{"id":476445,"date":"2026-02-13T03:09:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T03:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/476445\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T03:09:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T03:09:08","slug":"giants-fear-worst-case-scenario-after-star-midfielder-suffers-acl-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/476445\/","title":{"rendered":"Giants fear &#8216;worst-case scenario&#8217; after star midfielder suffers ACL injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                Updated\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__summary\">\n                Star midfielder Tom Green has suffered a knee injury at Giants training\n            <\/p>\n<p>                                Tom Green is seen after hurting his knee at Greater Western Sydney training on February 13, 2026. Picture: Phil Hillyard<\/p>\n<p>GREATER Western Sydney star Tom Green has suffered a suspected ACL injury at training on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Green was seen holding his knee after getting caught awkwardly in a tackle during the Giants&#8217; match simulation session.<\/p>\n<p>The Giants onballer is set to have scans, but GWS is fearing the worst.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A devastating blow at the Giants this morning, with star midfielder Tom Green going down with a suspected ACL injury. Green is on his way for scans, but the club is fearing the worst for their reigning best and fairest winner. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AFLcomau?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@AFLcomau<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Riley Beveridge (@RileyBev) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RileyBev\/status\/2022106877795180626?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 13, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our medical team has assessed. Unfortunately, they&#8217;re confident that it&#8217;s an ACL injury,&#8221; Giants football boss Jason McCartney said on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s looking like a worst-case scenario, but we&#8217;re fingers crossed, we&#8217;re hoping for the best.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He (Green) was in shock, like the coach, myself, and most of his teammates are trying to find out what was going on.<\/p>\n<p>                    Tom Green is seen after hurting his knee at Greater Western Sydney training on February 13, 2026. Picture: Phil Hillyard<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s reasonably upbeat, Tom, but it&#8217;ll take a while to sink in, I&#8217;d imagine.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Green averaged 29.7 disposals, 8.5 clearances and 3.6 tackles last year, winning the Giants&#8217; best and fairest and playing 20-plus games for the fourth consecutive season.<\/p>\n<p>The Giants are already set to be without Josh Kelly (hip) for most of the season.<\/p>\n<p>                    Tom Green is seen after hurting his knee at Greater Western Sydney training on February 13, 2026. Picture: Phil Hillyard<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afl.com.au\/news\/1464560\/why-greater-western-sydney-giants-coach-adam-kingsley-is-confident-gun-onballer-clayton-oliver-can-get-back-to-his-best\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Speaking to AFL.com.au<\/a>, coach Adam Kingsley backed recruit Clayton Oliver to recapture his best form, and had no concerns about the midfielder being able to combine with Green.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I see no reason why he can&#8217;t [get back to his best],&#8221; Kingsley said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Physically, he looks like he&#8217;s in really good shape. He&#8217;ll give himself every chance. Even near his best, it&#8217;s certainly going to be helpful for us.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But we don&#8217;t talk about getting back to your best or anything like that, it&#8217;s about putting yourself in a position physically and mentally to perform at your best and contribute to the team. So far across the course of one pre-season, that&#8217;s what he&#8217;s done for us.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m really looking forward to seeing how that all comes together for our team against opposition. It&#8217;s pretty exciting. But he won&#8217;t be the finished product at the start of the season, either. He&#8217;ll have to learn his new teammates, adapt to the way that we play \u2026 it&#8217;s slightly different to how Melbourne played, for instance. He&#8217;ll have some learning to do. But I&#8217;m pretty excited about what he could potentially be for us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>More to come<\/p>\n<p>                    Tom Green is seen after hurting his knee at Greater Western Sydney training on February 13, 2026. 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