in his knee, along with David Neitz who suffered the same injury, and missed up to 7 weeks of football. However he still finished the season as the club's leading goalkicker, for the third time. Returning from injury, Robertson hit back to his best, kicking 7 goals against Collingwood in the traditional Queen's Birthday game at the MCG in Round 11. On 1 June 2008, Robertson snapped his achilles tendon in what could have been a season-ending, and a career threatening, injury. He was added to the veterans list by the club in an effort to extend his career. Robertson returned for Melbourne playing against Geelong on 3 May, 2009 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Robertson performed well in his return, kicking three goals. On 20 August 2009, Robertson announced that he would be playing his last match with the Demons in season 2009 having been advised that his contract would not be renewed. After 13 seasons and 226 games, the 30-year-old and the club agreed to part ways. Robertson also announced that he would nominate for the 2009 AFL National Draft and 2010 pre-season draft, saying that he felt he still had some good footy left in him and as keen to play on for at least one more year. He played most of the 2010 season in the Goulburn Valley League, one of the top country leagues in Australia and kicked a record 106 goals for Shepparton Swans. In 2010 he signed to be the playing-coach for St Josephs in the Geelong Football League. In 2012 and 2013, he signed to be a fly-in player for Burnie in the Tasmanian Football League. Russell played in the 2013 Grand Final against South Launceston. In 2016, Russell signed on to play at the Kangaroo Flat Football Club of the Bendigo Football Netball League. In the second half of 2016 and the start of 2017, he is currently playing for the Toora and District Football Club. Statistics |- style="background:#eaeaea;" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1997 |style="text-align:center;"| | 42 || 3 || 5 || 3 || 19 || 13 || 32 || 10 || 6 || 1.7 || 1.0 || 6.3 || 4.3 || 10.7 || 3.3 || 2.0 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1998 |style="text-align:center;"| | 24 || 16 || 15 || 16 || 90 || 58 || 148 || 41 || 11 || 0.9 || 1.0 || 5.6 || 3.6 ||