‘I am doing OK’: Taylor Adams on the mend after alleged assault, police probe continues

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Veteran Sydney Swans midfielder Taylor Adams has reassured footy fans he is recovering well as police continue to investigate his alleged assault outside a licensed venue in Rose Bay on Saturday night.

According to police the 32-year-old former Magpie and Giants midfielder was punched in the face by a man after an argument with two men he did not know.

Taylor Adams has had a rough 12 months on the injury front

Adams lost consciousness briefly, concerning onlookers in the aftermath.

Adams was released from hospital on Sunday morning and was not on the training track with teammates on Monday as the club monitored his health following the incident.

The 32-year-old wrote on social media on Monday night that the matter was in the hands of NSW Police, which is investigating the incident.

“To everyone who has sent their love, thank you. I am doing OK. This is now a police matter and I won’t be commenting further,” Adams wrote on social media.

NSW Police told this masthead on Tuesday that its inquiries were continuing and no arrests had been made or charges laid.

Police became aware of the incident soon after it occurred outside the revamped eastern suburbs venue Club Rose Bay, which only re-opened in December. The alleged assailants were not identified at the scene.

The Swans said Adams had been the victim of the incident in a statement they released on Sunday.

Adams has been battling an Achilles injury this pre-season as he enters the final year of a three-year deal he signed with the Swans at the end of 2023. The tough on-baller was restricted to just four matches in 2025 after suffering a series of hamstring issues.

He has played 229 matches, was All-Australian in 2020 and won Collingwood’s best and fairest the same year. An injury suffered at training before the 2023 preliminary final robbed him of the chance to play in the Magpies’ premiership that season.

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