Brisbane Lions vs Hawthorn — AFL 2026 Round 22
Match details
Round health not yet available.
Head-to-head
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 (BRL 1, HAW 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.
- State
- QLD
- Surface
- Natural grass
- Roof
- Open roof
- Capacity
- 42,000
Returnees to watch
Recently back from injury and still in the elevated-reinjury window — risk concentrates in the first games back, especially for soft-tissue.
- Daniel Annableback from shoulder · 1 game back
- Will McLachlanback from quadriceps · 1 game backSoft-tissue return — recurrence risk is highest in the first games back.
- Tom Doedeeback from lower leg · 1 game back
- Dayne Zorkoback from quadriceps · 1 game backSoft-tissue return — recurrence risk is highest in the first games back.
- Hugh McCluggageback from lower leg · 1 game backRecurrence
- Keidean Colemanback from hamstring · 1 game backSoft-tissue return — recurrence risk is highest in the first games back.
- Tai Hayesback from lower leg · 1 game back
- Jarman Impeyback from hamstring · 1 game backSoft-tissue return — recurrence risk is highest in the first games back.
- Karl Amonback from knee · 1 game backRecurrence
- Henry Hustwaiteback from head/neck · 2 games back
- Matthew LeRayback from head/neck · 2 games backRecurrence
- Jack Gunstonback from foot · 2 games backRecurrence
Current injuries
Every ongoing injury for both squads entering this game (12 across both), ranked by impact.
BRL carry the cleaner bill of health — HAW enter with 8 ongoing injuries to BRL's 4, carrying a recurrence.
Knee — Patellar Tendinopathy
Long-termFragileDue Mar 1, 2027Ankle/Foot — Foot Fracture
SevereDue this weekHamstring — Hamstring Strain
MinorFragileDue Aug 8Lower Leg — Calf Strain
MinorFragileDue Jul 26
Signals
- 1recurrence
- 3durability-fragile
- What they lose: 2 defenders, 2 forwards
Knee — Knee Injury (General)
ModerateAwaiting DiagnosisDue Aug 15Knee — Meniscus Tear
ModerateDue Aug 8Head/Neck — Facial Fracture
MinorInjury-proneDue Aug 9Knee — Knee Injury (General)
MinorAwaiting DiagnosisDue Aug 22- Ned ReevesRUC
Knee — Knee Injury (General)
MinorAwaiting DiagnosisInjury-proneDue this week - Josh BattleDEF
Systemic/Other — Unspecified Injury
MinorDue this week - Nick WatsonFWD
Hamstring — Hamstring Strain
MinorIronmanDue this week - Conor NashMID
Head/Neck — Neck Muscle Strain
MinorFragileDue Aug 22
Signals
- 1recurrence
- 3awaiting diagnosis
- 3durability-fragile
- Body regions:
- Knee4
- Head/Neck2
- What they lose: 3 defenders, 2 midfielders, 1 forward, 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.