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St Kilda vs Collingwood — AFL 2026 Opening Round

Opening Round

Match details

Home & Away
Opening Round
Full time
St Kilda
66–78
COL by 12
Collingwood
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Round health
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Round health not yet available.

Season —
Season —

Head-to-head

8Ongoing injuries8
4Long-term (LTI)5
Last month air km
Squad stabilitySTK 3rdCOL 7th 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 (STK 2, COL 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.
Sun 8 Mar · 7:20pm·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.

No injuries reported from this game.

Back from injury

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

STK
COL

Current injuries

Every ongoing injury carried by each squad today (16 across both). Injuries sustained in this game are in the casualty report above.

Evenly matched on availability (8 ongoing apiece) — STK 4 of them long-term, COL 5 of them long-term.

STK
  • James BarratDEF
    LTI

    Foot — Foot Injury (General)

    Long-term
    Overdue (17 days)
  • Sam FlandersFWD
    LTI

    Ankle/Foot — Achilles Tendon Rupture

    Long-term
    Due May 29, 2027
  • Max KingFWD
    LTI
    Recurrence

    Hamstring — Hamstring Strain

    Severe
    FragileDue Mar 1, 2027
  • Jack SinclairDEF
    LTI

    Lower Leg — Calf Strain

    Severe
    Overdue (17 days)
  • Jack HigginsFWD

    Lower Leg — Lower Leg Injury (General)

    Minor
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Nasiah Wanganeen-MileraDEF

    Hamstring — Hamstring Strain

    Minor
    IronmanDue Mar 1, 2027
  • Mason WoodMID

    Lower Leg — Calf Strain

    Minor
    FragileDue Mar 1, 2027
  • Hunter ClarkMID

    Managed

    Minimal
    FragileDue Mar 1, 2027

Signals

  • 1recurrence
  • 2awaiting diagnosis
  • 3durability-fragile
  • Body regions:
    • Lower Leg3
    • Hamstring2
  • What they lose: 3 defenders, 3 forwards, 2 midfielders

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.