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Collingwood vs North Melbourne — AFL 2026 Round 18

Round 18

Match details

Home & Away
Round 18
Full time
Collingwood
89–85
North Melbourne
9th
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.
Round health
6th
of 18 · index 78Round 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 7th of 18 · index 60
Season 6th of 18 · index 61

Head-to-head

8Ongoing injuries7
5Long-term (LTI)6
6 dDays' rest5 d

NTH on a short 5-day turnaround — at/under the 5-day congestion mark.

3Games in 21 days3
1,342 kmLast month air km654 km
Squad stabilityCOL 17thNTH 10th 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, NTH 0).

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 10 July · 7:40pm·Marvel Stadium, Melbourne
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.

COL
  • •Lachie Schultz
    Minor
    Ankle/Foot· typically ~4 gamesLow-grade syndesmosis (high ankle) injury sustained in a tackle before half-time against…
NTH
  • •Tom Blamires
    Minor
    Head/Neck· typically ~2 gamesConcussion — taken from the ground after hitting his head on the turf in a tackle v…

Back from injury

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

COL
NTH

None returned

Current injuries

Every ongoing injury carried by each squad today (15 across both). Injuries sustained in this game are in the casualty report above.

NTH hold a slight availability edge (8 ongoing injuries to 7); COL 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.