Injury Report: Round 6, 2025RFC website
15 April 2025High Performance Manger Ben Serpell gives his Round 6 Injury Update ahead of the side’s clash with the Suns.
Nick VlastuinDefender Nick Vlastuin was taken from the ground in the fourth quarter of the game in the Barossa after a run-in with Fremantle’s Patrick Voss left him with a broken nose.
Despite the incident, Vlastuin passed all concussion tests, with Serpell confident he will be right to play this week.
“Broken nose for him (Nick Vlastuin), I’m sure his girlfriend’s not too happy but doing ok otherwise,” Serpell said.
Veteran forward Tom Lynch was subbed out at three quarter time in a move to manage his minutes.
“We used that as an opportunity to manage him and get some younger players on the field," Serpell said.
“They are coming into a six-day turnaround and a five-day turnaround after that.
“He is really important for our team so we wanted to look after him where we could.”
Harry Armstrong: Hamstring, 11-13 weeks“Unfortunately, Harry (Armstrong) landed in a position following a contest with Campbell Gray and sustained a hamstring injury," Serpell said.
“It was on the higher end of things, so we’ll take our due diligence with him and look after him like we have with our other young players and all of our players for that matter.
“We’ll seek second and third opinions just to make sure that our management is spot on for him and look at it as an opportunity for Harry to come back even better, bigger, faster, stronger.”
Sam Lalor: Hip, Test“Sammy (Lalor) will be a test this weekend," Serpell said.
“Unfortunately, he pulled up sore following our game against Brisbane where he got a little bit more midfield time.
“Another day or two he probably would have been alright to go but we will look after him and he will be a test this week.
“He will get through training tomorrow and hopefully be available and a topic for discussion at the selection table later in the week.”
Kane McAuliffe: Foot, Test“Similar to Sam Lalor, Kane will be a test this week," Serpell said.
“He will get through training tomorrow and hopefully we can put him out there on the weekend at some level.”
Liam Fawcett: Concussion, Cleared “Liam got through the (VFL) game well and he'll be available for selection this week,” Serpell said.
Rhyan Mansell: Shoulder, 1 week“Rhyan is tracking pretty well," Serpell said.
“He’ll be ready to return to play as soon as his ban is over and we’re looking forward to getting him back out there.
“He came to Adelaide and put some solid training in over there and had a good time with us over there as well.”
Dion Prestia: Achilles, 3-4 weeks“Dion’s Achilles injury is still progressing slowly, so we will still take our time with him," Serpell said.
“At this stage, we will see how we are going to manage him closer to returning near the bye.
“He is still a few weeks away, but he’ll obviously come back with limited game time when he’s ready to go.”
Judson Clarke: ACL, 1-2 weeks“Happy to say that Judson’s only 1 to 2 weeks away and hopefully we will see him out playing soon, coming back through the VFL," Serpell said.
“He’s excited about that as is everyone else at the club. Hopefully next week we will have an update and a return.”
Mykelti Lefau and Tylar Young: ACLs, 6-9 weeks“Tylar is similar to Mykelti and hopefully by next week, we will have the opportunity to give the amount of weeks away for him," Serpell said.
Taj Hotton and Josh Gibcus: ACLs, TBC“In terms of Taj, we are still managing him as we have been all year. We will look at him conservatively and as he increases his football loads, we will give more updates then. The same goes for Josh Gibcus,” Serpell said.
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