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Richmond vs Melbourne — AFL 2026 Round 7

Round 7

Match details

Home & Away
Round 7
Full time
Richmond
72–126
Melbourne
7th
of 18 · index 98Round 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
5th
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.

Evenly matched on squad health.

Season 12th of 18 · index 42+5vs season
Season 10th of 18 · index 47+5vs season

Head-to-head

10Ongoing injuries8
8Long-term (LTI)4
5 dDays' rest5 d

Both on a short turnaround (RIC 5d, MEL 5d) — at/under the 5-day congestion mark.

3Games in 21 days3
3,375 kmLast month air km657 km
Squad stabilityRIC 5thMEL 17th 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 (RIC 1, MEL 0).

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.
Fri 24 Apr · 7:40pm·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.

RIC

No injuries reported

MEL
  • Jai Culley
    Long-term
    Knee· typically ~22 gamesACL rupture (left knee) — sustained in RIC vs MEL Round 7 (2026-04-24). Scans confirmed…

Back from injury

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

RIC
MEL

Current injuries

Every ongoing injury carried by each squad today (18 across both). Injuries sustained in this game are in the casualty report above.

MEL carry the cleaner bill of health — RIC enter with 10 ongoing injuries to MEL's 8, 8 of them long-term.

RIC
  • Sam Cumming
    LTI

    Ankle/Foot — High Ankle Sprain

    Long-term
    Overdue (16 days)
  • Rhyan MansellFWD
    LTI

    Foot — Foot Injury (General)

    Long-term
    FragileOverdue (16 days)
  • Tom SimsFWD
    LTI

    Foot — Foot Injury (General)

    Long-term
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Noah BaltaDEF
    LTI

    Foot — Foot Injury (General)

    Long-term
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Jacob HopperMID
    LTI

    Ankle/Foot — Ankle Fracture

    Long-term
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Jonty FaullFWD
    LTI

    Chest/Torso — Lumbar Stress Fracture

    Long-term
    Overdue (17 days)
  • Josh GibcusDEF
    LTI

    Knee — Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Injury

    Long-term
    Injury-proneDue Nov 1
  • Josh SmillieMID
    LTI

    Quadriceps — Quadriceps Strain

    Long-term
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Harry ArmstrongFWD

    Managed

    Minor
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Sam LalorFWD

    Knee — Knee Injury (General)

    Minor
    Due Mar 1, 2027

Signals

  • 4awaiting diagnosis
  • 2durability-fragile
  • Body regions:
    • Foot3
    • Ankle/Foot2
    • Knee2
  • What they lose: 5 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.