Injury SUNS Injury Thread

[Big Red Machine]

Name	Injury	Return
Jai Murray	Leg	2026
Zak Evans	Thumb	2026
Max Knobel	Foot	2026
Charlie Ballard	Knee - ACL	2026
Elliott Himmelberg	Knee - ACL	2026

Latest Update: November 27th

Injury Timeframes (As per the club)​

Available = Cleared of injury
Probable = Expected to play
Short-term = 1 - 3 weeks
Medium-term = 4 - 6 weeks
Long-term = 6+ weeks

 

[lommy]

Oof, thats longer out for Humphrey than I would have hoped.
Can you imagine the emotional lift in the boys if Graham comes back for a final

And not a single official update to the members. We’ve had to scrape all this info up from socials and interviews. Pathetic

 

[Southern Sun]

Get the feeling Humphrey knee is something that's been lingering and now with the confidence of making finals has given them time to get it right. Rioli to get a run before finals is a bonus. Graham a tricky one with no vfl games, maybe the sub first final.

 

[DTLSchulzy16]

For someone who won’t play between August 9th and September 7th. Very poor communication from the club

 

[Young_Guns]

Yeah, Im sure there was reasoning behind Hardwick shifting the transparency of injury updates when he came in, but this is taking the p*ss now.

 

[Brenton87]

Hmmm not good about Humphrey, definitely missed his x factor

 

[RowellAnderson12]

Does whiting need to do a better job?

Twomey is on holiday, Morris & Beveridge really the only others that do any news on us

 

[lommy]

Does whiting need to do a better job?

Twomey is on holiday, Morris & Beveridge really the only others that do any news on us

Club could just say it tbh, I’m not sure what the big secret is

 

[Choppers]

Does whiting need to do a better job?

Twomey is on holiday, Morris & Beveridge really the only others that do any news on us

Don't know about that....journos can only print what they're being told unless they want to make stuff up.....and a few of them are known for that......just don't think Fish is one of them though.... I could be wrong.......I know I made a mistake once before

 

[Young_Guns]

It is an update I guess. No expansion beyond ‘knee injury’ still. weird handling of this one.

Also, Will and Rioli is a much needed injection of speed come finals hopefully!

 

[lommy]

It is an update I guess. No expansion beyond ‘knee injury’ still. weird handling of this one.

Also, Will and Rioli is a much needed injection of speed come finals hopefully!

Humpa is doing a podcast every week with 100k, they will probably ask him. Crazy how little the club has mentioned

 

[ajhgcs]

Humphrey will miss the Port game, but Humphrey, Graham and Rioli may return for the Essendon game.

Dave Swallow is fine to play this weekend.

 

[Brenton87]

Humphrey will miss the Port game, but Humphrey, Graham and Rioli may return for the Essendon game.

Dave Swallow is fine to play this weekend.

It would be poetic to have Swallow be apart of the game that gets us into our first finals series

 

[lommy]

Humphrey on podcast when asked if he is playing this week - “I’ll see how I go tomorrow at main training, if I get through, hopefully”

I give up. Lol

 

[Brenton87]

Humphrey on podcast when asked if he is playing this week - “I’ll see how I go tomorrow at main training, if I get through, hopefully”

I give up. Lol

Id be pretty happy to see his name on tbe list but not holding my breathe

 

[Southern Sun]

Feels like he would if he had to but they are going with the conservative approach

 

[Jen2310]

Daniel Rioli and Bailey Humphrey will be available for selection after being sidelined in recent weeks with leg and knee injuries respectively, as will 247-gamer David Swallow who has been sidelined with a knee complaint.


Will Graham is expected to be in contention in weeks to come to return, should the club qualify for its first finals series.

Qscan Injury Update: Rounds 24 & 3

The Gold Coast SUNS will be bolstered by the return of several players for Wednesday night’s pivotal match against the Bombers.

www.goldcoastfc.com.au

 

[Jirik13]

GOLD COAST​

The Suns are pretty injury-free going into the summer. Charlie Ballard (ACL) is tracking strongly after an ACL tear and should be good to launch into pre-season training at close to full loads. Elliott Himmelberg (ACL) is also tracking nicely from his knee surgery, however will be limited for all of the pre-season and will be hoping to return in the first half of the season.

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/teams/whos-set-for-a-return-who-remains-on-the-sidelines-every-afl-teams-injury-wrap-ahead-of-preseason/news-story/a1568cf2a2823188ad47a475df73861e

 

[Supersuns]

Jai Murray has a stress fracture in his leg, out for 3 months.

 

[lommy]

Jai Murray has a stress fracture in his leg, out for 3 months.

Wasn’t getting a look in early anyway you’d have to think

 

[Big Red Machine]

Wasn’t getting a look in early anyway you’d have to think

Yeah not ideal for Jai, I'm sure he wanted to get off on the right foot

But not the end of the world for us.

 

[DTLSchulzy16]

Jai Murray has a stress fracture in his leg, out for 3 months.

Sounds like overload after coming off the Lisfranc injury?

 

[The Kings Ransom]

Is Ballard 100% certain to start the year?

 

[GC2015]

Jai Murray has a stress fracture in his leg, out for 3 months.

Soo.... we have an SSP spot available now or is that not long-term enough?

 

[RowellAnderson12]

Soo.... we have an SSP spot available now or is that not long-term enough?

Available if we want.

Most likely see few try out without committing

Ted Clohesy at the Eagles in SANFL

 

[thurls64]

Jai Murray has a stress fracture in his leg, out for 3 months.

did he have it when he was drafted or happened this week?