Western Bulldogs vs Richmond — AFL 2026 Round 20
Match details
Head-to-head
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 (WBD 3, RIC 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.
- State
- VIC
- Surface
- Hybrid surface
- Roof
- Retractable roof
- Capacity
- 56,347
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.
Back from injury
Players who returned from injury in this game, each linking to their profile.
- Tom Liberatoreback from systemic/other
- Jack Rossback from head/neck
- Luke Trainorback from head/neck
Current injuries
Every ongoing injury carried by each squad today (18 across both). Injuries sustained in this game are in the casualty report above.
WBD carry the cleaner bill of health — RIC enter with 11 ongoing injuries to WBD's 7, 9 of them long-term.
Knee — ACL Tear
Long-termInjury-proneDue Mar 15, 2027Hamstring — Hamstring Strain
SevereInjury-proneOverdue (15 days)Hamstring — Hamstring Strain
ModerateInjury-proneDue Mar 1, 2027Head/Neck — Concussion
MinorDue Mar 1, 2027- Oskar BakerMID
Hamstring — Hamstring Strain
MinorInjury-proneOverdue (19 days) Head/Neck — Concussion
MinorDue Mar 1, 2027Head/Neck — Concussion
MinorInjury-proneDue Mar 1, 2027
Signals
- 1recurrence
- 5durability-fragile
- Body regions:
- Hamstring3
- Head/Neck3
- What they lose: 3 midfielders, 2 defenders, 1 forward, 1 ruckman
- Sam CummingLTI
Ankle/Foot — High Ankle Sprain
Long-termDue (14 days ago) Foot — Foot Injury (General)
Long-termAwaiting DiagnosisFragileDue (14 days ago)Foot — Foot Injury (General)
Long-termAwaiting DiagnosisDue Mar 1, 2027- Kaleb SmithLTI
Quadriceps — Quadriceps Strain
Long-termInjury-proneDue Mar 1, 2027 Foot — Foot Injury (General)
Long-termAwaiting DiagnosisDue Mar 1, 2027Ankle/Foot — Ankle Fracture
Long-termDue Mar 1, 2027Chest/Torso — Lumbar Stress Fracture
Long-termOverdue (15 days)Knee — Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Injury
Long-termInjury-proneDue Nov 1Quadriceps — Quadriceps Strain
Long-termDue Mar 1, 2027Managed
MinorDue Mar 1, 2027- Sam LalorFWD
Knee — Knee Injury (General)
MinorAwaiting DiagnosisDue Mar 1, 2027
Signals
- 4awaiting diagnosis
- 3durability-fragile
- Body regions:
- Foot3
- Ankle/Foot2
- Knee2
- Quadriceps2
- What they lose: 5 of 9 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.