3. Fremantle (15th) 31

4. Richmond (14th) 28

5. North Melbourne (13th) 21

6. Collingwood (4th) Port Adelaide (9th) 20

8. Hawthorn (11th) 16

9. Carlton (7th) Geelong (2nd) 15

11. Western Bulldogs (3rd) 13

12. St. Kilda (1st) 12

13. Brisbane Lions (6th) 10

14. Adelaide (5th) West Coast (12th) 9

16. Sydney (10th) 3

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    Nice Blistering, you beat me to it. Does that include Strauss's recently reported injury? We might be on top if it doesn't !

    Woohoo Top 2 finish beckons!

    PS. Sydney has no excuses this year, same goes for West Coast. That's right, I'm look'n at you Woosher!

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    Nice Blistering, you beat me to it. Does that include Strauss's recently reported injury? We might be on top if it doesn't !

    Woohoo Top 2 finish beckons!

    PS. Sydney has no excuses this year, same goes for West Coast. That's right, I'm look'n at you Woosher!

    Only includes last year's top 10 b & f votegetters.

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    Only includes last year's top 10 b & f votegetters.

    So Wheatley would have contributed 13 of that 36. Green a few from his injured jaw and so on.

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    Errr 2 Collingwoods?? Ahhhh!! Nooo its a nightmare!!! :o

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    Bit of an odd list though.

    10 of Essendon's come from one player (Hille) whilst 14 of ours come from one player (Wonaeamirri).

    No offence to Aussie, but I know who the greater loss is.

    Wheatley wasn't injured though.

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    I wouldnt have thought it a bad year for injuries.... god knows weve had some shockers

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    Essendons probably isnt all that accurate as they probably had more injuries last year making there top 10 in the best fairest an inaccurate indicator of there top 10 players. They are definately improving though.

    Sydney are always amazing with there lack of injurys must be something in the water up there.

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    Furthermore, Andrew Welsh adds 11 weeks to the Bombers tally.

    That's 21 from 2 players.

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    Of Freo's 31 - Palmer's 14 accounts for almost half.

    I found this table of players' consecutive games.

    Bruce on 38, Cale Morton on 22 then Moloney, Davey and Mclean on 14.

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