Sydney superstar Errol Gulden faces months on the sidelines in a mammoth blow to the ladder-leading Swans.
The Swans have confirmed that Gulden is set to undergo surgery on his dislocated shoulder later this week that will sideline him for around four months.
While that timeline could have Gulden tracking to return ahead of the finals, it’s a mega blow to Dean Cox’s side in a year it’s gone chips in on contending with the addition of Charlie Curnow.
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“Sydney Swans midfielder Errol Gulden sustained a dislocated shoulder on Saturday night against Brisbane,” the Swans said in a statement.
“Gulden will have surgery later this week. He is expected to be unavailable for approximately four months of football.”
It marks consecutive years of injury disaster for the 23-year old, who missed the first half of the 2025 season with an ankle injury.
Gulden injured his shoulder in Saturday night’s win over Brisbane, while Isaac Heeney also picked up a hamstring injury, though the severity is still to be determined.
“It’s a shoulder of some sort. We’re going to get that looked at in the next day or two,” Cox said of Gulden post-match.
“We’ll assess it. We’ve only got a five-day break going into Hawthorn (at the MCG next Thursday).
“It’s tough to commit to anything (about the degree of damage). He’s walking around our change room, sat in our meeting.
“It’ll be what it will be, unfortunately, so hopefully it is quick. If it is longer than normal then so be it as well.
“We’ve got to make sure we do whatever we can to get him right as quickly as we can, which might be Monday, Tuesday, it might be a
little bit longer. We’ll wait for that and then work our way through it from there.”
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