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Geelong Cats vs Richmond — AFL 2026 Round 24

Round 24

Match details

Home & Away
Round 24
Geelong Cats
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Richmond
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Round health
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Round health not yet available.

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Head-to-head

7Ongoing injuries12
2Long-term (LTI)4
Last month air km
Squad stabilityGEE 12thRIC 11th of 18

Value-weighted players used — 1st = most churn of key players, 18th = most settled. Weighted by player value (our metric), not raw squad size.

Soft-tissue = the OSIICS muscle/tendon family — the injuries most prone to recurrence (GEE 2, RIC 3).

What do these scores mean?
Round Health
— point-in-time (0–100, 100 = no injury absences), weighting current ongoing absences on a fixed scale comparable across rounds. The league average drifts down as the season's injury load builds, so low late-season numbers are normal.
Season Health
— cumulative season-to-date: value-weighted injury burden, availability and incidence. Load-managed rests are excluded from both.
Mon 17 Aug · Time TBC·GMHBA Stadium, Geelong
State
VIC
Surface
Natural grass
Roof
Open roof
Capacity
36,000

Possible returns

Currently-injured players who could feature — fitness tests, squad signals and projected returns.

GEE
  • Jack Henry
    In contention
    Head/Neck — Neck Injury (General)Due today
  • Mark O'ConnorDEF
    In contention
    Quadriceps — Quadriceps StrainDue today
RIC
  • Kaleb Smith
    Projected return
    Head/Neck — ConcussionDue this week
  • Luke TrainorDEF
    Projected return
    Head/Neck — ConcussionDue this week
  • Jack RossMID
    Projected return
    Head/Neck — ConcussionDue this week
  • Jayden ShortDEF
    Projected return
    Thigh (other) — Cork/Thigh ContusionDue this week

Current injuries

The confirmed outs for both squads (13 across both), ranked by impact. Players in doubt are listed under Possible returns above.

GEE carry the cleaner bill of health — RIC enter with 12 ongoing injuries to GEE's 7, 4 of them long-term.

GEE5 out
  • Harley Barker
    LTI

    Knee — ACL Tear

    Long-term
    Due Oct 1
  • Toby ConwayRUC
    LTI

    Foot — Navicular Stress Fracture

    Long-term
    Injury-proneDue Aug 22
  • Jeremy CameronFWD

    Collarbone — Clavicle Fracture

    Moderate
    Due Aug 22
  • Tanner BruhnMID

    Head/Neck — Concussion

    Minor
    Due Jul 24
  • Rhys StanleyRUC
    Recurrence

    Hamstring — Hamstring Strain

    Minor
    FragileDue Jul 25

Signals

  • 1recurrence
  • 1awaiting diagnosis
  • 2durability-fragile
  • Body regions: 2× head/neck
  • What they lose: 2 ruckmen, 1 defender, 1 midfielder, 1 forward

Recurrence flags repeat injuries to the same body region within 24 months.

Injury classifications use the OSIICS system (Orchard Sports Injury and Illness Classification System). © John Orchard — Free to use with acknowledgment.