{"id":415047,"date":"2026-01-15T17:04:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T17:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/415047\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T17:04:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T17:04:10","slug":"hawthorn-hawks-star-suffers-shoulder-injury-at-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/415047\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawthorn Hawks star suffers shoulder injury at training"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Will Day in the hands of trainers at training yesterday.Credit: Photo: @aflratings, X<\/p>\n

The 2024 shoulder injury interrupted Day\u2019s last pre-season, but he managed to be fit for the start of the 2025 campaign before suffering a serious foot injury in round four.<\/p>\n

He hurt his navicular, a notoriously problematic injury for sportspeople and a stress injury Day had suffered once before.<\/p>\n

Day was able to return to play late in the season but, in his second game back, he re-injured his foot when it was stomped on during the match against the Crows, inflaming the navicular bone stress.<\/p>\n

After missing Hawthorn\u2019s finals campaign in 2024 he was also forced to sit in the stands last September as the Hawks went on to make the preliminary final.<\/p>\n

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The Hawks chased Essendon\u2019s Zach Merrett, then-captain of the Bombers, in the off-season to bolster their midfield with extra class. The idea of Merrett joining a fit Day and Jai Newcombe in the midfield would have made for a vastly improved on-ball brigade on last year\u2019s campaign.<\/p>\n

The Hawks were unable to prise the contracted Merrett out of Essendon and have now again lost Day for at least a portion of the season.<\/p>\n

The Hawks\u2019 opening-round game is against the Giants on March 7.<\/p>\n

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