Injury Update Tuesday, June 30
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| Nathan Freeman | Hamstring | 1-2 weeks | ||
| Tyson Goldsack | Knee | Test | ||
| Brodie Grundy | Neck | Test | ||
| Brent Macaffer* | Knee | 3-5 weeks | ||
| Ben Reid | Calf | Test | ||
| Jackson Ramsay | Shin | 3-4weeks | ||
| *Placed on the club's long-term injury list | ||||
Brodie Grundy is free of his neck brace and training once again as he recovers from the neck injury which has kept him sidelined since Queen’s Birthday.
Grundy cut a lone figure in the Westpac Centre gym on Friday as his teammates returned from a brave effort in Perth against Fremantle.
He trained without a neck brace for the first time, with Director of Football Neil Balme confirming on Tuesday that he may be available for selection as early as this weekend.
While Balme stressed the Magpies wouldn’t rush into selecting Grundy, he believes the ruckmen can now return to a normal routine.
“He’s got rid of the brace, he’s trained a couple of times already and is in very good shape,” Balme told Collingwood Media’s ‘Blackmores Injury Update’.
“Naturally we’ll be pretty conservative with him but there’s some chance he’d be available for this weekend.”
In the VFL Ben Sinclair, Levi Greenwood and Darcy Moore all impressed in a variety of roles.
Sinclair played three quarters in his first game back from a hamstring, while Greenwood and Moore played full games in the midfield and at full forward respectively.
“Sinclair returned and did very well. He played a good three quarters with that hamstring so he’s very close to being fully available again,” Balme said.
Mason Cox was absent from the thrilling two-point victory at Victoria Park on Saturday, however Balme says there is no related injury.
“Cox was rested on the weekend in the VFL and didn’t play. He’ll certainly be available for this weekend,” he said.
Balme said Nathan Freeman would return to the VFL within weeks after having hamstring surgery in May.
The highly-talented 20-year-old is yet to play a senior game for the Magpies and will look to add to the four VFL games he’s played this year.
“Freeman’s hamstring is going pretty well,” Balme said.
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Collingwood utility Tyson Goldsack has been ruled out of Friday night's clash with Hawthorn after knee tendinitis flared up. However coach Nathan Buckley says he has number of potential replacements to choose from who have displayed good VFL form and deserve a spot. The Magpies will determine at selection this afternoon whether to include first-gamers Darcy Moore, Jonathan Marsh or Matt Scharenberg, or replace Goldsack with ruckman Brodie Grundy who is available after suffering a neck injury at training a fortnight ago. Buckley said Ben Reid would be unavailable as the swingman had yet to complete a full VFL game. Reid's latest injury is a corked calf and the club will be cautious because of his battles with soft tissue injuries over the past 18 months. Buckley was non-committal about who might get the nod to replace Goldsack but said Collingwood's reduced injury list meant he had the luxury of picking players who were knocking down the door to be selected, rather than merely having to fill spots. He said Sam Dwyer and Patrick Karnezis were also in the mix due to their VFL form. "We feel like with the competition for spots that exists at the moment, when the players are ready, they're ready and they have had to earn their opportunities," Buckley said. |
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