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Greenwood landed awkwardly on his right leg while tackling Western Bulldog Jarrad Grant during Saturday night’s loss at Etihad Stadium.
“Levi has a slight fracture in his ankle and that will mean that he will be off it for about six weeks,” Director of Football Neil Balme told CollingwoodTV.
“Then, after that, it will be however long it takes for him to run again, so it will be six-plus, which is disappointing for him but I’m sure he will overcome that.”
Greenwood arrived at the Westpac Centre in a deal that saw North Melbourne receive draft selection No. 25 during last October’s trade period.
He managed 74 senior games during his stint at Arden Street, highlighted by his breakout season last year in which he finished third in the Kangaroos’ best-and-fairest.
Ben Reid, Greenwood’s neighbour in the locker room, was one of several AFL-listed players to participate in a VFL match practice session at Olympic Park last Friday.
While Balme says Reid is progressing well, he is not a certain starter for the first round of the home and away season against Brisbane on 4 April.
“There’s so much talk about whether he will get up for round one, but we’re going to try to take that out of the equation,” Balme explained.
“Our issue with Reidy is to make sure he is ready for the season proper.
“He’s coming along very well. He has played about seven quarters in the last couple of weeks, so we will back him off for a day or two. He will probably be running a little bit later in the week just to build him up again.
“He may get there for round one but that’s certainly not the main objective.
“The objective is for him to play the season proper, so it is probably less likely than likely, but he is going very well.”
Of others to have recently frequented the medical office, hamstring concerns will keep Lachlan Keeffe and Clinton Young off the field in the short-to-medium term, while knee victims Brent Macaffer and Matthew Scharenberg are at different stages of their rehabilitation.
“Young had a pretty reasonable week last week with him hamstring but he’s still a little way away, as is Lachie Keeffe.
“Brent Macaffer is longer-term in that he is on the long-term injury list so he won’t play until just after ANZAC Day, but that is well within his program. He’s going reasonably well.
“Matthew Scharenberg is probably going a little bit quicker than that, but he is going to have that three-to-four weeks work into him when he plays.”
The best injury news of the week involves young trio Jonathon Marsh, Darcy Moore and Paul Seedsman, who returned in the VFL team’s match practice session last Friday.
Balme said all three are expected to line up for the VFL Magpies against Richmond at Punt Road Oval on Thursday.
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