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The team that beat us in our most recent encounter.Rest Bont. The games against west coast ffs
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The team that beat us in our most recent encounter.Rest Bont. The games against west coast ffs
The team that beat us in our most recent encounter.
Understood but if WCE are going to trouble us even without the Bont, then I'd think I'd rather lose anyway and fast forward the process for coaching change.The team that beat us in our most recent encounter.
Maybe a late out or two?Third game of the year. No resting players please.
Player | Injury | Estimated return |
Ed Richards | Concussion | Test |
Cody Weightman | Elbow | Test |
Ryan Gardner | Foot | 2-3 weeks |
Nick Coffield | Shoulder | 12-14 weeks |
Aiden O'Driscoll | Concussion | Indefinite |
Bailey Smith | ACL | Season |
Early days yet, but that injury list is pretty modest compared to most and mostly accidents, so good signs from the new conditioning team.Medical Room | Round 4
Bulldogs’ duo Cody Weightman and Ed Richards will be tested ahead of this weekend’s Gather Round clash against Geelong.www.westernbulldogs.com.au
Bulldogs’ duo Cody Weightman and Ed Richards will be tested ahead of this weekend’s Gather Round clash against Geelong.
Weightman was cleared of serious damage following an elbow injury against West Coast but will still be monitored throughout the week.
“In the second quarter of the AFL game, Cody was involved in a tackle that caused an elbow injury,” Bulldogs’ Head of Sports Medicine, Chris Bell, said.
“He was able to play out the game unrestricted.
“Scans have cleared Cody of any serious damage to the bones around his elbow joint, so we will work through a process across the week to determine his availability.”
Richards is a chance to return to the line-up after being sidelined with concussion.
“In some good news, Ed has continued to progress well through our concussion protocol,” Bell said.
“He still has some boxes to tick this week before we can confirm if he is available for selection.
“We will be in a position to make this call following our main training session on Thursday.”
James O’Donnell (concussion) and Jordan Croft (shins) successfully returned to playing via the VFL over the weekend, while Ryan Gardner (foot) remains 2-3 weeks away.
Player
Injury
Estimated return
Ed Richards Concussion Test Cody Weightman Elbow Test Ryan Gardner Foot 2-3 weeks Nick Coffield Shoulder 12-14 weeks Aiden O'Driscoll Concussion Indefinite Bailey Smith ACL Season
Immediately following last night’s fixture against Essendon, Tom Liberatore reported to the Bulldogs’ medical team with no concussion symptoms and passed a head injury assessment, conducted as per AFL protocols.
Tom remains without concussion symptoms this morning. However, given the concerning nature of in-game footage during the final minutes that show Tom falling to the ground, the Club’s medical team has subsequently reached a decision to place him in concussion protocols.
This decision has been taken with an abundance of caution, with Tom’s health and wellbeing the absolute priority.
As a result, Tom will miss Thursday’s match against St Kilda and will continue to be monitored.
Libba Jnr is a legend and a great guy but at times he is on a different planet to other people so it would probably be hard for the medics to judge whether he's been concussed or not.Could he just be working himself to oxygen deficit coupled with being winded by big fat Jakey boy and fainting?
Simply pushing himself too far. (Clutching at straws here)
His concussion symptoms are gone and he has been cranking out 10km training sessions as the club’s best runner after being taken at pick 55 in last year’s draft.
But he is yet to be given permission to resume playing since that late January incident.
His brother Nathan O’Driscoll said last week he was set to meet with an AFL concussion panel to be given full clearance to resume his AFL career.
The club is hopeful he will be able to make his debut in the VFL in coming weeks but will be guided by the medical experts.
Very happy to see that he is now on the road to resuming. It still makes me nervous though, as I have never heard of another AFL player missing a couple of months of anything, from their first concussion. Must have been a pretty significant knock to have effects lasting that long. Hopefully that is the only one he has, and he does not become prone and goes on to a long career. Really glad the club and AFL have taken the long road approach. Needs to happen more often with serious head knocks.O’Driscoll update
No mention of VDM?Medical Room | Round 7
Tom Liberatore will be a test heading into Saturday night’s clash against Fremantle at Optus Stadium.www.westernbulldogs.com.au
Tom Liberatore will be a test heading into Saturday night’s clash against Fremantle at Optus Stadium.
Post the Essendon defeat, Liberatore was moved into concussion protocols and according to Head of Sports Medicine Chris Bell, he is tracking well.
“Tom Liberatore continues to eye a return this week after missing the game on the weekend,” Bell said.
We still have some boxes to tick within our concussion protocol.”
“We will look to work through this over the next 48-72 hours before we can determine Tom’s availability.”
Young ruckman Lachlan Smith remains a chance to return to the VFL after recovering from a knee injury.
Injury List
Tom Liberatore - Concussion - TEST
Lachlan Smith - Knee - Test
Nick Coffield - Shoulder - 8-10 weeks
Aiden O'Driscoll - Concussion - Indefinite
Bailey Smith - ACL - Season
He must be fineNo mention of VDM?
He passed his concussion test, and was subbed out tactically is my understanding.No mention of VDM?