Hamstring Strain(MTMJ)

Timeline

1. 14 Aug

   Occurred

   Hamstring injury — return timeline to be confirmed.

   4 fixtures missed
2. 1 Sept

   Progress update

   Reassessment

   Hamstring timeline reset to 2-3 weeks — the qualifying and preliminary finals are off the table; earliest availability is late September. we're looking to get him back into skills the week of the grand final, potentially

   Return revised: 5 Sept → 19 Sept

   Hawthorn FC
3. 20 Sept

   Reassessment

   Auto-promoted to POSSIBLE for Round 28 (expected return 2026-09-19)

4. 20 Sept

   Setback

   Team played the preliminary final without the player — absent from the named 23 and the emergencies.

5. 20 Sept

   Progress update

   The club's 2026 season is over and no fixture remains, so the lapsed return forecast is retired to the 2027 pre-season; the next possible return is pre-season training.

   Return revised: 19 Sept → 1 Mar

6. 21 Sept

   Progress update

   Progress update

   Named in Box Hill's 23 for the VFL Grand Final on 20 September as an in for hamstring recovery — cleared and selected. No per-player statistics were published for that game, so the appearance itself is unconfirmed. In: C. Anderson (hamstring recovery), N. Reeves (larynx injury recovery)

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