Bock Gone For DT09?

Adelaide's popular $368k defender Nathan Bock could miss the rest of the DreamTeam season with a heel troubling him.

Crows footy manager John Reid said about Bock, who is owned by almost 16,000 DT coaches, “Nathan’s improving. By about this stage next week we might be able to see how the injury’s going and he might be able to have a light run.

“On the good end, Nathan could be available for the Carlton game [in round 22], but on the bad end he might play none [of the remaining games].”

Brett Burton will miss this weekend's clash with West Coast having aggravated a corked buttock in training, while Pat Dangerfield (back) and Dave Mackay (knee) should return to training midweek and will be in the mix for selection.

Also $86k def/fwd Shaun McKernan is expected to return from a broken arm via the SANFL this weekend and could be a handy addition if he plays AFL in Round 22.

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Eagles Confirm Brown's Season Over

West Coast have made it official popular $230k forward Mitch Brown will miss the rest of the AFL season with a foot injury.

Brown, who is a handy back-up forward owned by over 41,000 DT coaches, hurt the metatarsal bone in his foot early in West Coast's Saturday win over North Melbourne.

The Eagles haven't made an official statement to the media but in the club's online media release for Monday, Brown's name was listed with the word season next to it.

Along with Brown, $281k mid Chris Masten has also been ruled out for the rest of the season with a knee injury while $294k mid Brad Ebert should be okay after a heavy hit to his chest late on the weekend.

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MRP Update: Swan & Johnson Avoid Bans

Good news for DT coaches deep into the finals with popular pair Dane Swan and Stevie Johnson both not facing bans after the match review panel met on Monday.

Swan, a $474k midfielder owned by almost 55,000 DT coaches, was cited for engaging in a melee for the third time in his career but will only face a hefty fine of $3000 (with an early plea) rather than a suspension.

Johnson, a $337k forward owned by over 68,000 DT coaches, was in hot water for striking Sydney's Craig Bolton, but only drew 80 demerit points thus a reprimand, and that will be even lighter with an early plea.

Other reports include, Richmond's Jake King who can accept a two-match ban for striking Alan Didak. Also Tom Hislop can cop a one-match suspension for striking Shane O'Bree.

There were also fines for a huge list of Tigers and Magpies, including DT guns Brett Deledio, Heath Shaw, Tarkyn Lockyer and Dayne Beams, but an lighter wallet won't effect their DT output.

Also there was couple of incidents of contact between players which were assessed but waved away with players including, Alan Didak, Mark Coughlan, Travis Cloke, Luke McGuane, Cam Mooney, Ryan O'Keefe, Jonathon Brown, Brian Lake and Nick Maxwell.

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Ryder Out For 3 Weeks

Popular Essendon $323k defender Paddy Ryder will miss the rest of the DreamTeam season due to a 3 week knee injury sustained on the weekend.

Ryder, who is owned by almost 50,000 DT coaches, injured the muscle behind his knee late in the Bombers' thrilling win over St Kilda on Sunday.

"There was some concern that Paddy had sustained ligament damage so we are happy to learn his injury isn't anything more serious," Essendon footy operations manager Paul Hamilton said.

"Unfortunately he will miss at least a couple of weeks as the muscle behind his knee heals which is obviously a blow for the side."

There was other injury news from Windy Hill today, with $224k defender Courtenay Dempsey ruled out for 2 weeks with a hamstring injury. $307k defender Dustin Fletcher has been cleared of any serious damage to his hamstring, but is in doubt for the weekend's match with Freo, while Bachar Houli will miss the rest of the season with a fractured fibula.

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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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DT Round 20 Teams

HAWTHORN v ADELAIDE
Hawthorn
B: Campbell Brown, Stephen Gilham, Grant Birchall
HB: Travis Tuck, Ryan Schoenmakers, Beau Muston
C: Chance Bateman, Sam Mitchell, Jordan Lewis
HF: Jarryd Morton, Lance Franklin, Michael Osborne
F: Cyril Rioli, Brent Renouf, Ben McGlynn
Foll: Simon Taylor, Luke Hodge, Brad Sewell
I/C: Robert Campbell, Josh Kennedy, Shane Savage, Liam Shiels Emg: Beau Dowler, Tom Murphy, Brendan Whitecross

In: Morton, Muston, Sewell, Savage
Out: Jarryd Roughead (knee), Beau Dowler, Thomas Murphy, Brendan Whitecross

