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Sydney Swans vs Brisbane Lions — AFL 2026 Round 1

Round 1

Match details

Home & Away
Round 1
Full time
Sydney Swans
104–60
SYD by 44
Brisbane Lions
8th
of 18 · index 98Round Health Score (0–100), last 1 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
10th
of 18 · index 83Round Health Score (0–100), last 1 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 13th of 18 · index 50+5vs season
Season 18th of 18 · index 6+8vs season

Head-to-head

8Ongoing injuries2
5Long-term (LTI)1
9 dDays' rest7 d
1Games in 21 days1
Last month air km
Squad stabilitySYD 6thBRL 1st 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 (SYD 3, BRL 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 14 Mar · 7:10pm·Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
State
NSW
Surface
Natural grass
Roof
Open roof
Capacity
48,000

Injuries from this game

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

No injuries reported from this game.

Back from injury

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

SYD

None returned

BRL

Current injuries

Every ongoing injury carried by each squad today (10 across both). Injuries sustained in this game are in the casualty report above.

BRL carry the cleaner bill of health — SYD enter with 8 ongoing injuries to BRL's 2, 5 of them long-term.

SYD
  • Liam Hetherton
    LTI

    Chest/Torso — Lumbar Stress Fracture

    Long-term
    Due Oct 24
  • Max KingFWD
    LTI

    Chest/Torso — Back Injury (General)

    Long-term
    Due Aug 12
  • Joel AmarteyFWD
    LTI

    Ankle/Foot — Achilles Tendon Rupture

    Severe
    Injury-proneDue Sep 3
  • Justin McInerneyMID
    LTI

    Hamstring — Hamstring Strain

    Severe
    Due Aug 17
  • Noah Chamberlain
    LTI

    Hamstring — Hamstring Strain

    Severe
    Due Aug 29
  • Sam WicksDEF

    Hamstring — Hamstring Strain

    Moderate
    FragileDue Aug 6
  • Harry CunninghamDEF

    Head/Neck — Concussion

    Minor
    Due Aug 1
  • Peter LadhamsRUC

    Groin/Hip — Groin Strain

    Minor
    Injury-proneDue this week

Signals

  • 3durability-fragile
  • Body regions:
    • Hamstring3
    • Chest/Torso2
  • What they lose: 2 defenders, 2 forwards, 1 midfielder, 1 ruckman

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.