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Campbell has arrived still in the neck brace.

Henderson has already head off to do rehab with the trainers. I’ll update the other rehabbers once they break off from the warmups and training proper begins.

Culley doing warmups that don’t include contact.

Absent: May, Viney, Campbell, Johnson Jake Bowey on the bikes in the shed.

Spoke to soon with Petty. Yellow No Contact Hat is now on.

Max and Rivers warming up separately with some trainers. Perhaps because of State of Origin. Kozzy warming up with the squad.

Petty is not wearing the fluoro yellow no contact hat

CJ, Henderson, Culley, McAdam, Salem all doing warmups with the squad.

It’s a beautiful day down at Gosch’s Paddock for some preseason training.

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Another Origin casualty ... Brownlow Medallist Matt Rowell is set to miss Gold Coast's opening fixtures after suffering a broken finger during the State of Origin contest. Rowell sat out the back-end of the final term as Victoria ran out winners over WA in Perth, with reports of a sore finger confirmed after scans in Queensland on Monday. The superstar midfielder will undergo surgery on his left hand later this week, ruling him out of Opening Round against Geelong, and potentially weeks beyond. He joins Jacob Weitering (fractured rib) and Sam Taylor (high-grade hamstring) as players suffering long-term concerns during the AFL's State of Origin return.

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Max Gawn followed for Amazon Drive to Survive style documentary during Melbourne Demons' Simon Goodwin sackingAn Amazon documentary made by the producers of F1's Drive to Survive will delve into the AFL world before the start of the 2026 season. Anyone familiar with Drive to Survive will know the Netflix phenomenon helped launch Formula 1 into a more mainstream audience by providing no holds barred access to the behind the scenes chaos, coupled with exclusive interviews with everyone involved. Well, Final Siren: Inside the AFL, promises to do the same, with one episode following Melbourne captain Max Gawn during the sacking of coach Simon Goodwin last year and the turmoil that followed. The Demons parted ways with the 2021 premiership coach in the final month of the season, and while some expected a move to come at the end of the year, nobody thought they would pull the trigger at that point. And episode two of this four-part documentary series will reveal all of the behind the scenes machinations from Gawn's perspective in the wake of the shock decision. The eight-time All-Australian outlined what fans can expect when the series drops on February 27. "It focused on us late in the year, around when Goodwin departed," Gawn told Wide World of Sports. "I think that storyline in itself, I don't think majority of football fans would understand what is happening behind the four walls when a coach leaves, particularly a premiership coach who's been there for 10 years, so I think that's a really interesting story and quite confronting. "There was a camera sometimes near me when I didn't want it to be, but I think that adds to the story. I had a lot of fun. "I think, bullishly, Aussie Rules is the hardest sport to play in the world and if you're trying to get up for a game six days apart, you'll see how strenuous our recovery is, how strenuous training is and then you'll hopefully get to see a new side of me, because I was really interested in the mic'd up stuff during games. "Being out there on the ground, how much do I actually talk? What do I talk about? I think that's pretty cool." Max Gawn and Tom McDonald in the documentary's trailer. Amazon In the moment, while all of this chaos was unfolding at the club, Gawn admits it was at times hard knowing cameras were following his every move. "It was a lot," Gawn admitted regarding having documentary cameras around when Goodwin was sacked. "It was the fact that Goody got sacked and it got played out in the public eye, even more so with the documentary, it was a lot to take in. "At the time, (the sacking) was obviously quite a surprise. Which is a good thing to be honest because that it means it didn't leak to me in the wrong way and I wasn't involved in conversations I shouldn't need to be in. "The last three weeks of the season, we're battling it with players and some don't know where their career is going, some will get delisted in three weeks, some will get traded, some coaches won't have jobs, there's a lot going on. "And as captain you're sort of trying to make sure you get the performance out of the team and keep morale high for the last three weeks, because in the end, 80 per cent of that group is still here today. "So if we had have capitulated in those last three weeks, we might have made some dents on our culture that potentially we wouldn't have been able to get back for this year. "I think a few people might have kept their jobs from how they went in those last three weeks." Gawn's episode will also focus on Fremantle superstar Nathan Fyfe and how he battled across what would be the final season of his career. Episode one revolves around Toby Greene and Marcus Bontempelli, episode three Dayne Zorko and Touk Miller and episode four Brisbane's run through September from the perspective of Zorko and Cam Rayner. The Lions went on to win the premiership. The Melbourne ruckman is a big fan of sporting documentaries and knows AFL fans will enjoy insight into areas of the game they don't usually see. "I think hopefully they'll love the inside footage on the ground like in the change rooms on game day," Gawn said. "I think that's always pretty cool and my history of watching sports docos, not much really gets me going more than the real behind the scenes footage on game day, so that is pretty cool, and I can't wait to see that from the other guys as well. "But then, like I said, I think the strenuous game that we play in, seeing how we get up from day to day, but then also seeing how a captain reacts to his good friend and long-time coach being sacked, and move straight onto what's best for the club. "I feel like this is biased, but I feel like if I was watching my own doco as an outsider, it'd be kind of cool to see how a playing group reacts when they lose their long-time coach. "I've only seen the parts of the documentary they've taken from me, but what they've taken from me, if they've taken that from the other six players, it's going to be something that I'm definitely going to watch. I know they were right up there in some pretty crucial moments. "Meetings with me and pretty high up people at Melbourne, they were sitting in on, and then also pretty crucial moments as well. "We lost to Collingwood by a kick (in round 24). The fact that you've got the microphone there, I'm pretty untapped in that game I'm pretty sure." Max Gawn speaks during the trailer for the documentary. Amazon The documentary will also delve into the final three weeks of the season at the Dees following the Goodwin sacking. And Gawn admits things got a bit loose around the club. "It's definitely unfiltered and it probably helped that Goody wasn't there, but we let the cameras in on everything," he revealed. "We had no real intel to hide because (interim coach) Troy Chaplin wasn't trying to coach us the following season, so none of the information was really that important to hide from the public. "Once I'd seen the final edit (of the documentary), I was like 'let's get more in there (next year), let's tell them more'. We certainly didn't pull anything out of the documentary, there wasn't anything we were unhappy about. "More eyes on the TV will help grow our great game."

