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Sydney Swans vs Port Adelaide — AFL 2026 Round 22

Round 22

Match details

Home & Away
Round 22
Full time
Sydney Swans
167–70
Port Adelaide
11th
of 18 · index 26Round 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
16th
of 18 · 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.
SYD entered healthier — 11th v 16th this round
Season 14th of 18 · index 32+3vs season
Season 13th of 18 · index 36−3vs season

Head-to-head

10Ongoing injuries16
7Long-term (LTI)11
7 dDays' rest7 d
2Games in 21 days3
714 kmLast month air km2,254 km
Squad stabilitySYD 8thPTA 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 (SYD 2, 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 8 Aug · 4:15pm·Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
State
NSW
Surface
Natural grass
Roof
Open roof
Capacity
48,000

Injuries from this game

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

SYD

No injuries reported

PTA
  • •Jason Horne-Francis
    Minor
    Knee· typically ~1 gameLeft knee hyperextension — changed direction in an innocuous-looking moment midway through…

Current injuries

Every ongoing injury carried by each squad today (26 across both). Injuries sustained in this game are in the casualty report above.

SYD carry the cleaner bill of health — PTA enter with 16 ongoing injuries to SYD's 10, 11 of them long-term.

SYD
  • Callum MillsDEF
    LTI

    Knee — ACL Tear

    Long-term
    Due Sep 1, 2027
  • Will Edwards
    LTI

    Ankle/Foot — Ankle Dislocation

    Long-term
    FragileDue Mar 1, 2027
  • Liam Hetherton
    LTI

    Chest/Torso — Lumbar Stress Fracture

    Long-term
    Due Oct 24
  • Max KingFWD
    LTI

    Chest/Torso — Back Injury (General)

    Long-term
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Joel AmarteyFWD
    LTI

    Ankle/Foot — Achilles Tendon Rupture

    Severe
    Possible return
    Injury-proneDue Mar 1, 2027
  • Noah Chamberlain
    LTI

    Hamstring — Hamstring Strain

    Severe
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Peter LadhamsRUC
    LTI

    Groin/Hip — Groin Strain

    Moderate
    Injury-proneDue Mar 1, 2027
  • Harry CunninghamDEF

    Lower Leg — Calf Strain

    Minor
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Ned BowmanFWD
    Recurrence

    Hamstring — Hamstring Strain

    Minor
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Tom PapleyFWD

    Knee — MCL Sprain

    Minimal
    Due Dec 1

Signals

  • 1recurrence
  • 3durability-fragile
  • Body regions:
    • Ankle/Foot2
    • Chest/Torso2
    • Hamstring2
    • Knee2
  • What they lose: 4 of 7 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.