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Geelong Cats vs St Kilda — AFL 2026 Round 19

Round 19

Match details

Home & Away
Round 19
Geelong Cats
vs
St Kilda
10th
of 18 · index 20Round 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 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.

Evenly matched on squad health.

Season 10th of 18 · index 44
Season 7th of 18 · index 57−7vs season

Head-to-head

7Ongoing injuries5
2Long-term (LTI)3
5 dDays' rest5 d

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

2Games in 21 days2
3,441 kmLast month air km0 km
Squad stabilityGEE 12thSTK 7th 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 2, 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.
Thu 16 July · 7:30pm·GMHBA Stadium, Geelong
State
VIC
Surface
Natural grass
Roof
Open roof
Capacity
36,000

Possible returns

Currently-injured players who could feature — fitness tests, squad signals and projected returns.

GEE
  • Jack Henry
    In contention
    Head/Neck — Neck Injury (General)Due today
  • Mark O'ConnorDEF
    In contention
    Quadriceps — Quadriceps StrainDue today
STKno possible returns

Returnees to watch

Recently back from injury and still in the elevated-reinjury window — risk concentrates in the first games back, especially for soft-tissue.

GEE
STK

Current injuries

The confirmed outs for both squads (10 across both), ranked by impact. Players in doubt are listed under Possible returns above.

STK carry the cleaner bill of health — GEE enter with 7 ongoing injuries to STK's 5, 2 of them long-term.

GEE5 out
  • Harley Barker
    LTI

    Knee — ACL Tear

    Long-term
    Due Oct 1
  • Toby ConwayRUC
    LTI

    Foot — Navicular Stress Fracture

    Long-term
    Injury-proneDue Aug 22
  • Jeremy CameronFWD

    Collarbone — Clavicle Fracture

    Moderate
    Due Aug 22
  • Tanner BruhnMID

    Head/Neck — Concussion

    Minor
    Due Jul 24
  • Rhys StanleyRUC
    Recurrence

    Hamstring — Hamstring Strain

    Minor
    FragileDue Jul 25

Signals

  • 1recurrence
  • 1awaiting diagnosis
  • 2durability-fragile
  • Body regions: 2× head/neck
  • What they lose: 2 ruckmen, 1 defender, 1 midfielder, 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.