Injury List 9/9

Gillard (knee) – 1-2 weeks

Goldrick (shoulder) – 1-2 weeks

D.Taylor (foot) – 2-3 weeks

Lampard (calf) – 3-4 weeks

Beasley (knee) – 5-7 weeks

B.Mackin (knee) – 6-8 weeks

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Purcell (knee) – season

Hose (back) – inactive

A.Mackin (knee) – inactive

6 minutes ago, Dees_In_October said:

Injury List 9/9

Gillard (knee) – 1-2 weeks

Goldrick (shoulder) – 1-2 weeks

D.Taylor (foot) – 2-3 weeks

Lampard (calf) – 3-4 weeks

Beasley (knee) – 5-7 weeks

B.Mackin (knee) – 6-8 weeks

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Purcell (knee) – season

Hose (back) – inactive

A.Mackin (knee) – inactive

That's starting to look a lot better. Fingers, toes and everything else crossed! 🤞

Edited September 9Sep 9 by Craig T

4 minutes ago, Craig T said:

That's starting to look a lot better. Fingers, toes and everything else crossed! 🤞

Soon we might be able to select a full team from our actual list. An embarrassment of riches!

And (touch wood) have no forced changes for this weekend.

Injury List: Round 5

Melbourne

Tahlia Gillard — knee / 1 - 2 weeks

Sinéad Goldrick — shoulder / 1 - 2 weeks

Denby Taylor foot — foot / 2 - 3 weeks

Sarah Lampard — calf / 3 - 4 weeks

Grace Beasley — knee / 5 - 7 weeks

Blaithin Mackin — knee / 6 - 8 weeks

Olivia Purcell — knee / Season

Jacinta Hose — knee / Inactive

Aimee Mackin — knee / Inactive

Injury List: Round 6

Melbourne

Tahlia Gillard — knee / Test

Sinéad Goldrick — shoulder / Test

Denby Taylor foot — foot / 1 week

Sarah Lampard — calf / 3 - 4 weeks

Grace Beasley — knee / 4 - 6 weeks

Blaithin Mackin — knee / 5 - 7 weeks

Olivia Purcell — knee / Season

Jacinta Hose — knee / Inactive

Aimee Mackin — knee / Inactive

29 minutes ago, Chelly said:

Injury List: Round 6

Melbourne

Tahlia Gillard — knee / Test

Sinéad Goldrick — shoulder / Test

Denby Taylor foot — foot / 1 week

Sarah Lampard — calf / 3 - 4 weeks

Grace Beasley — knee / 4 - 6 weeks

Blaithin Mackin — knee / 5 - 7 weeks

Olivia Purcell — knee / Season

Jacinta Hose — knee / Inactive

Aimee Mackin — knee / Inactive

Great if we can get both Gillard and Goldy back this week. And D. Taylor next week if she comes through the scrimmage match.

Wonder who will be making space?

1 hour ago, Craig T said:

Great if we can get both Gillard and Goldy back this week. And D. Taylor next week if she comes through the scrimmage match.

Wonder who will be making space?

Lily Johnson, Rigoni and Wotherspoon

16 hours ago, godees said:

Lily Johnson, Rigoni and Wotherspoon

Defence looks too tall and slow with all of Gillard, Colvin and S.Taylor. I think one of those three has to miss out, and one of the smalls stays.

Injury List: Round 7

Melbourne

Denby Taylor — foot / Available

Blaithin Mackin — knee / 2 - 3 weeks

Sarah Lampard — calf / 3 - 4 weeks

Grace Beasley — knee / 5 - 6 weeks

Olivia Purcell — knee / Season

Jacinta Hose — knee / Inactive

Aimee Mackin — knee / Inactive

1 hour ago, Chelly said:

Blaithin Mackin — knee / 2 - 3 weeks

This timeline has reduced nicely. Going to be tough for Beasley though, which is a shame.

No Campbell listed, so I guess she's good to go...although with all the talls available, not sure how she gets back in unless Pearce is rested at some point?

Edited September 23Sep 23 by Dees_In_October

1 hour ago, Dees_In_October said:

This timeline has reduced nicely. Going to be tough for Beasley though, which is a shame.

No Campbell listed, so I guess she's good to go...although with all the talls available, not sure how she gets back in unless Pearce is rested at some point?

Yes, Campbell will be available for selection;

https://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/1902012/injury-report-two-demons-to-test

Sad that Lampard has been 3-4 weeks for three weeks now. 😥

Really liked Denby Taylor last year. Wonder if they'll bring her in or wait.

On 23/09/2025 at 20:14, Craig T said:

Sad that Lampard has been 3-4 weeks for three weeks now. 😥

Hopefully we will have a fit and firing Lampy back for the end of the year and finals. Her class and experience would complete the backs

Injury List: Round 8

Melbourne

Blaithin Mackin — knee / Test

Molly O'Hehir — leg / 1 - 2 weeks

Sarah Lampard — calf / 3 weeks

Grace Beasley — knee / 4 - 6 weeks

Saraid Taylor — hamstring / TBC

Olivia Purcell — knee / Season

Jacinta Hose — knee / Inactive

Aimee Mackin — knee / Inactive

Some more from the training report, re Saraid, which sounds promising, all things considered:

“Saraid unfortunately experienced a hamstring strain last week, but she seems to be ticking along well in the early stages of her recovery,” Keily said.

“At training early this week she was already able to do some running, which is a good sign at this stage of her recovery.”

Also, welcome news that Grace Beasley returned to the main training group this week.

Molly looked good at training today and completed a fitness test and then joined full training. Blaithin didn’t do any training with the group. Saraid trained away from the group doing a bit of running. Jacinta doing some more gentle rehab including a few short kicks.

1 hour ago, Slartibartfast said:

Molly looked good at training today and completed a fitness test and …….. Jacinta doing some more gentle rehab including a few short kicks.

Poor Jacinta has been out of action for two seasons now. She came with big wraps. I assume she is seen as a L. Pearce replacement. Does anyone know of that the case of maybe another key position? Any info greatly appreciated

1 hour ago, FarNorthernD said:

Poor Jacinta has been out of action for two seasons now. She came with big wraps. I assume she is seen as a L. Pearce replacement. Does anyone know of that the case of maybe another key position? Any info greatly appreciated

I could well be wrong but my recollection is that she was touted as a key forward, possibly one good enough to walk into the team for round one in her first year if she hadn't been carrying the ACL.

2 hours ago, FarNorthernD said:

Poor Jacinta has been out of action for two seasons now. She came with big wraps. I assume she is seen as a L. Pearce replacement. Does anyone know of that the case of maybe another key position? Any info greatly appreciated

In preseason Hose was was doing some ruck and tap work under the coaching of Watts (retired past ruck). She has really good hand work, and can turn so the ball goes either left or right. She probably needs to put some muscle on as appears slight, though tall and with long arms.

I believe her best place would be ruck, with Campbell and Gall being the relieving ruck and forward combinations (if Pearce retires).

Haven’t had much of a look at her marking, positioning, and body work skills due to being injured. Bit of a watch, to see the development next season.

Just looked it up because what is time, and Hose is still only 20 (and in fact, only just turned last month). Plenty of time on her side and hopefully will be good timing for our ruck stocks, if she can get a good run at things now.

Nice to see a few girls back from injury.

I reckon we might have enough on the field to challenge this year

Zanker Harris Bannan Hore is the best fwd line in the league

Midfield = Hanks and Pearce plus others

Backline = work in progress