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Sydney Swans vs Melbourne — AFL 2026 Round 8

Round 8

Match details

Home & Away
Round 8
Full time
Sydney Swans
131–114
Melbourne
12th
of 18 · index 67Round Health Score (0–100), last 5 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
14th
of 18 · index 63Round Health Score (0–100), last 5 rounds. Scores drift down league-wide as the season's injury load builds — read the slope relative to the league, not the level.

Evenly matched on squad health.

Season 13th of 18 · index 33
Season 15th of 18 · index 30

Head-to-head

9Ongoing injuries8
6Long-term (LTI)4
10 dDays' rest9 d
2Games in 21 days2
1,875 kmLast month air km657 km
Squad stabilitySYD 16thMEL 17th 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 (SYD 4, MEL 1).

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 3 May · 3:15pm·Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
State
NSW
Surface
Natural grass
Roof
Open roof
Capacity
48,000

Injuries from this game

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

SYD

No injuries reported

MEL
  • •Brody Mihocek
    Moderate
    Recurrence
    Contact
    Hamstring· typically ~3 gamesLeft hamstring strain sustained in Q1 vs Sydney at the SCG (Round 8, 2026-05-03) while…

Back from injury

Players who returned from injury in this game, each linking to their profile.

SYD
MEL

Current injuries

Every ongoing injury carried by each squad today (17 across both). Injuries sustained in this game are in the casualty report above.

MEL hold a slight availability edge (9 ongoing injuries to 8); SYD 6 of them long-term.

SYD
  • Liam Hetherton
    LTI

    Chest/Torso — Lumbar Stress Fracture

    Long-term
    Due Oct 24
  • Max KingFWD
    LTI

    Chest/Torso — Back Injury (General)

    Long-term
    Due Aug 12
  • Joel AmarteyFWD
    LTI

    Ankle/Foot — Achilles Tendon Rupture

    Severe
    Injury-proneDue Sep 3
  • Justin McInerneyMID
    LTI

    Hamstring — Hamstring Strain

    Severe
    Due Aug 17
  • Noah Chamberlain
    LTI

    Hamstring — Hamstring Strain

    Severe
    Due Aug 29
  • Will Green
    LTI

    Foot — Foot Stress Fracture

    Moderate
    Due today
  • Sam WicksDEF

    Hamstring — Hamstring Strain

    Moderate
    FragileDue Aug 6
  • Logan McDonaldFWD

    Quadriceps — Quadriceps Strain

    Minor
    Possible return
    Due today
  • Peter LadhamsRUC

    Groin/Hip — Groin Strain

    Minor
    Injury-proneDue Jul 25

Signals

  • 3durability-fragile
  • Body regions:
    • Hamstring3
    • Chest/Torso2
  • What they lose: 3 of 6 outs are forwards

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.