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Gold Coast Suns vs Collingwood — AFL 2026 Round 17

Round 17

Match details

Home & Away
Round 17
Full time
Gold Coast Suns
98104
Collingwood
7th
of 18 · index 50Round 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
5th
of 18 · index 71Round 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 — 5th v 7th this round
Season 3rd of 18 · index 76−4vs season
Season 1st of 18 · index 77−4vs season

Head-to-head

7Ongoing injuries10
1Long-term (LTI)4
6 dDays' rest7 d
2Games in 21 days2
5,024 kmLast month air km0 km
Squad stabilityGCS 13thCOL 16th 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 (GCS 1, COL 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 4 July · 4:15pm·Heritage Bank Stadium, Gold Coast
State
QLD
Surface
Natural grass
Roof
Open roof
Capacity
25,000

Injuries from this game

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

No injuries reported from this game.

Back from injury

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

GCS

None returned

COL

Current injuries

Every ongoing injury carried by each squad today (17 across both). Injuries sustained in this game are in the casualty report above.

GCS carry the cleaner bill of health — COL enter with 10 ongoing injuries to GCS's 7, 4 of them long-term.

GCS
  • KneeKnee Injury (General)

    Long-term
    Injury-proneDue Sep 30
  • Wrist/HandHand/Wrist Injury (General)

    Moderate
    Due Aug 1
  • Head/NeckJaw Fracture

    Moderate
    Possible return
    Due this week
  • FootFoot Injury (General)

    Moderate
    Injury-proneDue this week
  • ShoulderShoulder Injury (General)

    Minor
    Injury-proneDue Jul 25
  • Lachie WellerMID
    Recurrence

    HamstringHamstring Strain

    Minor
    Due Jul 25
  • Ankle/FootAnkle Injury (General)

    Minor
    Injury-proneDue Aug 2

Signals

  • 1recurrence
  • 3awaiting diagnosis
  • 4durability-fragile
  • What they lose: 4 of 7 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.