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GWS Giants vs Brisbane Lions — AFL 2026 Round 11

Round 11

Match details

Home & Away
Round 11
Full time
GWS Giants
166–88
Brisbane Lions
16th
of 18 · index 40Round 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
10th
of 18 · index 83Round 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.
BRL entered healthier — 10th v 16th this round
Season 15th of 18 · index 23
Season 14th of 18 · index 24+4vs season

Head-to-head

16Ongoing injuries4
9Long-term (LTI)4
7 dDays' rest10 d
3Games in 21 days2
3,960 kmLast month air km1,375 km
Squad stabilityGWS 12thBRL 8th 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 (GWS 1, BRL 0).

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 24 May · 12:30pm·Giants Stadium, Sydney
State
NSW
Surface
Natural grass
Roof
Open roof
Capacity
24,000

Injuries from this game

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

GWS
  • •Jack Buckley
    Moderate
    Hamstring· typically ~2 gamesRight hamstring injury sustained Q1 R11 GWS v BRL (2026-05-24). Hurt during a…
BRL

No injuries reported

Back from injury

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

GWS
BRL

Current injuries

Every ongoing injury carried by each squad today (20 across both). Injuries sustained in this game are in the casualty report above.

BRL carry the cleaner bill of health — GWS enter with 16 ongoing injuries to BRL's 4, 9 of them long-term.

GWS
  • Ankle/Foot — Ankle Injury (General)

    Long-term
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Logan SmithRUC
    LTI
    Recurrence

    Knee — Knee Injury (General)

    Long-term
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Managed

    Long-term
    Injury-proneDue Mar 1, 2027
  • Wrist/Hand — Finger Fracture

    Long-term
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Tom GreenMID
    LTI

    Knee — ACL Tear

    Long-term
    Due Dec 1
  • Josh KellyMID
    LTI
    Recurrence

    Groin/Hip — Hip Osteoarthritis

    Long-term
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Darcy JonesFWD
    LTI
    Recurrence

    Knee — ACL Tear

    Long-term
    Overdue (15 days)
  • Knee — ACL Tear

    Long-term
    Overdue (15 days)
  • Shoulder — Shoulder Dislocation

    Moderate
    FragileDue Mar 1, 2027
  • Lower Leg — Calf Strain

    Moderate
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Hamstring — Hamstring Strain

    Moderate
    Overdue (16 days)
  • Head/Neck — Concussion

    Minor
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Systemic/Other — Unspecified Injury

    Minor
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Chest/Torso — Back Injury (General)

    Minor
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Chest/Torso — Collapsed Lung/Pneumothorax

    Minor
    FragileDue Mar 1, 2027
  • Lower Leg — Lower Leg Injury (General)

    Minor
    Injury-proneOverdue (16 days)

Signals

  • 3recurrences
  • 5awaiting diagnosis
  • 4durability-fragile
  • Body regions:
    • Knee4
    • Chest/Torso2
    • Groin/Hip2
    • Lower Leg2
  • What they lose: 5 defenders, 5 forwards, 4 midfielders, 1 ruckman

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.