2024 Injury tracker (please quote/link source).

[LaurieHolden]

Collingwood wishes to advise an Injury and Health update ahead of the Club’s Round 12 match against the Western Bulldogs.

TO BE ASSESSED THIS WEEK:

Jack Bytel is expected to return from the AFL’s concussion protocols after sustaining a head knock during Collingwood’s Round Nine match.
The midfielder is expected to be available for Friday night’s Round 12 match against the Western Bulldogs, pending he gets through main training on Wednesday.

After sustaining a minor groin strain in Round Nine, Jeremy Howe has been cleared from his rehab program.
The 33-year-old is expected to be available for Friday night’s match if he completes main training on Wednesday.

OTHER UPDATES:

Aiden Begg has been added to the AFL Inactive List after sustaining a posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) injury during Collingwood’s Round Seven VFL match which left him sidelined for the remainder of the season.
The 21-year-old will focus on upper body weight training for the next few weeks.

Josh Carmichael continues to work through the AFL’s concussions protocols.

Mason Cox has entered the AFL concussion protocols following a knock to the face mid-air during Collingwood’s Round 11 match against Fremantle.
In addition to the concussion, scans have confirmed Cox sustained a Grade 2 medial collateral ligament (MCL) injury from the match.
The 33-year-old is expected to return in six weeks’ time while he rehabilitates the MCL injury.

After experiencing groin awareness during Collingwood’s Round 10 match against Adelaide, further assessment revealed Jordan De Goey sustained an acute rectus abdominal tendon tear.
The 28-year-old is working through his rehab program and is expected return within three to four weeks.

Collingwood forward Jamie Elliott continues to work through a modified training program as he manages a minor vascular issue.
The 31-year-old continues to complete treadmill and bike work away from the group.
Elliott is expected to return between Rounds 13 and 16.

Josh Eyre is progressing well through his rehab for a hamstring injury. After a 14-week layoff, he will now complete group training this week.
Eyre is expected to be available for a return for Round 13.

After sustaining a hamstring injury during the Club’s Round 10 match against the Adelaide Crows, Will Hoskin-Elliott is working his way through a running program and is progressing well.
He is expected to return to team training next week. Hoskin-Elliott is expected to be available for Collingwood’s Round 13 game.

After sustaining a head knock during Collingwood’s Round 10 match, Reef McInnes is mid-way through the AFL concussion protocols and is progressing well.

Dan McStay is progressing well as he continues to work through his ACL rehab. The 28-year-old has returned to contract training drills away from the main group.
He is expected to return to match play training post the team’s BYE in June.

During the final minute of the third quarter of Collingwood’s Round 11 game against Fremantle, Brody Mihocek experienced hamstring awareness which saw him sit out the rest of the match. Scans have confirmed a minor hamstring strain in the same area as his previous injury.
Being a minor strain, he’s expected to return between Rounds 14 and 16.

Tom Mitchell is progressing well through his rehab for his plantar fasciitis issue and has started running.
He is expected to be available for Rounds 13-16.

Joe Richards finished out the game against Fremantle but experienced some foot soreness.
Scans have confirmed that he has sustained a fourth metatarsal fracture in his foot and is expecting to make a return between Rounds 16 and 17.

Oscar Steene is progressing well in his rehab for a toe injury. He will now transition into some trampoline work and running drills over the next fortnight.
Steene is expected to return in Round 18+.

Source:
https://www.collingwoodfc.com.au/news/1565696/injury-update-ruck-sidelined-small-forward-ruled-out-and-the-latest-on-a-host-of-others

[Magpietothemax]

Doubts now circling re Pendles:
According to Mitch Cleary on X, he has been in hospital today for scans on his biceps:

https://x.com/cleary_mitch/status/1794978076004356449

(as if it couldn't get any worse - it just did.)

[WhyPhilWhy?]

Round 16's going to be a ripper!

(Maybe Round 17 when the best team has had a chance to play together - look out Doggies.)

[What'sinaname]

I hear Collingwood have reached out to Jezza and David to be on standby to play this week.

[Take_a_Screamer]

16 players...

PLAYER ..................INJURY, ESTIMATED RETURN
Aiden Begg...............Knee, Season
Jack Bytel.................Concussion, Test
Josh Carmichael.........Concussion, TBC
Mason Cox................Concussion/knee , 6 weeks
Jordan De Goey.........Abdomen, 3-4 weeks
Jamie Elliott...............Vascular, TBC
Josh Eyre...................Hamstring, 1 week
Will Hoskin-Elliott.......Hamstring, 1 week
Jeremy Howe.............Groin, Test
Reef McInnes.............Concussion, 1-2 weeks
Dan McStay...............Knee, TBC
Brody Mihocek...........Hamstring, 2-4 weeks
Tom Mitchell...............Foot, 1-4 weeks
Joe Richards...............Foot, 5-6 weeks
Oscar Steene.............Toe, 8+ weeks
Scott Pendlebury........Bicep muscle, Round 15

Updated: May 28, 2024
https://www.afl.com.au/matches/injury-list

[Take_a_Screamer]

Collingwood forward Dan McStay on track for miraculous return
Round 20 the target date.

https://www.zerohanger.com/afl-2024-collingwood-magpies-injury-list-forward-dan-mcstay-on-track-for-miraculous-return-151248/

[Johnno75]

Was McStay participating in match sim for white team today?

[KenH]

Pendles has been ruled out for fridays game! Shit!

[Jezza]

^ Goes from bad to worse

[derkd]

^ no one can really be suprised about this, Scott looked seriously sore towards the end of the Freo game.

brace for the club delaying the news that it is a several week injury...

[Pies2016]

Interesting reading when you break down the 16 injuries listed.
Clubs focus on preparing players against soft tissue injuries and from the 16 injuries, the club have four soft tissue injuries amongst the carnage ( I’m excluding DeGoey because it’s not leg / groin related)
This is still a bit un Collingwood like under Wade but I think we can safely say the multiple short turnaround games and early season start has conspired to swell that list.
The other 11 injuries are just dumb luck and if you’re around or have been supporting a footy club long enough, you will have seen it all before.
Of the 11 impact / collision injuries, 4 are concussion and we have to accept all clubs are going to see a lot more of that going forward ( it’s also a strong reason why we need a bye weekend in between the prelim and grand final weeks )
Crisis creates opportunity and this crisis will prepare us so much better for the 2025 season, having exposed so many fringe players to the deep end of the pool. Obviously doesn’t help us in the now but it’s a contact game and you can’t prepare for contact injuries. Sometimes you can be lucky and other times you can be dead set just shit out of luck.

[Dark Beanie]

[derkd]

[woodys_world69]

How did Nick Daicos look at training? at the end of last weeks game he was waddling off the field with a groin niggle...
Hope he's not a late out.

the problem with running this "system" is that yes the VFL players have to come in and fill the position, but there is always extra burden on the existing players to pull extra weight... and with that extra weight comes extra risk to injury.

[derkd]

^Injuries have been a bit of a cascade effect as fewer players are asked to do more.
I think Nick will need a rest at some stage.