{"id":512644,"date":"2026-03-01T22:22:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T22:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/512644\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T22:22:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T22:22:10","slug":"much-improved-swan-suffers-complex-injury-afl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/512644\/","title":{"rendered":"Much-improved Swan suffers “complex” injury – AFL News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sydney’s Braeden Campbell<\/a> will miss the start of the 2026 season with a complex injury, with no timeline on his return yet to be revealed.<\/p>\n

Campbell suffered a stress fracture to his shin, and will seek specialist external advice.<\/p>\n

A return to play will be determined following the consultations.<\/p>\n

Campbell’s injury comes just days out for the Swans’ season opener against Carlton.<\/p>\n

It is a major blow for the former Pick 5, who has established himself in the senior side, rarely missing a game in the past three seasons.<\/p>\n

He played all matches last year across the wing and half back, and his setback adds to the injury woes at Sydney.<\/p>\n

Campbell has played 94 games since his 2020 drafting. He joined the club via the Swans academy, and made his debut in Round 1, 2021.<\/p>\n

Swans veterans Taylor Adams<\/a> and Harry Cunningham<\/a> will miss the beginning of the year with achilles and quad issues.<\/p>\n

Draft pair Max King (back) and Jevan Phillipou<\/a> (quad) are also unavailable for Opening Round, while Ned Bowman<\/a> is out for another six weeks with a hamstring injury.<\/p>\n

Sydney will kick off the 2026 campaign on Thursday, hosting the Blues at the SCG.<\/p>\n

It will be a reunion, with former club stalwarts Will Hayward<\/a> and Ollie Florent donning the navy blue, while Charlie Curnow<\/a> will also face his old team.<\/p>\n

Get set for the footy with the FREE Zero Hanger 2026 AFL Season Guide!<\/a> Packed with 150+ pages of player profiles, team previews, insights and analysis, the 2026 AFL Season Guide<\/a> is built for fans who want the full picture. Download your free Season Guide HERE.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sydney’s Braeden Campbell will miss the start of the 2026 season with a complex injury, with no timeline…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":512645,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":["post-512644","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"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512644","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=512644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512644\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/512645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=512644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=512644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=512644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}