Sam Allen

Knee injury — Return: TBC per AFL official Round 1 injury list. New entry; not on Opening Round list.

Batch severity enhancement: 2-6 week timeline confirmed via AFL R9 official injury list.

In unrestricted training, building towards availability. Return 3-4 weeks.

Sam suffered a high-grade hamstring injury which will require surgery

NOT named in Round 10 squad — fitness test for R10 not passed. Reverted POSSIBLE → ACTIVE; re-targeting Round 11.

Overdue return date re-targeted to Round 12 — Phase 1 backfill

Return revised: 23 May → 31 May

Team played Round 12 — player absent from lineups. Lineup-confirmed revert (Phase 1.82E).

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

Team played Round 13 — player absent from the lineup.

Reclassified to long-term — West Coast R14 update confirms underlying injury is an ACL reconstruction (long-term), not a minor knee issue Sam's momentum in his comeback from an ACL reconstruction has been halted by a hamstring injury sustained in training. He is continuing to build his strength in the gym.

Return refined — ACL comeback set back by a training hamstring strain; West Coast estimate 9-10 weeks Knee/Hamstring — estimated return 9-10 weeks.

Return revised: 13 June → 20 Aug

West Coast confirmed the underlying injury is an ACL reconstruction — a long-term knee injury.