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Ethan Read

Posterior Cruciate Ligament (PCL) Injury(KNLI3)

Knee · Ligament

Returned
Returned via VFL

Timeline

  1. 9 May

    Occurred

    Knee injury — returned to Gold Coast for scans and assessment after Round 9 vs St Kilda (2026-05-09). Return TBC. Source: goldcoastfc.com.au/injury-list (Round 10).

    4 fixtures missed
  2. 24 May

    Reassessment

    Overdue return date re-targeted to next fixture (R12 bye) — Phase 1 backfill

    Return revised: 23 May → 6 June

  3. 2 June

    Reassessment

    Auto-promoted to POSSIBLE for Round 13 (expected return 2026-06-06)

  4. 6 June

    Setback

    Team played Round 13 — player absent from the lineup.

  5. 7 June

    Reassessment

    Reassessment

    Severity refined from club update — PCL injury, medium-term, miss at least a month expected to be available in the medium-term ... he will miss at least a month

    Gold Coast FC
  6. 19 June

    Returned to play

    Returned via VFL

    Returned after 4 fixtures missed

    Returned via the VFL for Gold Coast against Box Hill on 19 June 2026 (8 disposals, 9 hitouts as a forward-ruck) — first competitive game back from the Round 9 knee injury.

    vfl.aflmstats.com

Fixture impact

Season fixture context — rounds missed, at risk, and upcoming

R16
R17
R18
missedinjured in gamereturnedV/S/W affiliate returnat riskupcoming? projected returnbyeplayeddid not play

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