Is that a pubic bone spur or are you just happy to see me?

Western Bulldogs veteran Chris Grant will miss the first half of the season after surgeons last night got out the tweezers to pluck a spur from the big man's pubic bone. A sensible price tag ($231,900) and the versatility of playing him as a forward or back enticed more than 5000 coaches to draft the big man in round one. Depending on where you picked him, possible replacements include fit-again Saint Xavier Clarke ($230,100, bac), Luke's little brother Sam Power ($224,800, bac) , or Lance Franklin ($223,800, fwd), who all made okay starts to the season. Alternatively, pocket a little spare change and spring for West Coast youngster Mitchell Brown ($82,300, fwd), who looks the goods.

The first round's long-term injuries (the ones worth dumping players over) included St Kilda's Matt Maguire and Melbourne's Brock McLean, who both look like missing six weeks. For Maguire ($236,900, bac), the discerning DT coach must consider Clarke or Power (see above), or Adelaide's Nathan Bock ($235,600). Just don't bring in Cats captain Tom Harley - he's out for six weeks with a finger injury. There's a glut of midfielders waiting to replace the more expensive McLean ($362,800, ctr), including Simon Black, Scott Thompson, Brett Kirk and the under-priced Daniel Kerr.

Lastly, ensure you don't have too many players on the list below.

Merv Gray.

INJURY LIST
ADELAIDE
Trent Hentschel (knee) – season
Rhett Biglands (knee) - season
Mark Ricciuto (back) - indefinite
Nick Gill (hamstring) - indefinite
Bryce Campbell (ankle) - 3 weeks
Ivan Maric (hip) - 3 weeks
Ken McGregor (Achilles) - 3-4 weeks
John Meesen (knee) - 7 weeks
Kris Massie (test) - test
Luke Jericho (back) - test
Darren Pfeiffer (cheekbone) - 4 weeks
Simon Goodwin (corked thigh) - test

BRISBANE LIONS
Mitchell Clark (leg) - 3-4 weeks
Matthew Leuenberger (groin) - 2 weeks
Jason Roe (hamstring) - test
Robert Copeland (hip) - test
Daniel Bradshaw (knee) - season
Nigel Lappin (thigh) - test
Anthony Corrie (knee) - indefinite
Chris Scott (hip) - indefinite
Joel Macdonald (knee) - 5-7 weeks
Troy Selwood (back) - 4-6 weeks
Pat Garner (knee) - season
Josh Drummond (glute) - 1-2 weeks
Rhan Hooper (quadricep) - 3 weeks
Jamie Charman (Achilles) - test

CARLTON
Anthony Raso (broken wrist) - 1-2 weeks
Anthony Koutoufides (finger) - 6-7 weeks
Clinton Benjamin (quad) - 1-2 weeks

COLLINGWOOD
Alan Didak (knee) - test
Nathan Buckley (hamstring) - 1-2 weeks
Chris Dawes (knee) - indefinite
Sean Rusling (shoulder) - indefinite

ESSENDON
Jason Johnson (foot) - 1-2 weeks
Jay Nash (foot) 2-4 weeks
Richard Cole (hamstring) - test
Jason Laycock (hamstring) - available
Courtenay Dempsey (groin) - test

FREMANTLE
Heath Black (hip) - test
Troy Cook (ankle) - test
Robert Warnock (toe) - test
Byron Schammer (post-surgery complications) - indefinite
Robert Haddrill (knee) - 4 weeks

GEELONG
Max Rooke (hamstring) - 1 week
Tom Lonergan (kidney) - indefinite
Joel Reynolds (knee) - season
Steven King (calf) - 1 week
Tom Harley (finger) - 6 weeks

HAWTHORN
Richie Vandenberg (hamstring) - 4-5 weeks
Joel Smith (knee) - 3-4 weeks
Mitch Thorp (hip) - 6-7 weeks

KANGAROOS
Nathan Thompson (knee) - season
Leigh Harding (knee) - indefinite
Josh Gibson (hamstring) - test

MELBOURNE
Brock McLean (foot) - 6 weeks
Jared Rivers (hamstring) - test
Byron Pickett (hamstring) - test
Lynden Dunn (cheek) - 2 weeks
James Frawley (stress fracture) - 4 weeks
Isaac Weetra (hamstring) - 2 weeks

PORT ADELAIDE
Peter Burgoyne (thigh) - test
Travis Boak (hip) - test
Josh Mahoney (ankle) - test
Daniel Motlop (ankle) - 2-3 weeks
Warren Tredrea (knee) - test

RICHMOND
Troy Simmonds (ankle) - test
Ray Hall (hip) - 3 weeks
Carl Peterson (groin) - indefinite
Mark Coughlan (knee) - season
Kent Kingsley (ankle) - 3 weeks
Will Thursfield (knee) - 1 week

ST KILDA
Raphael Clarke (back) - indefinite
Michael Gardiner (groin) - indefinite
Aaron Hamill (knee) - indefinite
Nick Riewoldt (back) - test
Fergus Watts (ankle) - indefinite
Matt Maguire (stress fracture) - TBC

SYDNEY
Adam Schneider (hamstring) - test
Heath Grundy (back) - test
Paul Bevan (hamstring) - test
Lewis Roberts-Thomson (foot) - indefinite

WEST COAST
Mitch Morton (knee) - 2 weeks
Mark Nicoski (shoulder) - 9 weeks
Sam Butler (groin) - 3 weeks
Josh Wooden (hip) - 3 weeks
Andrew Embley (groin) - test
Ashley Hansen (groin) - test
Chad Fletcher (knee) - 1 week
Dean Cox (quad) - test
Chris Judd (corked thigh) - available

WESTERN BULLDOGS
Mitch Hahn (knee) - ongoing assessment
Wayde Skipper (hamstring) - test
Chris Grant (groin/abdominal) - test
Robert Murphy (corked hip) - available
Brett Montgomery (bruised ribs) - test