{"id":636803,"date":"2026-04-28T19:12:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T19:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/636803\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T19:12:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T19:12:14","slug":"rnd-8-injury-update-darcy-walker-sturt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/636803\/","title":{"rendered":"RND 8 Injury Update: Darcy, Walker, Sturt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__summary\">\n                Fremantle Director of Performance Adam Beard has given an update on the team\u2019s health ahead of the Round 8 clash with the Western Bulldogs\n            <\/p>\n<p>Fremantle Director of Performance Adam Beard has given an update on the team\u2019s health ahead of the Round 8 clash with the Western Bulldogs.<\/p>\n<p>UNAVAILABLE:<\/p>\n<p>Jaeger O\u2019Meara (face)<\/p>\n<p>Surgery went really successfully for Jaeger. He&#8217;s still quite bruised, but it&#8217;s good to have him around the Club and around the lads.<\/p>\n<p>Brandon Walker (concussion) <\/p>\n<p>He took a big hit (in the WAFL). So unfortunately, he sustained concussion.<\/p>\n<p>He was in today and he&#8217;s progressing through the concussion protocols.<\/p>\n<p>Sean Darcy (calf)<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve been through all the data and scans, and we are looking at about three to five weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Sam Sturt (knee) <\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, Sam strained his quad in training this morning, so he will have scans, and we will re-assess he return to play timeline. His ACL recovery is still tracking well.<\/p>\n<p>                                Concussion<\/p>\n<p>                                1 week<\/p>\n<p>                                Face<\/p>\n<p>                                3 weeks<\/p>\n<p>                                Calf<\/p>\n<p>                                3 &#8211; 5 weeks<\/p>\n<p>                                Knee<\/p>\n<p>                                TBA<\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Injury: Concussion\n                                <\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Est. Return: 1 week\n                                <\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Injury: Face\n                                <\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Est. Return: 3 weeks\n                                <\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Injury: Calf\n                                <\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Est. Return: 3 &#8211; 5 weeks\n                                <\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Injury: Knee\n                                <\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Est. Return: TBA\n                                <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fremantle Director of Performance Adam Beard has given an update on the team\u2019s health ahead of the Round&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":636804,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,83,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-636803","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\/636803","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=636803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/636803\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/636804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=636803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=636803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=636803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}