Essendon Football Club today placed Alwyn Davey on the long-term injury list after he suffered a broken arm in the second quarter of last Friday night’s encounter with Geelong.

Davey fractured his humerus after a collision with Damien Peverill and Kane Tenace and it has been assessed as an eight week injury. He therefore qualifies for the long-term injury list under the AFL Rules.

Davey will be available for the first round of the finals, should the Bombers make it.

His addition to the long-term injury list will allow Adam Ramanauskas to remain on the primary list and be available for senior selection for the remainder of the home and away season.

In better news for Essendon, Jay Neagle has returned to the primary list and will play for the Bendigo Bombers on Saturday against the Northern Bullants.

The 190cm, 18-year-old suffered a stress fracture in his ankle in Round 1 of the VFL this year and has previously suffered a stress fracture in his opposite ankle.

Bendigo coach Matthew Knights said Neagle had been showing significant improvement on last year before the injury and had been impressive in a number of practice matches.

""This is a fantastic time for him to be coming back into the side with finals coming up and I think he can have a real impact for Bendigo,"" Knights said.

Neagle was pick number 39 in the 2005 draft, taken as a father/son selection from Gippsland. His father is former Bomber star Merv Neagle who played 147 games between 1977 and 1985.