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Geelong Cats vs Essendon — AFL 2026 Round 22

Round 22

Match details

Home & Away
Round 22
Full time
Geelong Cats
117–50
Essendon
9th
of 18 · index 31Round 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
14th
of 18 · index 0Round 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.
GEE entered healthier — 9th v 14th this round
Season 6th of 18 · index 62−3vs season
Season 17th of 18 · index 24+3vs season

Head-to-head

6Ongoing injuries10
2Long-term (LTI)7
9 dDays' rest6 d
2Games in 21 days3
771 kmLast month air km1,375 km
Squad stabilityGEE 11thESS 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 (GEE 1, ESS 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.
Sat 8 Aug · 4:35pm·GMHBA Stadium, Geelong
State
VIC
Surface
Natural grass
Roof
Open roof
Capacity
36,000

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.

GEE

None returned

ESS

Current injuries

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

GEE carry the cleaner bill of health — ESS enter with 10 ongoing injuries to GEE's 6, 7 of them long-term.

GEE
  • Harley Barker
    LTI

    Knee — ACL Tear

    Long-term
    Due (14 days ago)
  • Toby ConwayRUC
    LTI

    Foot — Navicular Stress Fracture

    Long-term
    Injury-proneDue Mar 1, 2027
  • Jeremy CameronFWD
    Recurrence

    Arm — Arm Injury (General)

    Moderate
    In rehab
    Due Nov 30
  • Bailey SmithMID

    Shoulder — Shoulder Instability

    Moderate
    In rehab
    Due Jan 15, 2027
  • James WorpelMID

    Hamstring — Hamstring Strain

    Minor
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Mitch EdwardsRUC

    Knee — Knee Injury (General)

    Minimal
    In rehab
    FragileDue Nov 15

Signals

  • 1recurrence
  • 2awaiting diagnosis
  • 2durability-fragile
  • Body regions: 2× knee
  • What they lose: 2 midfielders, 2 ruckmen, 1 forward

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.