{"id":476534,"date":"2026-02-13T04:02:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T04:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/476534\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T04:02:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T04:02:09","slug":"tom-green-suspected-acl-tear-how-did-it-happen-video-gws-giants-latest-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/476534\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Green suspected ACL tear, how did it happen video, GWS Giants, latest news"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tom Green has sustained a serious knee injury at training, the Giants confirmed on Friday morning. <\/p>\n

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It\u2019s feared Green suffered an anterior cruciate ligament tear after getting caught awkwardly in a Toby Bedford tackle, with scans set to ascertain the severity. <\/p>\n

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In telling vision, Green\u2019s left leg was planted in the turf as he was twisted to ground. <\/p>\n

The 25-year-old remained down on the field in the pain, with intraclub play stopped as the star ball-winner had to be assisted off. <\/p>\n

\u201cChanging direction, evading a tackle, he felt something in his left knee,\u201d football boss Jason McCartney told media on Friday. <\/p>\n

\u201cOur medical team\u2019s assessed – unfortunately, they\u2019re confident that it\u2019s an ACL injury, but we do need some scans that we\u2019ll get in the next day or two to get some confirmation. <\/p>\n

\u201cBut it\u2019s looking (like) a worst-case scenario, but we\u2019re hoping for the best.\u201d<\/p>\n

If Green is indeed sidelined for a significant period, youngster Harry Rowston figures to shift into a more prominent midfield role alongside Finn Callaghan and recruit Clayton Oliver. <\/p>\n

Giants supporters and footy fans generally were excited to see Green and Oliver, two of the AFL\u2019s toughest contest players, wax in the GWS midfield – a unit now seriously undermanned with Josh Kelly also out as the club prepares for another tilt at a maiden premiership. <\/p>\n

The 115-gamer is the Giants\u2019 reigning club champion and was part of last year\u2019s All-Australian squad. <\/p>\n

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Tom Green in agony after being twisted down awkwardly in a tackle on Friday morning. Photo by Phil Hillyard.Source: News Corp AustraliaTom Green injury to his left leg during the GWS Giants matchplay on February 13, 2026. Photo by Phil Hillyard ( Image Supplied for Editorial Use only – NO ON SALES – copyright Phil Hillyard )Source: News Corp AustraliaTom Green injury to his left leg during the GWS Giants matchplay on February 13, 2026. Photo by Phil Hillyard ( Image Supplied for Editorial Use only – NO ON SALES – copyright Phil Hillyard )Source: News Corp Australia<\/p>\n

One of the most consistent hard-ball-winners since entering the competition in 2019, Green\u2019s 29.7 disposals per game ranked fifth in 2025. <\/p>\n

Kelly, meanwhile, is also set to spend a large portion of the season on the sidelines as he continues in rehabilitation from major hip surgery. <\/p>\n

In addition to increased responsibility for Callaghan, Oliver and Rowston, skipper Toby Greene could also be count on to step up in an inside role after training in the middle this pre-season. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tom Green has sustained a serious knee injury at training, the Giants confirmed on Friday morning. Watch the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":476535,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[12093,64,63,7803,242610,3500,3231,242611,3512,242609,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-476534","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-another-fine-day","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-clayton-oliver","12":"tag-devastating-injury-blow","13":"tag-finn-callaghan","14":"tag-jack-jovanovski","15":"tag-jason-mccartney","16":"tag-knee-injury","17":"tag-prominent-midfield-role","18":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/476534","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=476534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/476534\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/476535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=476534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=476534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=476534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}