{"id":883842,"date":"2026-09-08T00:38:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T00:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/883842\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T00:38:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T00:38:10","slug":"carter-gordon-set-for-sidelines-stint-after-broken-leg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/883842\/","title":{"rendered":"Carter Gordon set for sidelines stint after broken leg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-2425b0\">The Wallabies have confirmed flyhalf Carter Gordon has suffered a fractured fibula during their 28-all draw against Argentina.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">Gordon has returned home to Australia for rehab and will miss the Springboks Test in Perth as well as very likely the Bledisloe Cup series.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stan.com.au\/watch\/sport\/rugby\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"css-tm001h\">Watch every second of the Wallabies 2026 Tests live and on demand via Stan Sport.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">The injury happened late in the contest in Mendoza, with the Reds playmaker copping a blow as he took the ball to the line.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">Gordon, who came off the bench, was quickly replaced after the Wallabies levelled the scores, with the lack of replacements forcing Ryan Lonergan into flyhalf.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">&#8220;He just had a blow on his leg, lower limb, by contact on the lower limb,&#8221; coach Les Kiss said post-match. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">&#8220;We\u2019re just going to get that checked out properly with some scans hopefully over the next few hours and hopefully we\u2019ve got some information in the morning.\u201c<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">Gordon&#8217;s absence comes at a timely period for contenders ahead of Saturday&#8217;s Super Rugby AUS opening round.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">Former teammates Tom Lynagh and Harry McLauglin-Phillips are expected to start for their respective teams as McLauglin-Phillips prepares for his Western Force debut at Ballymore.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">McLauglin-Phillips is coming off a brilliant season at Queensland club level for Wests and was called in as cover for Gordon during the Nations Championship.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">Veteran James O&#8217;Connor could also make his case at the Force, providing a veteran presence after re-joining the club last week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">Meanwhile, Lynagh is set for just his second match of the year at all levels after a frustrating run of injuries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">Lynagh, who started for the Wallabies throughout the 2025 British &amp; Irish Lions tour, recorded a lone appearance from the bench for the Reds in 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">Tane Edmed is another option as he prepares to turn out for the ACT Brumbies against the NSW Waratahs on Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Wallabies have confirmed flyhalf Carter Gordon has suffered a fractured fibula during their 28-all draw against Argentina.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":883843,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85,2500],"class_list":["post-883842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-wallabies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/883842","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=883842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/883842\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/883843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=883842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=883842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=883842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}