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GWS Giants vs Essendon — AFL 2026 Round 9

Round 9

Match details

Home & Away
Round 9
Full time
GWS Giants
103–89
Essendon
17th
of 18 · index 40Round 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
15th
of 18 · index 59Round 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 18th of 18 · index 10
Season 17th of 18 · index 15

Head-to-head

16Ongoing injuries10
9Long-term (LTI)7
6 dDays' rest7 d
2Games in 21 days3
1,808 kmLast month air km1,997 km
Squad stabilityGWS 15thESS 5th 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 (GWS 1, ESS 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 9 May · 4:15pm·Giants Stadium, Sydney
State
NSW
Surface
Natural grass
Roof
Open roof
Capacity
24,000

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.

GWS

None returned

ESS

Current injuries

Every ongoing injury carried by each squad today (26 across both). Injuries sustained in this game are in the casualty report above.

ESS carry the cleaner bill of health — GWS enter with 16 ongoing injuries to ESS's 10, 9 of them long-term.

GWS
  • Finn CallaghanMID
    LTI

    Ankle/Foot — Ankle Injury (General)

    Long-term
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Logan SmithRUC
    LTI
    Recurrence

    Knee — Knee Injury (General)

    Long-term
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Leek AleerDEF
    LTI

    Managed

    Long-term
    Injury-proneDue Mar 1, 2027
  • Jesse Hogan
    LTI

    Wrist/Hand — Finger Fracture

    Long-term
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Tom GreenMID
    LTI

    Knee — ACL Tear

    Long-term
    Due Dec 1
  • Josh KellyMID
    LTI
    Recurrence

    Groin/Hip — Hip Osteoarthritis

    Long-term
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Darcy JonesFWD
    LTI
    Recurrence

    Knee — ACL Tear

    Long-term
    Overdue (15 days)
  • Nathan WardiusFWD
    LTI

    Knee — ACL Tear

    Long-term
    Overdue (15 days)
  • Phoenix GothardFWD
    LTI

    Shoulder — Shoulder Dislocation

    Moderate
    FragileDue Mar 1, 2027
  • Brent DanielsFWD

    Lower Leg — Calf Strain

    Moderate
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Jack BuckleyDEF

    Hamstring — Hamstring Strain

    Moderate
    Overdue (16 days)
  • Sam TaylorDEF

    Head/Neck — Concussion

    Minor
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Cody AngoveFWD

    Systemic/Other — Unspecified Injury

    Minor
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Toby BedfordMID

    Chest/Torso — Back Injury (General)

    Minor
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Jayden LaverdeDEF

    Chest/Torso — Collapsed Lung/Pneumothorax

    Minor
    FragileDue Mar 1, 2027
  • James LeakeDEF

    Lower Leg — Lower Leg Injury (General)

    Minor
    Injury-proneOverdue (16 days)

Signals

  • 3recurrences
  • 5awaiting diagnosis
  • 4durability-fragile
  • Body regions:
    • Knee4
    • Chest/Torso2
    • Groin/Hip2
    • Lower Leg2
  • What they lose: 5 defenders, 5 forwards, 4 midfielders, 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.