{"id":947461,"date":"2026-10-31T10:10:18","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T10:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/947461\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T10:10:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T10:10:18","slug":"blow-for-carlton-blues-on-eve-of-finals-as-star-mid-claudia-whitfort-ruled-out-mid-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/947461\/","title":{"rendered":"Blow for Carlton Blues on eve of finals as star mid Claudia Whitfort ruled out mid-game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__summary\">\n                Claudia Whitfort has been ruled out of the remainder of Saturday&#8217;s game\n            <\/p>\n<p>                                Claudia Whitfort in action during round seven, 2026. Picture: AFL Photos\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>CLAUDIA Whitfort has been ruled out of the remainder of Saturday&#8217;s clash against Brisbane with a hamstring concern.<\/p>\n<p>LIONS V BLUES <a href=\"https:\/\/www.afl.com.au\/aflw\/matches\/8981\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Full match details and stats<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Whitfort, who is averaging 20 disposals, 4.2 clearances and 5.2 tackles per game in 2026, came from the field in the first quarter with the club later confirming she was done for the day with &#8216;hamstring awareness&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>The club is expected to provide an update on the severity of the injury after the game.<\/p>\n<p>The Blues are locked into finals for a second year in a row, but their finishing position and opposition in the first week of finals depends on the outcome of their round 12 clash against the Lions.<\/p>\n<p>After crossing from Gold Coast during the off-season, Whitfort has formed a formidable midfield trio with captain Abbie McKay and vice-captain Mimi Hill.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Claudia Whitfort has been ruled out of the remainder of Saturday&#8217;s game Claudia Whitfort in action during round&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":947462,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":["post-947461","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\/947461","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=947461"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/947461\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/947462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=947461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=947461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=947461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}