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St Kilda vs Port Adelaide — AFL 2026 Round 18

Round 18

Match details

Home & Away
Round 18
Full time
St Kilda
87–73
Port Adelaide
15th
of 18 · index 35Round 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
16th
of 18 · index 20Round 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 8th of 18 · index 58−7vs season
Season 11th of 18 · index 43−5vs season

Head-to-head

9Ongoing injuries16
4Long-term (LTI)11
6 dDays' rest6 d
2Games in 21 days3
0 kmLast month air km657 km
Squad stabilitySTK 7thPTA 2nd 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 (STK 2, PTA 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.
Sat 11 July · 1:15pm·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.

STK

No injuries reported

PTA
  • Zak Butters
    Severe
    Ankle/Foot· typically ~4 gamesSerious ankle injury — ankle caught beneath him attempting a third-quarter tackle against…
  • •Mitch Georgiades
    Minor
    Head/Neck· typically ~2 gamesConcussion — brutal aerial collision with Rowan Marshall against St Kilda; ruled out at…
  • •Lachie Jones
    Minor
    Chest/Torso· typically ~1 gameRib injury — sustained against St Kilda and took no further part in the game. Extent to be…

Back from injury

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

STK

None returned

PTA

Current injuries

Every ongoing injury carried by each squad today (25 across both). Injuries sustained in this game are in the casualty report above.

STK carry the cleaner bill of health — PTA enter with 16 ongoing injuries to STK's 9, 11 of them long-term.

STK
  • Foot — Foot Injury (General)

    Long-term
    Due (14 days ago)
  • Ankle/Foot — Achilles Tendon Rupture

    Long-term
    Due May 29, 2027
  • Max KingFWD
    LTI
    Recurrence

    Hamstring — Hamstring Strain

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

    Severe
    Due (14 days ago)
  • Head/Neck — Concussion

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

    Minor
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Hamstring — Hamstring Strain

    Minor
    IronmanDue Mar 1, 2027
  • Lower Leg — Calf Strain

    Minor
    FragileDue Mar 1, 2027
  • Managed

    Minimal
    FragileDue Mar 1, 2027

Signals

  • 1recurrence
  • 2awaiting diagnosis
  • 3durability-fragile
  • Body regions:
    • Lower Leg3
    • Hamstring2
  • What they lose: 4 forwards, 3 defenders, 2 midfielders

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.