Our Injury list

[GVGjr]

This from Code Sports but for some reason there are a number of players not on this list like Dolan, Hynes, JOD and a couple of others. Half arsed journos

Matt Kennedy – management – Return to main training in January
Adam Treloar – management – Return to main training in January
Nick Coffield – management – Return to main training in January
Jamarra Ugle-Hagan – management – Return to main training in January
Sam Darcy – management – Return to main training in January
Aaron Naughton – management – Return to main training in January
Dom Brew – quad – Return to main training in January

The Bulldogs are being careful with how they integrate some of their senior players into training, with a number of key contributors being eased into their sessions before Christmas. Nick Coffield was consigned to running laps after an injury-riddled 2024 campaign, while Dom Brew will be given the chance to earn an AFL contract in January once he recovers from a quad strain he suffered as a train-on prospect.

[BontlowSzn]

I have everything crossed we can get another relatively injury free year from Treloar again this season. You know he will prepare diligently and give himself every chance.

He's so important for us. Especially with the loss Smith and Dunkley in recent years, who seemed like that next couple of midfielders to take the reigns.

We need Treloar and Libba to keep holding up until others are ready. I just hope our reliance on them the last couple years doesn't burn them out suddenly.

[Bulldog Joe]

This from Code Sports but for some reason there are a number of players not on this list like Dolan, Hynes, JOD and a couple of others. Half arsed journos

Matt Kennedy – management – Return to main training in January
Adam Treloar – management – Return to main training in January
Nick Coffield – management – Return to main training in January
Jamarra Ugle-Hagan – management – Return to main training in January
Sam Darcy – management – Return to main training in January
Aaron Naughton – management – Return to main training in January
Dom Brew – quad – Return to main training in January

The Bulldogs are being careful with how they integrate some of their senior players into training, with a number of key contributors being eased into their sessions before Christmas. Nick Coffield was consigned to running laps after an injury-riddled 2024 campaign, while Dom Brew will be given the chance to earn an AFL contract in January once he recovers from a quad strain he suffered as a train-on prospect.

We know they will never get it right until they hire GVG as their reporter

[GVGjr]

We know they will never get it right until they hire GVG as their reporter

My guess is that our media manager is feeding them the information.
The way we rotate so many players there at the moment it is hard to keep up but around 5 players have been missed.

[azabob]

I have everything crossed we can get another relatively injury free year from Treloar again this season. You know he will prepare diligently and give himself every chance.

He's so important for us. Especially with the loss Smith and Dunkley in recent years, who seemed like that next couple of midfielders to take the reigns.

We need Treloar and Libba to keep holding up until others are ready. I just hope our reliance on them the last couple years doesn't burn them out suddenly.

Treloar is a freak when it comes to managing his body and knowing what to do when and what not to do. He is going to be a vital cog again in 2025.

[Happy Days]

I have everything crossed we can get another relatively injury free year from Treloar again this season. You know he will prepare diligently and give himself every chance.

He's so important for us. Especially with the loss Smith and Dunkley in recent years, who seemed like that next couple of midfielders to take the reigns.

We need Treloar and Libba to keep holding up until others are ready. I just hope our reliance on them the last couple years doesn't burn them out suddenly.

I love Adz but he’s a classic guy for the cliff to come for fast, and I reckon Libba might full on be done. I’m scared I reckon.

[BornInDroopSt'54]

No place for anxiety when it comes to being a supporter, we gotta trust things.
Libba and Treloar, good to go.

[Thebont88]

I love Adz but he’s a classic guy for the cliff to come for fast, and I reckon Libba might full on be done. I’m scared I reckon.

He hasn’t shown any signs of slowing down. Also hasn’t had many injuries recently.

unlucky for him and the team, he picked up a injury a couple of weeks out from finals.

[Brody23]

All seem like short term injuries so that’s not too bad this time of year.
I’ve had a little bit to do with Brew, so I’ll be watching his progress from afar, hope he gets a clean run at it.

[josie]

All seem like short term injuries so that’s not too bad this time of year.
I’ve had a little bit to do with Brew, so I’ll be watching his progress from afar, hope he gets a clean run at it.

