{"id":375897,"date":"2024-03-14T02:43:32","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T03:43:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=375897"},"modified":"2024-03-14T05:02:44","modified_gmt":"2024-03-14T05:02:44","slug":"very-disappointing-injury-sidelines-port-forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=375897","title":{"rendered":"&#039;Very disappointing&#039; injury sidelines Port forward"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Key <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/afl\/port-adelaide-power\" title=\"Port Adelaide\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Port Adelaide<\/a> forward Ollie Lord will miss the first eight to ten weeks of the season because of a knee injury.<\/p>\n<p>Lord underwent surgery to repair the damage and now faces a lengthy recovery period, leaving the Power with a selection headache ahead of the season opener against <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/afl\/west-coast-eagles\" title=\"West Coast\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">West Coast<\/a> on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;It&#x27;s very disappointing for myself, especially on the eve of the season. I felt like I had a strong pre-season and was ready to contribute to the team. Injuries are always disappointing, but I&#x27;ll do my best to recover and return as soon as possible,&quot; Lord said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/combat-sports\/ufc-news-2024-mark-coleman-hospitalised-ohio-house-fire\/34b15230-3c63-4ea2-a700-76b4e3476f50\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Former UFC champion &#x27;battling for his life&#x27; after &#x27;heroic act&#x27;<\/strong><\/a><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/afl\/news-2024-melbourne-dont-trust-clayton-oliver-matthew-lloyd-split-players-angus-brayshaw\/e64c3c48-f64b-4f01-a79f-8d19bbee7669\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Warning to Demons after bombshell new Oliver claim<\/strong><\/a><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/news-2024-the-mole-exclusive-tim-sheens-coaching-return-wests-tigers-westfield-sports\/f8b4cc71-84e7-43b3-8e4a-ed6ca4bf0959\" title=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Sheens reveals new role after messy Tigers exit<\/strong><\/a><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Potential cover for Lord includes <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/afl\/news-2023-port-adelaide-jeremy-finlayson-axed-semi-final-gws-giants-wife-terminal-cancer\/341aeded-4c3f-4ac4-adda-696c95982769\" title=\"Jeremy Finlayson\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jeremy Finlayson<\/a> and Mitch Georgiades.<\/p>\n<p>Georgiades, who is recovering from a knee reconstruction, could return to the field earlier than expected.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>This article was produced with the assistance of<\/em><\/strong><strong> 9<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.9news.com.au\/technology\/9express\/16480c33-636a-461f-9c4f-d0e2522c722a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><em>ExPress<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Key Port Adelaide forward Ollie Lord will miss the first eight to ten weeks of the season because of a knee injury. Lord underwent surgery <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=375897\" title=\"&#039;Very disappointing&#039; injury sidelines Port forward\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"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\/375897"}],"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=375897"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375897\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":375898,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375897\/revisions\/375898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=375897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=375897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=375897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}