Adelaide
B: Graham Johncock, Ben Rutten, Andy Otten
HB: Nathan van Berlo, Scott Stevens, Michael Doughty
C: Bernie Vince, Simon Goodwin, Brad Symes
HF: Scott Thompson, Kurt Tippett, Andrew McLeod
F: Jason Porplyzia, Trent Hentschel, Chris Knights
Foll: Ivan Maric, Tyson Edwards, Brent Reilly
I/C: Robert Shirley, Richard Douglas, James Sellar, Rory Sloane
Emg: Jonathon Griffin, Phil Davis, Jared Petrenko

In: Hentschel, Sloane
Out: Brett Burton (glute), Taylor Walker

RICHMOND v COLLINGWOOD
Richmond
B: Jake King, Will Thursfield, Joel Bowden
HB: Dean Polo, Luke McGuane, Chris Newman
C: Shane Edwards, Brett Deledio, Jordan McMahon
HF: Nathan Brown, Jack Riewoldt, Richard Tambling
F: Tom Hislop, Mitch Morton, Ben Cousins
Foll: Tyrone Vickery, Daniel Jackson, Shane Tuck
I/C: Alex Rance, Matthew White, Robin Nahas, Angus Graham
Emg: Kel Moore, Mark Coughlan, Troy Simmonds

In: Bowden, Tuck
Out: Kel Moore, Jayden Post

Collingwood
B: Harry O’Brien, Simon Prestigiacomo, Heath Shaw
HB: Sharrod Wellingham, Nick Maxwell, Tarkyn Lockyer
C: Alan Toovey, Dayne Beams, Scott Pendlebury
HF: Brad Dick, Travis Cloke, Paul Medhurst
F: Alan Didak, John Anthony, Dale Thomas
Foll: Cameron Wood, Dane Swan, Shane O’Bree
I/C: Ben Johnson, Leigh Brown, Leon Davis, Chris Dawes
Emg: Jaxson Barham, Martin Clarke, Ben Reid

In: Wellingham
Out: Tyson Goldsack (achilles)

WEST COAST v NORTH MELBOURNE
West Coast
B: Adam Selwood, Darren Glass, Mitch Brown
HB: Shannon Hurn, Beau Wilkes, Sam Butler
C: Matt Rosa, Matt Priddis, Tim Houlihan
HF: Andrew Embley, Josh Kennedy, Scott Selwood
F: Mark LeCras, Callum Wilson, Quinten Lynch
Foll: Nic Naitanui, Chris Masten, Brad Ebert
I/C: Pat McGinnity, Ben McKinley, Tom Swift, David Wirrpanda
Emg: Ryan Davis, Chad Fletcher, Will Schofield

No change

North Melbourne
B: Gavin Urquhart, Scott Thompson, Lachlan Hansen
HB: Michael Firrito, Nathan Grima, Levi Greenwood
C: Matt Campbell, Josh Gibson, Liam Anthony
HF: Andrew Swallow, Corey Jones, Brent Harvey
F: Scott McMahon, Drew Petrie, Lindsay Thomas
Foll: Hamish McIntosh, Brady Rawlings, Leigh Adams
I/C: Daniel Pratt, Todd Goldstein, Daniel Harris, Sam Power
Emg: Ed Lower, Aaron Edwards, Cruize Garlett

No change

BRISBANE LIONS v WESTERN BULLDOGS
Brisbane Lions
B: Ashley McGrath, Daniel Merrett, James Hawksley
HB: Joel Patfull, Josh Drummond, Joel Macdonald
C: Jared Brennan, Simon Black, Daniel Rich
HF: Michael Rischitelli, Jonathan Brown, James Polkinghorne
F: Sam Sheldon, Daniel Bradshaw, Luke Power
Foll: Mitch Clark, Cheynee Stiller, Justin Sherman
I/C: Scott Harding, Tim Notting, Travis Johnstone, Jack Redden
Emg: Aaron Cornelius, Bradd Dalziell, Tom Rockliff

In: Johnstone
Out: Troy Selwood (neck soreness)

Western Bulldogs
B: Jarrod Harbrow, Brian Lake, Dale Morris
HB: Ryan Hargrave, Tom Williams, Dylan Addison
C: Lindsay Gilbee, Matthew Boyd, Nathan Eagleton
HF: Brad Johnson, Mitch Hahn, Robert Murphy
F: Jason Akermanis, Will Minson, Scott Welsh
Foll: Ben Hudson, Ryan Griffen, Adam Cooney
I/C: Josh Hill, Liam Picken, Callan Ward, Easton Wood
Emg: Andrejs Everitt, Sam Reid, Brennan Stack

