Updated July 27, 2026 – 4:49 p.m.,first published 15:57 Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. TOTOTO In today’s AFL report, your football news roundup: Max King suffered a season-ending hamstring strain on Sunday. Brisbane’s Ty Gallop will face a charge of gross
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In today’s AFL report, your football news roundup:
- Max King suffered a season-ending hamstring strain on Sunday.
- Brisbane’s Ty Gallop will face a charge of gross misconduct.
Max King will not play again until at least next year after St Kilda confirmed he suffered a season-ending left hamstring strain in their return match on Sunday.
It is a devastating blow for the star forward, who had not played at AFL level for 757 days before this latest setback, but has now suffered hamstring injuries twice this year, including in a VFL match in May.
Saints coach Ross Lyon defended the club’s decision to play King in the senior team and avoid the VFL this time around, but he will now have played once in three seasons after a tortuous career that included injuries to both knees and calf problems.
King left Sunday’s win over North Melbourne midway through the third quarter and did not return.
“It is an incredibly disappointing result for Max, who has done everything he can during his rehabilitation to be in the best position to return,” said St Kilda head of football Lenny Hayes.
“He is an incredibly important part of our football club. We will continue to embrace him and give him all the support he needs as he overcomes this latest setback.
“Our focus now turns to ensuring Max has a full pre-season that allows him to return and play senior football consistently in 2027.”
King signed a six-year contract extension in October 2024 that ties him to the Saints through the end of the 2032 season.
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Brisbane Lions defender Ty Gallop has been sent straight to the AFL Tribunal to face a charge of serious misconduct after pushing his opponent’s head into the turf at the Gabba on Sunday.
The AFL match review officer used provisions of the AFL guidelines to send the case directly to the tribunal without providing ratings on conduct, impact or conduct.
The controversial incident occurred during the second quarter. Gallop’s decision to hit Port Adelaide’s Mitch Georgiades was described as “a stupid move” by former Brisbane great Alastair Lynch.
“We’ve been singing Ty Gallop’s praises for the last half-dozen weeks in particular,” Lynch said on Fox Footy.
“But that’s just a stupid action. We don’t want to see that. Mitch has had some concussion issues.
“We don’t want to see actions like that.”
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