{"id":809620,"date":"2026-07-19T05:39:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T05:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/809620\/"},"modified":"2026-07-19T05:39:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T05:39:15","slug":"scans-confirm-extent-of-mckay-cerra-injuries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/809620\/","title":{"rendered":"Scans confirm extent of McKay, Cerra injuries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__summary\">\n                Carlton pair Harry McKay and Adam Cerra undergo scans on injuries sustained against Collingwood\n            <\/p>\n<p>                                Harry McKay was injured in the first quarter of Carlton&#8217;s game against Collingwood in round 19, 2026. Picture: AFL Photos<\/p>\n<p>CARLTON forward Harry McKay has suffered a meniscus tear and bruising in his left knee, but scans have cleared Adam Cerra of a hamstring strain.<\/p>\n<p>McKay came from the ground within the first 10 minutes of Saturday night&#8217;s clash with Collingwood following a knee-on-knee collision with teammate Sam Walsh.<\/p>\n<p>The forward tried to work through the pain and spent an extended period on the stationary bike, but was ultimately ruled out of the game at quarter-time.<\/p>\n<p>The spearhead underwent scans on Sunday which confirmed a minor tear in his meniscus, as well as bone bruising, but the Blues have not yet ruled him out to face Gold Coast next week.<\/p>\n<p>Cerra experienced hamstring tightness on the night and was withdrawn from the game as a precaution, however scans today showed no hamstring strain.<\/p>\n<p>Cerra, who has a history of soft-tissue injuries, didn&#8217;t play any further part in the game from midway through the third quarter.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Meniscus tear and bone bruising for Harry McKay. Not ruled for next weekend against Gold Coast yet. Scans have cleared Adam Cerra of a hamstring strain <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AFLcomau?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">@AFLcomau<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Josh Gabelich (@JoshGabelich) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JoshGabelich\/status\/2078684827050795225?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">July 19, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Both players will be monitored throughout the week, with their availability to play against the Suns to be determined later this week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Carlton pair Harry McKay and Adam Cerra undergo scans on injuries sustained against Collingwood Harry McKay was injured&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":809621,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85,83],"class_list":["post-809620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-afl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-sports","tag-text"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809620","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=809620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809620\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/809621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=809620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=809620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=809620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}