St Kilda vs Collingwood — AFL 2026 Opening Round
Match details
Round health not yet available.
Head-to-head
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 (STK 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.
- 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.
No injuries reported from this game.
Back from injury
Players who returned from injury in this game, each linking to their profile.
- Jack Silvagniback from head/neck
- Beau McCreeryback from foot
- Daniel McStayback from hamstring
Current injuries
Every ongoing injury carried by each squad today (15 across both). Injuries sustained in this game are in the casualty report above.
STK carry the cleaner bill of health — COL enter with 10 ongoing injuries to STK's 5, 4 of them long-term.
Ankle/Foot — Achilles Tendon Rupture
Long-termDue May 29, 2027Lower Leg — Calf Strain
SevereDue Oct 1Hamstring — Hamstring Strain
ModerateFragileDue this weekChest/Torso — Rib Contusion
MinorDue this week- James BarratDEF
Foot — Foot Injury (General)
MinorAwaiting DiagnosisDue Aug 25
Signals
- 1awaiting diagnosis
- 1durability-fragile
- What they lose: 2 defenders, 2 forwards, 1 ruckman
Hamstring — Hamstring Strain
Long-termDue Mar 1, 2027Knee — Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Tear
Long-termDue Apr 23, 2027Knee — ACL Tear
Long-termInjury-proneDue Mar 1, 2027Knee — ACL Tear
Long-termInjury-proneDue Oct 1Lower Leg — Calf Strain
MinorDue Jul 26- Iliro SmitRUC
Head/Neck — Concussion
MinorDue this week Ankle/Foot — High Ankle Sprain
MinorDue Jul 30Managed
MinorPossible returnInjury-proneDue today- Tew JiathDEF
Hamstring — Hamstring Strain
MinorDue today Ankle/Foot — Ankle Injury (General)
MinorPossible returnAwaiting DiagnosisIronmanDue today
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.