Silvagni to miss Dockers clash

CARLTON forward Jack Silvagni will miss Saturday night’s clash with Fremantle in Perth after sustaining an ankle injury at training on Thursday.

Scans have shown no significant damage and Silvagni had a fitness test at Ikon Park on Friday morning before the team’s flight to Perth.

It was decided Silvagni would miss this weekend’s game but the club said he was likely to return next round.

Tom De Koning has now come into the Blues’ 22 with Lachie Plowman added to the emergencies.

“He just tweaked it at training and we were hoping it was going to be minor enough that he could come up, but we tested him this morning and decided not to bring him over,” Carlton coach Michael Voss said on Friday.

Carlton captain Patrick Cripps has been named to return after missing one game with a hamstring tweak.