Veteran Sydney defender Dane Rampe will miss the next month of the AFL season because of a hamstring injury. The 33-year-old was substituted from the Swans’ loss to Richmond on Sunday, with scans revealing a low-grade strain. Rampe will miss three or four weeks, but the Swans were boosted by the news fellow stalwart Harry Cunningham could return for Saturday’s Gather Round game against West Coast.
Milera was on Monday ruled out for the rest of the season after rupturing the patella tendon in his right knee knee during Adelaide’s loss to Fremantle on Friday, when Murphy damaged a lateral ligament. “Murphy is going to be anything up to three to five weeks with his knee injury,” Adelaide coach Matthew Nicks said. Hawthorn will be without key forward Mitch Lewis and rookie Nick Watson for Sunday’s clash against Collingwood.