He appeared to get hit on his right arm and walked off the field following a brief conversation with the team trainer. The club should have another update on the closer's status after further evaluation.

Melbourne captain Max Gawn has dropped a subtle hit about Luke Jackson potentially coming back to the Demons. 7NEWS chief AFL reporter Mitch Cleary first reported rival clubs, headlined by Melbourne, were monitoring Jackson’s situation.

Fremantle ruckman Luke Jackson is on the club’s flight to Melbourne and is in line to return from a hamstring injury to play St Kilda on Friday night.

He also holds the worst Stuff+ amongst all closers at 87. If the Rangers don’t want to limit Martin to 9th inning duty, they should at least consider a committee approach with Garcia, as the two have been the best relievers in this bullpen all year.

Jackson has a 6.00 ERA and -0.7 WAR through 15 appearances and 12 innings with 11 stirkeouts and five walks. He has given up multiple runs in three outings and based on some of his underlying statistics, more implosions of that nature are on the horizon.

Sean Darcy says he still feels like a baby giraffe at times out on the field following his lengthy injury lay-off, and he can't wait to resume what he predicts will be a special ruck combination with Luke Jackson.

Fremantle star Luke Jackson is set to request a trade back to Melbourne at the end of the season. According to a bombshell

Longmuir also backed in a tall forward set-up that included Josh Treacy, Jye Amiss and Pat Voss against Collingwood, indicating the structure would remain in place if Darcy is available this week.