GOALKICKERSHawthorn: Dear 2, Lewis 2, Moore 2, Butler 2, Nash, Perez, Watson, Impey, Schubert, Ramsden, Watson Geelong: Neale 4, Polkinghorne 3, O.Henry 3, Wiltshire, Stevens, Atkins, J.Henry

He was participating in all the warm up drills the other day which involved running and some kicking but once training proper started including contact drills and other craft dirlls he entered his tailored rehab schedule which was mostly running.

Another injury casualty.

After 182 long days since the disastrous 2025 season, the Demons will finally take the field again. Friday afternoon brings new coach Steven King’s first real hit-out, as the Demons takes on the Kangaroos in their opening 2026 practice match. What are you most hoping to see from the Demons? MELBOURNE’S pre-season preparations will step up a gear on Friday 20 February, with the Dees set to take on North Melbourne in a match simulation at Casey Fields. The hit-out will be Melbourne’s first match simulation against external opposition this pre-season, offering a valuable opportunity for players to build match fitness as preparations continue for the 2026 AFL season. The match simulation will begin at 4pm and will be played under modified conditions, with no limit on players or rotations. The contest will consist of four 25-minute quarters, with the clock stopping after goals only. Gates will open at 3:30pm. Quarter breaks will be set at six minutes for the first and third intervals, with a 15-minute main break, while a two-minute scenario will be played at the end of the second and fourth quarters using full match timing. Later in the day, Casey Demons will also be in action at Casey Fields, featuring in a match simulation starting at approximately 6.30pm. The VFL hit-out will consist of three 25-minute quarters, with six-minute breaks between each period. Fans attending Casey Fields can also enjoy a range of partner activations, activities and food trucks throughout the day, including face painting, Demon Shop and membership activations, SEDA inflatables, the Demon Army sausage sizzle, and a carnival ride, making it a great day out for the whole family. For those unable to attend, every match simulation will be broadcast exclusively live on Fox Footy, available via Kayo Sports and Foxtel.