Pre-Season Game 3
Collingwood v W. Bulldogs
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Lachlan Keeffe (hamstring)
"Lachlan is short-term. He’s still got a bit of a hamstring issue, I’m not quite sure when he will be able to play. He’s probably a week or so, but he’s certainly short-term. He’ll be fine."
Brent Macaffer (knee)
"Brent is in the same boat. He’s still recovering from his knee reconstruction and is genuinely long-term at this stage."
Jonathon Marsh (hamstring)
"Good news for Jonathon him, as he will play in the VFL next week. He's in full training and is pretty well ready to go."
Darcy Moore (toe)
"Darcy, with his toe, is in a similar boat to Jonathon Marsh. We’re really pleased with both of those guys. They are both available to play (in the VFL next week)."
Paul Seedsman (hip)
"Paul’s not that far away. He’s coming along pretty well. We’re just a touch slow with him so he’s short-term. We’re just not sure if we have got quite enough work into him as yet."
Matthew Scharenberg (knee)
"As I said last week, he’s going very well. We just need to get three or four weeks of genuine full footy training into him before we take a risk of playing him but in a physical sense he’s probably ready to go. Watch this space with him. It’s really good news."
Clinton Young (hamstring)
"Clinton is coming along OK, but it’s still a medium-term recovery from his hamstring injury."
Collingwood's injury list explained
In 2015, Collingwood will be using the following method to categorise its injuries:
Short-term
A short-term injury indicates that there is some chance a player will play in the VFL or AFL on the coming weekend, but it is more likely that they won't.
Medium-term
If a player has sustained a medium-term injury, it is considered that he will require more than a two weeks to return to the VFL or the AFL, but the club is unsure exactly how long it will be.
Long-term
If a player has sustained a long-term injury, that means it will be more than six weeks until they play football at either VFL or AFL level.
"We normally talk about how many weeks players are going to miss, but we never know for sure," Director of Football Neil Balme explained.
"It’s always a bit of a guess. This stops us from saying two-to-three weeks, which then turns into 18 weeks, which can quite often happen."
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