Finger Fracture(WBFF)

Timeline

1. 20 June

   Occurred

   Finger injury — return TBC. AFL R16 Medical Room (June 23, 2026).

   9 fixtures missed
2. 26 June

   Reassessment

   Fractured finger sustained in the Round 15 loss to Carlton (his second game back from a hip injury); surgery scheduled this week. Also split the webbing of his right hand in a separate incident.

   AFL.com.au
3. 26 June

   Surgery / rehab

   Finger surgery this week to repair the fracture sustained v Carlton. Coach Adam Kingsley: "He won’t play for a few weeks at least. It could be longer than that."

   AFL.com.au
4. 26 June

   Progress update

   Post finger-fracture surgery. Kingsley: "a few weeks at least, could be longer." Conservative forecast anchored to R19.

   Return revised: 11 July → 18 July

   AFL.com.au
5. 14 July

   Reassessment

   Auto-promoted to POSSIBLE for Round 19 (expected return 2026-07-18)

6. 17 July

   Setback

   NOT named in the Round 19 squad — absent from the confirmed final 23 and the emergencies, corroborated by two independent team-list sources. Fitness test for R19 not passed. Reverted POSSIBLE → ACTIVE; re-targeting Round 20 (2026-07-25).

   zerohanger.com
7. 17 July

   Progress update

8. 28 July

   Progress update

   Reassessment

   AFL Round 21 Medical Room (28 July) updated the return guidance to 2027-03-01. Jesse Hogan — Finger — Season

   Return revised: 25 July → 1 Mar

   AFL.com.au
9. 29 July

   Reassessment

   AFL Round 21 Medical Room (28 July) listed the injury as season-ending — severity and long-term flag moved with the return date.

   AFL.com.au