Our Injury list

[Pleather Sole]

This sux big time. I'll hope for a miracle but its hard to imagine how Adz can return this year without further risk after basically no pre-season and the soft tissue curse.

[Bornadog]

Medical Room: Round 16

A couple of Bulldogs key defenders will be tested ahead of a bumper clash with the Swans on Friday night.

Both James O’Donnell and Liam Jones suffered minor injuries over the past few weeks and will need to train tomorrow to be available.

“James had some low-level adductor tightness in the third quarter on the weekend,” Head of Sports Medicine, Chris Bell said.

“We looked after him in the fourth knowing that we have a tight turn around into the Sydney game on Friday.

“We will need to work through a process with James tomorrow to confirm his availability.”

“In last week’s VFL game, Liam Jones was tunnelled in a marking contest.

“He landed awkwardly and has jarred his lower back however his symptoms are gradually improving.

“We will work with Liam across this week to decide if he is back in the picture for selection.

As reported yesterday, Adam Treloar will miss an extended period with a calf setback.

“Adam he had some calf tightness in the second quarter of the Richmond clash,” Bell said.

Disappointingly, scans have confirmed a moderate-grade injury.

“With such an interrupted season up to date, we won’t rush Ad’s back to make sure that he can best impact the back end of our season.

“We will look to define his return to play plan in the coming weeks.”

Michael Sellwood remains in concussion protocols after being removed early from the VFL clash on the weekend.

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[Axe Man]

Double up

[Angak]

Treloar talking about The devastating injury. Heartbreaking

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[Axe Man]

Western Bulldogs star Adam Treloar opens up on emotional toll of latest calf injury

In his fourth game for the season, Adam Treloar was left distressed on the bench after suffering another calf injury – but as he reveals, the pain is much deeper than that.

An emotional Adam Treloar has laid bare his extraordinary challenge to play a part in the Dogs finals campaign, desperate to continue an AFL career that dragged him out “poverty” amid a continuing injury crisis.

The Western Bulldogs have said that Treloar will be out for at least six weeks with another calf injury, with the 32-year-old distressed after being injured in his fourth game of the season against Richmond.

Treloar revealed that his diagnosis was 6-8 weeks if everything went to plan, which puts him on the brink of finals.

He told his Ads and Dunks podcast, with good mate and former teammate Josh Dunkley, he had no idea why he continued to battle calf concerns given he had done everything right in rehab and preparation.

The Dogs would have to make a devilishly difficult decision about whether Treloar was able to get through a game to play him first up in an elimination final.

Treloar, 32, is out of contract and those discussions will likely take place at the back end of the year – but the 2023 All Australian is now considering his football mortality.

“It’s the most emotional I have been post an injury,” he told Dunkley.

“It is a significant injury. I am for quite a bit. Six to eight weeks and that’s obviously all things going well which is basically the regular season. I have worked so very hard all year to get on top of my calves. It’s just been a really challenging couple of days.

“I just had to turn my phone off and gather my thoughts. I have lived and breathed football for my whole life. It’s all I have ever known. And it’s always been something I have been able to go back to when things are hard.”

The 258-game star has often spoken about his humble beginnings as mother Darlene worked hard to make ends meet in Noble Park, at times rationing petrol so she could get him to football training.

“I talk about it being my saving grace,” Treloar said of his career.

“Footy has always been my saving grace. It’s got me out of a life of poverty growing up.

“It’s given me an opportunity to set up my family, meet great people, have great experiences in my life I don’t think I ever would have had and that’s all been thanks to footy.

“To still be as passionate as I am and to still love the game like I do and want to be out there with my teammates and have success with them, to not be out there for reasons you don’t know why …. I don’t know why. I do everything right. I do everything possible for my body. That is where it really hurts me.”

The Dogs could consider playing Treloar as a sub to lighten the load on his body but have tried everything to prevent soft-tissue injuries.

He barely trained across summer and then when he returned against Port Adelaide in round 8 he was superb with 27 possessions and a goal but pulled up sore and missed the next month.

The Dogs are only a game outside the top four so might hope they can play him in a qualifying final that would give him a week’s rest if they can triumph in that early September clash.

But a player who might have hoped to sign a multi-year contract given his irrepressible form last year might now have to wait until year’s end to see what his future holds.

[Rusty12]

Just give him a 1 year deal, and turn his attention to 2026.
6-8 week, standard rehab, for a moderate tear, is setting him up to fail, which will break him.
It would be 6-8 to get him ready for super league.

[BornInDroopSt'54]

Western Bulldogs star Adam Treloar opens up on emotional toll of latest calf injury

In his fourth game for the season, Adam Treloar was left distressed on the bench after suffering another calf injury – but as he reveals, the pain is much deeper than that.

An emotional Adam Treloar has laid bare his extraordinary challenge to play a part in the Dogs finals campaign, desperate to continue an AFL career that dragged him out “poverty” amid a continuing injury crisis.

The Western Bulldogs have said that Treloar will be out for at least six weeks with another calf injury, with the 32-year-old distressed after being injured in his fourth game of the season against Richmond.

Treloar revealed that his diagnosis was 6-8 weeks if everything went to plan, which puts him on the brink of finals.

He told his Ads and Dunks podcast, with good mate and former teammate Josh Dunkley, he had no idea why he continued to battle calf concerns given he had done everything right in rehab and preparation.

The Dogs would have to make a devilishly difficult decision about whether Treloar was able to get through a game to play him first up in an elimination final.

Treloar, 32, is out of contract and those discussions will likely take place at the back end of the year – but the 2023 All Australian is now considering his football mortality.

“It’s the most emotional I have been post an injury,” he told Dunkley.

“It is a significant injury. I am for quite a bit. Six to eight weeks and that’s obviously all things going well which is basically the regular season. I have worked so very hard all year to get on top of my calves. It’s just been a really challenging couple of days.

“I just had to turn my phone off and gather my thoughts. I have lived and breathed football for my whole life. It’s all I have ever known. And it’s always been something I have been able to go back to when things are hard.”

The 258-game star has often spoken about his humble beginnings as mother Darlene worked hard to make ends meet in Noble Park, at times rationing petrol so she could get him to football training.

“I talk about it being my saving grace,” Treloar said of his career.

“Footy has always been my saving grace. It’s got me out of a life of poverty growing up.

“It’s given me an opportunity to set up my family, meet great people, have great experiences in my life I don’t think I ever would have had and that’s all been thanks to footy.

“To still be as passionate as I am and to still love the game like I do and want to be out there with my teammates and have success with them, to not be out there for reasons you don’t know why …. I don’t know why. I do everything right. I do everything possible for my body. That is where it really hurts me.”

The Dogs could consider playing Treloar as a sub to lighten the load on his body but have tried everything to prevent soft-tissue injuries.

He barely trained across summer and then when he returned against Port Adelaide in round 8 he was superb with 27 possessions and a goal but pulled up sore and missed the next month.

The Dogs are only a game outside the top four so might hope they can play him in a qualifying final that would give him a week’s rest if they can triumph in that early September clash.

But a player who might have hoped to sign a multi-year contract given his irrepressible form last year might now have to wait until year’s end to see what his future holds.

A great man crippled through injury and yes, like me facing our mortality like a Roman foot soldier.
Adam you are an inspiration facing the darkness.