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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
18th
of 18 worst · index 25Round 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 56Round 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.
ESS entered healthier — 15th v 18th this round
Season 18th of 18 · index 11
Season 17th of 18 · index 18

Head-to-head

15Ongoing injuries9
6Long-term (LTI)4
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 2, ESS 3).

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 (24 across both). Injuries sustained in this game are in the casualty report above.

ESS carry the cleaner bill of health — GWS enter with 15 ongoing injuries to ESS's 9, 6 of them long-term.

GWS
  • 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
    Due Jul 25
  • Nathan WardiusFWD
    LTI

    Knee — ACL Tear

    Long-term
    Due Oct 1
  • Max GruzewskiFWD
    LTI

    Knee — Patella Dislocation

    Severe
    Injury-proneDue Jul 25
  • Nick Madden
    LTI

    Knee — Posterior Cruciate Ligament (PCL) Injury

    Severe
    Injury-proneDue (6 days ago)
  • Phoenix GothardFWD

    Shoulder — Shoulder Dislocation

    Moderate
    FragileDue Aug 22
  • Brent DanielsFWD

    Lower Leg — Calf Strain

    Moderate
    Due Aug 1
  • Ollie Hannaford

    Foot — Foot Injury (General)

    Moderate
    Due Aug 1
  • Jack BuckleyDEF

    Hamstring — Hamstring Strain

    Moderate
    Due (6 days ago)
  • Jake RiccardiFWD

    Ankle/Foot — High Ankle Sprain

    Moderate
    Due Aug 8
  • Lachie WhitfieldDEF

    Head/Neck — Concussion

    Minor
    Possible return
    Due tomorrow
  • Leek AleerDEF

    Managed

    Minor
    Possible return
    Injury-proneDue (6 days ago)
  • Finnegan Davis

    Quadriceps — Quadriceps Strain

    Minor
    Due this week
  • Jesse Hogan

    Wrist/Hand — Finger Fracture

    Minor
    Possible return
    Due tomorrow

Signals

  • 2recurrences
  • 1awaiting diagnosis
  • 4durability-fragile
  • Body regions:
    • Knee5
    • Groin/Hip2
  • What they lose: 6 of 11 outs are 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.