Essendon today have lodged the application to move captain Jobe Watson onto the long term injury list.

At this stage the club has not upgraded a Rookie to replace Jobe, but retain the opportunity to do so. 

There is also a Mid-Season Rookie promotion still available for this year.

The status of the long term injuries are as follows:

Player on LTI List

Rookie Replacing LTI Player

Tom Bellchambers

Ariel Steinberg

Travis Colyer

Shaun McKernan

Jobe Watson

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