St Kilda vs Port Adelaide — AFL 2026 Round 18
Match details
Evenly matched on squad health.
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 (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.
- 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
- Zak Butters SevereAnkle/Foot· typically ~4 gamesSerious ankle injury — ankle caught beneath him attempting a third-quarter tackle against…
- •Mitch Georgiades MinorHead/Neck· typically ~2 gamesConcussion — brutal aerial collision with Rowan Marshall against St Kilda; ruled out at…
- •Lachie Jones MinorChest/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.
None returned
- Kane Farrellback from groin/hip
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.
Foot — Foot Injury (General)
Long-termAwaiting DiagnosisDue (14 days ago)Ankle/Foot — Achilles Tendon Rupture
Long-termDue May 29, 2027Hamstring — Hamstring Strain
SevereFragileDue Mar 1, 2027Lower Leg — Calf Strain
SevereDue (14 days ago)- Patrick SaidFWD
Head/Neck — Concussion
MinorDue Mar 1, 2027 - Jack HigginsFWD
Lower Leg — Lower Leg Injury (General)
MinorAwaiting DiagnosisDue Mar 1, 2027 Hamstring — Hamstring Strain
MinorIronmanDue Mar 1, 2027- Mason WoodMID
Lower Leg — Calf Strain
MinorFragileDue Mar 1, 2027 - Hunter ClarkMID
Managed
MinimalFragileDue Mar 1, 2027
Signals
- 1recurrence
- 2awaiting diagnosis
- 3durability-fragile
- Body regions:
- Lower Leg3
- Hamstring2
- What they lose: 4 forwards, 3 defenders, 2 midfielders
- Logan EvansLTI
Shoulder — Shoulder Instability
Long-termFragileDue Mar 1, 2027 Knee — Knee Injury (General)
Long-termAwaiting DiagnosisDue (14 days ago)Groin/Hip — Groin Injury (General)
Long-termAwaiting DiagnosisDue Mar 1, 2027Groin/Hip — Hip Labral Tear
Long-termDue Mar 1, 2027Knee — MCL Sprain
Long-termDue (14 days ago)Knee — Knee Injury (General)
Long-termAwaiting DiagnosisFragileDue Jun 20, 2027Knee — ACL Tear
Long-termInjury-proneDue (14 days ago)Shoulder — Labral Tear
Long-termInjury-proneDue (14 days ago)Knee — Knee Injury (General)
Long-termDue (14 days ago)Ankle/Foot — High Ankle Sprain
SevereDue Mar 1, 2027Hamstring — Hamstring Tendon Injury
SevereOverdue (15 days)Hamstring — Hamstring Strain
ModerateOverdue (15 days)- Willem DrewDEF
Chest/Torso — Back Injury (General)
MinorAwaiting DiagnosisDue Mar 1, 2027 Ankle/Foot — Toe Fracture
MinorIronmanDue Mar 1, 2027Head/Neck — Concussion
MinorDue Mar 1, 2027Shoulder — Shoulder Injury (General)
MinimalAwaiting DiagnosisDue Mar 1, 2027
Signals
- 2recurrences
- 5awaiting diagnosis
- 4durability-fragile
- Body regions:
- Knee5
- Shoulder3
- Ankle/Foot2
- Groin/Hip2
- Hamstring2
- What they lose: 6 defenders, 5 midfielders, 2 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.