The Western Bulldogs will be without a number of stars after a night of injury carnage at Adelaide Oval.
Cody Weightman is set for a few weeks on the sidelines, completing surgery today to repair a broken collarbone.
“Cody had heavy side impact when he performed a hip and shoulder,” Head of Sports Medicine, Chris Bell said.
“This caused him to break his collarbone.”
“This injury required surgery that has been completed today.”
“We will confirm his plan in the coming days but expect him to miss the next 2-3 games.”
Laitham Vandermeer suffered a hamstring injury in the third quarter and will spend considerable time out of the line-up.
“This is the opposite hamstring to what Laith injured in the earlier part of the season,” Bell said.
“With Laitham lacking continuity and missing considerable game time over the past month, we will look to plan a conservative rehab program that will aim to enhance his durability.”
“At this stage, we will be planning that Laitham makes a return in around 8 weeks.”
Tim O’Brien will miss multiple weeks after being substituted out of the game with a calf injury.
“Tim developed some calf tightness in the minutes following half-time,” Bell said.
“Scans have confirmed that he has a low-grade calf injury.”
“I expect that Tim will miss the next couple of weeks of football.”
Skipper Marcus Bontempelli, defender Alex Keath and ruckman Tim English will be tested during the week ahead of the Friday night clash against Collingwood.
All three will need to complete a main session before being considered for selection.
Injury update
Sam Darcy (foot) - test
Marcus Bontempelli (managed) – test
Tim English (hamstring) – test
Alex Keath (hamstring) – test
Tim O’Brien (calf) – 1-2 weeks
Cody Weightman (collarbone) – 2-3 weeks
Jason Johannisen (calf) – 2-3 weeks
Riley Garcia (knee) – 2-3 weeks
Mitch Wallis (foot) – 2-3 weeks
Josh Bruce (knee) – 4-5 weeks
Toby McLean (knee) – 4-5 weeks
Laitham Vandermeer (hamstring) – 7-8 weeks
Mitch Hannan (concussion) – indefinite
Lachie Hunter (personal) – indefinite
