Vice-captain Steele Sidebottom will miss the season opener against the Western Bulldogs as he recovers from a calf injury.
Taylor Adams and Brayden Maynard are right to go for the Dogs after receiving recovering from a hamstring injury and shin knock respectively.
See below for a full update of our injury list from High Performance Manager Kevin White, presented by AIA Vitality.
Taylor Adams (hamstring): Available for selection
- Six weeks post-hamstring strain. Entered full football program last week and ticked off high speed running.
Brayden Maynard (shin): Available for selection
- Recovering from knock to shin and was on light duties last week. Will train fully on Tuesday.
Mark Keane (finger): Expected return: R2
- Entering full training this week. Gradually increasing load through finger as he prepared to return to play.
Reef McInnes (finger): Expected return: R3
- 7 weeks post-finger surgery. Continues with conditioning and football programming. Button to be removed this week.
Will Kelly (collarbone): Expected return: R3-4
- Tracking well after collarbone surgery. Running and non-contact football program this week.
Steele Sidebottom (calf) - Expected return: R2
- Ruled out of round one with calf strain from Community Series game against Richmond. Will look to progress speed and ability to run pain free across the week.
Watch the full report below.
