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Fremantle vs Brisbane Lions — AFL 2026 Finals Week 29

Finals Week 29

Match details

Grand Final
Finals Week 29
Full time
Fremantle
89–96
Brisbane Lions
3rd
of 18 · index 74Round 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 54Round 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.
FRE entered healthier — 3rd v 4th this round
Season 2nd of 18 · index 82
Season 12th of 18 · index 51+8vs season

Head-to-head

5Ongoing injuries4
1Long-term (LTI)4
2Games in 21 days3
3,289 kmLast month air km2,106 km
Squad stabilityFRE 16thBRL 10th 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 (FRE 1, BRL 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.
Sat 26 Sept · 2:30pm·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.

FRE
  • •Alex Pearce
    Minor
    Ankle/Foot· typically ~1 gameAchilles injury — hurt untouched early in the third quarter of the Grand Final against…
BRL

No injuries reported

Current injuries

Every ongoing injury carried by each squad today (9 across both). Injuries sustained in this game are in the casualty report above.

BRL hold a slight availability edge (5 ongoing injuries to 4).

FRE
  • Sam SturtFWD
    LTI

    Knee — ACL Tear

    Moderate
    In rehab
    Injury-proneDue Mar 1, 2027
  • Alex PearceDEF

    Ankle/Foot — Ankle Injury (General)

    Minor
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Adam Sweid

    Quadriceps — Quadriceps Strain

    Minor
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Ollie MurphyDEF

    Lower Leg — Calf Strain

    Minor
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Aiden RiddleFWD

    Ankle/Foot — Ankle Injury (General)

    Minor
    Due Mar 1, 2027

Signals

  • 1awaiting diagnosis
  • 1durability-fragile
  • Body regions: 2× ankle/foot
  • What they lose: 2 defenders, 2 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.