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Jeremy Cameron should be fine to take his place for the Cats against Port Adelaide despite being on the end of an unprovoked attack last weekend at a pub in Geelong.
The star forward was watching cricket at a Geelong pub the loss to Fremantle when he was headbutted by a man in what has been described as an unprovoked attack.
Cats officials said Cameron has completed all his training commitments since the incident and will be able to front up at GMHBA Stadium on Saturday night for the showdown with Port.
The club notified the AFL’s Integrity Unit about the incident.
A key member of the premiership-winning team last year, he has landed 44 goals in 17 matches this after racking up 65 in 24 games last season after switching from Greater Western Sydney at the end of 2020.
Jeremy Cameron of the Geelong Cats celebrates. (Photo by Mark Kolbe/AFL Photos/via Getty Images)
Collingwood father-son stars Josh and Nick Daicos have signed long-term AFL deals with the Magpies.
The new contracts mean the brothers will remain with the club for at least another six years.
It’s understood Josh is tied to Collingwood until the end of 2030, while Nick’s new deal keeps him at the Magpies through 2029.
The deals put the sons of Magpies icon Peter Daicos a big step closer to ending their AFL careers as one-club players.
Nick, 20, is the Brownlow Medal favourite in his second season, after winning the AFL’s Rising Star award last year.
Josh, 24, has cemented his spot on the wing for the Magpies and has played 96 games since his 2017 debut.
The Daicos brothers have played every game this year.
“Josh continues to impress and has really shown consistency in his form across the last couple of seasons,” said Magpies football boss Graham Wright.
“Nick, in only his second season and with 44 games under his belt at the elite level, is continuing to grow as a footballer.
“Like his brother Josh, Nick’s professionalism, preparation and attention to detail is consistently elite and it is these habits which will hold them both in good stead for years to come.
“Both young men are great ambassadors for our club.
“They are incredibly positive and outgoing people and have an openness and appetite to continue to learn and develop as people and footballers and we look forward to continuing to support that development at Collingwood.”
Josh would have been eligible for free agency at the end of next season, while Nick previously was contracted to Collingwood for the next two years.
Port Adelaide’s concussion protocols continue to come under scrutiny with the partner of a former Power player detailing “scary” incidents during his time at the club.
Port were on Monday issued a “please explain” by the AFL after club doctors failed to put Aliir Aliir through a concussion test following the defender’s collision with teammate Lachie Jones on Saturday night.
While Jones was subbed out of the Showdown loss against Adelaide because of a migraine, Aliir returned to the field.
Port said the two players passed SCAT5 protocols, but have since shown symptoms consistent with concussion.
Jones and Aliir will both sit out this Saturday night’s crunch game against Geelong at GMHBA Stadium.
Cassie Burton, the partner of former Port utility Sam Mayes, said the current spotlight on Port’s concussion situation “doesn’t surprise me” and it made her “sick”.
“Sam’s played concussed after they strapped his head and sent him back on the field,” Burton wrote on Twitter, accompanied with a picture of Mayes’ head bandaged during his AFL career.
“He’s also pulled himself out of the AFL side as he wasn’t feeling right from a separate head knock. It’s scary to witness.”
It is understood Mayes was sent back out on the ground in a SANFL semi-final playing for Port in 2019 after a head knock. He later took himself to the bench because he was feeling unwell.
Mayes later had no recollection of Port’s thrilling four-point victory after the match, which put the club into a grand final.
In 2021, the former Brisbane Lions player was named in Port’s AFL team despite having a head knock playing in the reserves a week earlier.
Leading up to the match, Mayes reluctantly withdrew himself from the team after experiencing concussion symptoms, despite attempting to nail down his spot in the senior side.
Mayes’ AFL career ended at the end of last year following 121 games for the Lions and Port across 10 seasons.
AAP reached out to Port for comment on Mayes’ situation but a spokesperson said the club would not be making any comment on current or historic concussion matters until the AFL has completed its investigation.
The AFL on Monday said its chief medical officer Dr Michael Makdissi was liaising with Port in monitoring the condition of Aliir and Jones.
Sam Mayes is tackled last season. . (Photo by James Elsby/AFL Photos via Getty Images)
Concussion is now a massive issue in the game with the AFL cracking down on dangerous tackles this season.
A number of former players are suing the league and their clubs, seeking compensation for the effects of concussion from their careers.
In 2016, the AFL fined Port Adelaide for how they handled a head knock to player Hamish Hartlett.
Port were fined $20,000, with $10,000 of that suspended to the end of 2018, because they failed to follow AFL protocols.
Last season, Power players Tom Jonas and Zac Butters also had a clash of heads in a game against Richmond and were forced from the field.
Jonas and Butters returned to the ground and the AFL later said it was satisfied how the club handled the situation.
