2024 Injury tracker (please quote/link source).

[lazzadesilva]

[K]

"Scans have confirmed Scott Pendlebury sustained a rib fracture during the second quarter of Sunday’s Gather Round match.
The 388-gamer will be monitored across Collingwood’s bye week and will be assessed to determine his availability for the Magpies’ Round Six clash against Port Adelaide. A further update will be provided next week.

Nathan Kreuger has suffered a setback in his return and is set to miss a further two to four weeks. The 24-year-old had been cleared to play after recovering from the hamstring injury he sustained during pre-season but suffered a minor calf strain during training last week that will delay his return."

https://www.collingwoodfc.com.au/news/1526617/injury-update-latest-on-pendleburys-ribs-forward-suffers-setback

[LaurieHolden]

Scans have confirmed Scott Pendlebury sustained a rib fracture during the second quarter of Sunday’s Gather Round match.
The 388-gamer will be monitored across Collingwood’s bye week and will be assessed to determine his availability for the Magpies’ Round Six clash against Port Adelaide. A further update will be provided next week.
Nathan Kreuger has suffered a setback in his return and is set to miss a further two to four weeks. The 24-year-old had been cleared to play after recovering from the hamstring injury he sustained during pre-season but suffered a minor calf strain during training last week that will delay his return.
Young ruck Oscar Steene is progressing through the concussion protocols as recovers from a knock to the face in pre-season. The 20-year-old will be assessed for contact training early this week and will likely be available for selection in Collingwood’s VFL clash against Carlton on Sunday.
Nathan Murphy (concussion), Harry DeMattia (finger), Josh Eyre (hamstring) and Dan McStay (knee) are all continuing to progress through their individual rehabilitation plans across the Club’s AFL Bye week.

Source :
https://www.collingwoodfc.com.au/news/1526617/injury-update-latest-on-pendleburys-ribs-forward-suffers-setback

[warburton lad]

Thank you Mr Laurie Holden.

Positives:
* Steene back in harness- excellent- get 4 games into him and then unleash in the AFL- we have precious few 'assets' over 200cms who can play forward- time to see what this lad can do.
* De Mattia progressing- he is exactly what we need in terms of run- the game is getting much quicker and we need some speed.
* Eyre progressing- backline depth; Howe can't go on forever and he might be the 'Murphy replacement' we crave.
* McStay healing- - I'm more of the view that we put him back out on the park Round 1 2025.

Negatives:
* Pendles must miss- why on earth would we play a veteran who has a rib fracture? give the man time to heal and come back for ANZAC Day followed by Carlton
* Murphy still absent- -nI agree with an abundance of caution with head injuries knowing what we know now about cumulative knocks. If one considers the retirements of Brayshaw, Seedsman, Liam Picken and others due to head knocks, it would be no surprise if Murphy were to pull the pin. Having said that, a heroic and impactful return would not surprise in the least.

[think positive]

Mc Stay looks amazing today

[Dark Beanie]

Steene has been named to play in the VFL tomorrow.

[Take_a_Screamer]

Oscar Steene suffers setback in return from injury ~
Collingwood have suffered another blow on the injury front with 20-year-old ruckman Oscar Steene leaving the field at IKON Park with a foot concern.
https://www.zerohanger.com/luckless-collingwood-youngster-suffers-setback-in-return-from-injury-149484/

[warburton lad]

Dear Lord....
The Magpies must have broken several mirrors this year.
How many taller types are injured at present???Steene, Kreuger, Murphy.
Hopefully Steene only suffered a rolled ankle- not great but preferable to syndesmosis to be sure.

[LaurieHolden]

Veteran Scott Pendlebury will be assessed before a call is made on his selection this week, as the 388 gamer recovers from broken ribs suffered in the Magpies’ Gather Round victory over Hawthorn.
Collingwood’s Round Five bye has allowed Pendlebury extra time in his recovery, and the 36-year-old has bounced back well into training this week, completing this morning’s session, including contact drills, without any duress.
Should Pendlebury complete training later this week and is able to sustain hard, contact drills, the midfielder should be available for selection.

Young Ruckman Oscar Steene is set for time on the sidelines after suffering a dislocated toe in Sunday’s VFL victory over Carlton – the clash was Steene’s first of the season after returning from concussion. The re-emergence of the toe injury he has previously suffered, means the 201cm will work through a surgical review to determine a course of short term or long-term action.
Steene won’t train this week until the outcomes of the surgical review are worked through, with a further update on his return to play to be provided next week.

Defender Jakob Ryan has returned to the Club and begun running after recovering from a viral illness. In the same week he also sustained a hand injury. The recovery period for his hand injury is short term but has been prolonged due to illness and lack of running and cardio training. The defender is expected to be two to three weeks away from returning.

After initially being cleared to return from a hamstring injury, Nathan Kreuger has been sidelined with a minor calf tear. The forward has had 10 days off running and will now ramp up his running load with an aim to return to play either next week or the following week in Round Eight.

