Injuries
Two Lions down, now lying down: Round 7 injury report
Round 7 injuries
Brisbane’s Josh Drummond was one of a number of star players falling to LTIs on the weekend.
Brent Guerra: 20 disposals and 4 marks with 2 FA… left knee tweaked in Q3 and he was mothballed at 3QT
Liam Anthony: 23 touches and 3 tackles with 4 marks… shoulder dislocated in Q3 and it was a bad one… arm in a sling in Q4
Jared Brennan: 15 possessions and 5 marks with 3 tackles… jarred his right ankle in ruck in Q3 and carried off
Josh Drummond: 7 disposals and 1.0… off in Q3 with a left hamstring tweak
Graham Johncock: 21 possessions and 8 marks with 2 tackles… also 1.0 late in Q4… came off in Q4 holding his left shoulder after falling on it in a marking contest and didn’t return
Steven King: 11 hit outs and 5 disposals with 2 marks… left hamstring iced up in Q3
Chance Bateman: Tagged by Rosa… 9 possessions and 5 marks… reported for bumping Sheppard in Q2… right foot problem in Q4
James Kelly: Tagged by Jack in Q1 then freed up… moved forward in Q4… 1.0 from 22 possessions with 2 marks and 5 tackles… reported for rough conduct on Jack in Q2
Kane Cornes: Tagged Stanton… 29 possessions and 8 tackles with 3 marks… rolled an ankle in Q3
Dean Brogan: 44 hit outs and 12 disposals… left knee caught under Prismall in a tackle in Q1 and hyperextended a medial ligament… back for Q2
Alan Didak: 2.4 from 29 touches and 4 marks on Firrito… left ankle/shin knock in Q1 but returned after treatment
Paul Chapman: Tagged by Mattner… 3.0 from 27 touches with 7 tackles and 7 marks… left shin problems in the second half but played on
Ryan O’Keefe: Head to head with Ablett jnr in Q1 then shifted to a HFF on Mackie… 1.0 from 17 touches and 5 marks… bumped high by Varcoe in Q2 and looked groggy but played on
Jamie Bennell: Forward tag on Harbrow… 12 disposals and 4 marks with 1.0… Harbrow poked him in the eye in Q3
Andrejs Everitt: Knock to a right ankle in Q1 but returned for Q2… rotated through ruck… 15 possessions and 6 marks with 3 tackles and 1.0
Barry Hall: Warnock on him… 0.1 from 11 disposals with 3 tackles… corkie just above the left knee in Q2… hamstring cramp in Q4
Heath Hocking: 19 disposals including 10 handballs with 3 tackles… rolled his right ankle in Q3
Henry Slattery: 4 possessions and 4 tackles… big bump in Q2 rattled his ribcage and the docs tested his lungs… returned in Q3
Nathan Krakouer: 9 handballs among 16 disposals with 4 marks and 3 tackles… left knee problem in Q4
Warren Tredrea: Hooker on him… 4 disposals… knock to his right achilles in Q2
Ashton Hams: Lower back problem early in Q1 but back on in Q2… 8 touches
Harry O’Brien: Ran off Hale… 18 possessions… started Q3 off the ground in the arms of doctors but now running the boundary
Leigh Adams: Shoulder problem in Q3 but had to play on due to all the Roo injuries… 25 touches and 4 tackles with 4 marks and 0.1
Ben Warren: Left ankle knock in Q2… 2.1 from 12 possessions and 4 marks on Brown
Hamish McIntosh: 25 hit outs and 11 disposals… knock to his right AC joint in Q3 but returned soon after
Daniel Rich: 21 touches and 5 tackles with 1.0… right ankle knock in Q4
Matthew Leuenberger: 19 hit outs and 15 disposals… injury to his knee in Q4
Chris Judd: Head to head with Hayes… 24 touches and 5 tackles with 4 marks… dislocated little finger in Q4
Jarrad Waite: Gilbert then Clarke then Fisher on him all in Q1 as he dominated… then got Blake in Q2 and stopped until Q4 junk time… 4.1 from 8 grabs and 11 touches… knock to the right knee in Q4 but returned
POST-ROUND
Channel 7 has reported Anthony’s shoulder will need a reconstruction which will end his season.
Drummond’s injury was to an ACL, scans have not been done at time of publication.
Brennan’s injury was to his ankle and will have him out for 4-6 weeks.
Tredrea’s injury has already been operated on and will put him out for 10-12 weeks.
Shaun Burgoyne, Lance Franklin, Sam Mitchell and Rhan Hooper are due to return next week.
Johncock and Andrew McLeod are doubtful for next week.
Bateman can take three weeks, Dean Polo one and Shane Mumford two for charges dealt with by the match review panel, while Kelly’s was nixed by the MRP.