Less than a month after his AFL season looked over, Max King could return for St Kilda’s big clash with in-form Carlton.
As the Saints’ key forward stocks suddenly look unusually healthy, King is pressing to prove his fitness for Sunday’s match at Marvel Stadium. King needed a reconstruction on his right shoulder in the pre-season and returned in round 10, playing seven games.
He dislocated the same shoulder early last month in the loss to Melbourne, with the Saints initially fearing the injury spelled the end of his season.
But surgery a few days later went better than expected and King now is on the verge of returning.
“That’s a really good question … he’ll train and have more contact,” coach Ross Lyon said before Wednesday training when asked about a timeline for the player’s comeback.
“This morning he gave me a pat on the shoulder – I don’t know how to interpret that, whether he feels sorry for me or, ‘It will all be OK coach’.”
Along with King’s looming return, fellow key forward Tim Membrey is back from a knee injury and the Saints on Tuesday night successfully challenged Anthony Caminiti’s one-game striking ban at the tribunal.
Max King celebrates a goal. (Photo by Mark Metcalfe/AFL Photos/via Getty Images )
It is a pleasant change in fortune for St Kilda, whose bad luck with injuries has been particularly glaring among their key forwards.
“Our kids have been incredible. It’s been a bit of a saga … maybe things are coming together at the right time of the year,” Lyon said.
While Lyon was rapt to have Caminiti available and thanked their tribunal advocate, former AFL operations boss Adrian Anderson, he was unimpressed that his player put himself in the crosshairs of a potential ban by tussling with Hawthorn captain James Sicily.
“I wasn’t pleased – I let him know. Put your ego in the pocket and submit to the team’s needs,” he said.
The Saints will start outsiders against Carlton, who have won six on the bounce and last week upset top side Collingwood.
St Kilda have won their last two and are fifth. Lyon is bullish about his club’s prospects, saying their ball use has improved since the round-18 loss to Gold Coast.
“Sometimes the quicker you go and the straighter you go, the less you score,” he said.
“So we’ve added some nuance to our ball movement that has excited us.
“Our whole body of work stacks up. We have real belief in our system and our effort. In saying that, we know it’s a big challenge.”
Lyon mentioned his friend and Carlton great Steve Silvagni, now working at the Saints in list management. “He’s been relentless at my office door – he knows them intimately,” Lyon said of Silvagni’s advice ahead of the Carlton game.
“He’s a great Carlton person, he doesn’t need to be validated at that club,” he said. “But he’s fiercely St KIlda at the moment.”
Lyon was asked whether the Saints might try to sign Silvagni’s son Jack, who is out through injury and also coming out of contract at the Blues.
“It would be romantic, wouldn’t it. But I wouldn’t put myself in that wedge,” he said.
Collingwood coach Craig McRae insists Mason Cox has had a “terrific” season but has stopped short of guaranteeing the towering ruck-forward’s spot for the Magpies’ round-21 clash with Hawthorn.
Cox was tactically subbed out of Friday night’s shock defeat to Carlton after he had just three possessions in the opening three quarters.
The 32-year-old, who last week signed a new two-year contract to remain at Collingwood, appeared furious on the bench after being tapped out for Will Hoskin-Elliott.
Cox has booted 15 goals this season after kicking that many combined during the 2021 and 2022 campaigns when the American’s career hung in the balance.
“He’ll probably be the first to admit his last couple of weeks haven’t been his best for the year but if you’re looking at the whole season, he’s had a terrific season,” McRae said on Tuesday.
“He’s been really important to us. You look in isolation, the game in Adelaide was pretty wet, it was pretty hard for seven-foot blokes to take marks.
“I’m not sure where we’re going with this, I’m open to saying that, but we’ll see how the week progresses and try to get Mason playing the best version of himself so then it makes it even harder for us.”
Collingwood, who on Tuesday renewed their long-term commercial partnership with La Trobe Financial until its 20th anniversary in 2027, have one of the smallest injury-lists in the league.
Only fringe midfielder Fin Macrae (thumb) and uncapped defender Charlie Dean (knee) are currently ruled out of action.
Small forward Bobby Hill will return to face the Hawks at the MCG on Saturday after sitting out the clash with Carlton due to illness.
(Photo by Quinn Rooney/Getty Images)
The Magpies, who sit atop the ladder by two games, are hesitant to make any drastic changes after just their third loss of the season.
“We’re really really deliberate that we want to improve ourselves, but also you’ve got to be really careful not to flip the thing upside down because the ladder position is feedback and the feedback’s been pretty good up until now,” McRae said.
“So how much do you want to flip the thing upside down to change something that you’re not sure if you’re going to get big benefit from?
“We’ll weigh it up, weigh up form, weigh for opposition, and that will all come into calculation.”
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