Melbourne may very well be with out star on-baller Clayton Oliver for as much as a month after he injured a hamstring in Friday evening’s AFL loss to Port Adelaide.
While Oliver performed out the sport, scans taken on the weekend are anticipated to substantiate the Brownlow Medal contender shall be sidelined for a number of weeks.
The Demons have a giant month forward, with video games in opposition to resurgent Fremantle, then Carlton, then the King’s Birthday conflict in opposition to Collingwood earlier than taking up Geelong.
Oliver is fifth within the coaches’ affiliation voting and is a confirmed Brownlow poller, ending equal-fourth final 12 months, third in 2021 and equal-Tenth in 2020.
The gun midfielder has missed just one sport via harm previously six seasons.
The 2021 premiership participant is one in all Melbourne’s greatest stars, profitable their greatest and fairest award 4 occasions in addition to three All-Australian picks.
Also on the weekend, in-form Western Bulldogs defender Jason Johannisen suffered a critical hamstring harm that would sideline him for as much as two months.
St Kilda’s win over GWS on Sunday was marred by a heavy head knock for Mitch Owens, with play held up for 5 minutes as he was helped from the sphere.
West Coast’s brutal harm toll worsened additional in Sunday’s 116-point humiliation in opposition to Hawthorn, with Liam Duggan (neck), Oscar Allen (knee) and Jamaine Jones (ankle) all harm.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
