AFL’s injury ladder: Richmond among clubs to avoid injury pain (Herald-Sun)

[one-eyed]

Collingwood and Carlton lead the AFL’s injury ladder, Richmond among clubs to avoid injury pain

JON RALPH,
Herald Sun
July 10, 2018

... In contrast Richmond has again been blessed with a superb run, its players missing a league-fewest 61 games through injury.

Daniel Rioli missed the first dozen games of the season, while Bachar Houli and Dion Prestia have also battled with soft-tissue concerns.

All Injuries (Games Lost)
Club   Total
Collingwood   156
Carlton   156
Adelaide   153
Western Bulldogs   141
Gold Coast   138
Fremantle   137
GWS Giants   129
Geelong   121
Sydney   115
West Coast   108
St Kilda   105
Essendon   98
North Melbourne   95
Port Adelaide   87
Melbourne   81
Brisbane   74
Hawthorn   71
Richmond   61

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/more-news/collingwood-and-carlton-lead-the-afls-injury-ladder-richmond-among-clubs-to-avoid-injury-pain/news-story/065acb8114919f97ce54297f8eec503d

[georgies31]

Ralph is the worst football journalist out there.Hang on tigers have no injuries.

[Eat_em_Alive]

Did I just not read an article in another thread which states that we have 11 players unavailable for selection this week?

[Slipper]

Ralph is the worst football journalist out there.Hang on tigers have no injuries.

And he supports the Tigers, doesn't he?

[cub]

Like colonwood keep blearing about injuries
But how many of them come straight back in
Hmmmm?

[Tigeritis™©®]

It seems the other teams players break after a gruesome mauling by us. The Scum haven’t recovered from round 1. Remember when Essendrug were up and about and they faced us at our home ground...victory sure was sweet that night and since then their players have been going down like 9 pins. Apparently Geelong and the Filth were the winners when we wiped the floor with them both in the last quarter and ever since players from both clubs have been heading to the emergency department.
Adelaide, GWS still haven’t recovered from the pressure thrashing they received when we met them both in last years finals, a small few have been so mentally scrarred that both clubs had to hire a full time shrink. Adelaide have allegedly built a padded room just to give the boys some extra protection in case they harm themselves with the thought of playing us again. 

I think the whole comp is crapping themselves and injuries are more prevalent because of it. 

[lamington]

The 180 this club has taken still leaves me breathless. From being confident the team will turn up to play, and also injury management. It wasn't that long ago where we'd rush someone back in too quickly to try and remain competitive (think Foley) and even the management of Lids wasn't the best either.  Now we have a good core of players which are "lucky" to remain injury free but I believe that RFC are just being better at conditioning and not overloading the players in preseason (ala Adelaide and Collingwood)

[one-eyed]

How injuries have hit every finals contender

Jon Anderson,
Herald Sun
August 8, 2018

SOMETIMES it’s not just the number you have out injured (or suspended), but the quality of those players and the roles they play.

Then there is Collingwood, which has both quantity and quality missing, including three vital defensive components and two matchwinning forwards.

It sees the Pies ranked first on this list of teams that have been hit hardest of the 12 remaining September hopefuls (in terms of players missing from their best 22). For Mark Robinson, the Pies have a couple too many missing.

“I thought Collingwood couldn’t win it before Darcy Moore went down and now I’m sure. Having said that, if GWS or Collingwood win this year’s premiership it will signify an extraordinary coaching performance,” Robinson said.

“Richmond, despite recent minor injuries, are my premiership selection because of the way they play, their player availability and the injury doubts on rivals.”

When Dan Butler returns possibly in Round 22, Richmond will have close to a full list for selection, including all of its top-ranked 22 players.

GWS, on the other hand, has key role players unavailable, although there remains a steely resolve among the available players to prove they are a lot more than just a very talented collection of mainly high draft picks.

HOW YOUR CLUB RATES ON LIST AVAILABILITY (FROM WORST TO BEST)

1: COLLINGWOOD
Missing from best 22: Jordan De Goey, Lynden Dunn, Jamie Elliott, Tyson Goldsack, Darcy Moore, Matthew Scharenberg, Adam Treloar, Daniel Wells

2: GWS GIANTS
Missing from best 22: Aidan Corr, Brett Deledio, Jon Patton, Tom Scully, Dawson Simpson, Zac Williams, Toby Greene

3: WEST COAST
Missing from best 22: Andrew Gaff, Josh Kennedy, Eric McKenzie/Will Schofield, Nic Naitanui

4: MELBOURNE
Missing from best 22: Michael Hibberd, Jake Lever, Jack Viney

5: HAWTHORN
Missing from best 22: Grant Birchall, Ben McEvoy, James Sicily

6: ESSENDON
Missing from best 22: Patrick Ambrose/Matt Dea, Joe Daniher, Martin Gleeson, Shaun McKernan

7: SYDNEY
Missing from best 22: Zak Jones (susp) Gary Rohan, Lewis Mellican, Callum Mills, Sam Reid

8: ADELAIDE
Missing from best 22: Brad Crouch, Kyle Hartigan, Paul Seedsman

9, GEELONG
Missing from best 22: Jed Bews, Nakia Cockatoo, Lincoln McCarthy, Esava Ratugolea

10. NORTH MELBOURNE
Missing from best 22: Taylor Garner, Ben Jacobs, Ed Vickers-Willis

11. PORT ADELAIDE
Missing from best 22: Matthew Broadbent, Hamish Hartlett

12. RICHMOND
Missing from best 22: Dan Butler (last round the Tigers were without Nathan Broad, Jack Graham, Bachar Houli and Dion Prestia, all of whom are expected back this week or next).

Analysis by Jon Anderson and Mark Robinson

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/more-news/how-injuries-have-hit-every-finals-contender/news-story/1ae634e90f8837d10bf78c5ee7a19b69