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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
11th
of 18 · index 64Round 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
14th
of 18 · index 46Round 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 17th of 18 · index 15+6vs season
Season 16th of 18 · index 20

Head-to-head

12Ongoing injuries9
4Long-term (LTI)4
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 3, ESS 3).

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 carry the cleaner bill of health — RIC enter with 12 ongoing injuries to ESS's 9, 4 of them long-term.

RIC
  • Jonty FaullFWD
    LTI

    Chest/Torso — Lumbar Stress Fracture

    Long-term
    Due Sep 30
  • Josh GibcusDEF
    LTI

    Knee — Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Injury

    Long-term
    Injury-proneDue Nov 1
  • Sam LalorFWD
    LTI

    Ankle/Foot — Achilles Tendinopathy

    Severe
    Possible return
    Due this week
  • Josh SmillieMID
    LTI

    Quadriceps — Quadriceps Strain

    Moderate
    Due Aug 1
  • Tom SimsFWD

    Knee — MCL Sprain

    Moderate
    Due this week
  • Campbell GrayDEF

    Hamstring — Hamstring Strain

    Moderate
    Injury-proneDue Aug 5
  • Jayden ShortDEF

    Thigh (other) — Cork/Thigh Contusion

    Minor
    Possible return
    Due this week
  • Luke TrainorDEF

    Head/Neck — Concussion

    Minor
    Possible return
    Due this week
  • Kaleb Smith

    Head/Neck — Concussion

    Minor
    Possible return
    Injury-proneDue this week
  • Jack RossMID
    Recurrence

    Head/Neck — Concussion

    Minor
    Possible return
    FragileDue this week
  • Oliver Hayes-BrownRUC

    Knee — Knee Injury (General)

    Minor
    Injury-proneDue this week
  • Jacob HopperMID

    Ankle/Foot — Ankle Injury (General)

    Minor
    Due Aug 1

Signals

  • 1recurrence
  • 2awaiting diagnosis
  • 5durability-fragile
  • Body regions:
    • Head/Neck3
    • Knee3
    • Ankle/Foot2
  • What they lose: 4 defenders, 3 midfielders, 3 forwards, 1 ruckman

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.