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Richmond vs Port Adelaide — AFL 2026 Round 4

Round 4

Match details

Home & Away
Round 4
Full time
Richmond
4890
PTA by 42
Port Adelaide
7th
of 18 · index 98Round Health Score (0–100), last 4 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
17th
of 18 · index 46Round Health Score (0–100), last 4 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 — 7th v 17th this round
Season 10th of 18 · index 52+3vs season
Season 9th of 18 · index 54−8vs season

Head-to-head

12Ongoing injuries11
4Long-term (LTI)8
7 dDays' rest6 d
2Games in 21 days3
2,721 kmLast month air km654 km
Squad stabilityRIC 8thPTA 2nd 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 3, PTA 2).

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 4 Apr · 4:15pm·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.

No injuries reported from this game.

Back from injury

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

RIC
PTA

Current injuries

Every ongoing injury carried by each squad today (23 across both). Injuries sustained in this game are in the casualty report above.

PTA hold a slight availability edge (12 ongoing injuries to 11); RIC 4 of them long-term.

RIC
  • Chest/TorsoLumbar Stress Fracture

    Long-term
    Due Sep 30
  • KneeAnterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Injury

    Long-term
    Injury-proneDue Nov 1
  • Sam LalorFWD
    LTI

    Ankle/FootAchilles Tendinopathy

    Severe
    Possible return
    Due tomorrow
  • QuadricepsQuadriceps Strain

    Moderate
    Due Aug 1
  • KneeMCL Sprain

    Moderate
    Due tomorrow
  • HamstringHamstring Strain

    Moderate
    Injury-proneDue Aug 5
  • Thigh (other)Cork/Thigh Contusion

    Minor
    Possible return
    Due tomorrow
  • Head/NeckConcussion

    Minor
    Injury-proneDue this week
  • Head/NeckConcussion

    Minor
    Due this week
  • Jack RossMID
    Recurrence

    Head/NeckConcussion

    Minor
    FragileDue this week
  • KneeKnee Injury (General)

    Minor
    Injury-proneDue tomorrow
  • Ankle/FootAnkle Injury (General)

    Minor
    Due Aug 1

Signals

  • 1recurrence
  • 2awaiting diagnosis
  • 5durability-fragile
  • Body regions:
    • Head/Neck3
    • Knee3
    • Ankle/Foot2
  • What they lose: 4 defenders, 3 midfielders, 3 forwards, 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.