{"id":12860,"date":"2025-07-22T07:46:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T07:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/12860\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T07:46:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T07:46:08","slug":"updates-ahead-of-round-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/12860\/","title":{"rendered":"Updates ahead of Round 20"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n UPDATES on four Blues leading into Round 20.\n <\/p>\n

UPDATES on four Blues leading into Round 20.<\/p>\n

Francis Evans (concussion)<\/p>\n

Modified program
\nAvailability: Rounds 21-22
\nHas entered concussion protocols after being subbed out following a collision in the third quarter of Saturday\u2019s win over Melbourne<\/p>\n

Harry McKay (knee)<\/p>\n

Full training
\nAvailable to play this week<\/p>\n

Lewis Young (ankle)<\/p>\n

Full training
\nAvailable to play this week<\/p>\n

Sam Walsh (foot)<\/p>\n

Modified program
\nAvailability: TBC
\nContinuing to increase his running loads, however is yet to progress to full training. A further update will be provided when he is able to do so<\/p>\n

Knee<\/p>\n

Available. (Update 22 July)<\/p>\n

\n Full training
\nAvailable to play this week. (Update 22 July)\n <\/p>\n

Ankle<\/p>\n

Available (Update: 22 July)<\/p>\n

\n Full training. Available to play this week
\n(Update: 22 July)\n <\/p>\n

Concussion<\/p>\n

Rounds 21-22 (Update: 22 July)<\/p>\n

\n Modified program. Availability: Rounds 21-22
\nHas entered concussion protocols after being subbed out following a collision in the third quarter of Saturday\u2019s win over Melbourne.
\n(Update: 22 July)\n <\/p>\n

Foot<\/p>\n

TBC (Update: 22 July)<\/p>\n

\n Modified program. Availability: TBC
\nContinuing 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.
\n(Update: 22 July)\n <\/p>\n

Groin soreness<\/p>\n

TBC (Update: 15 July)<\/p>\n

\n Modified program. Availability: TBC.
\nContinues to be monitored, with the Club to provide a further update once able to increase his training loads. (Update: 15 July)\n <\/p>\n

Hamstring<\/p>\n

TBC (Update: 15 July)<\/p>\n

\n Modified program. Availability: TBC.
\nScans confirmed a hamstring strain in Round 18: his return-to-play timeline will become clearer in Round 21. (Update: 15 July)\n <\/p>\n

Hamstring<\/p>\n

TBC (Update: 15 July)<\/p>\n

\n Modified program. Availability: TBC.
\nScans confirmed a hamstring strain in Round 18: his return-to-play timeline will become clearer in Round 21. (Update: 15 July)\n <\/p>\n

Knee<\/p>\n

Season (Update: 8 July)<\/p>\n

\n Integrate into full training. Availability: Season.
\nWhile 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)\n <\/p>\n

Foot<\/p>\n

Season (Update: 17 June)<\/p>\n

\n 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)\n <\/p>\n

Achilles<\/p>\n

Season (Update: 15 April)<\/p>\n

\n In recovery phase: ruled out for the remainder of the 2025 season.
\nExperienced a ruptured Achilles in Round 5. (Update: 15 April)\n <\/p>\n

Knee<\/p>\n

Season (Update: 26 February)<\/p>\n

\n Suffered a ruptured ACL. Will undergo surgery before progressing towards a full recovery. (Update: 26 February)\n <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\"10.<\/p>\n

10. Harry McKay<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

\n Full training
\nAvailable to play this week. (Update 22 July)\n <\/p>\n

\n Injury: Knee\n <\/p>\n

\n Est. Return: Available. (Update 22 July)\n <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\"33.<\/p>\n

33. Lewis Young<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

\n Full training. Available to play this week
\n(Update: 22 July)\n <\/p>\n

\n Injury: Ankle\n <\/p>\n

\n Est. Return: Available (Update: 22 July)\n <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\"44.<\/p>\n

44. Francis Evans<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

\n Modified program. Availability: Rounds 21-22
\nHas entered concussion protocols after being subbed out following a collision in the third quarter of Saturday\u2019s win over Melbourne.
\n(Update: 22 July)\n <\/p>\n

\n Injury: Concussion\n <\/p>\n

\n Est. Return: Rounds 21-22 (Update: 22 July)\n <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\"18.<\/p>\n

18. Sam Walsh<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

\n Modified program. Availability: TBC
\nContinuing 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.
\n(Update: 22 July)\n <\/p>\n

\n Injury: Foot\n <\/p>\n

\n Est. Return: TBC (Update: 22 July)\n <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\"1.<\/p>\n

1. Jack Silvagni<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

\n Modified program. Availability: TBC.
\nContinues to be monitored, with the Club to provide a further update once able to increase his training loads. (Update: 15 July)\n <\/p>\n

\n Injury: Groin soreness\n <\/p>\n

\n Est. Return: TBC (Update: 15 July)\n <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\"11.<\/p>\n

11. Mitch McGovern<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

\n Modified program. Availability: TBC.
\nScans confirmed a hamstring strain in Round 18: his return-to-play timeline will become clearer in Round 21. (Update: 15 July)\n <\/p>\n

\n Injury: Hamstring\n <\/p>\n

\n Est. Return: TBC (Update: 15 July)\n <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\"14.<\/p>\n

14. Orazio Fantasia<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

\n Modified program. Availability: TBC.
\nScans confirmed a hamstring strain in Round 18: his return-to-play timeline will become clearer in Round 21. (Update: 15 July)\n <\/p>\n

\n Injury: Hamstring\n <\/p>\n

\n Est. Return: TBC (Update: 15 July)\n <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\"24.<\/p>\n

24. Nic Newman<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

\n Integrate into full training. Availability: Season.
\nWhile 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)\n <\/p>\n

\n Injury: Knee\n <\/p>\n

\n Est. Return: Season (Update: 8 July)\n <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\"46.<\/p>\n

46. Matthew Cottrell<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

\n 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)\n <\/p>\n

\n Injury: Foot\n <\/p>\n

\n Est. Return: Season (Update: 17 June)\n <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\"17.<\/p>\n

17. Brodie Kemp<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

\n In recovery phase: ruled out for the remainder of the 2025 season.
\nExperienced a ruptured Achilles in Round 5. (Update: 15 April)\n <\/p>\n

\n Injury: Achilles\n <\/p>\n

\n Est. Return: Season (Update: 15 April)\n <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\"7.<\/p>\n

7. Jagga Smith<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

\n Suffered a ruptured ACL. Will undergo surgery before progressing towards a full recovery. (Update: 26 February)\n <\/p>\n

\n Injury: Knee\n <\/p>\n

\n Est. Return: Season (Update: 26 February)\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UPDATES on four Blues leading into Round 20. UPDATES on four Blues leading into Round 20. Francis Evans…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12861,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85,83],"class_list":["post-12860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-afl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-sports","tag-text"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12860"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12860\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}