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North Melbourne vs Geelong Cats — AFL 2026 Round 23

Round 23

Match details

Home & Away
Round 23
Full time
North Melbourne
110–125
Geelong Cats
2nd
of 18 · index 65Round 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
7th
of 18 · index 31Round 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 — 2nd v 7th this round
Season 6th of 18 · index 67+4vs season
Season 7th of 18 · index 62

Head-to-head

7Ongoing injuries6
6Long-term (LTI)2
9 dDays' rest7 d
3Games in 21 days2
443 kmLast month air km0 km
Squad stabilityNTH 13thGEE 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 (NTH 0, GEE 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 15 Aug · 3:45pm·Marvel Stadium, Melbourne
State
VIC
Surface
Hybrid surface
Roof
Retractable roof
Capacity
56,347

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.

NTH
GEE

Current injuries

Every ongoing injury carried by each squad today (13 across both). Injuries sustained in this game are in the casualty report above.

GEE hold a slight availability edge (7 ongoing injuries to 6); NTH 6 of them long-term.

NTH
  • Robert Hansen
    LTI

    Wrist/Hand — Hand/Wrist Injury (General)

    Long-term
    Injury-proneDue Mar 1, 2027
  • Jacob KonstantyFWD
    LTI

    Other/Systemic — General Illness

    Long-term
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Zane DuursmaFWD
    LTI

    Shoulder — Shoulder Instability

    Long-term
    FragileDue Mar 1, 2027
  • Toby PinkDEF
    LTI

    Shoulder — Shoulder Dislocation

    Long-term
    FragileDue (14 days ago)
  • Blake Thredgold
    LTI

    Ankle/Foot — Foot Fracture

    Long-term
    Due (14 days ago)
  • Jackson ArcherDEF
    LTI

    Knee — ACL Tear

    Long-term
    Injury-proneDue Jan 11, 2027
  • Harry SheezelMID

    Head/Neck — Facial Fracture

    Minor
    IronmanDue Mar 1, 2027

Signals

  • 1awaiting diagnosis
  • 4durability-fragile
  • Body regions: 2× shoulder
  • What they lose: 2 defenders, 2 forwards, 1 midfielder

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.