Swans chat Injury List

[KSAS]

Decided to start this thread as our injury list is becoming frustrating with the long term's building up.

Errol, Braeden, Riak & Green (broken foot) won't be seen till sometime after the mid season bye.

Riak has hardly played any footy since we drafted him. Did his shoulder last year requiring surgery and then gets suspended for 5 weeks upon his return, missing remainder of the season.
He now requires surgery on his quad.

The good news is Heeney & Cootee are a TEST to return next week. Bowman, who was flying during the preseason down back and pressing to make his senior debut, is 2-3 weeks away.

[dejavoodoo44]

Decided to start this thread as our injury list is becoming frustrating with the long term's building up.

Errol, Braeden, Riak, King & Green (broken foot) won't be seen till sometime after the mid season bye.

Riak has hardly played any footy since we drafted him. Did his shoulder last year requiring surgery and then gets suspended for 5 weeks upon his return, missing remainder of the season.
He now requires surgery on his quad.

The good news is Heeney & Cootee are a TEST to return next week. Bowman, who was flying during the preseason down back and pressing to make his senior debut, is 2-3 weeks away.

Edit: Left out Max King who is also going to miss most of the season, if not all.

Yes, after reading that injury report, I did look at how long Andrew and Green had left on their contracts, because I could see them both playing hardly any VFL games this season, and then being delisted without playing any AFL games. Lucky for them, they're both signed until the end of 2027.

Handy that Heeney is almost certain to back for our next game, and it'll be good to get a look at Cootee and Bowman.

[dejavoodoo44]

I thought that this was an interesting article, about fitness staff trying to adjust to the new rules, and if those new rules might be contributing to more injuries, by requiring players to do more running.

Club high performance bosses to meet amid surge in injuries - https://www.afl.com.au/news/1484318

[imuninformedtwo]

Saw an interview a week or so back where apparently the data showing the overall distances are down by about 10 percent, but the high speed running volumes are up by 20 percent. Pure explosion footy.