In: Picken, Murphy, Welsh
Out: Brennan Stack, Andrejs Everitt, Daniel Cross (ankle)

SYDNEY SWANS v GEELONG
Sydney Swans
B: Jared Crouch, Lewis Roberts-Thomson, Leo Barry
HB: Rhyce Shaw, Heath Grundy, Craig Bolton
C: Nick Smith, Brett Kirk, Martin Mattner
HF: Ryan O’Keefe, Adam Goodes, Luke Ablett
F: Jesse White, Michael O’Loughlin, Dan Hannebery
Foll: Darren Jolly, Kieren Jack, Jude Bolton
I/C: Ed Barlow, Jarred Moore, Matt O’Dwyer, Mike PykeEmg: Paul Bevan, Nick Malceski, Kristin Thornton

In: Barry
Out: Jarrad McVeigh (hamstring)

Geelong
B: Tom Harley, Matthew Scarlett, Corey Enright
HB: Harry Taylor, Tom Lonergan, Andrew Mackie
C: Joel Corey, Cameron Ling, Jimmy Bartel
HF: Travis Varcoe, Cameron Mooney, Steve Johnson
F: Mathew Stokes, Tom Hawkins, Shannon Byrnes
Foll: Shane Mumford, Joel Selwood, Gary Ablett
I/C: Mark Blake, David Johnson, Simon Hogan, Tom Gillies
Emg: Ryan Gamble, Jeremy Laidler, Kane Tenace

In: Scarlett, Taylor, Blake, D. Johnson
Out: David Wojcinski (ankle), Darren Milburn (ankle), Max Rooke (knee soreness), Kane Tenace

MELBOURNE v FREMANTLE
Melbourne
B: Stefan Martin, James Frawley, Kyle Cheney
HB: Clint Bartram, Jared Rivers, Ricky Petterd
C: James McDonald, Lynden Dunn, Cale Morton
HF: Brent Moloney, Brad Miller, Nathan Jones
F: Neville Jetta, Matthew Bate, Liam Jurrah
Foll: Paul Johnson, Aaron Davey, Colin Sylvia
I/C: Tom McNamara, Shane Valenti, Brock McLean, Russell Robertson
Emg: Jordie McKenzie, Mark Jamar, Jake Spencer

In: McLean, Rivers, Jurrah, Robertson
Out: Cameron Bruce (wrist), Rohan Bail (quad), Michael Newton (achilles), Jake Spencer

Fremantle
B: Greg Broughton, Chris Tarrant, Jay van Berlo
HB: Antoni Grover, Luke McPharlin, Paul Duffield
C: Garrick Ibbotson, Paul Hasleby, Chris Mayne
HF: Stephen Hill, Matt de Boer, Dean Solomon
F: Des Headland, Matthew Pavlich, Nic Suban
Foll: Aaron Sandilands, Steven Dodd, David Mundy
I/C: Brett Peake, Marcus Drum, Kepler Bradley, Byron Schammer
Emg: Clancee Pearce, Roger Hayden, Michael Walters

In: McPharlin
Out: Clancee Pearce

PORT ADELAIDE v CARLTON
Port Adelaide
B: Hamish Hartlett, Alipate Carlile, Jacob Surjan
HB: Nathan Krakouer, Chad Cornes, Troy Chaplin
C: Shaun Burgoyne, Domenic Cassisi, Travis Boak
HF: Robert Gray, Warren Tredrea, David Rodan
F: Matthew Thomas, Brendon Lade, Justin Westhoff
Foll: Dean Brogan, Kane Cornes, Danyle Pearce
I/C: Steven Salopek, Peter Burgoyne, Josh Carr, Brett Ebert
Emg: Paul Stewart, Toby Thurstans, Tom Logan

In: P. Burgoyne, Carr, Ebert, Salopek
Out: Jason Davenport (adductor), Nick Salter, Tom Logan, Toby Thurstans

