Updates on five Blues leading into Sunday’s trip west.

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Francis Evans (concussion)

– Integrate into full training
– Availability: Test
– Will aim to complete concussion protocols this week to be available to play

Mitch McGovern (hamstring)

– Integrate into full training
– Availability: Round 22
– Progressing back into full training this week, with the aim to be available to play against Gold Coast

Orazio Fantasia (hamstring)

– Modified program
– Availability: TBC
– The Club will be able to provide a further update once he is able to increase his training loads

Flynn Young (foot sprain)

– Full training
– Availability: Test
– Expected to train fully this week and be available to play

Harry Lemmey (hamstring)
– Modified program
– Availability: Rounds 23-24
– Scans have confirmed a hamstring strain which will sideline Lemmey for at least the next fortnight

Concussion

Test (Update: 29 July)

Integrate into full training. Availability: Test.
Will aim to complete concussion protocols this week to be available to play. (Update: 29 July

Foot sprain

Test (Update: 29 July)

Full training. Availability: Test.
Expected to train fully this week and be available to play. (Update: 29 July)

Hamstring

Round 22 (Update: 29 July)

Integrate into full training. Availability: Round 22.
Progressing back into full training this week, with aim to be available to play against Gold Coast. (Update: 29 July)

Hamstring

Rounds 23-24 (Update: 29 July)

Modified program. Availability: Rounds 23-24.
Scans have confirmed a hamstring strain that will sideline Lemmey for at least the next fortnight. (Update: 29 July)

Foot

TBC (Update: 22 July)

Modified program. Availability: TBC
Continuing to increase his running loads, however is yet to progress to full training. A further update will be provide when he is able to do so.
(Update: 22 July)

Groin soreness

TBC (Update: 15 July)

Modified program. Availability: TBC.
Continues to be monitored, with the Club to provide a further update once able to increase his training loads. (Update: 15 July)

Hamstring

TBC (Update: 29 July)

Modified program. Availability: TBC.
The Club will be able to provide a further update once he is able to increase training loads. (Update: 29 July)

Knee

Season (Update: 8 July)

Integrate into full training. Availability: Season.
While he continues to make strong progress in his rehabilitation, the decision has been made to allow him to use the remainder of the season to build up his strength and conditioning, allowing him to enter the off-season in a really strong position moving forward. (Update: 8 July)

Foot

Season (Update: 17 June)

Recovery phase. Will miss the remainder of the 2025 season. Has undergone surgery to correct a navicular stress fracture, ruling him out for the remainder of the 2025 season (Update: 17 June)

Achilles

Season (Update: 15 April)

In recovery phase: ruled out for the remainder of the 2025 season.
Experienced a ruptured Achilles in Round 5. (Update: 15 April)

Knee

Season (Update: 26 February)

Suffered a ruptured ACL. Will undergo surgery before progressing towards a full recovery. (Update: 26 February)

44. Francis Evans

44. Francis Evans

Integrate into full training. Availability: Test.
Will aim to complete concussion protocols this week to be available to play. (Update: 29 July

Injury: Concussion

Est. Return: Test (Update: 29 July)

45. Flynn Young

45. Flynn Young

Full training. Availability: Test.
Expected to train fully this week and be available to play. (Update: 29 July)

Injury: Foot sprain

Est. Return: Test (Update: 29 July)

11. Mitch McGovern

11. Mitch McGovern

Integrate into full training. Availability: Round 22.
Progressing back into full training this week, with aim to be available to play against Gold Coast. (Update: 29 July)

Injury: Hamstring

Est. Return: Round 22 (Update: 29 July)

31. Harry Lemmey

31. Harry Lemmey

Modified program. Availability: Rounds 23-24.
Scans have confirmed a hamstring strain that will sideline Lemmey for at least the next fortnight. (Update: 29 July)

Injury: Hamstring

Est. Return: Rounds 23-24 (Update: 29 July)

18. Sam Walsh

18. Sam Walsh

Modified program. Availability: TBC
Continuing to increase his running loads, however is yet to progress to full training. A further update will be provide when he is able to do so.
(Update: 22 July)

Injury: Foot

Est. Return: TBC (Update: 22 July)

1. Jack Silvagni

1. Jack Silvagni

Modified program. Availability: TBC.
Continues to be monitored, with the Club to provide a further update once able to increase his training loads. (Update: 15 July)

Injury: Groin soreness

Est. Return: TBC (Update: 15 July)

14. Orazio Fantasia

14. Orazio Fantasia

Modified program. Availability: TBC.
The Club will be able to provide a further update once he is able to increase training loads. (Update: 29 July)

Injury: Hamstring

Est. Return: TBC (Update: 29 July)

24. Nic Newman

24. Nic Newman

Integrate into full training. Availability: Season.
While he continues to make strong progress in his rehabilitation, the decision has been made to allow him to use the remainder of the season to build up his strength and conditioning, allowing him to enter the off-season in a really strong position moving forward. (Update: 8 July)

Injury: Knee

Est. Return: Season (Update: 8 July)

46. Matthew Cottrell

46. Matthew Cottrell

Recovery phase. Will miss the remainder of the 2025 season. Has undergone surgery to correct a navicular stress fracture, ruling him out for the remainder of the 2025 season (Update: 17 June)

Injury: Foot

Est. Return: Season (Update: 17 June)

17. Brodie Kemp

17. Brodie Kemp

In recovery phase: ruled out for the remainder of the 2025 season.
Experienced a ruptured Achilles in Round 5. (Update: 15 April)

Injury: Achilles

Est. Return: Season (Update: 15 April)

7. Jagga Smith

7. Jagga Smith

Suffered a ruptured ACL. Will undergo surgery before progressing towards a full recovery. (Update: 26 February)

Injury: Knee

Est. Return: Season (Update: 26 February)