The timeline to return for young midfielder Harry DeMattia has been brought forward, as the 2023 draftee recovers from his finger injury. From a surgical point of view, the 18-year-old has been cleared to return to functional training including tackling.
The focus now turns to ensure he can complete all aspects of tackling and tackling drills confidently and safely. The midfielder is expected to be cleared to play either next week or in Round Eight.

Defender Josh Eyre is making steady progress building his running speed as he returns from a pre-season hamstring injury.
The 21-year-old is participating in some fundamental football drills at training as well as some open field drills, and remains two to three weeks away from returning to full training. Once Eyre completes at least two weeks of full training, he will be cleared to play.

After completing a big four-week block of training, Dan McStay is on a down load period as he continues his rehabilitation from an ACL injury. McStay has been completing some fundamental drills at training, including leading patterns with the forward line group and open field kicking drills.
The forward is completing agility at a high level but will remain in non-contact drills for another six to 10 weeks.

Source :
https://www.collingwoodfc.com.au/news/1532043/injury-update-pendleburys-rib-progress-good-news-for-young-midfielder

[think better]

Looking forward to DeMattia being able to show his wares in the VFL in the very near future

[The Black and White Lion]

Steene out for 3months after surgery on his dislocated toe. Poor chap. But Krueger is back and Eyre not far away. We will need another tall who can play straight up in the MSD

[LaurieHolden]

Ruckman Oscar Steene has undergone surgery on the toe he injured in the VFL two weeks ago. The injury sustained is unique, with the timeframe for recovery still to be determined, although it is set to be longer term – at least three months or more.

Harry DeMattia (finger), Nathan Kreuger (calf) and Jakob Ryan (hand) have all returned to full training from their respective injuries. Each player has completed different levels of running loads, with their return to be determined based on the quality of work they have completed at the end of the week. It’s expected the trio will have a staggered return over this week and next week in the VFL.

Tall Josh Eyre is progressing strongly in his return from the hamstring injury he suffered during pre-season. He is at 85 to 90 percent speed and is now focused on increasing the amount of speed hits across the week, moving from one session to two sessions a week.
The 21-year-old is close to match-like running loads reaching up to 12 to 13km in a session, while focusing on progressing and maintaining his speed and strength. It’s expected the defender is still at least four weeks away from returning.

After spending some time away from the program last week to manage his load and freshen up, Dan McStay has returned to the program and to the level he was at before his break. The forward is in non-contact training and will increase the reactive agility work he is currently undergoing as well as his running loads.
His overall recovery is progressing really well. If he can comfortably complete another three to four weeks of his current program, including high agility and building running loads, he is expected to be integrated into some contact training.

Source :
https://www.collingwoodfc.com.au/news/1536765/injury-update-emerging-pies-close-in-on-return-club-debut-on-the-cards

[warburton lad]

Thank you Mr Laurie Holden.

On balance, this is good news for the Magpies.

Steene, hopefully, will be in the gym pumping weights for the next 12 weeks.
He has a good frame that should be augmented by a solid three months of weights.
Krueger, De Mattea and Ryan will be welcomed back into the VFL programme. As will Sullivan and Harrison who were held over for the Coburg match. Just need to get games into all five of them.
Eyre is an unknown quantity, but has the size which may be useful, at least to the VFL when he gets back on the park.
McStay continues to tick all of the boxes- I still would hope that he can be managed through 2024 for a successful return in 2025 but, it seems, that he at least is keen to get back out there this season.
My reading of what Mr Laurie Holden has posted is that McStay will be back in contact training around 20th May. I am no surgeon/phsyio, but I would imagine he would be expected to continue to tick boxes for at least 8-10 weeks after that before a possible return to VFL at the start of August.
If he gets through two games there, he might be a chance to play AFL in the last few rounds. MIGHT- being the operative word.

I am more bullish than some about the depth of our squad- there are some young kids there working on their game and physiques and hopefully we will see some come in to plug holes caused by injury.

Floreat Pica.

[LaurieHolden]

[Brown26]

The thing with ACL's is it's not a time based thing, it's about targets and continuation through the programme - if you get your range of motion back, then your strength back, then your agility back, then your contact based training done, you can play. Normally that takes 12 months, but if it only takes 9 or 10, you shouldn't be held back.

I think we've all been scarred by David Schwartz who from memory came back about 8 months from his first ACL only to do it again (Correct me if my memory is wrong) but I reckon 8 or 9 months is a realistic target if you're number 1 lucky, number 2 motivated and number 3 resourced to achieve it. The "no ceiling" policy at Collingwood and the resources in the department achieve numbers 2 and 3, is McStay lucky enough to have a knee that will allow a 8 or 9 month recovery? I'm not sure, but if anyone deserves a bit of luck he does given that he basically got us to the granny only to not be able to play in it!

- Ben