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• Popular Geelong gun $435k midfielder Jimmy Bartel will have to prove his fitness this week after aggravating soreness during the Cats' loss in Brisbane on Saturday. Bartel ran into the goal post in the match but is expected to be okay to face Melbourne in Round 16.

• Brisbane Lions $327k defender Josh Drummond has admitted his Q4 benchtime in the win over Geelong was only precautionary. Drummond, just back from a calf injury, said, "I was cramping up pretty bad so I wasn’t much good being out there. Lucky we had a bit of a lead so I could take it a bit easy."

• Melbourne have confirmed $250k defender Daniel Bell will have scans on Monday on the AC joint injury he suffered in the Dees clash with Port Adelaide today.

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DT Round 15 Injury & Suspension News

Another weekend rolls around folks with some good footy on the cards. Everyone's prepping up for the DreamTeam finals, some of us scrambling home trying to make the 8. Anyway, here's the weekly update covering all the latest breaking news on late withdrawals, injuries and suspensions during the matches as they happen. Stay posted.

West Coast v St Kilda: As reported here yesterday, Adam Schneider was a late withdrawal for the Saints. WCE ruckman Dean Cox was a bit sore at three quarter time and finished the game on the pine.

Melbourne v Port Adelaide: Melbourne defender Daniel Bell hurt his shoulder, looks serious. Brock McLean copped a knock to his knee late. Port's Dean Brogan copped a rib injury late on.

Hawthorn v North Melbourne: The big news is Lance Franklin getting reported for kneeing Drew Petrie in the head. Didn't look good. Thigh problem for Kanga Gavin Urquhart, while Hawk Michael Osborne had a worry with his leg.

Adelaide v Fremantle: Adelaide's Michael Doughty had the tracksuit on early, not sure why. While there was a knee problem for Freo's popular forward Hayden Ballentyne.

Brisbane Lions v Geelong: Popular defender Andrew Mackie is a big late withdrawal. Another popular DT defender, Jed Adcock, sustained an ACL tear in his knee and it's game over and perhaps season over too. Gun midfielder Jimmy Bartel was reported but it was fairly soft. Max Rooke iced up in Q4 with a shoulder problem.

Carlton v Richmond: Setanta O'hAilpin was a late withdrawal for Joe Anderson. Carlton's Michael Jamison had a groin problem in Q4. Richmond's Kelvin Moore had a thigh worry, while Chris Newman was groggy after a collision but played on. Worryingly popular fwd Brett Deledio was troubled by his shoulder, so hopefully his scores stay good.

Sydney v Essendon: Jarrad McVeigh was a late withdrawal after complaining of hamstring tightness in the warm-up. Popular Canadian back-up ruckman Mike Pyke came in.

Western Bulldogs vs Collingwood: Pies ruck Josh Fraser down into the rooms with a knee worry in Q4 but came back. Bulldogs forward Scott Welsh had all sorts of problems finishing up with a shoulder injury.

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