- Thu 23/6, 7.20MEL
BRI117
53 - Fri 24/6, 7.00WBD
HAW125
83 - Fri 24/6, 8.40WCE
ESS107
97 - Sat 25/6, 1.45CAR
FRELIVE - Sat 25/6, 4.35GEE
RIC
- Sat 25/6, 7.25SYD
STK
- Sun 26/6, 1.10NM
ADE
- Sun 26/6, 3.20COL
GWS
- Sun 26/6, 4.10PTA
GC
- Thu 30/6, 7.20BRI
WBD
- Fri 1/7, 7.50CAR
STK
- Sat 2/7, 1.45ESS
SYD
- Sat 2/7, 4.35ADE
MEL
- Sat 2/7, 7.25GEE
NM
- Sat 2/7, 7.25GC
COL
- Sun 3/7, 2.10RIC
WCE
- Sun 3/7, 3.20GWS
HAW
- Sun 3/7, 5.20FRE
PTA
ACLs in the AFL: timelines for recovery changing?
- Updated: January 14, 2015
I had a bit of a spray on Twitter yesterday about the recent spate of stories on AFL web sites talking up the prospects of players returning “early” after ruptured anterior cruciate ligament injuries. The traditional ACL reconstruction process requires 12 months to minimise the risk of recurrence of the injury – or the ACL on the opposite knee going. As I was told, every body is different and supreme athletes like Adrian Peterson can buck the odds to come back months earlier – but there are a number of AFL footballers who did not use the LARS procedure to speed up their recovery who are being talked about as coming back even quicker than AP. It seems weird to me.