If Webster has a facial fracture, he could be out for up to a month facial injuries are treated very conservatively. This week’s rehabilitation plan would have been about starting to gain some range of motion back in his shoulder after surgery. LIKELY REHAB Steele’s surgery is reported to have been successful, his broken collarbone likely to have been held in position with plates and screws. Billy Frampton (200 centimetres), who has just found his groove in the back line, could also be a ruck option. With back-up rucks in Aiden Begg and Nathan Kreuger also injured, Daniel McStay might have to take the ruck, leaving another hole to fill up forward. He is currently the No.1 ruck for contested ball wins in the competition, and with the addition of Tom Mitchell in the midfield this has driven the new and improved Pies. Cameron has been on fire for the Pies early in the season. LIKELY EFFECT It is a huge loss for Collingwood to have no pure rucks available for selection. He will have been receiving an intravenous course of antibiotics to clear this up. The nature of the wound meant that there was always a chance for bacteria to enter the body at the site and cause an infection. The infection for Howe will push his rehab back at least two weeks. The priority for Cox is the body healing this internal wound. It is more than likely that we will see him out for at least another one to two weeks and when he does, I would say he will wear a guard around the ribs. He will be on light duties at training, the main risk being a re-bleed if he returns to contact too quickly. Ruck and key forward Cox is still recovering from a haematoma, a bleed on the ribs. Change of direction will come in the later weeks of his recovery. Straight line running will be the first progression. LIKELY REHAB Cameron will likely be in a brace for a week to give the damaged ligament time to heal, before getting into some highly intensive single leg strengthening exercises. The Pies were already without big man Mason Cox, leaving them with a hole to fill in the ruck in round four. It was quite a similar incident to Max Gawn’s injury the previous week, not much in it from a force point of view, but unfortunately all it takes is the wrong angle and lengthy medial injuries can occur. He grabbed at the left knee and came straight off and down to the rooms. Late in the game Cameron contested for the ruck, landing with his knee twisting inwards. The talking point of Collingwood’s match against Richmond on Friday night was the Pies’ ruck blow. From here there are some crucial outs for round four but equally some exciting ins that will bolster some teams’ chances of success.
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