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Just now, BigFez said:

Is it just me being impatient or does anyone else think it is bad form that we haven't heard anything on AVB yet?

Surely scans have been done for both AVB and Weid. Not sure why we haven't heard anything good or bad. Perhaps the silence is to not give anything away to the Eagles in terms of matchups in the case of Weid who is our only tried back up ruckman.

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The vision I saw of Harley leading and sprinting was a huge step-up from slow laps. There may just have been some over ambitious running after being held back for so long. I hope thats all it is.

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Maybe no news is good news, so we hope. The disappointing thing is some of our boys played at Casey on Saturday and not a peep about how our players performed. Only yesterday I read a young Hawthorn player suffered an ACL injury in that game. 

With a few of our boys in some doubt for Round 1 it would have been good to hear if anyone made a claim for senior selection. All we know is that C Wagner and Rivers played because they were our only goal kickers against Box Hill.

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1 hour ago, Whispering_Jack said:

According to SEN, Harley Bennell has suffered another “slight” calf strain which will set his recovery back again. 

Christian Salem’s illness is glandular fever - he’s an outside chance to return for round 1.

BENNELL SUFFERS ANOTHER CALF INJURY IN LATEST INJURY SETBACK

Glandular fever usually results in an extended period away from contact sport, mainly due to the vulnerability of the liver and spleen. If, as the injury list says he is available i doubt he has glandular fever.

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28 minutes ago, Demonland said:

I don't believe the Weideman/vandenBerg information here is based on anything official. It's most likely conjecture based on the little facts we already know.

Source was: https://www.afl.com.au/matches/injury-list which covering all clubs. 

I had the impression that clubs report info to AFL for it to publish on the Tuesday, on the understanding things can change before the next game.  Is the info 'officially' official, I don't know.

Of course, clubs can 'fudge' reports eg omitting our Joel Smith etc.  I doubt the AFL would tolerate clubs regularly reporting or not reporting injuries accurately.

The 'Early Prognosis' section is where there could be a combo of club comments and author assumptions.

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  PLAYER INJURY LENGTH
BEDFORD Toby.png Toby Bedford Ankle TBC
DUNKLEY Kyle.png Kyle Dunkley Ankle TBC
HANNAN Mitch.png Mitch Hannan Groin TBC
PETTY Harrison.png Harrison Petty Groin TBC
SALEM Christian.png Christian Salem Glandular Fever TBC
SMITH Joel.png Joel Smith Quad TBC
WEIDEMAN Sam.png Sam Weideman Ankle TBC
VANDENBERG Aaron.png Aaron vandenBerg Foot TBC
CHANDLER Kade.png Kade Chandler Wrist 1 Week
PREUSS Braydon.png Braydon Preuss Knee 4-6 Weeks
BENNELL Harley.png Harley Bennell Calf Indefinite
KOLODJASHNIJ Kade.png Kade Kolodjashnij Head Indefinite
NIETSCHKE Aaron.png Aaron Nietschke Knee Season
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  PLAYER INJURY LENGTH
BEDFORD Toby.png Toby Bedford Ankle TBC
DUNKLEY Kyle.png Kyle Dunkley Ankle TBC
HANNAN Mitch.png Mitch Hannan Groin TBC
PETTY Harrison.png Harrison Petty Groin TBC
SALEM Christian.png Christian Salem Glandular Fever TBC
SMITH Joel.png Joel Smith Quad TBC
WEIDEMAN Sam.png Sam Weideman Ankle TBC
VANDENBERG Aaron.png Aaron vandenBerg Foot TBC
CHANDLER Kade.png Kade Chandler Wrist 1 Week
PREUSS Braydon.png Braydon Preuss Knee 4-6 Weeks
BENNELL Harley.png Harley Bennell Calf Indefinite
KOLODJASHNIJ Kade.png Kade Kolodjashnij Head Indefinite
NIETSCHKE Aaron.png Aaron Nietschke Knee Season

we are not in good shape, but fortunately a lot of these players are depth. If we pick up injuries in rds 1-3, we are really going to be tested. 

