{"id":414566,"date":"2026-01-15T11:58:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T11:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/414566\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T11:58:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T11:58:14","slug":"hawthorns-will-day-suffers-suspected-shoulder-injury-at-training-hawks-club-statement-return-date-hawks-training-news-track-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/414566\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawthorn\u2019s Will Day suffers suspected shoulder injury at training, Hawks club statement, return date, Hawks training news, track watch"},"content":{"rendered":"

Star Hawthorn midfielder Will Day is expected to miss the start of the 2026 home-and-away season, after leaving a training session early in concerning scenes.<\/p>\n

Day was seen on Thursday morning using his training jumper to support his right shoulder as he was assisted off the Hawks\u2019 Dingley training venue by two club officials.<\/p>\n

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The club confirmed on Thursday evening that the 24-year-old hasn\u2019t suffered any bone damage from the incident, however will consult a surgeon in the coming week.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a disappointing setback for Will, and we really feel for him at this time,\u201d Hawthorn GM of Football Rob McCartney said via a club statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cWill is one of the most resilient people I know, and he has done everything possible to return to full fitness already this off-season.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Club is supporting Will through this process and will provide a further update on his recovery timeline once further consultation has been completed.\u201d<\/p>\n

While the club didn\u2019t specifiy an exact return date, the Hawks did state he is expected to miss the start of the AFL season.<\/p>\n

Will Day is helped off at their Dingley training base.Source: Supplied<\/p>\n

Day earlier moved with purpose and authority in running drills before players broke up into three separate groups for a \u2018Baz ball\u2019 drill \u2014 essentially a keepings off game where tackling is allowed.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s suspected Day suffered his injury during that drill.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t see it (injury incident) and we\u2019ve only just got off the track,\u201d Hawks ruck Lloyd Meek told reporters post-training. \u201cI think the club will release something when we\u2019ve got a bit more info.<\/p>\n

\u201cHopefully first and foremost he\u2019s all good. He\u2019s obviously a valued friend and teammate.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe heard about it (during the session), a couple of leaders addressed it and it was just \u2018no idea what it is yet, don\u2019t jump at any shadows\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

Day had been a summer standout for the Hawks in recent days after returning to full training earlier this week. He\u2019d previously been on a modified program.<\/p>\n

His strong sessions had been a welcome sight for Hawks fans, considering the star midfielder was restricted to just six games last season due to two bone stress injuries in his right foot.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHe\u2019s been flying,\u201d Meek said. \u201cHe\u2019s put in a mountain of work. He looks great, he\u2019s running really well.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s been excited – I think he only did his first drill last week, so still just easing his way back into it. He\u2019s put in a heap of work over this off-season, he\u2019s been here a lot during his rehab and working really closely with the medical staff.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s been in really good knick.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Star Hawthorn midfielder Will Day is expected to miss the start of the 2026 home-and-away season, after leaving…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":414567,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":["post-414566","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"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414566","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=414566"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414566\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/414567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=414566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=414566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=414566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}