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Hawthorn vs North Melbourne — AFL 2026 Round 21

Round 21

Match details

Home & Away
Round 21
Hawthorn
vs
North Melbourne
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—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
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—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

8Ongoing injuries8
0Long-term (LTI)3
7 dDays' rest6 d
1Games in 21 days0
0 kmLast month air km654 km
Squad stabilityHAW 5thNTH 10th 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 (HAW 1, NTH 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.
Sat 1 Aug · 1:35pm·UTAS Stadium, Launceston
State
TAS
Surface
Natural grass
Roof
Open roof
Capacity
21,000

Possible returns

Currently-injured players who could feature — fitness tests, squad signals and projected returns.

HAWno possible returns
NTH

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.

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
NTH

Current injuries

The confirmed outs for both squads (14 across both), ranked by impact. Players in doubt are listed under Possible returns above.

Evenly matched on availability (8 ongoing apiece) — HAW carrying a recurrence, NTH 3 of them long-term.

HAW8 out
  • Karl AmonDEF
    Recurrence

    Knee — Knee Injury (General)

    Moderate
    Due Aug 15
  • Jack ScrimshawDEF

    Knee — Meniscus Tear

    Moderate
    Due Aug 8
  • Henry HustwaiteMID

    Head/Neck — Facial Fracture

    Minor
    Injury-proneDue Aug 9
  • Jack Dalton

    Knee — Knee Injury (General)

    Minor
    Due Aug 22
  • Ned ReevesRUC

    Knee — Knee Injury (General)

    Minor
    Injury-proneDue this week
  • Josh BattleDEF

    Systemic/Other — Unspecified Injury

    Minor
    Due this week
  • Nick WatsonFWD

    Hamstring — Hamstring Strain

    Minor
    IronmanDue this week
  • Conor NashMID

    Head/Neck — Neck Muscle Strain

    Minor
    FragileDue 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.