{"id":603910,"date":"2026-04-13T10:48:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T10:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/603910\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T10:48:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T10:48:10","slug":"season-over-for-eagles-recruit-after-cruel-injury-blow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/603910\/","title":{"rendered":"Season over for Eagles recruit after cruel injury blow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__summary\">\n                The Eagles have confirmed Deven Robertson will miss the rest of the season\n            <\/p>\n<p>                                Deven Robertson is seen with medical staff during the match between Geelong and West Coast at Norwood Oval in round five, 2026. Picture: AFL Photos<\/p>\n<p>WEST Coast midfielder Deven Robertson has ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee and will miss the rest of the 2026 season.<\/p>\n<p>Robertson underwent scans on Monday after hurting his knee in the Eagles&#8217; loss to Geelong at Norwood Oval on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old recruit played four games for West Coast this season, but his campaign is now over.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Unfortunately, scans today confirmed Deven has ruptured his ACL and will miss the rest of the season,&#8221; West Coast head of football John Worsfold said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re incredibly disappointed for Dev. He has made a significant impact since joining the club last November and has been outstanding in the way he has gone about his football.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s an ultimate professional, and we have no doubt he will attack his rehabilitation with the same commitment he brings every day.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The club will support him fully throughout his recovery.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Robertson was averaging career-highs for disposals (18.5), tackles (5.5) and clearances (3.8) before the cruel blow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Eagles have confirmed Deven Robertson will miss the rest of the season Deven Robertson is seen with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":603911,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[64,63,85,83],"class_list":{"0":"post-603910","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-text"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603910","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=603910"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603910\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/603911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=603910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=603910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=603910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}