IMPORTANT playmaker Taylor Adams has hobbled from the field with what appears to be a serious hamstring injury, sustained early in the third quarter against the Western Bulldogs on Saturday afternoon.

The in-form midfielder took himself straight to the rooms, not bothering to stop at the Magpies bench for a preliminary assessment.

Defender Alan Toovey had already been forced from the field with concussion, leaving the Pies two players short on the bench in a tight contest against the Dogs.