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Port Adelaide vs North Melbourne — AFL 2026 Round 17

Round 17

Match details

Home & Away
Round 17
Full time
Port Adelaide
73–52
North Melbourne
12th
of 18 · index 18Round 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
4th
of 18 · index 78Round 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.
NTH entered healthier — 4th v 12th this round
Season 12th of 18 · index 32
Season 9th of 18 · index 53+5vs season

Head-to-head

11Ongoing injuries8
8Long-term (LTI)3
8 dDays' rest7 d
2Games in 21 days2
657 kmLast month air km0 km
Squad stabilityPTA 2ndNTH 12th 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 (PTA 2, NTH 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.
Sun 5 July · 4:40pm·Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
State
SA
Surface
Natural grass
Roof
Open roof
Capacity
53,583

Injuries from this game

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

PTA

No injuries reported

NTH
  • •George Wardlaw
    Minor
    Recurrence
    Hamstring· typically ~2 gamesLeft hamstring injury sustained late in the final quarter of Round 17 vs Port Adelaide at…

Back from injury

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

PTA
NTH

Current injuries

Every ongoing injury carried by each squad today (19 across both). Injuries sustained in this game are in the casualty report above.

NTH carry the cleaner bill of health — PTA enter with 11 ongoing injuries to NTH's 8, 8 of them long-term.

PTA
  • Mani LiddyMID
    LTI

    Groin/Hip — Hip Labral Tear

    Long-term
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Esava RatugoleaDEF
    LTI

    Knee — Knee Injury (General)

    Long-term
    FragileDue Jun 20, 2027
  • Ewan MackinlayMID
    LTI

    Knee — MCL Sprain

    Long-term
    Due Oct 1
  • Ollie LordDEF
    LTI

    Knee — ACL Tear

    Long-term
    Injury-proneDue Oct 1
  • Josh SinnDEF
    LTI

    Shoulder — Labral Tear

    Long-term
    Injury-proneDue Oct 1
  • Sam Powell-PepperMID
    LTI
    Recurrence

    Knee — Knee Injury (General)

    Long-term
    Due Oct 1
  • Zak ButtersMID
    LTI

    Ankle/Foot — High Ankle Sprain

    Severe
    Due Sep 5
  • Connor RozeeDEF
    LTI

    Hamstring — Hamstring Tendon Injury

    Severe
    Due Sep 30
  • Mitch GeorgiadesFWD

    Head/Neck — Concussion

    Minor
    Due Jul 26
  • Lachie JonesDEF

    Chest/Torso — Rib Contusion

    Minor
    Due Jul 26
  • Tom CochraneMID
    Recurrence

    Hamstring — Hamstring Strain

    Minor
    Due Jul 25

Signals

  • 2recurrences
  • 1awaiting diagnosis
  • 3durability-fragile
  • Body regions:
    • Knee4
    • Hamstring2
  • What they lose: 5 defenders, 5 midfielders, 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.