Chad Wingard has married his fiancée Lily Lloyd in a low key ceremony.
The pair walked down the aisle in Adelaide, sharing sweet photos from their big day on Instagram.
The two were wed on Sunday and posted the images with the simple caption ‘Mr & Mrs Wingard’.
The bride opted for a simple wedding gown in the form of a short and flirty mini dress with a ruched bust.
She added a pair of embellished heels with a pointed design in crisp white and carried a dainty bouquet of cream blooms.
For makeup, the blonde chose a peachy glow with a soft pink lipstick and wore her hair down in waves.
Chad Wingard has married his fiancée Lily Lloyd in a low key ceremony. Both pictured
The pair walked down the aisle in Adelaide, sharing sweet photos from their big day on Instagram
The two were wed on Sunday and posted the images with the simple caption ‘Mr & Mrs Wingard’
She completed her bridal look with a long pearl necklace and posed close to her new husband in sweet photos.
The groom kept things casually chic with a soft tan cotton suit worn with a white shirt and brown suede loafers worn without socks.
The couple were surrounded by friends and family at the shindig, sharing a sit-down dinner and a cake that was decorated with their surname.
Chad and Lily became engaged just seven months ago.
The injured Hawthorn star announced on social media that his long-term partner Lily ‘said yes’ when he proposed to her in romantic fashion at a Victorian winery amongst the vines.
Fellow Hawk Jarman Impey posted: ‘Congratulations!!! Sending our love’
Hawthorn teammates Shaun Burgoyne, Connor MacDonald, Nick Watson also wished the couple their best along with a host of AFL stars from other clubs.
Wingard was at the time sidelined after rupturing his Achilles last August, and was initially eyeing off a return for the Hawks in May.
The bride opted for a simple wedding gown in the form of a short and flirty mini dress with a ruched bust
She added a pair of embellished heels with a pointed design in crisp white and carried a dainty bouquet of cream blooms
For makeup, the blonde chose a peachy glow with a soft pink lipstick and wore her hair down in waves
She completed her bridal look with a long pearl necklace and posed close to her new husband in sweet photos
The couple were surrounded by friends and family at the shindig, sharing a sit-down dinner and a cake that was decorated with their surname
Chad and Lily became engaged just seven months ago
It had initially been thought that the star Hawk could be sidelined up to 12 months, leading the club to temporarily de-list the half-forward to manage their roster for 2024.
It was one of the most pivotal moments of the Hawks’ star’s career and when he was given a new contract for 2024, he credited Lilly Lloyd for her support.
‘(She) got me through it,’ he said.
‘She played a pivotal role in the first two to six weeks. I was in a cast and I had to elevate my leg for 20 hours a day for the best part of two weeks.
‘I couldn’t really cook, I was on two crutches and in the cast.
‘If I didn’t have someone to help me … just to say “it’s going to be okay, these are the steps we’re going to take, we’re going to get back,” I don’t know what I would have done.’
It was a terrifying injury for the Hawthorn star who admitted this season he thought retirement might have been his only option.
‘As soon as the injury happened, my first thought was “this could be it”,’ he said.
The injured Hawthorn star announced on social media that his long-term partner Lily ‘said yes’ when he proposed to her in romantic fashion at a Victorian winery amongst the vines
Wingard was sidelined with an Achilles injury that threatened to end his AFL career – and he opted to retire in September
‘I didn’t want my last moment in the AFL to be getting injured five minutes after the start of a game.’
However Hawthorn’s head of football Robert McCartney quickly moved to assure Wingard he would return.
‘Rob, the general manager at the Hawks, said to me straight afterwards, ‘Mate, we’re going to look after you’,’ Wingard says.
‘It was pretty powerful, when you think that it could be nine months, 12 months before I could play again.’
However, the footballer did eventually opt to retire in September.
‘Thank you to the Port Adelaide Football Club and Hawthorn Football Club for shaping me in to the player and person I am today,’ he announced.
‘To the fans of this great game, thank you, and I hope I played a small part in entertaining you on the weekends during my journey.
‘Lastly, to my family, thank you for always supporting me and pushing me to be my best every day.”