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13 minutes ago, The Jackson 6 said:

Hasn’t Salem been diagnosed with something similar before? I thought it was a long term thyroid issue he has to manage which is controlled via medication.... Not sure if there is a link to glandular or not but it derailed him for a significant period from memory

Yep. He had thyroid issues. Causing low energy. Glandular is not related, but i wonder if he was misdiagnosed previously, as symptoms present in similar ways. From my understanding, Glandular cannot be contracted twice. 

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FFS

Premiership teams often carry surgeries and injuries into the following season but Richmond, remarkably, will enter the season with virtually no injuries and a full list, with the notable exception of retired champion defender Alex Rance.

Remarkable Richmond have everyone available for round one

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There’s an updated list on the AFL website. 

Weid is a test so should be right to go.

Vanders was always going to be TBC. Any injury to his bad foot - even stubbing his toe - is going to be treated very conservatively. 6-8 weeks is the suggestion. 

Salem - well at least corona virus fears should make sure our players aren’t stupid enough to share water bottles. I swear I’ve seen some put their lips around the spray bottle openings. Not sure he makes it to Perth but hopefully not too long after.

The biggest disappointments right now are Hannan and Petty not making any progress up from TBC with groin injuries.

And the Joel Smith mystery. 

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PLAYER INJURY ESTIMATED RETURN
 Harley Bennell  Calf  TBC
 Kade Chandler  Wrist  1-2 weeks
 Kyle Dunkley  Foot  Test
 Mitch Hannan  Groin  TBC
 Kade Kolodjashnij  Concussion  TBC
 Harry Petty  Groin  TBC
 Braydon Preuss  Knee  4-6 weeks
 Christian Salem  Glandular fever  1-2 weeks
 Aaron vandenBerg  Foot  TBC
 Sam Weideman  Ankle  Test

Updated: Wednesday, March 11

FULL AFL INJURY LIST

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4 hours ago, Leoncelli_36 said:

we are not in good shape, but fortunately a lot of these players are depth. If we pick up injuries in rds 1-3, we are really going to be tested. 

We're in good shape if most of the injured players are depth, which they are.

If we're heading into Round 1 with most of our best 22 on the plane then that's a big win.  

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I wouldn't be playing Salem in round 1 in 30 degree heat, coming off a significant illness.

We need bloody fit blokes that can take it to WC right through to the end.

We sacrifice some class ball use from half back though. However,  Lockhart showed enough in all 3 pre season games that he'll be an able replacement and is a pretty good user of the pill.

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3 minutes ago, Jaded said:

Glandular fever is pretty serious. Not good. 

Having had glandular fever many years ago, I can vouch for that.  I was as weak as a kitten, listless with no energy or appetite and ended up being bed-ridden for a week.  Took me months to fully recover so I hope that Salem only has a mild dose.

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2 hours ago, Diamond_Jim said:

14 day Perth forecast showing a high of 33 degrees for our game.

Not ideal to say the least.

No excuse.  If we aren’t fitter than them now we never will be.  Some of their key defenders have had poor preseasons.  Just run them into the ground.  And I’ll back Langdon and Tomlinson to outrun their opponents.  Burgess loves heat training, so we would have done our fair share of extreme weather training over summer.

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Why has Nietschke been left off injured listings again. Same as last year. Other teams listed their rookies, cat b injuries even when it’s season ending. 
 

I’d like to see us go again at mid year SSP pickup option. There is definitely still some valuable youngsters in state leagues. 
 

I think Angus Baker from Canberra NEAFL has definitely AFL standard qualities and determination. 

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4 hours ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

Was always going to happen.

Why they scheduled a 3:20 game when 50% of the days in March in Perth are 30 + degrees is just beyond me.

Maybe it’s to punish us for giving up Darwin game.

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