{"id":350657,"date":"2023-12-01T02:09:49","date_gmt":"2023-12-01T03:09:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=350657"},"modified":"2023-12-01T04:00:45","modified_gmt":"2023-12-01T04:00:45","slug":"magpies-title-defence-rocked-by-devastating-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=350657","title":{"rendered":"Magpies title defence rocked by devastating injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/afl\/collingwood-magpies\" title=\"Collingwood\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Collingwood<\/a> has suffered a blow in its premiership defence, with scans confirming <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/afl\/finals-2023-brisbane-coach-chris-fagan-tribute-to-collingwood-forward-dan-mcstay-after-knee-injury-rules-him-out-of-grand-final\/c4858958-f6d9-44c7-a476-7ea0fa950fc4\" title=\"Dan McStay\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dan McStay<\/a> has suffered a ruptured \ufeffanterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his left knee.<\/p>\n<p>The club confirmed the news \ufeffon Friday after he went down in a training session.<\/p>\n<p>McStay missed the 2023 grand final with a medical collateral ligament strain in his right knee which he <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/afl\/news-2023-collingwood-gws-giants-preliminary-final\/d252886f-d3d0-4704-b60f-4472806ef007\" title=\"suffered in the preliminary final against GWS\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">suffered in the preliminary final against GWS<\/a>. \ufeff<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/cricket\/uganda-qualifies-t20-world-cup-first-appearance-at-global-cricket-tournament\/10d496a1-885b-4726-b615-92f6d9b81240\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Cricket minnows qualify for first ever World Cup<\/strong><\/a><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/cricket\/news-2023-ricky-ponting-picks-david-warner-replacement-cameron-bancroft-marcus-harris\/e8a98967-f852-445a-a6e3-f61b6384a118\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>&#x27;The one&#x27;: In-form star tipped to replace Warner<\/strong><\/a><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/news\/nfl-2023-bills-von-miller-arrest-assaulting-pregnant-person-dallas-police-say\/9ebf75eb-6bda-449c-b20c-cf408ddbf60a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Police issue arrest warrant for $120m NFL star<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#x27;s a major blow for the forward who had only just returned to training this week. \ufeff<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"0d1cf6f0-76b4-4409-8828-629c710770ca\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/0d1cf6f0-76b4-4409-8828-629c710770ca\" alt=\"Daniel McStay of the Magpies is consoled by teammates after coming from the field early in their preliminary final win.\" data-width=\"2812\" data-height=\"1582\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&quot;This is unfortunate news for Dan who is likely to miss the 2024 season,&quot; executive general manager of football Graham Wright said in a club statement.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;We are all extremely disappointed for Dan, and our entire club will rally around him during this difficult time and throughout his rehab journey.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>McStay played 14 games for the Magpies last season, kicking 20 goals after joining from Brisbane. <\/p>\n<p>The forward had previously played 160 matches for Brisbane. \ufeff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Collingwood has suffered a blow in its premiership defence, with scans confirming Dan McStay has suffered a ruptured \ufeffanterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his left <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=350657\" title=\"Magpies title defence rocked by devastating injury\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":350659,"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\/350657"}],"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=350657"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350657\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":350660,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350657\/revisions\/350660"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/350659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=350657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=350657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=350657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}