{"id":501269,"date":"2026-02-24T16:10:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T16:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/501269\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T16:10:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T16:10:20","slug":"lions-defender-set-for-spell-on-sidelines-after-knee-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/501269\/","title":{"rendered":"Lions defender set for spell on sidelines after knee surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__summary\">\n                Jack Payne has undergone knee surgery in a blow for the Lions\n            <\/p>\n<p>                                Jack Payne is injured during the R14 match between Brisbane and Greater Western Sydney at The Gabba, on June 14, 2025. Picture: AFL Photos<\/p>\n<p>BRISBANE defender Jack Payne is set for another stint on the sidelines after undergoing surgery on his knee.<\/p>\n<p>Payne ruptured his patellar tendon in round 14 last year and after experiencing pain during his rehabilitation, the Lions sent him in for surgery, the club confirmed on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Brisbane expects to put a timeframe on the 26-year-old key defender&#8217;s return over the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p>A 2024 premiership player, Payne finished last year having played just 13 games for the season.<\/p>\n<p>Brisbane faces Gold Coast in the AAMI Community Series on Thursday night before its Opening Round clash against the Western Bulldogs on March 7.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jack Payne has undergone knee surgery in a blow for the Lions Jack Payne is injured during the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":501270,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85,83],"class_list":["post-501269","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","tag-text"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501269","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=501269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501269\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/501270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=501269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=501269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=501269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}