AFL

'Not minor': Port captain braces for bad injury news

Mar 23, 2026

Port Adelaide captain Connor Rozee expects a major disruption to his AFL season with scans to confirm a serious hamstring tendon injury.

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The Power skipper had scans on Monday morning after being hurt in Sunday's win over Essendon.

"It sort of went numb my leg and I couldn't walk on it," he said.

"I was hoping it was some sort of nerve thing but once that wore off, it became a lot sorer and a bit more isolated.

"I'm not exactly sure of what it is but I don't think it is going to be minor ... Just talking to the docs, the worst case scenario is surgery and best case is a bad strain or something nervy."

Surgery would rule Rozee out until at least midway through the season.

"The one positive is hopefully I get the second half of the season, if it's not a great result which I am eyeing off at the moment," he said.

Rozee was among a spate of big names to suffer hamstring injuries including Gold Coast's gun recruit Christian Petracca, Richmond stalwarts Tom Lynch and skipper Toby Nankervis, Adelaide signing Callum Ah Chee and St Kilda's Anthony Caminiti.