DT Round 20 Injury & Suspension News

Okay folks, back on track after my holiday. With the DT finals well and truly underway it's the right time to get back into the news on the blog, so hopefully I can help you out as the season whinds down. Personally, I missed the finals, finished 10th in my league, so was put into the minor finals and had a win last week. Big time huh? Well it would be nice to win something this year, so I'll have a crack. Anyway to the news.

Essendon v St Kilda: Kyle Reimers (general soreness) was a late change, while there were leg injuries to Bombers defenders Patrick Ryder (right knee), Courtenay Dempsey (hamstring) and Dustin Fletcher (hamstring), while Brent Stanton (hip/quad) and Jobe Watson (thigh) had minor issues.

Port Adelaide v Carlton: Port's Jacob Surjan and Carlton's Shaun Hampson both withdrew late. Port's Josh Carr injured his ankle badly too.

Melbourne v Fremantle: no injury worries.

Sydney v Geelong: Jared Crouch (corked thigh) dropped out late. Luke Ablett hyperextended his knee. Geelong's Travis Varcoe injured his AC joint.

Brisbane Lions v Western Bulldogs: Ryan Griffen was a late withdrawal with a hamstring worry.

West Coast v North Melbourne: Mitch Brown got injured and missed most of the match with a suspected fractured metatarsal. Chris Masten was also injured with a suspected PCL strain in his knee. Also Brad Ebert copped a heavy blow to his ribcage in Q4 but was running on the sidelines.

Richmond v Collingwood: Matt White (hamstring) dropped out and Mark Coughlan came in. Jake King & Tom Hislop got reported. Collingwood's Brad Dick badly hurt his shoulder late.

Hawthorn v Adelaide: Hawks bigman Rob Campbell hurt his hand and seemed to have to get a finger popped back in. Also Luke Hodge had a bit of hamstring tightness and with the Hawks season virtually over, it will interesting to see if he plays out the year.

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