Cale Hooker will undergo further scans today to reveal the extent of his hamstring injury which he suffered in the Bombers’ 12 point win over St Kilda yesterday.
Essendon football boss Paul Hamilton has predicted that Hooker will miss three to four weeks depending on the severity of the injury.
“From a clinical point of view, we’re saying it’s either a grade one or grade two (injury),” Hamilton said to Bomber.tv today.
“But we’ll get some further evidence so we can verify that.”
In other injury news, Jason Laycock has fractured his foot during the Bendigo Bombers’ win against Sandringham on the weekend.
“That’s a disappointing result for him. He’d been playing quite well,” said Hamilton.
“In light of David Hille’s report, it would have been handy to have him up and ready to go.
“We have to find out the extent of the injury, but we’re saying it will be at least six weeks”.
Nathan Lovett-Murray and Sam Lonergan, who both missed out on the weekend, are likely to be available for selection in the clash against Richmond this weekend.
“They both had minor injuries and were both late withdrawals from the team,” Hamilton said.
The club is yet to decide how they will act on the reporting of David Hille.
“We have to wait and see how the match review panel sees the incident, and we’ll progress from there,” said Hamilton.
“It was terrific to see our two ruckmen really stand up yesterday and play some good football, particularly in their second halves. So for David to kick four goals as a forward was great.”
Meanwhile, Essendon has confirmed that the club has had initial discussions about holding the 2015 ANZAC Day clash in Turkey as part of the 100th anniversary commemorations.
