{"id":636885,"date":"2026-04-28T20:05:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T20:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/636885\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T20:05:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T20:05:11","slug":"zorko-set-to-return-allen-sidelined","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/636885\/","title":{"rendered":"Zorko set to return, Allen sidelined"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__summary\">\n                The Brisbane Lions are set to welcome back premiership defender Dayne Zorko\u00a0this week, though will be without star forward Oscar Allen\u00a0who requires foot surgery.\n            <\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Brisbane Lions are set to welcome back premiership defender <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lions.com.au\/players\/7\/dayne-zorko\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dayne Zorko<\/a>\u00a0this week, though will be without star forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lions.com.au\/players\/1718\/oscar-allen\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Oscar Allen<\/a>\u00a0who requires foot surgery.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Allen left the field late in the last quarter of Sunday\u2019s win over Adelaide where he received medical assessment and took no further part in the game.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The key forward continued to experience soreness following the match and was sent for scans which revealed a fracture in his right foot.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following a review, it was confirmed Allen would require surgery which he will have this week.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Allen is expected to be sidelined for approximately 12 to 14 weeks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The club will continue to take a careful approach with defender <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lions.com.au\/players\/1775\/noah-answerth\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Noah Answerth<\/a>\u00a0as he continues to work his way back from concussion.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Answerth has started training and remains in good spirits.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Lions are also waiting on scan results for Irish recruit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lions.com.au\/players\/15850\/ben-murphy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ben Murphy<\/a>\u00a0who injured his hamstring in Sunday\u2019s VFL match.<\/p>\n<p>                                Hamstring<\/p>\n<p>                                TBC<\/p>\n<p>                                Calf<\/p>\n<p>                                Test<\/p>\n<p>                                Concussion<\/p>\n<p>                                Protocols<\/p>\n<p>                                Calf<\/p>\n<p>                                2-3 Weeks<\/p>\n<p>                                Shoulder<\/p>\n<p>                                3-4 Weeks<\/p>\n<p>                                Shoulder<\/p>\n<p>                                13-15 Weeks<\/p>\n<p>                                Knee<\/p>\n<p>                                Mid-Season<\/p>\n<p>                                Foot<\/p>\n<p>                                Mid-Season<\/p>\n<p>                                Knee<\/p>\n<p>                                TBC<\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Injury: Hamstring\n                                <\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Est. Return: TBC\n                                <\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Injury: Calf\n                                <\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Est. Return: Test\n                                <\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Injury: Concussion\n                                <\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Est. Return: Protocols\n                                <\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Injury: Calf\n                                <\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Est. Return: 2-3 Weeks\n                                <\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Injury: Shoulder\n                                <\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Est. Return: 3-4 Weeks\n                                <\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Injury: Shoulder\n                                <\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Est. Return: 13-15 Weeks\n                                <\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Injury: Knee\n                                <\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Est. Return: Mid-Season\n                                <\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Injury: Foot\n                                <\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Est. Return: Mid-Season\n                                <\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Injury: Knee\n                                <\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Est. Return: TBC\n                                <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brisbane Lions are set to welcome back premiership defender Dayne Zorko\u00a0this week, though will be without star&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":636886,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,83,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-636885","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\/636885","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=636885"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/636885\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/636886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=636885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=636885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=636885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}