Load-managed rest

Timeline

1. 30 July

   Occurred

   Foot Injury (General) — Adelaide named the body region when confirming his Round 21 absence — foot soreness managed over recent weeks, with his training load adjusted in the lead-up. Sharpened from unspecified to foot; remains a managed-load absence.

   1 fixture missed
2. 31 July

   Reassessment

   Progress update

   Adelaide named the body region when confirming his Round 21 absence — foot soreness managed over recent weeks, with his training load adjusted in the lead-up. Sharpened from unspecified to foot; remains a managed-load absence. Sam has been managing foot soreness across the past few weeks, and we have tried to adjust his load in the lead up to the game against Essendon, however he hasn.t quite come up for this weekend

   Adelaide FC
3. 4 Aug

   Reassessment

   Auto-promoted to POSSIBLE for Round 22 (expected return 2026-08-08)

4. 6 Aug

   Progress update

   Named in the Round 22 team selections (named team) — selection confirms the player is available and fit. Closes RECOVERED on appearance.

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5. R228 Aug

   Returned to play

   Returned R22 vs RIC

   Returned after 1 fixture missed

   Returned R22 — confirmed via lineup appearance.