Melbourne AFL captain Max Gawn has prevented any structural injury to his knee and appears set to face West Coast.
Gawn damage his knee in a ruck contest with Paddy Ryder in Melbourne’s win over St Kilda and had scans on Monday.
The outcomes got here again clear on Tuesday, permitting Gawn to prepare this week.
Gawn had already performed down the severity of his harm and hadn’t anticipated to miss any sport time.
“It’s not that bad, I managed to play out the game,” Gawn advised Nova radio on Monday.
“I did sit forward a lot, Luke Jackson did a lot of the ruck work in the second half, but I think I’m OK.”
The Demons will come up towards a depleted Eagles ruck division on Sunday, with Nic Naitanui (knee) and Bailey Williams (hamstring) sidelined.
In additional good information for Melbourne, stylish defender Christian Salem will return to coaching this week and is predicted to be out there for choice within the subsequent fortnight.
The premiership half-back hasn’t performed since spherical one after requiring surgical procedure on chipped cartilage in his knee.
West Coast midfielder Elliot Yeo has turn into the newest Eagle to enter the AFL’s well being and security protocols, whereas injured ahead Willie Rioli has flown to the Northern Territory to spend time with household.
The Eagles hit the headlines in current days after seven gamers broke membership pointers by visiting a Perth nightclub in the course of the peak of Western Australia’s COVID-19 outbreak.
Jackson Nelson, Josh Rotham, Jake Waterman, Campbell Chesser, Rhett Bazo, Hugh Dixon and Patrick Naish had been all fined $5000 every – with half of that quantity suspended – for partying an evening after the membership’s 109-point loss to Richmond in Round 7.
West Coast have been ravaged by accidents and COVID-19 this season and the membership confirmed on Tuesday that Yeo has entered the well being and security protocols, ruling him out of Sunday’s clash with Melbourne at Optus Stadium.
Yeo has missed the final two video games with concussion, and his 2020 and 2021 campaigns had been closely affected by osteitis pubis.
“He has had a pretty average run,” Yeo’s teammate Liam Duggan mentioned on Tuesday.
“It’s been a troublesome couple of years for Yeo actually together with his groins and stuff like that.
“We feel for him, but it (COVID-19 protocols) is something we’ve all had to deal with across this year and we’ll probably continue to deal with.”
Rioli made a shocking return to AFL ranks this season following two years out of the sport, booting eight objectives throughout the primary three rounds.
His type tapered after that earlier than struggling a hamstring harm within the round-seven loss to Richmond.
Rioli is about to be sidelined for at the least one other week and he’s been given permission to spend a number of days with household.
“His family is in Darwin and we’re a family club, and that’s really important to us that the boys are able to reach out to their families when in need,” Duggan mentioned.
“If that’s what Willie needs, then I think that’s a good thing for him.”
Eagles coach Adam Simpson says the gamers caught up within the nightclub controversy want to earn again the belief of their teammates and the membership.
The AFL Players Association condemned West Coast’s choice to hand down fines, saying there shouldn’t be guidelines in place barring gamers from dwelling a traditional life after years spent adhering to strict COVID-19 circumstances.
Duggan mentioned there have been no “hard and fast” guidelines about which locations the gamers can and can’t go to.
But he mentioned it was apparent a nightclub was a no-go zone.
“It is disappointing obviously and a pretty big error in judgement,” Duggan mentioned.
“Obviously we’re disillusioned, however they’re nonetheless our mates and our teammates and we want one of the best out of them.
“Those boys will be taught from it and I’m positive they received’t be making these errors once more.
“The club put out guidelines on staying away from those high-density areas, and as part of those the boys have obviously misread those cues.”
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