Carlton
B: Paul Bower, Setanta O’hAilpin, Jordan Russell
HB: Dennis Armfield, Bret Thornton, Aaron Joseph
C: Ryan Houlihan, Bryce Gibbs, Nick Stevens
HF: Kade Simpson, Matthew Kreuzer, Heath Scotland
F: Eddie Betts, Brendan Fevola, Andrew Walker
Foll: Shaun Hampson, Marc Murphy, Chris Judd
I/C: Andrew Carrazzo, Richard Hadley, Mitch Robinson, Simon Wiggins
Emg: Mark Austin, Cameron Cloke, Chris Yarran

No change

ESSENDON v ST KILDA
Essendon
B: Nathan Lovett-Murray, Tayte Pears, Jarrod Atkinson
HB: Henry Slattery, Dustin Fletcher, Adam McPhee
C: Kyle Reimers, Ricky Dyson, Mark McVeigh
HF: Michael Quinn, Michael Hurley, Angus Monfries
F: Sam Lonergan, Jay Neagle, Andrew Welsh
Foll: Patrick Ryder, Brent Stanton, Jobe Watson
I/C: Tom Bellchambers, Courtenay Dempsey, Brent Prismall, Andrew Lovett
Emg: Alwyn Davey, Cale Hooker, Leroy Jetta

In: Bellchambers, Lovett, Welsh
Out: Heath Hocking, Alwyn Davey, Bachar Houli

St Kilda
B: Raphael Clarke, Max Hudghton, Steven Baker
HB: Sam Fisher, Zac Dawson, Sam Gilbert
C: Brendon Goddard, Lenny Hayes, Nick Dal Santo
HF: Leigh Montagna, Justin Koschitzke, Jason Gram
F: Stephen Milne, Nick Riewoldt, Adam Schneider
Foll: Michael Gardiner, Farren Ray, Luke Ball
I/C: David Armitage, Jason Blake, Sean Dempster, Steven King
Emg: James Gwilt, Jack Steven, Colm Begley

In: Baker, Gilbert, Fisher, Goddard, Hayes, Dal Santo, Montagna, Riewoldt
Out: Andrew McQualter (inj), Clint Jones (inj), Robert Eddy, Ben McEvoy, Colm Begley, Jarryn Geary, Jack Steven, James Gwilt

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McVeigh's Season Over?

Sydney midfielder Jarrad McVeigh may not play again this season after a pulling a hamstring in Sunday's win over Richmond.

Swans coach Paul Roos said, "He’s had a little bit of a problem with it over the past month and he missed that one game.

"It’d be possible that you wouldn’t see him again this year.

"I mean we’ll try to rehab it [but] I don’t know, they’re normally two to three weeks."

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DT Round 19 Injury & Suspension News

Here's a cheeky update for you all, as I catch up on some AFL footy whilst on holiday. I should be able to get some good info up on the site in the next 24 hours, so have a look. Anyway, first of all here is the rundown of news on the topic of injuries and suspensions from the weekend.

Fremantle v Port Adelaide: Port's Jacob Surjan benched after Q2 with a corked thigh. Hamish Hartlett struggled with a back injury during the game and you wonder about his fitness for the rest of the year.

Richmond v Sydney: The man with the dodgiest hamstring in the land, Jarrad McVeigh pulled his hammy today. Also ruckman Darren Jolly has an AC joint worry.

North Melbourne v Melbourne: For the Dees, Jared Rivers was a late change. For North, Josh Gibson hurt his thumb & Hamish McIntosh's output was hurt by a back problem in Q1, but both should be OK for next week. While Cam Bruce's output was down due to a wrist concern. Youngster Rohan Bail injured his thigh in the warm-up, but played and then was mothballed. Odd one.

Adelaide v Collingwood: Brett Burton copped a 'badly corked buttock' and sat on the pine. Doesn't look too good for him.

Essendon v Brisbane Lions: no major injury worries, although Bomber Kyle Reimers limped off in Q4 but returned.

Hawthorn v St Kilda: Big news here with late changes, as for the Hawks, Brad Sewell (quad) was a late withdrawal and for the Saints, Nick Dal Santo (illness) & Sam Fisher (general soreness) were late changes. James Gwilt got reported, while Jarryd Roughead had a worrying thigh problem in Q4.

Western Bulldogs v West Coast: For the Dogs, Liam Picken was a late change. For the Eagles, Adam Selwood copped a knock to the knee but should be okay.

Carlton v Geelong: For the Blues, Mark Austin was a late withdrawal. For Geelong, there were bad ankle injuries for David Wojcinski and Darren Milburn while Cam Mooney got concussed and will touch-and-go for next week.

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