Luckless North Melbourne big man Callum Coleman-Jones has suffered yet another injury during Saturday’s loss to Sydney.

Playing his first senior game since rupturing his Achilles tendon on Good Friday last year, Coleman-Jones lasted just minutes before was struck down again at the SCG.

The 26-year-old hurt his calf during a ruck contest against Brodie Grundy in the opening quarter and was immediately taken from the field.

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Coleman-Jones could be seen letting out his frustrations in the rooms when speaking to a physio.

He was promptly subbed out of the contest and looked dejected when he returned to the bench.

Teammates recognised the situation and immediately went over to console the injury-cursed tall.

“It’s such a shame his body continues to let him down,” Commentator Leigh Montagna said.

“It’s now his eighth season in the system and managed just 32 games.

“You can see the frustration and no doubt he would be.

“You absolutely feel for the young man. It’s the opposite calf to the Achilles he did 18 months ago, but unfortunately he can’t take a trick.”

Coleman-Jones has endured a horror run of injuries since entering the AFL.

Originally drafted by Richmond, the tall forward/ruck managed just nine games in four seasons at the Tigers before requesting a trade to North Melbourne.

But since arriving at the Roos, he has barely got out on the field due to a series of injuries.

He played 10 games in 2022 and followed that up with nine in 2023 but only added three more in 2024 before rupturing his Achilles.

This latest calf injury could end his season. He is also out of contract with his initial four-year deal coming to an end.

With Coleman-Jones off early and No.1 ruckman Tristan Xerri suspended, Grundy ran riot in the Swans’ 31-point win.

Grundy dominated and Isaac Heeney kicked five goals as the Swans kept their faint September hopes alive with a 12.12 (84) to 7.11 (53) victory.

The result brings the Swans (9-9) within four points of the ninth-placed Western Bulldogs (10-8), with eighth-placed Fremantle (11-6) on 44 points ahead of Sunday’s clash against ladder leaders Collingwood.

Meanwhile, North Melbourne (4-13) are left to lament their fourth straight loss.

Swans ruck Grundy’s late-season dominance continued as he gathered a monster 62 hitouts, 11 clearances and 22 disposals.

Heeney benefited the most from a near-lethal connection with Grundy, finishing with 34 disposals and 13 clearances to go with his five-goal haul.

For the Kangaroos, Luke Davies-Uniacke starred on return from concussion, alongside Jy Simpkin and Caleb Daniel, while former Swans stalwart Luke Parker was quiet in his first game back at the SCG.

A pre-first-bounce tussle with Kangaroos defender Wil Dawson was enough to rile up Swans forward Hayden McLean, who opened the scoring before Heeney slotted his first.

North responded through Brynn Teakle and Cooper Harvey (two goals) to limit the margin to six points at quarter-time.

The visitors started the second term better and leaped ahead by one point, before the Swans grappled back momentum with four goals to two.

Goalscoring opportunities dried up for both sides in a third-quarter grind, with North captain Simpkin kicking the only goal.

Heeney made up for lost time by slotting a goal in the opening 30 seconds of the final quarter, the first in a chain of four majors for the home side.