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Western Bulldogs vs West Coast Eagles — AFL 2026 Round 18

Round 18

Match details

Home & Away
Round 18
Full time
Western Bulldogs
86–70
West Coast Eagles
12th
of 18 · index 65Round 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
17th
of 18 · index 10Round 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.
WBD entered healthier — 12th v 17th this round
Season 10th of 18 · index 50
Season 14th of 18 · index 28−3vs season

Head-to-head

7Ongoing injuries16
2Long-term (LTI)9
9 dDays' rest9 d
2Games in 21 days2
714 kmLast month air km2,718 km
Squad stabilityWBD 4thWCE 9th 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 (WBD 3, WCE 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 12 July · 1:10pm·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.

No injuries reported from this game.

Back from injury

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

WBD
WCE

None returned

Current injuries

Every ongoing injury carried by each squad today (23 across both). Injuries sustained in this game are in the casualty report above.

WBD carry the cleaner bill of health — WCE enter with 16 ongoing injuries to WBD's 7, 9 of them long-term.

WBD
  • Sam DarcyFWD
    LTI

    Knee — ACL Tear

    Long-term
    Injury-proneDue Mar 15, 2027
  • Riley GarciaMID
    LTI

    Hamstring — Hamstring Strain

    Severe
    Injury-proneOverdue (15 days)
  • Lachlan SmithRUC

    Hamstring — Hamstring Strain

    Moderate
    Injury-proneDue Mar 1, 2027
  • Michael SellwoodDEF

    Head/Neck — Concussion

    Minor
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Oskar BakerMID

    Hamstring — Hamstring Strain

    Minor
    Injury-proneOverdue (19 days)
  • Matthew KennedyMID

    Head/Neck — Concussion

    Minor
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Nick CoffieldDEF
    Recurrence

    Head/Neck — Concussion

    Minor
    Injury-proneDue Mar 1, 2027

Signals

  • 1recurrence
  • 5durability-fragile
  • Body regions:
    • Hamstring3
    • Head/Neck3
  • What they lose: 3 midfielders, 2 defenders, 1 forward, 1 ruckman

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.