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Brisbane Lions vs Hawthorn — AFL 2026 Round 22

Round 22

Match details

Home & Away
Round 22
Brisbane Lions
vs
Hawthorn
Round 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
Round 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 not yet available.

Season
Season

Head-to-head

4Ongoing injuries8
2Long-term (LTI)0
6 dDays' rest6 d
Last month air km
Squad stabilityBRL 8thHAW 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 (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.
Fri 7 Aug · 7:40pm·The Gabba, Brisbane
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.

BRL
  • 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 back
    Recurrence
  • 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
HAW
  • Jarman Impeyback from hamstring · 1 game backSoft-tissue return — recurrence risk is highest in the first games back.
  • Karl Amonback from knee · 1 game back
    Recurrence
  • Henry Hustwaiteback from head/neck · 2 games back
  • Matthew LeRayback from head/neck · 2 games back
    Recurrence
  • Jack Gunstonback from foot · 2 games back
    Recurrence

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.

BRL
  • Jack PayneDEF
    LTI
    Recurrence

    KneePatellar Tendinopathy

    Long-term
    FragileDue Mar 1, 2027
  • Ankle/FootFoot Fracture

    Severe
    Due this week
  • HamstringHamstring Strain

    Minor
    FragileDue Aug 8
  • Lower LegCalf Strain

    Minor
    FragileDue Jul 26

Signals

  • 1recurrence
  • 3durability-fragile
  • What they lose: 2 defenders, 2 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.