MATTHEW LOBBE will have scans to confirm the severity of a knee injury early this week, while Robbie Gray is expected to miss Sunday’s clash with the Lions.
Lobbe injured his knee during the second quarter of Port Adelaide’s 63-point loss to Sturt at Peter Motley Oval.
Port Adelaide’s head of high performance Darren Burgess said the ruckman would miss game time.
“We’ll send him [Lobbe] for scans and then assess from there,” Burgess said.
“There’s a bit of conjecture about what his injury is, the truth is we won’t know until the knee has been given time to settle and we can see what shows up [in the scans].
“Robbie needs another game off at least and we’ll begin his review process next week.”
Alipate Carlile’s recovery from a wrist injury is progressing well with the backman now expected to be back by the end of the month.
Chad Wingard will also be assessed once again to return from a delayed concussion sustained in Round 5.
“Normal procedure with concussions is to review ahead of each game, so we’re required to do that as part of our duty-of-care,” Burgess said.
Port Adelaide plays the Brisbane Lions at the Adelaide Oval on Sunday 8 May at 4.10pm (ACST)
Port Adelaide injury list as of Monday 2 May
AFL
Matthew Lobbe – knee (TBC)
Chad Wingard – concussion (assess)
Robbie Gray – hamstring (2-3 weeks)
Alipate Carlile – wrist (2-3 weeks)
Aidyn Johnson – hamstring (4-6 weeks)
Will Snelling – foot (indefinite)
Jay Schulz – back (indefinite)
Long term injury list
Matt White - pectoral (indefinite)
SANFL contract list
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