Get the latest AFLW injury report from Physical Performance Manager, Matt Parker ahead of Friday night's Round 7 match against West Coast at Mineral Resources Park.
Maddy Shevlin, ankle
"She sustained that injury late in the last quarter and we were a bit concerned early. But, it looks like it's a significant lateral ankle ligament injury. She's actually going quite well, she'll have a period off legs, but we expect her to hopefully be available within a month or so. She'll have a little bit of time on the sidelines but it's certainly a good result from initial thoughts."
Jess Hosking
"Jess had a concussion test in the start of the last quarter and was cleared to return to play, so she'll be available this week."
Ellie McKenzie, calf
"Ellie had a little bit of calf soreness last week. We were a little bit conscious with her history and also because she's a young player, so we felt it was too big of a risk to play her. She'll train today (Tuesday) and test it, and assuming she gets through well, she'll be available to play."
Katie Brennan, foot
"Katie's been going through her individual plan based on her foot stress fracture. Each week, we review that and we do have a fairly solid plan in place. Similar (to Ellie), we'll test her tonight with the hope that she'll play this week."
Sarah Hosking, hamstring
"Sarah sustained an injury against the Bombers (Round 4) where she hurt her hamstring tendon. That's something that she's had before, so we're just working through her return to play progressions at the moment. She's going really well, she's feeling really good, and we're really hopeful for her to play in the next couple of weeks."
Rebecca Miller, hamstring
"Bec sustained a hamstring injury against the Hawks (Round 3). She had a little bit of a setback early last week, but in a similar time frame (to Sarah Hosking), but we're looking for her to play in the next couple of weeks."
Sarah D’Arcy, calf
"She has a calf strain that she's been working through. She's returned to running, she'll build her loads this week... We're hoping she'll be available next week for Round 8."
Poppy Kelly, ankle
"Poppy sustained that ankle injury early in the season. She's going really well, she's come out of the boot and we're looking to progress her function and her loads over the next couple of weeks. We're hopeful that she could potentially return by the end of the season for Round 10 and beyond."
Steph Williams, knee
"Steph unfortunately sustained a knee injury against Brisbane (Round 5) last week. We scanned that and there is some ACL damage there, it's not a rupture, it's a bit of a strain to that ACL. So, she'll be on the sidelines for a number of weeks and that will unfortunately rule her out for the season, but we're pretty confident that we can manage that and she's doing really well so far."
Richmond AFLW Injury List:
Test
Ellie McKenzie (Calf)
Katie Brennan (Foot)
Unavailable
Sarah D’Arcy - calf (short-term)
Sarah Hosking - hamstring (short-term)
Rebecca Miller - hamstring (short-term)
Poppy Kelly - ankle (medium-term)
Maddy Shevlin - ankle (medium-term)
Steph Williams - knee (season)
