GREATER Western Sydney star Jeremy Cameron has joined Melbourne forward Tom McDonald as the latest players to pull out of Friday night's realestate.com.au AFLX tournament.
Cameron had been drafted by Nat Fyfe's Team Flyers but he suffered a tight quad after training earlier in the week. He will be replaced his teammate, Giants co-captain Callan Ward, for the one-night event at Marvel Stadium.
GWS performance manager David Joyce said Cameron was still expected to be in contention for the Giants' first JLT Community Series match against Sydney on Saturday, March 2.
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Meanwhile, McDonald was due to be part of the Jack Riewoldt-skippered Team Rampage, but requires minor knee surgery that has ruled him out.
Second-year utility Bayley Fritsch is set to be named as his replacement.
The Demons were initially going to send McDonald in for the procedure on his knee after AFLX had been completed, but that would have put his availability for round one in doubt.
Had he gone through with the operation after AFLX, McDonald would have missed part of the JLT Community Series which would have affected his preparation for the season proper.
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The 26-year-old is due to have a cortisone injection in his knee to deal with some patella tendinitis he has been dealing with.
The Demons are adamant McDonald, who was on light duties at training on Wednesday, will be fit to play in the JLT Series and then line up in round one.
McDonald joins Hawks pair Luke Breust and Isaac Smith, also of Team Rampage, to pull out from the tournament.
Breust and Smith are not injured but decided not to take part in AFLX in preference for rest as the Hawks complete their second mandatory four-day break.
They will be replaced in Riewoldt's Team Flyers by Gold Coast's Lachie Weller and North Melbourne's Jared Polec.
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The BOLTS team, presented by AccorHotels
Player | Number | Nominated name |
Patrick Dangerfield (c) | 35 | Danger |
Luke Hodge (vc) | 2 | Hodgey |
Tom Hawkins | 5 | Hawkins |
Steele Sidebottom | 22 | Rusty |
Mark Blicavs | 46 | Brown Fang |
Andrew Gaff | 3 | Gaff |
Luke Parker | 26 | Parker |
Jaidyn Stephenson | 1 | Stephenson |
Andrew McGrath | 5 | McGrath |
Jack Billings | 15 | Billings |
Daniel Rich | 10 | Richy |
Jack Steele | 9 | Steele |
Jamie Macmillan | 34 | Macmillan |
Tom Rockliff | 11 | Rockliff |
The DEADLY team, presented by Deadly Questions
Player | Number | Nominated name |
Eddie Betts (c) | 18 | Betts |
Shaun Burgoyne (vc) | 9 | Burgoyne |
Bradley Hill | 10 | Hilly |
Jarrod Harbrow | 5 | Harbs |
Tim Kelly | 11 | Kelly |
Jack Martin | 4 | Martin |
Travis Varcoe | 1 | Trav |
Jade Gresham | 6 | Gresh |
Lewis Jetta | 23 | Jetta |
Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti | 43 | McDonald-Tipungwuti |
Nathan Wilson | 14 | Wilson |
Willie Rioli | 44 | Vigona-Rioli |
Sam Powell-Pepper | 2 | Powell-Pepper |
Cameron Ellis-Yolmen | 28 | Curly |
The FLYERS team, presented by AFL Travel Perth
Player | Number | Nominated name |
Nat Fyfe (captain) | 7 | Fyfey |
Marcus Bontempelli (vc) | 4 | Bontempelli |
Scott Pendlebury | 10 | Dippa |
Alex Rance | 18 | Rance |
Callan Ward | 8 | Ward |
Isaac Heeney | 5 | Heeney |
Stephen Coniglio | 3 | Cogs |
Rory Laird | 29 | Laird |
Travis Boak | 1 | Boak |
Lachie Hunter | 9 | Hunts |
Aliir Aliir | 17 | Aliir |
Michael Hurley | 22 | Rick |
Josh P. Kennedy | 12 | Kennedy |
Jack Higgins | 13 | Hig |
The RAMPAGE team, presented by Pope Garden Products
Player | Number | Nominated name |
Jack Riewoldt (captain) | 8 | Puppy |
Patrick Cripps | 9 | Cripps |
Lachie Whitfield | 6 | Whitfield |
Rory Sloane | 5 | Sloaney |
Phil Davis | 10 | Davo |
Dayne Zorko | 15 | Zorks |
Jared Polec | 13 | Polec |
Lachie Weller | 14 | Weller |
Easton Wood | 29 | Wood |
Bayley Fritsch | 31 | Fritsch |
Dylan Shiel | 20 | Shiel |
Shaun Higgins | 4 | Higgins |
Tim Membrey | 28 | Membrey |
Zac Fisher | 1 | Fisher |
