{"id":318849,"date":"2023-07-26T01:46:12","date_gmt":"2023-07-26T01:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=318849"},"modified":"2023-07-26T01:58:13","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T01:58:13","slug":"fresh-injury-blow-rocks-matildas-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=318849","title":{"rendered":"Fresh injury blow rocks Matildas camp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/matildas\" title=\"Matildas\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Matildas<\/a> young gun Mary Fowler will miss Australia&#x27;s second group match at the <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/fifa-womens-world-cup\" title=\"FIFA Women&#x27;s World Cup\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FIFA Women&#x27;s World Cup<\/a> after suffering a concussion at training on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Fowler sent a scare through the Matildas&#x27; camp when she received a knock towards the end of the team&#x27;s closed training session. Teammate Aivi Luik was also concussed in a separate incident.<\/p>\n<p>Under Football Australia&#x27;s concussion protocols, Fowler sat out training on Wednesday and is unable to play against Nigeria in Brisbane on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/cricket\/ashes-news-2023-david-warner-denies-retirement-rumours-after-australia-vs-england-at-the-oval\/1eaa6104-56ed-4387-9a84-95cc618dbb47\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Warner speaks after England great&#x27;s retirement claim<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/basketball\/lebron-james-son-bronny-heart-attack-news-updates\/e751d7d1-21dc-460e-9515-41c73e582656\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>LeBron&#x27;s teen son hospitalised after heart attack<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/the-mole-fiery-irish-star-james-benley-on-radar-of-nrl-clubs-victor-radley-nemesis\/df8807a7-b6aa-4492-bc23-b82087049b5c\" title=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Awkward Radley reunion looms after bust-up<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 20-year-old underwent precautionary tests on Tuesday before Football Australia later confirmed that Fowler was OK, but protocols will rule her out.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarkGottlieb\/status\/1684009942364336129?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"embed-social embed-twitter\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarkGottlieb\/status\/1684009942364336129?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/a><img data-id=\"7c492c92-f1a4-43a6-aca2-96f8facf2e5d\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/7c492c92-f1a4-43a6-aca2-96f8facf2e5d\" alt=\"Mary Fowler has been ruled out for the Matildas&#x27; second World Cup game.\" data-width=\"2609\" data-height=\"1468\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Australia&#x27;s inner circle has played mind games with injuries during the tournament after coach Tony Gustavsson and captain <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/football\/sam-kerr\" title=\"Sam Kerr\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sam Kerr<\/a> last week stated that the squad was fully fit in their pre-match press conference before Kerr was ruled out with a calf injury just before kickoff the following day.<\/p>\n<p>Already ruled out of the Matildas&#x27; clash with Nigeria on Thursday night at Brisbane Stadium, Kerr once again did not train with the main group on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>It remains to be seen if Kerr will step onto the field at all in the group stage, or whether a further seven-day break before the round of 16 will be deemed more beneficial in her recovery.<\/p>\n<p>\ufeff<em><strong>For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/strong><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/edm?client_id=wwos&amp;redirect_uri=https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au&amp;newsletter=true\"><em><strong>clicking here<\/strong><\/em><\/a><em><strong>!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Matildas young gun Mary Fowler will miss Australia&#x27;s second group match at the FIFA Women&#x27;s World Cup after suffering a concussion at training on Tuesday. <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=318849\" title=\"Fresh injury blow rocks Matildas camp\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":318851,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318849"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=318849"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318849\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":318852,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318849\/revisions\/318852"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/318851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=318849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=318849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=318849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}