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Sydney Swans vs North Melbourne — AFL 2026 Round 24

Round 24

Match details

Home & Away
Round 24
Full time
Sydney Swans
123–70
North Melbourne
8th
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
4th
of 18 · index 48Round 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.
NTH entered healthier — 4th v 8th this round
Season 12th of 18 · index 42+4vs season
Season 5th of 18 · index 71

Head-to-head

10Ongoing injuries7
7Long-term (LTI)6
7 dDays' rest8 d
2Games in 21 days2
1,426 kmLast month air km443 km
Squad stabilitySYD 8thNTH 12th 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, NTH 0).

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 23 Aug · 3:20pm·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.

No injuries reported from this game.

Back from injury

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

SYD
NTH

Current injuries

Every ongoing injury carried by each squad today (17 across both). Injuries sustained in this game are in the casualty report above.

NTH carry the cleaner bill of health — SYD enter with 10 ongoing injuries to NTH's 7, 7 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.