\n Sam Powell-Pepper has gone under the knife to reduce discomfort in his left knee\n <\/p>\n
Sam Powell-Pepper after injuring his knee during Port Adelaide’s loss to Brisbane in round 17, 2024. Picture: AFL Photos<\/p>\n
PORT Adelaide forward Sam Powell-Pepper has undergone another minor knee procedure as he continues his recovery from an ACL injury.<\/p>\n
The 28-year-old ruptured the ACL in his left knee last July, having ruptured the ACL in his right knee early in the 2024 season.<\/p>\n
On Friday, the Power said Powell-Pepper had undergone an arthroscopy to reduce discomfort, but added the latest procedure will not greatly impact his return to play timeline.<\/p>\n
“On return from Christmas break, Powell-Pepper was experiencing irritation as he increased the intensity of his end-stage rehab, with some scar tissue identified as the likely predominant cause of the issue,” the club said.<\/p>\n
Sam Powell-Pepper during Port Adelaide’s captain’s run at Alberton Oval on June 25, 2025. Picture: Getty Images<\/p>\n
“In consultation with a surgeon, it was decided a clean out of scar tissue was necessary to resolve the discomfort, push towards end stage and return to training in this phase of rehab.<\/p>\n
“The procedure is not uncommon for athletes recovering from an ACL injury, and Powell-Pepper’s return to play timeline is not expected to be greatly impacted.”<\/p>\n
Powell-Pepper had been a consistent selection since being drafted with pick 18 in the 2016 draft, playing 139 of a possible 157 games in his first seven seasons at the club.<\/p>\n
But the consecutive ACL injuries has seen him play just 19 games in the past two years and he faces another long stint on the sidelines in 2026.<\/p>\n
He is contracted until the end of the 2029 season having signed a new four-year deal in late 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sam Powell-Pepper has gone under the knife to reduce discomfort in his left knee Sam Powell-Pepper after injuring…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":433106,"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-433105","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\/433105","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=433105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433105\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/433106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=433105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=433105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=433105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}