{"id":843414,"date":"2026-08-04T16:46:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T16:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/843414\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T16:46:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T16:46:20","slug":"afl-injury-news-weitering-among-three-tests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/843414\/","title":{"rendered":"AFL injury news: Weitering among three tests"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\n Updates on four Blues leading into Round 22 AFL action.\n <\/p>\n

UPDATES on four Blues leading into Round 22 AFL action.<\/p>\n

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

– Integrate into full training
– Availability: Test
– Will aim to train fully later this week to be available for selection<\/p>\n

Ashton Moir\u00a0(calf)<\/p>\n

– Integrate into full training
– Availability: Test
– Will aim to train fully later this week to be available for selection<\/p>\n

Liam Reidy (concussion)<\/p>\n

– Integrate into full training
– Availability: Test
– Will aim to train fully later this week to be available for selection<\/p>\n

Nic Newman (hamstring)<\/p>\n

– Modified program
– Availability: 6-7 weeks
– Commenced his rehabilitation, with the Club to provide a further update on his progress when he returns to training.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Calf<\/p>\n

Test (Update: 4 August)<\/p>\n

\n Integrate into full training. Availability: Test.
\nWill aim to train fully later this week to be available for selection. (Update: 4 August)\n <\/p>\n

Concussion<\/p>\n

Test (Update: 4 August)<\/p>\n

\n Integrate into full training. Availability: Test.
\nWill aim to train fully later this week to be available for selection. (Update: 4 August)\n <\/p>\n

Calf<\/p>\n

Test (Update: 4 August)<\/p>\n

\n Integrate into full training. Availability: Test.
\nWill aim to train fully later this week to be available for selection. (Update: 4 August)\n <\/p>\n

Knee<\/p>\n

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

\n Modified program. Availability: TBC.
\nSustained knee injury against Box Hill: the Club will now work through his recovery timeline over next fortnight. (Update: 28 July)\n <\/p>\n

Hamstring<\/p>\n

6-7 weeks (Update: 4 August)<\/p>\n

\n Modified program. Availability: 6-7 weeks.
\nCommenced rehabilitation, with Club to provide further update on progress when he returns to training. (Update: 4 August)\n <\/p>\n

Knee<\/p>\n

Season (Update: 14 July)<\/p>\n

\n Modified program. Availability: season.
\nHas progressed well through rehab, has now re-joined skills training with the playing group. Will focus on completing the final stages of recovery for remainder of year, putting him in a strong position heading into pre-season.\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 Integrate into full training. Availability: Test.
\nWill aim to train fully later this week to be available for selection. (Update: 4 August)\n <\/p>\n

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

\n Est. Return: Test (Update: 4 August)\n <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\"25.<\/p>\n

25. Liam Reidy<\/p>\n

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

\n Integrate into full training. Availability: Test.
\nWill aim to train fully later this week to be available for selection. (Update: 4 August)\n <\/p>\n

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

\n Est. Return: Test (Update: 4 August)\n <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\"43.<\/p>\n

43. Ashton Moir<\/p>\n

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

\n Integrate into full training. Availability: Test.
\nWill aim to train fully later this week to be available for selection. (Update: 4 August)\n <\/p>\n

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

\n Est. Return: Test (Update: 4 August)\n <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\"31.<\/p>\n

31. Campbell Chesser<\/p>\n

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

\n Modified program. Availability: TBC.
\nSustained knee injury against Box Hill: the Club will now work through his recovery timeline over next fortnight. (Update: 28 July)\n <\/p>\n

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

\n Est. Return: TBC (Update: 28 July)\n <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\"24.<\/p>\n

24. Nic Newman<\/p>\n

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

\n Modified program. Availability: 6-7 weeks.
\nCommenced rehabilitation, with Club to provide further update on progress when he returns to training. (Update: 4 August)\n <\/p>\n

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

\n Est. Return: 6-7 weeks (Update: 4 August)\n <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\"22.<\/p>\n

22. Harry O’Farrell<\/p>\n

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

\n Modified program. Availability: season.
\nHas progressed well through rehab, has now re-joined skills training with the playing group. Will focus on completing the final stages of recovery for remainder of year, putting him in a strong position heading into pre-season.\n <\/p>\n

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

\n Est. Return: Season (Update: 14 July)\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 four Blues leading into Round 22 AFL action. UPDATES on four Blues leading into…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":843415,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":["post-843414","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"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/843414","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=843414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/843414\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/843415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=843414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=843414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=843414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}