Hi Brody23. Do you think Brew (injury permitting) will make it at AFL level with us?

It would be such a great feel good story. I often wondered why some talented VFL players aren’t offered an AFL chance. Especially with drafting youngsters outside first round such a hit & miss affair.

[Brody23]

Hi Brody23. Do you think Brew (injury permitting) will make it at AFL level with us?

It would be such a great feel good story. I often wondered why some talented VFL players aren’t offered an AFL chance. Especially with drafting youngsters outside first round such a hit & miss affair.

Hi Josie,

I’d love for Dom to make it, I suspect he’ll start a fair way down the pecking order but he won’t look out of place if he gets an opportunity.
He would be great back up and provide valuable experience for our VFL and development players.
His only downside is that he doesn’t have the AFL attributes to play in a 2nd position which is why I don’t think he has been drafted to this point.

[Bornadog]

Scott has had scans and he won't be out for too long

[Bornadog]

Fresh injury concerns for Dogs

Hopes are fading that young Western Bulldogs forward Jamarra Ugle-Hagan will be available for the early part of the season as injury concerns emerged for two other Bulldogs stars.

Aaron Naughton and Adam Treloar watched from the sidelines as their teammates took part in match simulation at Whitten Oval on Friday.
Naughton injured his calf before Christmas and has been battling illness for several weeks, while Treloar is also carrying a calf injury and has been complaining of general soreness.

The club remains hopeful that both will play in the club’s more serious match simulation on Sunday week during the Bulldogs’ pre-season training camp in Noosa.

It remains unclear if Ugle-Hagan will be on the camp. He was not at training on Friday, a club spokesperson confirmed, although the Bulldogs maintain he is keeping fit while conducting his own training away from the club.

Two club sources and two close to the player, who all spoke to this masthead on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the issues, said it was unlikely that the 22-year-old would be available in the early part of the season.

The Dogs said this week he was on a “flexible” training plan while he dealt with personal issues.

“With the endorsement of the football program, Jamarra has alternated his training between Whitten Oval and away from the club. The club continues to provide its full support to Jamarra and remains in constant contact with him, his family and his management,” the club said in a statement.

“With Jamarra’s health and wellbeing of paramount importance, the club requests that his privacy be respected during this period.”

Ugle-Hagan has been spotted training at a boutique gym in Hawthorn, sometimes alongside captain Marcus Bontempelli.

Treloar is coming off the best season of his career. He made the All-Australian team for the first time, polled a career high 26 Brownlow votes and finished second in the club’s best and fairest award, which was won by Bontempelli for the sixth time, drawing him level with Gary Dempsey and one behind record holder Scott West.

The Bulldogs have high hopes for Naughton, who kicked 35 goals from 20 games in 2024. He signed an eight-year contract extension worth close to $10 million at the end of the 2023 season.

He will continue to play as a forward this year alongside young gun Sam Darcy, while Rory Lobb will continue in his new-found role in defence.

Handle with care: Flags can’t be won in January, but they can be lost
The club has said privately that both Treloar and Naughton rarely hit their straps early in the pre-season and that missing match simulation in January is no cause for panic.

However, a club source acknowledged that concerns will deepen if neither player takes part in the match simulation next week in Noosa.

Gun small forward Cody Weightman also missed training on Friday because of a sore knee, but is almost certain take part in the Noosa camp.

The Bulldogs will have their first hit-out against an opponent on February 15, when they face Essendon at Whitten Oval.
The injury news is less than ideal for the Dogs, who go into the 2025 season under significant pressure to perform.

They haven’t won a final since 2021, the year they lost the grand final against Melbourne.

They had a poor start to the 2024 season but came good in the second half of the year, winning 11 of their next 15 games from round 10 before a dismal showing against Hawthorn in their elimination final.

Luke Beveridge, a premiership coach in 2016, is contracted until the end of this season.

[Bornadog]

Can we please sticky the injury thread - also previous years we have dated the injury thread heading ie 2025

[josie]

Thx for posting that article BAD.

The new Bont is sometimes at a hawthorn boutique gym with Marra is good news.