{"id":77097,"date":"2021-07-22T04:34:14","date_gmt":"2021-07-21T18:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/?p=77097"},"modified":"2022-02-27T11:24:58","modified_gmt":"2022-02-27T00:24:58","slug":"injury-heartbreak-for-bulldog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/sport\/injury-heartbreak-for-bulldog\/","title":{"rendered":"Injury heartbreak for Bulldog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LUCKLESS Western Bulldogs midfielder Toby McLean has ruptured the ACL in his right knee in a training mishap on Saturday morning,<\/p>\n<p>Scans confirmed the savage blow for the premiership Bulldog, who only returned from an ACL injury in the same knee in round 14.<\/p>\n<p>The Bulldogs said in a club statement, \u201cThe injury occurred during a training session at VU Whitten Oval on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMcLean will undergo surgery later this week, before beginning his rehabilitation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McLean, 25, managed three senior appearances in 2021 before this latest injury setback.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s contracted to the Bulldogs until the end of 2022.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>&#8211; BY ALEX ZAIA\/ SEN<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LUCKLESS Western Bulldogs midfielder Toby McLean has ruptured the ACL in his right knee in a training mishap on Saturday morning, Scans confirmed the savage blow for the premiership Bulldog, who only returned from an ACL injury in the same knee in round 14. 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