Dejected footy star breaks silence as heart condition returns after undergoing surgery
Ollie Wines has delivered a positive update on his condition after the footy star was subbed out in the first quarter of Port Adelaide's eight-point victory against the Sydney Swans on Sunday due to a recurring heart condition.
The 30-year-old insisted he felt '100 per cent fine' on Monday despite leaving the field due to an irregular heart rhythm.
It was the third time in the past five years that he has been forced to sit on the bench due to the cardiac condition, with Wines having undergone a procedure to remedy the issue in the off-season.
While he appeared a little dejected that the condition had returned even after he had undergone surgery to remedy the issue last December, Wines was positive that he could get back to playing his best footy.
'Yeah, no I'm fine, 100 per cent fine,' he told Channel 7 News Adelaide.
'It's exactly the same thing that's happened again, despite a procedure.
'Unfortunately, it has happened again despite a procedure'. Brownlow Medallist Ollie Wines has revealed the heartbreaking reality check after he was subbed out with heart palpitations during the Power's eight-point victory over the Swans. #7NEWS pic.twitter.com/ATXaJPlNTg
— 7NEWS Adelaide (@7NewsAdelaide) April 21, 2025
'We've just got to attack it like we have done over the last couple of years. I'm sure at some stage this week I'll see the cardiologist. It's something we've been [through] before and we've been able to manage it before the procedure, but I'm sure we can manage it now.'
Wines had been spotted speaking to medics on Sunday on the touchline before Ken Hinkley's side made the call to pull him out of the match.
The 2021 Brownlow Medallist had first been diagnosed with the condition in 2022 and had previously worked with doctors from the club to manage the issue.
'I did think that they had fixed it but obviously, I've just found out that it can find a way to come back,' Wines added.
'It's something to deal with and to manage. Fortunately, it's only happened three times in five years since it first happened. So, it's not something that happens a lot but, obviously, it's an inconvenience for me playing football because you can't hide and you're going to get subbed out.'
Despite playing less than 20 minutes of footy on Sunday, Wines would take eight disposals and four marks, helping the Power claim a 10.17 (77) to 13.7 (85) victory.
'It's unfortunate but it's where we're at,' Wines added.
'As far as I'm concerned I'm 100 per cent back to normal. It's just that couple of hours, you know from the trigger of intense activity and a full fluke but once it's finished I'm 100 per cent back to normal.'
After the match, senior coach Hinkley insisted that the footy club had Wines' heart condition 'well under control'
'To the best of my knowledge Ollie had another one of his little episodes on his heart, which our doctors have had well under control,' Hinkley said.
'In the past, he has had a procedure to look after that, obviously, it came back today.
'We have a good handle on it but that doesn't mean that we won't stop exploring what we need to do to support Ollie through that.'
Hinkley also gave a positive update on Wines' condition.
'He is pretty comfortable in the rooms, he came back out onto the bench, the good thing is that while, unfortunately, he has experienced it, he knows how to react to it.
'He self-diagnosed, he comes off and says: "My heart is doing a few silly things at the moment". It sounds really bad, I don't mean to talk about someone's heart, but the reality is he has a good handle on it, our medical team has an incredibly good handle on it.
'We feel safe enough around what is going on and we will make sure we will do all the tests this week.'
Jon Ralph of the Herald Sun, addressed the issue on Fox Footy on Sunday, stating that the condition is not career-threatening and that Wines had been using medication to address the issue.
'It's certainly not career-threatening but that doesn't mean it's not extremely scary when it happens to him,' Ralph had said.
'We saw it in 2022 - he complained of heart palpitations, dizziness and nausea. He only missed a single week then against Carlton and he returned against West Coast and had 33 possessions and a goal.
'Medications did quickly get it under control – but he had to miss that week.
'I think the question here is not whether it jeopardizes his career – it's whether his misses against North Melbourne next week.
'It goes without saying this club will not risk him (Wines) in any way.
'You think potentially he misses a week and then if he can get the tick off from his cardiologist it might be he's back quite quickly - as worrying as this episode was today.'
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