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Geelong Cats vs Western Bulldogs — AFL 2026 Round 6

Round 6

Match details

Home & Away
Round 6
Full time
Geelong Cats
131–56
Western Bulldogs
12th
of 18 · index 82Round 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
7th
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 11th of 18 · index 47
Season 14th of 18 · index 34+7vs season

Head-to-head

6Ongoing injuries5
2Long-term (LTI)2
5 dDays' rest6 d

GEE on a short 5-day turnaround — at/under the 5-day congestion mark.

2Games in 21 days2
625 kmLast month air km1,307 km
Squad stabilityGEE 8thWBD 16th 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 1, WBD 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.
Fri 17 Apr · 7:20pm·GMHBA Stadium, Geelong
State
VIC
Surface
Natural grass
Roof
Open roof
Capacity
36,000

Injuries from this game

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

GEE

No injuries reported

WBD
  • Sam Darcy
    Long-term
    Knee· typically ~22 gamesACL rupture (left knee) confirmed by scans — left knee buckled in Q2 of Geelong vs Western…
  • •James O'Donnell
    Moderate
    Hamstring· typically ~1 gameRight hamstring strain sustained during Geelong vs Western Bulldogs (R6). Key defender…
  • •Tom Liberatore
    Moderate
    Head/Neck· typically ~2 gamesConcussion sustained before half-time in Geelong vs Western Bulldogs (R6). Ruled out for…
  • •Rory Lobb
    Minor
    Hamstring· typically ~1 gameLeft hamstring strain sustained during Geelong vs Western Bulldogs (R6). Came off mid-game…

Back from injury

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

GEE
WBD

Current injuries

Every ongoing injury carried by each squad today (11 across both). Injuries sustained in this game are in the casualty report above.

WBD hold a slight availability edge (6 ongoing injuries to 5); GEE 2 of them long-term.

GEE
  • Harley Barker
    LTI

    Knee — ACL Tear

    Long-term
    Overdue (16 days)
  • Toby ConwayRUC
    LTI

    Foot — Navicular Stress Fracture

    Long-term
    Injury-proneDue Mar 1, 2027
  • Jeremy CameronFWD
    Recurrence

    Arm — Arm Injury (General)

    Moderate
    In rehab
    Due Nov 30
  • Bailey SmithMID

    Shoulder — Shoulder Instability

    Moderate
    In rehab
    Due Jan 15, 2027
  • James WorpelMID

    Hamstring — Hamstring Strain

    Minor
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Mitch EdwardsRUC

    Knee — Knee Injury (General)

    Minimal
    In rehab
    FragileDue Nov 15

Signals

  • 1recurrence
  • 2awaiting diagnosis
  • 2durability-fragile
  • Body regions: 2× knee
  • What they lose: 2 midfielders, 2 ruckmen, 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.