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West Coast Eagles vs Richmond — AFL 2026 Round 8

Round 8

Match details

Home & Away
Round 8
Full time
West Coast Eagles
88–99
Richmond
16th
of 18 · index 56Round 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 84Round 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.
RIC entered healthier — 6th v 16th this round
Season 17th of 18 · index 24
Season 14th of 18 · index 32+8vs season

Head-to-head

13Ongoing injuries12
7Long-term (LTI)4
6 dDays' rest8 d
3Games in 21 days3
4,849 kmLast month air km654 km
Squad stabilityWCE 14thRIC 6th 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 (WCE 3, RIC 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.
Sat 2 May · 4:15pm·Optus Stadium, Perth
State
WA
Surface
Natural grass
Roof
Open roof
Capacity
60,000

Injuries from this game

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

WCE

No injuries reported

RIC
  • •Dion Prestia
    Moderate
    Lower Leg· typically ~2 gamesCalf injury — pinged calf in opening minutes of WCE vs RIC Round 8 (2026-05-02) at Optus…

Current injuries

Every ongoing injury carried by each squad today (25 across both). Injuries sustained in this game are in the casualty report above.

RIC hold a slight availability edge (13 ongoing injuries to 12); WCE 7 of them long-term.

WCE
  • Tyler BrockmanFWD
    LTI

    Hamstring — Hamstring Strain

    Long-term
    Due Sep 27
  • Harry EdwardsDEF
    LTI
    Recurrence

    Head/Neck — Concussion

    Long-term
    Injury-proneDue Mar 1, 2027
  • Archer ReidFWD
    LTI

    Knee — Knee Injury (General)

    Long-term
    Injury-proneDue Sep 27
  • Deven RobertsonFWD
    LTI

    Knee — Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Tear

    Long-term
    Injury-proneDue Mar 1, 2027
  • Jacob NewtonFWD
    LTI

    Foot — Navicular Stress Fracture

    Long-term
    Due Oct 1
  • Sam Allen
    LTI

    Knee — ACL Tear

    Long-term
    Due Aug 20
  • Noah LongFWD
    LTI

    Knee — Knee Injury (General)

    Long-term
    Injury-proneDue Jan 1, 2027
  • Matt Owies

    Head/Neck — Concussion

    Moderate
    FragileDue tomorrow
  • Josh Lindsay

    Quadriceps — Quadriceps Strain

    Minor
    Due this week
  • Harry BarnettRUC

    Groin/Hip — Groin Strain

    Minor
    Injury-proneDue this week
  • Malakai ChampionFWD

    Wrist/Hand — Hand Fracture

    Minor
    Due this week
  • Cooper Duff-Tytler

    Lower Leg — Calf Strain

    Minor
    Due Jul 26
  • Reuben GinbeyDEF

    Quadriceps — Quadriceps Strain Grade II

    Minor
    Due Aug 15

Signals

  • 1recurrence
  • 3awaiting diagnosis
  • 6durability-fragile
  • Body regions:
    • Knee4
    • Head/Neck2
    • Quadriceps2
  • What they lose: 6 of 9 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.