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Richmond vs West Coast Eagles — AFL 2026 Round 21

Round 21

Match details

Home & Away
Round 21
Full time
Richmond
84–73
West Coast Eagles
9th
of 18 · index 47Round 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
18th
of 18 worst · index 0Round 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.
RIC entered healthier — 9th v 18th this round
Season 18th of 18 · index 10+9vs season
Season 15th of 18 · index 28−3vs season

Head-to-head

11Ongoing injuries16
9Long-term (LTI)9
7 dDays' rest7 d
3Games in 21 days3
0 kmLast month air km2,718 km
Squad stabilityRIC 13thWCE 8th 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 (RIC 2, WCE 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.
Sun 2 Aug · 1:10pm·Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
State
VIC
Surface
Natural grass
Roof
Open roof
Capacity
100,024

Injuries from this game

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

RIC
  • Sam Cumming
    Long-term
    Ankle/Foot· typically ~4 gamesHigh ankle sprain (syndesmosis) suffered in a tackle during the Round 21 win over West…
WCE

No injuries reported

Back from injury

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

RIC
WCE

Current injuries

Every ongoing injury carried by each squad today (27 across both). Injuries sustained in this game are in the casualty report above.

RIC carry the cleaner bill of health — WCE enter with 16 ongoing injuries to RIC's 11, 9 of them long-term.

RIC
  • Sam Cumming
    LTI

    Ankle/Foot — High Ankle Sprain

    Long-term
    Due (14 days ago)
  • Rhyan MansellFWD
    LTI

    Foot — Foot Injury (General)

    Long-term
    FragileDue (14 days ago)
  • Tom SimsFWD
    LTI

    Foot — Foot Injury (General)

    Long-term
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Kaleb Smith
    LTI

    Quadriceps — Quadriceps Strain

    Long-term
    Injury-proneDue Mar 1, 2027
  • Noah BaltaDEF
    LTI

    Foot — Foot Injury (General)

    Long-term
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Jacob HopperMID
    LTI

    Ankle/Foot — Ankle Fracture

    Long-term
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Jonty FaullFWD
    LTI

    Chest/Torso — Lumbar Stress Fracture

    Long-term
    Overdue (15 days)
  • Josh GibcusDEF
    LTI

    Knee — Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Injury

    Long-term
    Injury-proneDue Nov 1
  • Josh SmillieMID
    LTI

    Quadriceps — Quadriceps Strain

    Long-term
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Harry ArmstrongFWD

    Managed

    Minor
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Sam LalorFWD

    Knee — Knee Injury (General)

    Minor
    Due Mar 1, 2027

Signals

  • 4awaiting diagnosis
  • 3durability-fragile
  • Body regions:
    • Foot3
    • Ankle/Foot2
    • Knee2
    • Quadriceps2
  • What they lose: 5 of 9 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.