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Richmond vs Essendon — AFL 2026 Round 11

Round 11

Match details

Home & Away
Round 11
Full time
Richmond
74–56
Essendon
8th
of 18 · index 84Round 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
15th
of 18 · index 59Round 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.
RIC entered healthier — 8th v 15th this round
Season 18th of 18 · index 13+10vs season
Season 16th of 18 · index 18

Head-to-head

11Ongoing injuries10
9Long-term (LTI)7
5 dDays' rest5 d

Both on a short turnaround (RIC 5d, ESS 5d) — at/under the 5-day congestion mark.

3Games in 21 days3
2,721 kmLast month air km707 km
Squad stabilityRIC 9thESS 6th 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 (RIC 2, ESS 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.
Fri 22 May · 7:40pm·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.

RIC
  • Jonty Faull
    Long-term
    Chest/Torso· typically ~8 gamesStress fractures in the back — ruled out for the remainder of the 2026 season per…
ESS
  • Andrew McGrath
    Severe
    Head/Neck· typically ~4 gamesBroken jaw with tooth loss sustained in Dreamtime at the 'G vs Richmond R11 2026-05-22…
  • •Sam Durham
    Minor
    Head/Neck· typically ~1 gameConcussion sustained vs Richmond R11 2026-05-22 (Dreamtime at the 'G). Ruled out of match…

Back from injury

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

RIC
ESS

None returned

Current injuries

Every ongoing injury carried by each squad today (21 across both). Injuries sustained in this game are in the casualty report above.

ESS hold a slight availability edge (11 ongoing injuries to 10); RIC 9 of them long-term.

RIC
  • Sam Cumming
    LTI

    Ankle/Foot — High Ankle Sprain

    Long-term
    Overdue (15 days)
  • Rhyan MansellFWD
    LTI

    Foot — Foot Injury (General)

    Long-term
    FragileOverdue (15 days)
  • Tom SimsFWD
    LTI

    Foot — Foot Injury (General)

    Long-term
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Kaleb Smith
    LTI

    Quadriceps — Quadriceps Strain

    Long-term
    Injury-proneDue Mar 1, 2027
  • Noah BaltaDEF
    LTI

    Foot — Foot Injury (General)

    Long-term
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Jacob HopperMID
    LTI

    Ankle/Foot — Ankle Fracture

    Long-term
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Jonty FaullFWD
    LTI

    Chest/Torso — Lumbar Stress Fracture

    Long-term
    Overdue (16 days)
  • Josh GibcusDEF
    LTI

    Knee — Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Injury

    Long-term
    Injury-proneDue Nov 1
  • Josh SmillieMID
    LTI

    Quadriceps — Quadriceps Strain

    Long-term
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Harry ArmstrongFWD

    Managed

    Minor
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Sam LalorFWD

    Knee — Knee Injury (General)

    Minor
    Due 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.