{"id":590868,"date":"2026-04-07T08:33:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T08:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/590868\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T08:33:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T08:33:15","slug":"weitering-update-news-on-two-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/590868\/","title":{"rendered":"Weitering update, news on two more"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n Injury News\n <\/p>\n

\n Updates on Jacob Weitering, Cooper Lord and Zac Williams.\n <\/p>\n

UPDATES on three Blues leading into Gather Round.<\/p>\n

* Zac Williams trained fully this week and is available for selection.<\/p>\n

Jacob Weitering (concussion)<\/p>\n

– Modified program
– Availability: Round 6
– Entered concussion protocols following Friday\u2019s game and will be unavailable for AFL selection this week.<\/p>\n

Cooper Lord (illness)<\/p>\n

– Full training
– Availability: Round 6
– Had returned to full training and is expected to be available to play next week.<\/p>\n

Concussions<\/p>\n

Round 6 (Update: 7 April)<\/p>\n

\n Modified program. Availability: Round 6.
\nEntered concussion protocols following Round 4: will be unavailable for Gather Round. (Update: 7 April)\n <\/p>\n

Illness<\/p>\n

Round 6 (Update: 7 April)<\/p>\n

\n Full training. Availability: Round 6.
\nReturned to full training: expected to be available to play next week. (Update: 7 April)\n <\/p>\n

Concussion<\/p>\n

Round 6 (Update: 31 March)<\/p>\n

\n Modified program. Availability: Round 6.\u2028
\nHas entered 12-day concussion protocols after Round 3: will be unavailable for next two AFL games. (Update: 31 March)\n <\/p>\n

Concussion<\/p>\n

Round 6 (Update: 31 March)<\/p>\n

\n Modified program. Availability: Round 6.\u2028
\nHas entered concussion protocols following VFL Round 2. (Update: 31 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

\"23:<\/p>\n

23: Jacob Weitering<\/p>\n

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

\n Modified program. Availability: Round 6.
\nEntered concussion protocols following Round 4: will be unavailable for Gather Round. (Update: 7 April)\n <\/p>\n

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

\n Est. Return: Round 6 (Update: 7 April)\n <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\"36.<\/p>\n

36. Cooper Lord<\/p>\n

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

\n Full training. Availability: Round 6.
\nReturned to full training: expected to be available to play next week. (Update: 7 April)\n <\/p>\n

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

\n Est. Return: Round 6 (Update: 7 April)\n <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\"35.<\/p>\n

35. Harry Dean<\/p>\n

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

\n Modified program. Availability: Round 6.\u2028
\nHas entered 12-day concussion protocols after Round 3: will be unavailable for next two AFL games. (Update: 31 March)\n <\/p>\n

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

\n Est. Return: Round 6 (Update: 31 March)\n <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\"41.<\/p>\n

41. Matt Duffy<\/p>\n

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

\n Modified program. Availability: Round 6.\u2028
\nHas entered concussion protocols following VFL Round 2. (Update: 31 March)\n <\/p>\n

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

\n Est. Return: Round 6 (Update: 31 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":"Injury News Updates on Jacob Weitering, Cooper Lord and Zac Williams. UPDATES on three Blues leading into Gather…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":590869,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85,83],"class_list":{"0":"post-590868","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-afl","8":"tag-afl","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-australian-football-league","12":"tag-australianfootballleague","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-text"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590868","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=590868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590868\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/590869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=590868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=590868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=590868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}