Our new weekly segment takes a look at the expected ins and outs for your favourite AFL club - and owing to two of the four Opening Round games up north being cancelled due to Tropical Cyclone Alfred, it's a very short one this week!
Sydney v Hawthorn (Friday, 7:40pm AEDT)
Four of Sydney's 22 Grand Finalists from 2024 were on the Swans' injury list as of Thursday night (Harry Cunningham, Robbie Fox, Errol Gulden, Logan McDonald) as well as captain Callum Mills, who also missed the Grand Final with the lingering effects of a hamstring injury.
Grundy and Papley both passed their fitness tests on Thursday afternoon and were named in the 22.
Cleared to play: Brodie Grundy (knee), Tom Papley (ankle)
1 week: Will Edwards (fractured leg)
2-3 weeks: Ned Bowman (quadricep), Patrick Snell (hamstring)
4-5 weeks: Harry Cunningham (foot), Callum Mills (foot), Logan McDonald
5-6 weeks: Errol Gulden (ankle), Robbie Fox (calf)
TBD: Jesse Datoli (back)
The Hawks have only a couple of signficant injury concerns, with forwards Calsher Dear and Mitch Lewis the only members of their likely best 18 to be unavailable this week.
1-2 weeks: Changkuoth Jiath (hip)
6-8 weeks: James Blanck (knee)
TBD: Sam Butler (broken leg), Calshder Dear (back), Mitch Lewis (knee)
GWS Giants v Collingwood (Sunday, 3:20pm AEDT)
A pair of Giants made headlines for all the wrong reasons during the week when Jesse Hogan was ruled out for the start of the season in most bizarre circumstances, getting a thumb jammed in a door, whilst Jake Stringer's highly anticipated debut for his new club was on ice along with his hamstring having strained it in a VFL practice match against Southport last week.
1 week: Tom Green (calf), Phoenix Gothard (ankle)
2-3 weeks: Jesse Hogan (thumb), Jake Stringer (hamstring)
Returning for Round 3: Joe Fonti, Toby McMullin, Jake Riccardi, Harvey Thomas (all suspended for controversial 'Wacky Wednesday' antics)
Returning for Round 5: Josh Fahey (also suspended as above), Ryan Angwin (ankle)
TBD: Logan Smith (illness)
The good news for Magpies fans is that Brayden Maynard got past his plantar fasciitis scare unscathed, whilst Mason Cox and Jordan de Goey headline a swathe of likely ins for next week's at home to Port Adelaide.
Returning for Round 1: Dan Houston (suspended)
1-2 weeks: Joel Cochran (ribs), Mason Cox (finger), Jordan de Goey (knee)
3-4 weeks: Iliro Smit (fractured larynx), Oscar Steene (finger)
TBC: Harvey Harrison (TBC), Tom Mitchell (foot)