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Carlton vs St Kilda — AFL 2026 Round 8

Round 8

Match details

Home & Away
Round 8
Full time
Carlton
69–108
St Kilda
11th
of 18 · index 77Round 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
3rd
of 18 · index 100Round 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.
STK entered healthier — 3rd v 11th this round
Season 8th of 18 · index 41−3vs season
Season 9th of 18 · index 36+6vs season

Head-to-head

8Ongoing injuries5
4Long-term (LTI)3
7 dDays' rest6 d
2Games in 21 days3
3,377 kmLast month air km1,307 km
Squad stabilityCAR 1stSTK 8th 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 (CAR 1, STK 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 2 May · 7:35pm·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.

CAR
  • •Lachie Cowan
    Minor
    Head/Neck· typically ~2 gamesConcussion — head knock sustained during CAR vs STK Round 8 (2026-05-02). Will enter AFL…
  • •Harry Dean
    Minor
    Hamstring· typically ~3 gamesGroin injury — sustained during CAR vs STK Round 8 (2026-05-02).
STK
  • •Dan Butler
    Moderate
    Hamstring· typically ~2 gamesLeft hamstring strain — sustained during CAR vs STK Round 8 (2026-05-02) at Marvel…

Back from injury

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

CAR
STK

None returned

Current injuries

Every ongoing injury carried by each squad today (13 across both). Injuries sustained in this game are in the casualty report above.

STK carry the cleaner bill of health — CAR enter with 8 ongoing injuries to STK's 5, 4 of them long-term.

CAR
  • Matt CarrollDEF
    LTI

    Knee — Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Tear

    Long-term
    FragileDue Oct 1
  • Rob MonahanDEF
    LTI

    Shoulder — Shoulder Dislocation

    Long-term
    In rehab
    Due Oct 1
  • Jesse MotlopFWD
    LTI

    Knee — ACL Tear

    Long-term
    Due Jan 10, 2027
  • Harry O'FarrellDEF
    LTI

    Knee — ACL Tear

    Severe
    Due Feb 1, 2027
  • George HewettMID

    Chest/Torso — Back Injury (General)

    Minor
    Possible return
    Due tomorrow
  • Marc PittonetRUC

    Hamstring — Hamstring Strain

    Minor
    Injury-proneDue Jul 25
  • Lewis YoungDEF

    Head/Neck — Concussion

    Minor
    Injury-proneDue Jul 25
  • Jacob WeiteringDEF

    Lower Leg — Calf Strain

    Minor
    Due Aug 13

Signals

  • 1awaiting diagnosis
  • 3durability-fragile
  • Body regions: 3× knee
  • What they lose: 5 of 8 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.