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Port Adelaide vs West Coast Eagles — AFL 2026 Round 3

Round 3

Match details

Home & Away
Round 3
Full time
Port Adelaide
9092
WCE by 2
West Coast Eagles
17th
of 18 · index 46Round Health Score (0–100), last 3 rounds. Scores drift down league-wide as the season's injury load builds — read the slope relative to the league, not the level.
Round health
16th
of 18 · index 78Round Health Score (0–100), last 3 rounds. Scores drift down league-wide as the season's injury load builds — read the slope relative to the league, not the level.
WCE entered healthier — 16th v 17th this round
Season 7th of 18 · index 59−10vs season
Season 17th of 18 · index 26

Head-to-head

11Ongoing injuries13
8Long-term (LTI)7
7 dDays' rest7 d
2Games in 21 days2
654 kmLast month air km3,619 km
Squad stabilityPTA 1stWCE 14th 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 (PTA 2, WCE 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.
Sun 29 Mar · 12:30pm·Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
State
SA
Surface
Natural grass
Roof
Open roof
Capacity
53,583

Injuries from this game

What this game cost — players hurt in it, OSIICS-classified, each linked to its injury record.

No injuries reported from this game.

Current injuries

Every ongoing injury carried by each squad today (24 across both). Injuries sustained in this game are in the casualty report above.

PTA carry the cleaner bill of health — WCE enter with 13 ongoing injuries to PTA's 11, 7 of them long-term.

PTA
  • Groin/HipHip Labral Tear

    Long-term
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • KneeMCL Sprain

    Long-term
    Due Oct 1
  • KneeKnee Injury (General)

    Long-term
    FragileDue Jun 20, 2027
  • KneeACL Tear

    Long-term
    Injury-proneDue Oct 1
  • Josh SinnDEF
    LTI

    ShoulderLabral Tear

    Long-term
    Injury-proneDue Oct 1
  • Sam Powell-PepperMID
    LTI
    Recurrence

    KneeKnee Injury (General)

    Long-term
    Due Oct 1
  • Ankle/FootHigh Ankle Sprain

    Severe
    Due Sep 5
  • HamstringHamstring Tendon Injury

    Severe
    Due Sep 30
  • Head/NeckConcussion

    Minor
    Due Jul 26
  • Chest/TorsoRib Contusion

    Minor
    Possible return
    Due today
  • Tom CochraneMID
    Recurrence

    HamstringHamstring Strain

    Minor
    Due this week

Signals

  • 2recurrences
  • 1awaiting diagnosis
  • 3durability-fragile
  • Body regions:
    • Knee4
    • Hamstring2
  • What they lose: 5 defenders, 5 midfielders, 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.