Finals Fever is in the air and as the clock ticks down to tomorrow nights massive game between Geelong and St Kilda we look at the teams for the 4 big games in the first week of finals football for 2010! (more…)

September is just around the corner and the finals are almost upon us for another year, with just round 22 left to play. There are a few teams struggling with injuries and you can find out which players are on the sidelines for the last match of the year or pushing into the finals.

ADELAIDE
Tony Armstrong (hamstring) – test
Brett Burton (ankle) – season
James Craig (hamstring) – season
Simon Goodwin (ankle) – season
Jonathon Griffin (ankle) – TBC
Trent Hentschel (back) – test
Chris Knights (hamstring) – season
Andrew McLeod (knee) – indefinite
Brad Moran (knee) – test
Andy Otten (knee) – season
Jared Petrenko (foot) – season
Sam Shaw (back) – indefinite
Daniel Talia (knee) – season
Bernie Vince (knee) – season
Will Young (shoulder) – TBC

BRISBANE LIONS
Matt Austin (leg) – season
Callum Bartlett (knee) – season
Jamie Charman (ankle) – season
Josh Drummond (knee) – season
Brendan Fevola (groin) – season
Mitch Golby (knee) – season
Broc McCauley (groin) – season
Andrew Raines (quad) – season
Troy Selwood (ribs) – season

CARLTON
Shaun Hampson (ankle) – test
Aaron Joseph (ankle) – test
Matthew Kreuzer (knee) – season
Kane Lucas (hamstring) – season
Rhys O’Keeffe (back) – season
Simon White (hip) – season

COLLINGWOOD
Jarrad Blight (illness) – test
Brad Dick (shoulder) – season
Alan Didak (bruised shoulder) – test
Tom Hunter (neck) – 4-6 weeks
Simon Prestigiacomo (corked thigh) – test
Ben Reid (quad) – test
Sean Rusling (thigh) – 1 week

ESSENDON
Darcy Daniher (adductor) – season
Alwyn Davey (arm) – season
Ricky Dyson (knee) – season
Scott Gumbleton (ribs) – season
Bachar Houli (knee) – test
Jason Laycock (foot) – season
Anthony Long (hamstring) – season
Nathan Lovett-Murray (back) – season
Tayte Pears (panceas) – season
Taite Silverlock (leg) – season
Jobe Watson (ankle) – test
Andrew Welsh (groin) – season
Mark Williams (ankle) – season
Jason Winderlich (hand) – test
David Zaharakis (knee) – season

FREMANTLE
Hayden Ballantyne (foot) – test
Michael Barlow (leg) – season
Ryan Crowley (knee) – test
Tim Ruffles (knee) – season
Aaron Sandilands (foot) – test
Alex Silvagni (groin) – test
Chris Tarrant (knee) – 2-3 weeks

GEELONG
Mitch Brown (shoulder) – season
Jeremy Laidler (hand) – 1 week
Cameron Ling (hamstring) – test
Max Rooke (knee) – test
Jesse Stringer (hip) – season
Adam Varcoe (knee) – season

HAWTHORN
Max Bailey (knee) – indefinite
Grant Birchall (hamstring strain) – TBC
Luke Hodge (knee) – test
Rhan Hooper (general soreness) – test
Clinton Young (knee) – test

MELBOURNE
TBC

NORTH MELBOURNE
Leigh Adams (concussion) – test
Liam Anthony (shoulder) – indefinite
Aaron Black (hip) – indefinite
Todd Goldstein (calf) – test
Ed Lower (broken collarbone) – indefinite
Drew Petrie (foot) – indefinite
Ben Ross (hip/groin) – indefinite
Josh Smith (nose) – test
Lindsay Thomas (knee) – indefinite
Jack Ziebell (leg) – indefinite

PORT ADELAIDE
Chad Cornes (finger) – season
Brett Ebert (knee) – season
Hamish Hartlett (quad) – season
Tom Logan (concussion) – test
Steven Salopek (shoulder) – season
Jacob Surjan (knee) – season

RICHMOND
Ben Cousins (hamstring) – test
Mitch Farmer (knee) – season
Nathan Foley (leg) – season
Ben Griffiths (shoulder) – season
Tom Hislop (patella) – season
Luke McGuane (groin) – season
Jordan McMahon (ankle) – test
Richard Tambling (leg) – season
Adam Thomson (groin) – season
Will Thursfield (corked thigh) – test
Tyrone Vickery (hip) – season
Matthew White (calf) – test

ST KILDA
Steven Baker (toe) – 1 week
Raphael Clarke (hamstring) – season
Zac Dawson (hand) – test
Robert Eddy (hand) – test
Michael Gardiner (hamstring) – test
Lenny Hayes (back) – test
Clint Jones (ankle) – indefinite
Jesse Smith (ankle) – season

SYDNEY SWANS
Ed Barlow (hamstring) – 1-2 weeks
Craig Bird (foot) – 2-3 weeks
Craig Bolton (achilles) – 2-3 weeks
Daniel Bradshaw (hamstring) – test
Ben McGlynn (cheekbone) – 1-3 weeks
Shane Mumford (knee) – 1-2 weeks
Jake Orreal (back) – season
Lewis Roberts-Thomson (hamstring) – 2-3 weeks
Mark Seaby (ankle) – season
Kristin Thornton (hamstring) – test

WEST COAST
Mitch Brown (groin) – season
Sam Butler (foot) – season
Bradd Dalziell (finger) – season
Darren Glass (abdomen) – season
Tim Houlihan (hamstring) – test
Brett Jones (fractured cheekbone) – season
Daniel Kerr (hamstring) – season
Mark Nicoski (shoulder) – season
Matt Priddis (ankle) – test
Adam Selwood (AC joint) – season
Brad Sheppard (AC joint) – season

WESTERN BULLDOGS
Adam Cooney (hamstring) – 5-6 weeks
Ayce Cordy (shoulder) – season
Shaun Higgins (illness) – TBA
Brad Johnson (achilles) – 2 weeks
Dale Morris (shoulder) – 2 weeks
Sam Reid (shoulder) – season
Shane Thorne (knee) – 3 weeks
Easton Wood (hamstring) – 1 week

Will the Saints march on? St Kilda return to Etihad stadium this Friday where they take on an Essendon side buoyed by last week’s victory over North Melbourne. The Saints will consider themselves lucky to have escaped with 2 points last week, and will be hoping to avenge their surprise loss to the Bombers earlier this year. The saints will be short odds to win, but the value bet could be in the total game score market. While the Saints have been involved in some low scoring matches this year, the bombers tend to be involved in high scoring games. Back the over in the game total if the game total is 175.5 or below – The TOTE football betting odds. (more…)

Football’s worst kept secret was confirmed last night when the AFL’s latest franchise football club announced it’s name, jumper designs and club theme song at a function held on the Gold Coast on Thursday night. (more…)

Been waiting all week to hear the important changes to both yours and the oppositions team? Make sure you log on to AFL Online at 5pm every Thursday to find out the teams for all the weekends matches. (more…)