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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
6th
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
3rd
of 18 · index 67Round 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 8th of 18 · index 55
Season 4th of 18 · index 59

Head-to-head

10Ongoing injuries8
4Long-term (LTI)3
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 2, NTH 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 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
    Moderate
    Ankle/Foot· typically ~4 gamesSyndesmosis (high ankle) injury sustained in a tackle before half-time v North Melbourne…
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 (18 across both). Injuries sustained in this game are in the casualty report above.

NTH carry the cleaner bill of health — COL enter with 10 ongoing injuries to NTH's 8, 4 of them long-term.

COL
  • Darcy MooreDEF
    LTI
    Recurrence

    Hamstring — Hamstring Strain

    Long-term
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Jamie ElliottFWD
    LTI

    Knee — Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Tear

    Long-term
    Due Apr 23, 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 Oct 1
  • Lachie SchultzFWD

    Ankle/Foot — High Ankle Sprain

    Moderate
    Due Aug 17
  • Iliro SmitRUC

    Head/Neck — Concussion

    Minor
    Due this week
  • Harvey HarrisonFWD

    Managed

    Minor
    Possible return
    Injury-proneDue today
  • Jeremy HoweDEF
    Recurrence

    Lower Leg — Calf Strain

    Minor
    Due Jul 26
  • Isaac QuaynorDEF

    Ankle/Foot — Ankle Injury (General)

    Minor
    IronmanDue this week
  • Tew JiathDEF

    Hamstring — Hamstring Strain

    Minor
    Due this week

Signals

  • 3recurrences
  • 1awaiting diagnosis
  • 3durability-fragile
  • Body regions:
    • Knee3
    • Ankle/Foot2
    • Hamstring2
  • What they lose: 5 of 10 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.