{"id":665043,"date":"2026-05-12T01:57:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T01:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/665043\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T01:57:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T01:57:09","slug":"injury-news-zak-johnson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/665043\/","title":{"rendered":"Injury news: Zak Johnson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                Announcement\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__summary\">\n                Young Don set for extended stint on the sidelines.\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message skipProofing\" data-ogsc=\"rgb(0, 0, 0)\">Zak Johnson will miss a large portion of the 2026 season after suffering a broken foot in the round nine clash against GWS.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message skipProofing\" data-ogsc=\"rgb(0, 0, 0)\">Johnson reported soreness in his left foot following the game, with scans on Monday morning confirming the injury. Johnson will not undergo surgery, with the Club to provide further updates on his progress in the coming weeks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message skipProofing\" data-ogsc=\"rgb(0, 0, 0)\">Essendon\u2019s GM &#8211; AFL Daniel McPherson said the Club is disappointed\u00a0for the emerging Don but look forward to seeing\u00a0him back out on the field later this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message skipProofing\" data-ogsc=\"rgb(0, 0, 0)\">\u201cIt\u2019s a disappointing setback for &#8216;Johnno&#8217;, as he&#8217;s worked incredibly hard to earn his opportunities at AFL level this season and continues to show strong growth on and off the field,\u201d McPherson said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message skipProofing\" data-ogsc=\"rgb(0, 0, 0)\">\u201cHis recent contract extension reflects both the calibre of player, as well as the person he is around the Club.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message skipProofing\" data-ogsc=\"rgb(0, 0, 0)\">\u201cHe\u2019ll use this next period of time to put himself in a strong position to return in great shape later in the season.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-ogsc=\"rgb(0, 0, 0)\">The Club will provide a further update on Johnson\u2019s recovery timeline in the coming weeks.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Announcement Young Don set for extended stint on the sidelines. Zak Johnson will miss a large portion of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":665044,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,83,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-665043","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\/665043","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=665043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665043\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/665044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=665043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=665043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=665043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}