\n Dean Cox and Taylor Adams speak after midfielder was assaulted on Saturday night\n <\/p>\n
Taylor Adams in action during Sydney’s training on February 26, 2025. Picture: Phil Hillyard<\/p>\n
SYDNEY veteran Taylor Adams will “take a few days” to return to the club after being knocked unconscious in an incident on Saturday night.<\/p>\n
With Adams absent from the club’s team photo day on Tuesday, Swans coach Dean Cox said the 35-year-old midfielder was recovering well.<\/p>\n
Adams was taken to hospital on Saturday night after being knocked unconscious across the road from a venue in Sydney’s eastern suburbs.<\/p>\n
Cox said Adams, who was released on Sunday morning, had simply been trying to go home.<\/p>\n
The former Collingwood midfielder was allegedly assaulted following an argument with two men, NSW Police said.<\/p>\n
Taylor Adams during a Sydney training session at Sydney Cricket Ground on April 23, 2025. Picture: AFL Photos<\/p>\n
Adams – who has spent his pre-season in rehabilitation with an achilles injury – was knocked to the ground and lost consciousness briefly. He also sustained a small cut to his cheek.<\/p>\n
Both men had left the scene before police arrived at the licensed venue on Vickery Avenue in Rose Bay just after 10pm.<\/p>\n
Police were told the men were not known to Adams.<\/p>\n
“Yeah, Taylor’s fine,” Cox said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
“He’s obviously been taken to hospital, released early Sunday morning, spoke to him Sunday.<\/p>\n
“He was out the front trying to go home. Now it’s a matter of dealing with the NSW Police, and Taylor going through that process as well.”<\/p>\n
Taylor Adams in action at Sydney training on September 18, 2024. Picture: Phil Hillyard<\/p>\n
Adams also provided a brief update on his social media account.<\/p>\n
“To everyone that has sent their love, thank you,” Adams wrote on his Instagram story.<\/p>\n
“I am doing okay.<\/p>\n
“This is now a police matter, and I won’t be commenting further.”<\/p>\n
Cox said the club was made aware “as soon as the incident happened”, and addressed the playing group on Monday.<\/p>\n
“We make sure that everything’s good at home, everything’s fine with Ellie (Adams’ wife), and provide as much as we possibly can,” Cox said.<\/p>\n
“We touch on that every year (with the players), about making sure we understand the role we have in the community, who we represent.<\/p>\n
Dean Cox at Sydney training on January 19, 2026. Picture: Phil Hillyard<\/p>\n
“But then on top of that as well, just to be careful no matter where you are.<\/p>\n
“The scenarios that you might face, players are all aware of, and hopefully you make the right decision at the right time.”<\/p>\n
Cox said Adams should be in the frame for the club’s Opening Round match against star recruit Charlie Curnow’s former team Carlton in March.<\/p>\n
Adams suffered a partial tear to his achilles tendon in December, after playing just four games last season following recurring hamstring injuries.<\/p>\n
“He’s probably halfway through his (12-week injury) rehab,” Cox said.<\/p>\n
“He’d spent a lot of time getting back on the training track and following that program intensely, so he’ll take a few days.<\/p>\n
“We’ll keep monitoring, make sure everything’s OK, and he’ll progress according to how he’s feeling.<\/p>\n
“It was quite unique, that injury, so the time frame was always going to be sketchy with when we could get back.<\/p>\n
“He’s been doing a heap of off-legs and building into a running program, so hopefully he’s back within the group within a couple of weeks.”<\/p>\n
Star ruck Brodie Grundy was also absent from Tuesday’s session after suffering a concussion in a match simulation last week.<\/p>\n
Brodie Grundy leaves the field after a head knock during Sydney’s training session on January 23, 2026. Picture: Phil Hillyard<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dean Cox and Taylor Adams speak after midfielder was assaulted on Saturday night Taylor Adams in action during…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":440495,"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-440494","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\/440494","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=440494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440494\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/440495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=440494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=440494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=440494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}