News From The Reserves

- In the VFL, Box Hill beat Coburg Tigers by 5 points with Hawks bigman Robbie Campbell impressing amongst the best whilst also kicking a snag. Hawker Travis Tuck was in the best too and also kicked a goal.

For the Tigers, Joel Bowden was their best afield, kicking 2 goals as well, while Troy Simmonds booted 3 goals and Mark Coughlan, Shane Tuck and Graham Polak were all named in the best players.

Northern Bullants beat Collingwood by 8 points, with Carlton ruckman Robbie Warnock back and doing pretty well with 18 hitouts. Also for the Blues brigade, Adam Bentick got 31 touches and 3 goals, Cam Cloke booted 2 snags and Jeff Garlett produced some decent forward pressure with 7 tackles.

For Collingwood, Anthony Rocca also returned after injury and kicked 1.2 from 7 marks. Pies youngster Ryan Cook had 29 disposals and 9 tackles while Chris Dawes (2 goals) and Brent Macaffer were named in the best.

Geelong pipped Casey Scorpions by 4 points, with Cat Travis West the best afield while Jeremy Laidler was also amongst the best players.

For Casey, Melbourne's Colin Sylvia was one of their best performers, booting 3 goals, suggesting he'll be back in the seniors team next week.

North Ballarat defeated Williamstown by 21 points, with Kanga Aaron Edwards kicking 4 goals. David Hale wasn't great with one goal, while Cruize Garlett was named amongst the best.

For Willy's Bulldogs bunch, Guy O'Keefe and Wayde Skipper were listed amongst the best players.

Sandringham got the better of the Bendigo Bombers by 19 points, with Sandy's Sainters doing okay, with Jarryn Geary BOG. Also for the Saints bunch, Nick Heyne booted 5,while David Armitage grabbed 2.

For Bendigo's Bombers, Leroy Jetta, David Myers and Tom Bellchambers (one goal) where all named amongst the best.

- In the WAFL, premiership favourites South Fremantle flogged the pants off Peel Thunder by 102 points with Docker Daniel Gilmore doing okay racking up 27 touches.

Subiaco beat Perth by 28 points, with Eagle Chad Fletcher doing great with 22 kicks, 14 HBs, 8 marks and 11 tackles. Adam Cockie was beaten by his opponent.

Swan Districts thumped Claremont, with Ash Hansen kicking 4 snags, while Eagle Ryan Davis had 32 touches, Docker Clayton Hinkley 22 and for WCE's Beau Wilkes struggled up forward.

West Perth destroyed East Freo too, with Freo's Adam Campbell pretty good up forward, while for the Sharks WCE's Brent Staker was really good across half-forward with 3.3.

- In the SANFL, Port Magpies were beaten by Central Districts by 40 points. For Port, axed Power man Brett Ebert started on the ball and racked up 19 important touches, 4 goals and 5 clearances.

West Adelaide thumped the Panthers too, with Port's rookie ruckman Matthew Lobbe doing really well with 32 hitouts.

- In the Canberra AFL, Sydney Swans reserves lost to Belconnen by 16 points. For the Swans, Matt O'Dwyer was their best with 43 possessions, Pat Veszpremi 32, while Tim Schmidt was in hot form until he tore his hamstring in Q2.

- In the Queensland AFL, Brisbane Lions reserves had the bye.

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Worsfold Hints Cox's Year Over

West Coast coach John Worsfold looks to have conceded the seasons of Dean Cox and Daniel Kerr are already over due to injuries.

"We want to get them up ready to play with no soreness," Worsfold said on Tuesday.

"That might take four weeks, that might take eight weeks.

"Even though we are not playing in eight weeks time we have to get them to a point to say they are working hard enough to be ready to play and they are not getting any soreness, so we know we've fixed the problem.

"When the season finishes we can't stop them from doing anything and think we've fixed the problem. We need to make sure we have.

"So that means getting them up to a point where they could play. That's a gradual build-up.

"And from there we hope we know we've fixed the problem and then they can have their break and prepare for the pre-season."

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Around The Grounds

• Popular St Kilda defender Sam Gilbert could miss another match with back soreness. Gilbert missed Saints training on Tuesday and worryingly St Kilda coach Ross Lyon said this, "We're in a position to be more conservative as opposed to aggresive." Gilbert may not be risked.
  

• Also from St Kilda there was an injury scare for Leigh Montagna but he should play, with Lyon saying, "Montagna’s pretty keen to keep his form going. We’ll see how the week unfolds.”
  

• Port Adelaide's $405k midfielder Dom Cassisi will play this weekend despite a depression in his frontal sinus. Port confirmed Cassisi's injury is minor but he'll wear a helmet this weekend.

• Essendon look likely to regain Alwyn Davey and Mark McVeigh for this weekend's clash with Brisbane but Matty Lloyd (heel) and Jason Winderlich (back) will miss. Bombers coach Matt Knights said on Tuesday, "Davey and McVeigh will be up for selection and we'll have a look at them this afternoon.

• Carlton's Mr. Late-withdrawal Michael Jamison could miss the rest of the season with a groin problem. Blues coach Brett Ratten said, "Will he be right for the following week? Is he out for the year? I don't know, we're sort of just sitting here and waiting."

• Brisbane Lions have listed young $193k def/fwd Lachie Henderson as out for 3-4 weeks with a foot injury. The news is a fresh injury blow for Henderson.

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Chappy Gone For Two?

Geelong have revealed gun forward Paul Chapman will miss next week, and perhaps a game more, with a hamstring injury.

The popular Cats forward booted six goals in the weekend's win over Adelaide but Geelong coach Mark Thompson revealed he sustained the injury during that game.

"He played with it for a time," Thompson said at Skilled Stadium on Tuesday afternoon. "He did it during the game – I think it was late in the first quarter.

"He got the hamstring twinge. It was his left – not the one he kicked all the goals with.

"He played with it, and he wants to play this week, but we're not going to let him."

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