Essendon coach Brad Scott says Harry Jones has been sent to hospital to get further assessment on his ankle after being stretchered off.
"It was carnage there in the second half in particular," he said.
"The Jones one looks reasonably serious. Dislocated ankle looks like the minimum, that's what it looks like.
"He's in a fair bit of pain and his ankle was pointing the wrong way, so that obviously doesn't sound good."
Alastair Clarkson has questioned the AFL's leadership on the suspension to Paul Curtis during the week.
Here's what Clarkson said on the incident in full:
"In my view, he's (Curtis) nearly the best tackler in the competition," he said.
"It's a shame that that part of our game is getting questioned. It's a feature of our game.
"We understand there is a duty of care (to the player), but there is a duty of care to the game. If the player hasn't got any intent other than to try to lay the tackle, we understand the slings, but this wasn't a sling, this was a football action.
"We're disappointed with that outcome and particularly the severity of the outcome. A football action (and) he gets three weeks and someone swings an arm off the ball and gets less.
"It just doesn't make sense. It also doesn't make sense that the AFL comes out and says, 'We might change that at the end of the year', doesn't help us.
"We're really disappointed with that. Really strong leadership would say, 'We understand it's wrong and we'll change it right now'.
"He shouldn't be missing three weeks of footy."
Kangaroos coach Alastair Clarkson defending his decision to keep Harry Sheezel at halfback after another strong game.
Got to think this is a bit of a jab at Kane Cornes, who has questioned why Sheezel doesn't have many score involvements.
Essendon's Todd Goldstein spoke about what it was like going up against his old team, and the man he used to mentor, Tristan Xerri.
Essendon forward Nate Caddy with some reaction on that horrible looking Harry Jones injury.
"To be honest, I was pretty flat with seeing Harry go down, he's one of my best mates," he told Fox Footy.
"I hope he's feeling good but it didn't look good."
Here's Caddy on the message Essendon's coaches delivered to the team at three-quarter time.
"He just said, 'Keep competing' and to keep doing what we're doing and just refining a few things that we were lacking on," he said.
"We played to our structure but there were just a few things we had to clean up."
Essendon captain Zach Merrett put his Superman cape on again tonight, but he's not an entirely happy man.
Here's what he told Fox's Eddie Betts after the siren.
"Mixed emotions, I think," he said.
"Really pleased to get the four points. Losing three guys to injury, it never helps, but a little bit disappointing the way we didn't show up consistently tonight.
"I thought that first quarter was the way we wanted to play more consistently.
"Obviously, teams are going to try and adjust and work through games, but I thought we went away from the way we wanted to play in the last three quarters."
THE BOMBERS HAVE DONE IT!
How on earth have they escaped with that win?
They were down three players after Jade Gresham went off in the final quarter with a groin injury and they've held on by the skin of their teeth as the Kangaroos came hard.
The Kangaroos will wonder what could have been if they had taken some of their chances in front of goal, with Maley's shot in the final minute symptomatic of this.
Essendon captain Zach Merrett looked like he played five positions in that quarter, he finishes with 35 disposals and five clearances in a superhuman performance.
North big man Tristan Xerri finishes with 25 disposals, 37 hitouts and nine clearances.
Finnbar Maley takes a big mark inside 50 but can't quite convert on the set shot.
Jack Darling was on the goal line and looked certain to goal, but Peter Wright, on the last line of defence, bumps him and it goes through for a behind.
Archie Perkins misses a banana under pressure from virtually directly in front, the Roos are alive!
Three minutes left. Essendon up by four points.