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Collingwood vs Geelong Cats — AFL 2026 Round 21

Round 21

Match details

Home & Away
Round 21
Full time
Collingwood
72–97
Geelong Cats
8th
of 18 · index 51Round 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
12th
of 18 · index 31Round 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.
COL entered healthier — 8th v 12th this round
Season 3rd of 18 · index 69−5vs season
Season 7th of 18 · index 50−5vs season

Head-to-head

8Ongoing injuries6
5Long-term (LTI)2
7 dDays' rest7 d
3Games in 21 days3
1,998 kmLast month air km771 km
Squad stabilityCOL 17thGEE 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 (COL 3, GEE 1).

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 30 July · 7:30pm·Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
State
VIC
Surface
Natural grass
Roof
Open roof
Capacity
100,024

Injuries from this game

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

COL
  • •Jeremy Howe
    Minor
    Arm· typically ~8 gamesFractured his left arm against Geelong and took no further part after playing 69 per cent…
  • •Harry Perryman
    Minor
    Recurrence
    Hamstring· typically ~2 gamesStrained a hamstring in the second quarter against Geelong — the opposite leg to the…
GEE

No injuries reported

Back from injury

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

COL
GEE

None returned

Current injuries

Every ongoing injury carried by each squad today (14 across both). Injuries sustained in this game are in the casualty report above.

GEE carry the cleaner bill of health — COL enter with 8 ongoing injuries to GEE's 6, 5 of them long-term.

COL
  • Tew JiathDEF
    LTI
    Recurrence

    Hamstring — Hamstring Strain

    Long-term
    Due (14 days ago)
  • Jamie ElliottFWD
    LTI

    Knee — Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Tear

    Long-term
    Due Apr 23, 2027
  • Darcy MooreDEF
    LTI
    Recurrence

    Hamstring — Hamstring Strain

    Long-term
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Oscar SteeneRUC
    LTI

    Knee — ACL Tear

    Long-term
    Injury-proneDue Mar 1, 2027
  • Reef McInnesDEF
    LTI
    Recurrence

    Knee — ACL Tear

    Long-term
    Injury-proneDue (14 days ago)
  • Brayden MaynardDEF

    Knee — Knee Injury (General)

    Moderate
    IronmanDue Mar 1, 2027
  • Scott PendleburyMID

    Knee — Knee Bursitis

    Minor
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Harry PerrymanDEF
    Recurrence

    Hamstring — Hamstring Strain

    Minor
    Due Mar 1, 2027

Signals

  • 4recurrences
  • 2awaiting diagnosis
  • 2durability-fragile
  • Body regions:
    • Knee5
    • Hamstring3
  • What they lose: 5 of 8 outs are defenders

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.