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Western Bulldogs vs Sydney Swans — AFL 2026 Round 7

Round 7

Match details

Home & Away
Round 7
Full time
Western Bulldogs
60–126
Sydney Swans
9th
of 18 · index 85Round 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
8th
of 18 · index 98Round 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 15th of 18 · index 34+6vs season
Season 8th of 18 · index 49

Head-to-head

5Ongoing injuries10
2Long-term (LTI)7
6 dDays' rest6 d
3Games in 21 days3
654 kmLast month air km4,450 km
Squad stabilityWBD 3rdSYD 15th 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 (WBD 1, SYD 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.
Thu 23 Apr · 7:30pm·Marvel Stadium, Melbourne
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.

WBD
  • •Aaron Naughton
    Minor
    Head/Neck· typically ~1 gameNeck strain — landed on head in 3rd quarter after leaping for a mark vs Sydney (R7…
SYD
  • •Tom McCartin
    Minor
    Knee· typically ~1 gameKnee ligament sprain — sustained during R7 vs Western Bulldogs (2026-04-23, 66-pt SYD…

Back from injury

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

WBD
SYD

Current injuries

Every ongoing injury carried by each squad today (15 across both). Injuries sustained in this game are in the casualty report above.

WBD carry the cleaner bill of health — SYD enter with 10 ongoing injuries to WBD's 5, 7 of them long-term.

WBD
  • Sam DarcyFWD
    LTI

    Knee — ACL Tear

    Long-term
    Injury-proneDue Mar 15, 2027
  • Riley GarciaMID
    LTI

    Hamstring — Hamstring Strain

    Severe
    Injury-proneOverdue (17 days)
  • Michael SellwoodDEF

    Head/Neck — Concussion

    Minor
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Matthew KennedyMID

    Head/Neck — Concussion

    Minor
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Nick CoffieldDEF
    Recurrence

    Head/Neck — Concussion

    Minor
    Injury-proneDue Mar 1, 2027

Signals

  • 1recurrence
  • 3durability-fragile
  • Body regions: 3× head/neck
  • What they lose: 2 defenders, 2 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.