Jason Johnson is another player that has added to the growing injury list. He injured his hamstring on Friday at the team’s closed training session. Johnson received a knee to the back of the thigh in the first quarter of the Bombers’ Round 1 clash against Port Adelaide. It is thought this incident was the catalyst to his hamstring injury.
A handful of Essendon players are likely to return this week to bolster the line-up. Sean Wellman has been sidelined for the past four weeks with a foot injury. He is likely to return against West Coast. Andrew Welsh missed Saturday night’s match with an injured hand, he is also likely to be an inclusion for Round 3.
In other injury news:
- Aaron Henneman is being assessed by the Bombers’ medical staff today after he aggrevated a previous hamstring injury.
- Damian Cupido is in the last stages of his rehabilitation program from knee surgery. He is expected to be available in the coming fortnight.
- Jobe Watson is likely to miss one more week with a thigh injury and Ben Haynes is recovering well from a similar injury. Haynes is likely to miss two more weeks with the quadricep injury.
- Jason Laycock has been sidelined for the past few weeks after having a knee arthroscope. He is likely
