{"id":725650,"date":"2026-06-09T18:14:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T18:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/725650\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T18:14:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T18:14:13","slug":"gmhba-health-update-cats-provide-availability-update-ahead-of-round-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/725650\/","title":{"rendered":"GMHBA Health Update | Cats Provide Availability Update Ahead of Round 14"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                Latest News\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__summary\">\n                The Geelong Football Club has released a health update ahead of Friday&#8217;s clash with the Gold Coast Suns\n            <\/p>\n<p>Geelong Cats can provide the following GMHBA Health Update ahead of their Round 14\u00a0match against\u00a0Gold Coast\u00a0at\u00a0the\u00a0GMHBA Stadium\u00a0this\u00a0Friday\u00a0night.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lawson Humphries\u00a0will be\u00a0available\u00a0for\u00a0selection\u00a0against\u00a0the Suns\u00a0after\u00a0missing last week due to an ankle injury. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tom Stewart\u00a0is in\u00a0the AFL\u2019s\u00a0concussion protocol\u00a0following\u00a0a\u00a0contest\u00a0seconds before the final siren\u00a0sounded\u00a0in\u00a0last Thursday night\u2019s game\u00a0against\u00a0the Crows.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Geelong Cats EGM Football, Andrew Mackie said, \u201cTom was assessed\u00a0post-game\u00a0by our medical team\u00a0and\u00a0subsequently\u00a0has\u00a0entered the concussion protocol. He will miss Friday night\u2019s\u00a0match\u00a0and\u00a0we will continue to\u00a0monitor\u00a0him through the protocols.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Brad Close and Mitch Knevitt\u00a0will both be\u00a0tests this week.\u00a0Close\u00a0left the field during the last quarter\u00a0of Saturday\u2019s VFL match with an ankle sprain, while Knevitt was a late withdrawal\u00a0in a conservative approach\u00a0after experiencing\u00a0some\u00a0hip\u00a0soreness.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Jay Polkinghorne\u00a0returned to the VFL line-up last Saturday\u00a0and\u00a0kicked\u00a0two goals\u00a0in the Cats\u2019\u00a0win\u00a0over\u00a0Sandringham. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Cats return to GMHBA Stadium this Friday night to take on Gold Coast in the Club\u2019s White Out game. Be part of the action and atmosphere and get your exclusive Ecosa x Geelong Cats rally towel. Secure your tickets to Friday night  \u00a0Or save by becoming a 3 or 5 game reserved seat member \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Round 14 | GMHBA Health Update<\/p>\n<p>Player<\/p>\n<p>Injury<\/p>\n<p>Timeline<\/p>\n<p>Mitch Knevitt<\/p>\n<p>Hip<\/p>\n<p>Test<\/p>\n<p>Brad Close<\/p>\n<p>Ankle\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Test\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Keighton Matofai-Forbes\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Foot\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>1 week<\/p>\n<p>Tom Stewart<\/p>\n<p>Concussion Protocol<\/p>\n<p>Concussion Protocol<\/p>\n<p>Nick Driscoll<\/p>\n<p>Concussion Protocol\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Concussion Protocol\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Toby Conway\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Foot and knee\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>TBC\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Jacob Molier<\/p>\n<p>Quad Strain<\/p>\n<p>TBC<\/p>\n<p>Tyson Stengle\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Individualised Program\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Harley Barker\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Knee\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Indefinite\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Latest News The Geelong Football Club has released a health update ahead of Friday&#8217;s clash with the Gold&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":725651,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,83,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-725650","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\/725650","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=725650"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/725650\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/725651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=725650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=725650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=725650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}