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Updated Crows defender suffers collapsed lung in Dogs clash

ADELAIDE defender Jordon Butts has suffered a collapsed lung during Saturday afternoon’s clash against the Western Bulldogs, but the cause of the injury is still unknown.

Butts was subbed out of the match with a chest injury during the second quarter, with the Crows confirming at half time he had been sent to hospital for further assessment.

“Our doctors […] assessed him straight away, it was a suspected collapsed lung so he was shipped straight off to hospital obviously to see the specialist that we needed to get involved,” Nicks said post-match.

“It is a collapsed lung, so he won’t travel with us now, he’ll spend the night here with the right people around him to make sure he gets what he needs from this point on.

“We won’t know any more information until a specialist comes in and checks him out further.”

Nicks said the cause of Butts’ injury was still unknown, but confirmed Brayden Cook had suffered a concussion after clashing heads with the Bulldogs’ Rory Lobb.

“I actually don’t know what the incident was, we didn’t see it from upstairs, we got a message from downstairs saying ‘hey, Jordon’s in a bit of bother here’, and as I said, we have 100 per cent trust in our doctors and the way they operate and they went to work,” he said.

“We were challenged by our oppo [opposition], we just kept adapting and in the end found a way to – not crawl over the line, but just hang in there when we were down a few soldiers.”

Butts had been matched up against imposing Bulldogs forward Sam Darcy during the first quarter, with Darcy goalless during Butts’ tenure.

Chayce Jones was subbed into the game in Butts’ stead.

Meanwhile, Nicks’ Western Bulldogs counterpart Luke Beveridge refused to buy into accusations his side struggles against top sides.

The loss means the Dogs are 1-7 against other finals contenders this season and next Friday they face another massive test against reigning premiers Brisbane at the Gabba.

The same questions are being asked of the Bulldogs as from a month ago, when Hawthorn beat them at the same venue.

“I know that’s the narrative, but ultimately you can look at it in two different ways – in a really pessimistic way, like that, or an optimistic way, in that we put ourselves in a position where at least we’re in the mix to give ourselves a chance at the end of the year,” Beveridge said of their poor record against other top-eight teams.

“But as far as the scoreline and the way the game played out and history repeating itself against a pretty good team, I agree.”

While captain Marcus Bontempelli was arguably best afield, and Tom Liberatore, Ed Richards and Aaron Naughton (five goals) all had big games, too many teammates had their colours lowered.

“We just didn’t have enough today to complement their influence,” Beveridge said of the Bulldogs’ leaders.

“We have some challenges, but I remain optimistic we can continue to improve. Under the circumstances, it’s a pretty disappointing afternoon.

“I didn’t feel, at any time this afternoon, comfortable. I didn’t feel like we played that well – and yet we scored 98 points.

“There’s lot to tidy up. We have to start the game better than that.”

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