\n Hannah Munyard could make a stunning return for the Crows this season\n <\/p>\n
Hannah Munyard during the AFLW Round one match between St Kilda and Adelaide at RSEA Park, August 17, 2025. Picture: AFL Photos<\/p>\n
ADELAIDE premiership forward\u00a0Hannah Munyard\u00a0could make a shock return this year, despite breaking her ankle in round one.<\/p>\n
Munyard has leaped through her rehab milestones after ankle surgery, and has already progressed through plaster, a moonboot and is now weight-bearing unaided.<\/p>\n
“She’s still got some work to do now on strengthening her ankle and the ligaments surrounding it, but I’d suggest she might be ready to return to the field in about four to six weeks,” Crows head of AFLW Phil Harper said.<\/p>\n
“At the time of her injury, we thought she would be out for the season, but her recovery powers have been greater than expected and she’s heading in the right direction.”<\/p>\n
Teammate\u00a0Caitlin Gould\u00a0is likely to miss 6-8 weeks with a fractured wrist, while\u00a0Sarah Allan\u00a0(knee corky) should take her place in the side this week.<\/p>\n
Lauren Young, one of the most decorated juniors in women’s football, is finally set to make her AFLW debut with Port Adelaide, recovering from a torn ACL suffered last year, as well as a concussion picked up last week. Power veteran\u00a0Janelle Cuthbertson\u00a0is also likely to play, having overcome her own torn ACL and subsequent foot injury.<\/p>\n
Ebony O’Dea and Lauren Young during Port Adelaide’s 2024 team photo day at Alberton Oval. Picture: AFL Photos<\/p>\n
Sydney hardnut\u00a0Julie O’Sullivan\u00a0has been ruled out for the year after scans confirmed a ruptured left ACL, but\u00a0Lexi Hamilton\u00a0is still a chance to play after being taken to hospital for scans on her ribs and lungs.<\/p>\n
Brisbane forward\u00a0Ellie Hampson\u00a0will be sidelined for 6-8 weeks with a broken collarbone.<\/p>\n
Melbourne is getting through the injury woods, with\u00a0Tahlia Gillard\u00a0(MCL) and\u00a0Sinead Goldrick\u00a0(shoulder) tests for this weekend.<\/p>\n
The news isn’t as good for Essendon, with injury replacement signing\u00a0Jess Verbrugge\u00a0ruled out for the year with a syndesmosis issue.\u00a0Daria Bannister\u00a0(hand),\u00a0Brooke Brown\u00a0(bone stress) and\u00a0Georgia Gee\u00a0(neck) are tests for this week.<\/p>\n
Georgia Gee handballs during Essendon’s clash against West Coast in round two, 2025. Picture: Getty Images<\/p>\n
North Melbourne premiership winger\u00a0Taylah Gatt\u00a0has also suffered her own syndesmosis injury, with a specialist consultation to come, but is set to miss a “significant” part of the season.<\/p>\n
St Kilda may be boosted by the return of speedster\u00a0Nic Xenos, who hasn’t played at all this season as she completed the final stages of rehab from heel surgery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hannah Munyard could make a stunning return for the Crows this season Hannah Munyard during the AFLW Round…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":148800,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85,83],"class_list":{"0":"post-148799","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-afl","8":"tag-afl","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-australian-football-league","12":"tag-australianfootballleague","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-text"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148799","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=148799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148799\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/148800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}