{"id":531003,"date":"2026-03-10T12:23:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/531003\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:23:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:23:10","slug":"afl-injury-news-updates-on-three-blues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/531003\/","title":{"rendered":"AFL injury news: Updates on three Blues"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n Updates on Nick Haynes, Adam Saad and Francis Evans.\n <\/p>\n

UPDATES on three Blues leading into Round 1 of the AFL season.<\/p>\n

*Nick Haynes trained fully this week and will play in the VFL practice match on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Adam Saad (hamstring)<\/p>\n

– Modified program
– Availability: Round 3-4
– Scans have confirmed a minor hamstring strain which is expected to see him available to play shortly after the Round 2 bye<\/p>\n

Francis Evans (knee)<\/p>\n

– Integrating into full training
– Availability: Round 3-4
– Will be given the extra fortnight to recover and is expected to be available shortly after the Round 2 bye<\/p>\n

Hamstring<\/p>\n

Round 3-4 (Update: 3 March)<\/p>\n

\n Modified program. Availability: Round 3-4
\nExpected to be available shortly after Round 2 bye. (Update: 13 March)\n <\/p>\n

Hamstring<\/p>\n

Round 3-4 (Update: 10 March)<\/p>\n

\n Modified program. Availability: Round 3-4.
\nScans confirmed a minor hamstring strain: expected to be available to play shortly after the Round 2 bye. (Update: 10 March)\n <\/p>\n

Knee<\/p>\n

Round 3-4 (Update: 10 March)<\/p>\n

\n Integrating into full training. Availability: Round 3-4.
\nWill be given the extra fortnight to recover and is expected to be available shortly after the Round 2 bye. (Update: 10 March)\n <\/p>\n

Knee<\/p>\n

Round 3-4 (Update: 3 March)<\/p>\n

\n Integrating into full training. Availability: Round 3-4
\nExpected to be available shortly after Round 2 bye. (Update: 3 March)\n <\/p>\n

Foot<\/p>\n

TBD (Update: 3 March)<\/p>\n

\n Modified program. Availability: Timeline to be determined after Round 2 bye.
\nHot spot detected in recent weeks which is currently being managed: return-to-play timeline will be more accurately determined after Round 2 bye. (Update: 3 March)\n <\/p>\n

Knee<\/p>\n

TBC (Update: 3 March)<\/p>\n

\n Continuing to undergo rehabilitation from ACL injury sustained late in 2025.
\nAvailability: TBC. (Update: 3 March)\n <\/p>\n

Knee<\/p>\n

Season (Update: 11 January)<\/p>\n

\n Ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament in January. Availability: Season. (Update: 11 January)\n <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\"5.<\/p>\n

5. Adam Cerra<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

\n Modified program. Availability: Round 3-4
\nExpected to be available shortly after Round 2 bye. (Update: 13 March)\n <\/p>\n

\n Injury: Hamstring\n <\/p>\n

\n Est. Return: Round 3-4 (Update: 3 March)\n <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\"42.<\/p>\n

42. Adam Saad<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

\n Modified program. Availability: Round 3-4.
\nScans confirmed a minor hamstring strain: expected to be available to play shortly after the Round 2 bye. (Update: 10 March)\n <\/p>\n

\n Injury: Hamstring\n <\/p>\n

\n Est. Return: Round 3-4 (Update: 10 March)\n <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\"44.<\/p>\n

44. Francis Evans<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

\n Integrating into full training. Availability: Round 3-4.
\nWill be given the extra fortnight to recover and is expected to be available shortly after the Round 2 bye. (Update: 10 March)\n <\/p>\n

\n Injury: Knee\n <\/p>\n

\n Est. Return: Round 3-4 (Update: 10 March)\n <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\"46.<\/p>\n

46. Matthew Cottrell<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

\n Integrating into full training. Availability: Round 3-4
\nExpected to be available shortly after Round 2 bye. (Update: 3 March)\n <\/p>\n

\n Injury: Knee\n <\/p>\n

\n Est. Return: Round 3-4 (Update: 3 March)\n <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\"35.<\/p>\n

35. Billy Wilson<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

\n Modified program. Availability: Timeline to be determined after Round 2 bye.
\nHot spot detected in recent weeks which is currently being managed: return-to-play timeline will be more accurately determined after Round 2 bye. (Update: 3 March)\n <\/p>\n

\n Injury: Foot\n <\/p>\n

\n Est. Return: TBD (Update: 3 March)\n <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\"22.<\/p>\n

22. Harry O’Farrell<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

\n Continuing to undergo rehabilitation from ACL injury sustained late in 2025.
\nAvailability: TBC. (Update: 3 March)\n <\/p>\n

\n Injury: Knee\n <\/p>\n

\n Est. Return: TBC (Update: 3 March)\n <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\"3.<\/p>\n

3. Jesse Motlop<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

\n Ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament in January. Availability: Season. (Update: 11 January)\n <\/p>\n

\n Injury: Knee\n <\/p>\n

\n Est. Return: Season (Update: 11 January)\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Updates on Nick Haynes, Adam Saad and Francis Evans. UPDATES on three Blues leading into Round 1 of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":531004,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,83,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-531003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-text","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531003","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=531003"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531003\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/531004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=531003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=531003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=531003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}