As AFLW season seven ramps up, the injuries are mounting with young Blue Mia Austin the latest casualty with a gruesome training blow.
Austin has been ruled out for the season after breaking her leg and suffering an ankle syndesmosis injury in the same collision.
Austin is the second player to break her leg in just three AFLW rounds this season, after Bulldog Brit Gutknecht’s horror incident in Round 2.
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There’s been 11 ACL tears since pre-season started, while five other players are already done for the year with serious injuries.
Here’s the Casualty Ward for the AFLW for serious injuries sustained this season:
BRISBANE
Lily Postlethwaite – ACL
Ruptured her right ACL in clash with Fremantle. The 20-year-old had only made her AFLW return after missing the last season and a half with an ACL injury to her left knee.
CARLTON
Mia Austin – Broken leg, ankle syndesmosis
The Blues confirmed Austin suffered a shocking injury at a match simulation training ahead of Round 3. Scans showed the teen suffered both a broken fibula and ankle syndesmosis injury, and she’ll miss the rest of season seven.
ESSENDON
Georgia Nanscawen – ACL
Injured her ACL in the VFLW grand final
Jorja Borg – stress fracture, foot
Jorja was placed on the club’s inactive list after suffering a fracture to her foot in the practice match against Port Adelaide.
FREMANTLE
Kara Antonio – hamstring
The Dockers leader underwent surgery on her injured hamstring just weeks before season seven began.
Ebony Antonio – knee
Antonio’s hopes for playing in season seven are likely over after scans confirmed a PCL injury to her right knee suffered in a pre-season match.
Janelle Cuthbertson – broken nose, concussion
Cuthbertson was injured in friendly fire with Jess Low in Round 1. She suffered a broken nose and concussion.
GEELONG
Rachel Kearns – AC shoulder
Kearns will miss the remainder of the season after injuring her shoulder in a heavy tackle in Round 1.
GOLD COAST
Alana Gee – back
The first Queensland-based player selected in this year’s draft, Gee has been battling “a stress reaction” in her back.
Jamie Stanton – ACL
Scans sadly confirmed the Suns vice-captain’s season is over after suffering a full rupture of her ACL in Round 2.
GWS
Pepa Randall – ACL
Scans confirmed the defender wont feature again this year after rupturing her ACL.
Tait Mackrill – foot
The 23-year-old sustained a stress fracture in her left foot in Round 2 and will miss the rest of the competition.
Fleur Davies – shoulder
The teenager suffered a serious shoulder injury at training on the eve of the season and was forced to undergo surgery, ruling her out of the competition.
HAWTHORN
Tamara Luke – ACL
Luke’s season is over after rupturing her right ACL in Round 2.
Louise Stephenson – ankle
Stephenson’s foot was caught under a tackle and scans revealed a fractured left ankle.
MELBOURNE
Gabby Colvin – ACL
The defender ruptured her left ACL in the pre-season, ruling her out of the competition.
NORTH MELBOURNE
Grace Campbell – ACL
The Roos forward went down at training and scans confirmed a left ACL rupture.
PORT ADELAIDE
Gemma Houghton – ankle
The forward has undergone surgery on her syndesmosis injury suffered in Round 2.
ST KILDA
Renee Saulitis – ACL
The forward partially tore her ACL during a practice match against Carlton in August.
Jayde van Dyk – ACL
The defender landed awkwardly in Round 2, with scans confirming an ACL tear.
SYDNEY
Montana Ham – knee
Luckily for the prized draft pick, scans revealed a right knee ligament strain, and not an ACL tear, but she’ll still miss at least a month.
WEST COAST
Kellie Gibson – ACL
Gibson went down in the Round 1 clash with Port Adelaide, with scans confirming a ruptured ACL.
Shanae Davison – ACL
The utility suffered an ACL rupture in the pre-season clash with Fremantle, and is now on the club’s inactive list.
WESTERN BULLDOGS
Brit Gutknecht – broken leg
The Dogs utility suffered a horror leg break in the clash with Port Adelaide in a smother-gone-wrong.
The 21-year-old broke both her tibia and fibula in the incident and was forced to remain behind in hospital in Adelaide as teammates returned to Melbourne.
*This list does not include players missing season seven with injuries sustained during the last AFLW competition.
