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Two Carlton players discharged after hospital treatment following Melbourne night out

Carlton AFL players Lachie Cowan and Will Hayward were treated in hospital and discharged following separate incidents after an offseason night out in Melbourne.

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Two Carlton Australian Football League players required treatment in a Melbourne hospital on Sunday morning following an offseason night out. The Guardian and ABC News Australia reported that the Carlton Football Club confirmed players Lachie Cowan, aged 21, and Will Hayward, aged 27, were admitted under separate circumstances and subsequently discharged. [1][2]

According to ABC News Australia, advanced life-support paramedics from Ambulance Victoria responded to an incident in South Yarra at approximately 5:15 am. The club stated that Cowan received medical treatment and underwent observation before being discharged shortly after. [2]

The Guardian and ABC News Australia reported that Hayward suffered a minor cut to his head following a fall. According to ABC News Australia, Hayward admitted himself to the hospital to receive treatment before his release. [1][2]

Guardian Australia understood that both players were part of a larger group attending an offseason gathering. The Carlton Football Club, nicknamed the Blues, is an Australian rules football team competing in the national league and based in the inner Melbourne suburb of Carlton North. [1][7]

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In short

  • Carlton players Lachie Cowan and Will Hayward were hospitalised in Melbourne under separate circumstances on Sunday morning.
  • Paramedics responded to an incident in South Yarra around 5:15 am before Cowan was treated and observed.
  • Will Hayward suffered a minor cut to the head from a fall and admitted himself to hospital.
  • Both Carlton players were discharged after receiving treatment.

Sources

Every paragraph above points to the numbered items it rests on. Read the originals here.

  1. [1]Two Carlton players treated in hospital after needing care for ‘separate circumstances’The Guardian, 1h ago (the report this story comes from)
  2. [2]Two Carlton AFL players hospitalised in MelbourneABC News Australia, 2h ago
  3. [3]Two Carlton AFL players hospitalised in MelbourneABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 1h ago
  4. [4]Two Carlton players hospitalised after separate incidentsThe Age, 3h ago
  5. [5]Two Carlton players hospitalised after separate incidentsSMH.com.au, 3h ago
  6. [6]Two Carlton players hospitalised in Melbourne in separate incidentsNine.com.au, 3h ago

Background

  1. [7]Carlton Football Club on Wikipedia
  2. [8]Boy settles High Court action over Kerry hospital care for 165000 euros FTMQ News, 1d ago

Our newsroom writes these reports with the help of software, from the 8 sources listed and nothing else, and checks them against those sources. Facts can still be wrong or move on; the originals are the record. Spotted a mistake? Write to daniel@monsterkong.com.

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