No player likes being injured and missing games, especially Scott Lucas. He will miss the next two weeks with a hamstring injury and thus won’t make the trip to Perth today. However, it is not the end of the world for Lucas that he is staying in Melbourne this week. His wife Georgina gave birth to their second daughter, Hannah, on Monday.

Both mum and baby are healthy and well. Hannah joins sister Mia (one and a half years) in the Lucas family. Unfortunately for Essendon supporters neither Mia or Hannah will be lining up at centre-half-forward or centre-half-back for the Bombers in 20 years time.