{"id":695693,"date":"2026-05-26T12:58:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T12:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/695693\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T12:58:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T12:58:10","slug":"afl-injury-news-test-for-weitering-three-more-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/695693\/","title":{"rendered":"AFL injury news: Test for Weitering, three more available"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\n Updates on five Blues leading into Round 12.\n <\/p>\n

UPDATES on five Blues leading into the AFL Carlton Respects Game.<\/p>\n

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

– Full training
– Availability: Test
– Will aim to train fully this week and be available for selection<\/p>\n

Matthew Carroll \u00a0(ACL)<\/p>\n

– Availability: Season
– Scans confirmed a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament following Saturday\u2019s game. Carroll will have surgery before beginning his road to recovery.<\/p>\n

Adam Saad, Cooper Lord and Zac Williams are available for selection.<\/p>\n

Calf<\/p>\n

Test (Update: 26 May)<\/p>\n

\n Full training. Availability: test.
\nWill aim to train fully this week and be available for selection. (Update: 26 May)\n <\/p>\n

Ankle<\/p>\n

Round 13-15 (Update: 19 May)<\/p>\n

\n Modified program. Availability: Round 13-15.
\nScans confirmed an ankle injury following AFL Round 10: will now commence his recovery. (Update: 19 May)\n <\/p>\n

Kidney laceration<\/p>\n

TBC (Update: 28 April)<\/p>\n

\n Recovery phase. Availability: TBC.
\nDischarged from hospital: will continue recovery before return-to-play timeline becomes clearer in a month. (Update: 28 April)\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

Knee<\/p>\n

Season (Update: 26 May)<\/p>\n

\n Availability: Season.
\nScans confirmed ruptured ACL in Round 11. Will have surgery before road to recovery. (Update: 26 May)\n <\/p>\n

Shoulder<\/p>\n

Season (Update: 5 May)<\/p>\n

\n Suffered a dislocated shoulder in the VFL, with the Club determining surgery is required. Rob will undergo surgery before commencing his rehabilitation towards a full recovery. Availability: Season (Update: 5 May)\n <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\"23:<\/p>\n

23: Jacob Weitering<\/p>\n

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

\n Full training. Availability: test.
\nWill aim to train fully this week and be available for selection. (Update: 26 May)\n <\/p>\n

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

\n Est. Return: Test (Update: 26 May)\n <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\"4.<\/p>\n

4. Ollie Hollands<\/p>\n

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

\n Modified program. Availability: Round 13-15.
\nScans confirmed an ankle injury following AFL Round 10: will now commence his recovery. (Update: 19 May)\n <\/p>\n

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

\n Est. Return: Round 13-15 (Update: 19 May)\n <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\"21.<\/p>\n

21. Lucas Camporeale<\/p>\n

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

\n Recovery phase. Availability: TBC.
\nDischarged from hospital: will continue recovery before return-to-play timeline becomes clearer in a month. (Update: 28 April)\n <\/p>\n

\n Injury: Kidney laceration\n <\/p>\n

\n Est. Return: TBC (Update: 28 April)\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

<\/p>\n

\"32.<\/p>\n

32. Matthew Carroll<\/p>\n

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

\n Availability: Season.
\nScans confirmed ruptured ACL in Round 11. Will have surgery before road to recovery. (Update: 26 May)\n <\/p>\n

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

\n Est. Return: Season (Update: 26 May)\n <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\"34.<\/p>\n

34. Rob Monahan<\/p>\n

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

\n Suffered a dislocated shoulder in the VFL, with the Club determining surgery is required. Rob will undergo surgery before commencing his rehabilitation towards a full recovery. Availability: Season (Update: 5 May)\n <\/p>\n

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

\n Est. Return: Season (Update: 5 May)\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Injury News Updates on five Blues leading into Round 12. UPDATES on five Blues leading into the AFL…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":695694,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,83,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-695693","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\/695693","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=695693"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/695693\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/695694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=695693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=695693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=695693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}