{"id":428959,"date":"2026-01-22T01:55:32","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T01:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/428959\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T01:55:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T01:55:32","slug":"hope-on-the-horizon-as-viney-remains-stranded-in-rehab-afl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/428959\/","title":{"rendered":"Hope on the horizon as Viney remains stranded in rehab – AFL News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Melbourne is refusing to rule out midfield star Jack Viney<\/a> from opening round contention despite his lingering absence from full training.<\/p>\n

Viney, who has been battling achilles soreness, again did limited work on Wednesday in the rehab group at Gosch’s Paddock.<\/p>\n

But despite the worrying signs as the season rapidly approaches, Zero Hanger can confirm Viney could be back in training in about a fortnight.<\/p>\n

Alan Richardson<\/a>, general manager of AFL<\/a> performance at the Demons, told Zero Hanger Viney has been making progress.<\/p>\n

“We expect him to return to full training in the next few weeks,” Richardson said.<\/p>\n

“Jack’s been managing that achilles soreness, and pleasingly has been making some really positive steps through that rehab.”<\/p>\n

Achilles injuries can be difficult to shake, and given his age (31), the Demons will take a super-cautious approach even if Viney is the type to push hard for the opening of the season.<\/p>\n

He left training to scale the steps nearby at AAMI Park, building up strength in his achilles, as the Demons went through their paces nearby.<\/p>\n

Viney is still restricted to running shoes and will have to overcome significant steps to start the season.<\/p>\n

Former Magpie Brody Mihocek<\/a>, who is overcoming a toe injury, remains in the rehab group, but is further advanced than Viney.<\/p>\n

Steven May<\/a> continues to be put through a searching running program off to the side as the main training group gets to work.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Melbourne is refusing to rule out midfield star Jack Viney from opening round contention despite his lingering absence…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":428960,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":["post-428959","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\/428959","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=428959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428959\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/428960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=428959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=428959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=428959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}