Following scans, a week later it was revealed that the hamstring tendon had been snapped off the bone. Surgery to repair the career-threatening injury took place which ruled him out for the rest of the season. Lloyd's absence from the team was felt hard, as the Bombers finished near the foot of the ladder at season's end. As Lloyd was captain of Essendon and was unable to play for the remainder of the season (his first year in fact), David Hille was promoted to team captain in Lloyd's absence. Lloyd made a successful comeback against Adelaide at AAMI Stadium in Round 1, 2007. He kicked two goals while working further up the ground, putting to rest any concerns about his injured hamstring. Essendon beat Adelaide by 31 points. Brad Sewell incident In Round 22, 2009, Lloyd hit Brad Sewell with a heavy bump that left him unconscious and with facial injuries, and it led to a brawl between the two teams. In the bitter aftermath of the match, Hawthorn's Campbell Brown called Lloyd "one of the biggest snipers in the game" and said that "his time is coming". Hawthorn coach Alastair Clarkson threatened Lloyd and abused an interchange steward and had to be restrained by Hawthorn football manager Mark Evans as the teams left the field. AFL CEO Andrew Demetriou defended Lloyd's reputation; Clarkson was fined for his comments and later apologised for the outburst. Essendon went on to win the match by 17 points after trailing by 22 points at the time of the incident, and in the week after the match, Lloyd was given a six-match suspension by the match review panel for the hit on Sewell. This was reduced to four matches after he decided not to appeal the sanction. Lloyd only served one match of his suspension, Essendon's elimination final loss to at AAMI Stadium, before announcing his retirement on 23 September 2009. Statistics |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1995 |style="text-align:center;"| | 18 || 5 || 7 || 6 || 31 || 17 || 48 || 22 || 1 || 1.4 || 1.2 || 6.2 || 3.4 || 9.6 || 4.4 || 0.2 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1996 |style="text-align:center;"| | 18 || 11 || 18 || 7 || 78 || 34 || 112 || 46 || 11 || 1.6 || 0.6 || 7.1 || 3.1 || 10.2 || 4.2 || 1.0 |- style="background-color: