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Melbourne vs GWS Giants — AFL 2026 Round 12

Round 12

Match details

Home & Away
Round 12
Full time
Melbourne
70–119
GWS Giants
13th
of 18 · index 47Round 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
18th
of 18 worst · index 9Round 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.
MEL entered healthier — 13th v 18th this round
Season 12th of 18 · index 33
Season 18th of 18 · index 0

Head-to-head

8Ongoing injuries15
4Long-term (LTI)6
7 dDays' rest7 d
3Games in 21 days2
712 kmLast month air km3,960 km
Squad stabilityMEL 17thGWS 9th 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 (MEL 1, GWS 2).

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 31 May · 3:15pm·Traeger Park, Alice Springs
State
NT
Surface
Natural grass
Roof
Open roof
Capacity
10,000

Injuries from this game

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

MEL

No injuries reported

GWS
  • •Stephen Coniglio
    Minor
    Hamstring· typically ~2 gamesHamstring awareness — sat out the second half of Round 12 vs Melbourne (Alice Springs) as…

Back from injury

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

MEL
GWS

Current injuries

Every ongoing injury carried by each squad today (23 across both). Injuries sustained in this game are in the casualty report above.

MEL carry the cleaner bill of health — GWS enter with 15 ongoing injuries to MEL's 8, 6 of them long-term.

MEL
  • Brody Mihocek
    LTI

    Head/Neck — Unstable Cervical Fracture

    Long-term
    In rehab
    Due Oct 1
  • Andy Moniz-WakefieldDEF
    LTI

    Knee — ACL Tear

    Long-term
    Injury-proneDue Feb 27, 2027
  • Jai CulleyMID
    LTI

    Knee — ACL Tear

    Long-term
    Injury-proneDue Feb 1, 2027
  • Jack VineyMID
    LTI

    Ankle/Foot — Achilles Tendinopathy

    Severe
    Due Aug 15
  • Xavier LindsayMID

    Groin/Hip — Groin Strain

    Moderate
    Due Jul 26
  • Harrison PettyFWD
    Recurrence

    Hamstring — Hamstring Strain

    Minor
    Due Jul 24
  • Bayley FritschFWD
    Recurrence

    Wrist/Hand — Hand/Wrist Injury (General)

    Minor
    Test Failed
    IronmanDue this week
  • Max HeathRUC

    Shoulder — Shoulder Injury (General)

    Minor
    Possible return
    Injury-proneDue this week

Signals

  • 2recurrences
  • 2awaiting diagnosis
  • 3durability-fragile
  • Body regions: 2× knee
  • What they lose: 3 midfielders, 2 forwards, 1 defender, 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.