HARRISON Petty and Lukas Cooke have both been sidelined following Melbourne’s Round 14 win over Essendon.
Cooke and Petty were unable to finish the game on Saturday due to their respective injuries with the club’s AFL High Performance Manager Selwyn Griffith providing an update on the duo.
“During the game, Lukas experienced contact to his face in a contest, and unfortunately imaging has shown that he sustained a facial fracture,” Griffith said.
“He underwent surgery today, which went well and now he’s in recovery. Our initial timeline is that he’ll likely miss four weeks, but we’ll assess further as he recovers from that surgery.
“Right at the end of the game, Harrison went for a lunging tackle and experienced some hamstring soreness.
“Scans have confirmed that he sustained a low-grade hamstring strain. With the bye coming up, we’ll be working diligently with Harrison on his reconditioning plan, and hopefully we’ll see him return following the bye.”
Aidan Johnson, who has been sidelined with hip and groin soreness, will look to make a return to football this week via the VFL.
“Aidan completed full training last week and the plan is for him to full train this week,” Griffith said.
“The hope is for him to return to football via the VFL, on modified minutes.”
Defender Christian Salem is eyeing off a return from a foot injury following Melbourne’s bye next week.
“Christian has integrated into main training and has been in a two-week intensive training block, which will continue into our bye week,” Griffith said.
“Following the bye, we’ll look to have him available for selection.”
After suffering a PCL injury at training four weeks ago, Jed Adams has continued to tick off important markers in his return-to-play timeline.
“Jed has returned to high-speed running and some controlled reconditioning skills, taking positive steps forward from that PCL injury,” Griffith said.
“He’ll continue to work through non-contact skill progressions and then we’ll look to ramp up his contact training following the bye.”
In positive news for Andy Moniz-Wakefield, the Demon has started the long road back from an ACL injury, undergoing surgery on his knee.
“Andy went in for surgery today following his ACL injury,” Griffith said.
“Once he recovers from that surgery, we’ll begin to progress him through the first stages of his knee rehab.”
Jai Culley and Jack Viney continue to work through their respective rehab programs, while Brody Mihocek remains at home recovering from neck surgery.
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| Player | Injury | Estimated Return |
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10. Daniel Turner |
Rib |
Test
“Daniel put together a strong session over the weekend and will integrate into full training this week,” said Selwyn Griffith, the club’s AFL High Performance Manager. “He’ll be available for selection following a successful return to training this week.” |
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33. Latrelle Pickett |
Concussion |
Test
“Latrelle has progressed well through the concussion protocols,” Griffith said. “He will integrate into our main training session, and availability will be determined upon him completing training.” |
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37. Kade Chandler |
Hand |
Test
“Kade got the all-clear to begin running and ball work, so he’ll integrated into training this week,” Griffith said. “We’ll determine his availability following our main training session on Thursday.” |
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22. Blake Howes |
Arm |
TBC
“During that aerial contest on the weekend, Blake came down on his arm and unfortunately, scans have shown that he has fractured his radius,” Griffith said. “Following a surgical consult, Blake underwent surgery today. “We’ll review his return timeline once we’ve had a follow-up appointment with the surgeon, however, we’re looking forward to seeing Blake play more football in 2026.” |
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7. Jack Viney |
Achilles + Back |
TBC
“Jack completed training with the main group last week,” Griffith said. “He’ll once again integrate with the main as we continue to work with Jack on building his training loads and conditioning.” |
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26. Jed Adams |
Knee |
Season
“Following the VFL game against North Melbourne, Jed reported some knee soreness which we followed up with scans,” Griffith said. “Unfortunately, they revealed that he had ruptured his PCL. Following a surgical consultation, the recommendation was for Jed to have a PCL reconstruction. It’s incredibly unfortunate news for Jed who had worked really hard to return to play this year. “This means that Jed will be sidelined for the remainder of the season and we’ll put the best plans in place to return him to peak performance in the new year.” |
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28. Brody Mihocek |
Neck |
Season
“Brody had some follow up scans and a review from the surgeon, which have pleasingly cleared him to begin to increase some of his physical activity, which means he’s been able to return to running and strength work in the gym,” Griffith said. “This is a really positive sign for Brody as he recovers from that neck surgery.” Read Article |
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13. Jai Culley |
Knee |
Season
“Jai is recovering well from his knee reconstruction and is in the early phases of his program, which is predominately focused on getting his range of motion back and beginning strength work,” Griffith said. |
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45. Andy Moniz-Wakefield |
Knee |
Season
“Andy went in for surgery today following his ACL injury,” Griffith said. “Once he recovers from that surgery, we’ll begin to progress him through the first stages of his knee rehab.” Read Article |
10. Daniel Turner
“Daniel put together a strong session over the weekend and will integrate into full training this week,” said Selwyn Griffith, the club’s AFL High Performance Manager. “He’ll be available for selection following a successful return to training this week.”
33. Latrelle Pickett
“Latrelle has progressed well through the concussion protocols,” Griffith said. “He will integrate into our main training session, and availability will be determined upon him completing training.”
37. Kade Chandler
“Kade got the all-clear to begin running and ball work, so he’ll integrated into training this week,” Griffith said. “We’ll determine his availability following our main training session on Thursday.”
22. Blake Howes
“During that aerial contest on the weekend, Blake came down on his arm and unfortunately, scans have shown that he has fractured his radius,” Griffith said. “Following a surgical consult, Blake underwent surgery today. “We’ll review his return timeline once we’ve had a follow-up appointment with the surgeon, however, we’re looking forward to seeing Blake play more football in 2026.”
7. Jack Viney
“Jack completed training with the main group last week,” Griffith said. “He’ll once again integrate with the main as we continue to work with Jack on building his training loads and conditioning.”
26. Jed Adams
“Following the VFL game against North Melbourne, Jed reported some knee soreness which we followed up with scans,” Griffith said. “Unfortunately, they revealed that he had ruptured his PCL. Following a surgical consultation, the recommendation was for Jed to have a PCL reconstruction. It’s incredibly unfortunate news for Jed who had worked really hard to return to play this year. “This means that Jed will be sidelined for the remainder of the season and we’ll put the best plans in place to return him to peak performance in the new year.”
28. Brody Mihocek
“Brody had some follow up scans and a review from the surgeon, which have pleasingly cleared him to begin to increase some of his physical activity, which means he’s been able to return to running and strength work in the gym,” Griffith said. “This is a really positive sign for Brody as he recovers from that neck surgery.”
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13. Jai Culley
“Jai is recovering well from his knee reconstruction and is in the early phases of his program, which is predominately focused on getting his range of motion back and beginning strength work,” Griffith said.
45. Andy Moniz-Wakefield
“Andy went in for surgery today following his ACL injury,” Griffith said. “Once he recovers from that surgery, we’ll begin to progress him through the first stages of his knee rehab.”
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