I think it might be useful to have a thread specifically dedicated to keeping track of where we're at with injuries. I might try to post injury updates here and other news reports relating to injuries. That way, apart from the week-to-week, when some player goes down with something and six weeks later we've heard nothing we can check and see what the original issue was. We will also be able to add stuff we observe at training or glean elsewhere that doesn't get reported.

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Here's an article and video interview with Charlie Gardiner updating us about some of the injuries our players are carrying: Senior players look for minutes. I fear it's incomplete. What's new?

Lance Franklin is back running and kicking but not full training yet. Doesn't sound like he'll be ready for round 1.

Isaac Heeney - has been training but no contact while his broken thumb heals. He's likely to return to the team soon and will hopefully play one of the Marsh series games, presumably to be ready for round 1.

Lewis Melican - sustained a hamstring injury about three weeks ago. I think it will be a little while before we see him and he'll return through the NEAFL.

Sam Reid - various undisclosed "injuries" - badly interrupted pre-season - a few weeks from full training - I'd say unlikely for round 1.

Dane Rampe - recovering from a calf injury. Likely to return to the team soon, probably will play one of the Marsh series games and round 1.

That completes the players covered in the video and article, but not the extent of our injuries I don't think.

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Extra info that I can think of about players currently out or coming back from injury - please add details if you know.

Clarke? I don't know. I think there was some mention about him having some kind of an injury. He didn't play the practice game on the weekend.

Thurlow - recent surgery (something in his lower half from memory), in rehab.

Naismith, Sinclair and Knoll all played in the practice game but they were all on managed minutes. I'm not sure what that means for their availability and likely selection round 1. I'm thinking at least Sinclair is likely to be selected and probably Naismith too.

Matt Ling - I have NFI. Is meant to be in full training but didn't get a run in the practice game.

Maibaum - still recovering from ACL, didn't play in the practice match. Fairly advanced I would hope and hope he gets to play NEAFL in the not too distant future.

McCartin - hamstring issue. How long? Don't know. Didn't play on the weekend.

Reynolds - haven't heard anything for ages. Missed all of last year. Don't think he has been training with the main group. Given his injury, I wonder why we stuck with him over Tucker? I guess we actually got to see Reynolds when he wasn't injured and we like what we saw.

Stoddart - a bit like Ling. As far as I know he is fit and training but not seen in practice match.

O'Connor - not sure if he is or isn't injured.

Elijah Taylor - has been kept a bit apart from the main group at times and not at others. I have no clue what's going on.

McLean - wearing a moonboot around Christmas/New Year. Haven't seen him training since.

Amartey - possibly fine and just not close enough to selection to get a run in the main group. Not the team's fittest player. I'm not feeling optimistic about his future career prospects (just by the bye).