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Fremantle vs Western Bulldogs — AFL 2026 Round 21

Round 21

Match details

Home & Away
Round 21
Fremantle
vs
Western Bulldogs
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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 injuries7
1Long-term (LTI)2
7 dDays' rest6 d
0Games in 21 days1
3,086 kmLast month air km714 km
Squad stabilityFRE 18thWBD 4th 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 (FRE 0, WBD 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.
Fri 31 July · 8:10pm·Optus Stadium, Perth
State
WA
Surface
Natural grass
Roof
Open roof
Capacity
60,000

Possible returns

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

FRE
WBD
  • Tim EnglishRUC
    Projected return
    Chest/Torso — Back Injury (General)Due this week
  • Ryley SandersMID
    Projected return
    Wrist/Hand — Hand/Wrist Injury (General)Due this week

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.

FRE

None in the window

WBD
  • Adam Treloarback from other/systemic · 1 game back
  • Bailey Williamsback from hamstring · 1 game backSoft-tissue return — recurrence risk is highest in the first games back.
  • Riley Garciaback from knee · 1 game back
  • Cody Weightmanback from systemic/other · 2 games back

Current injuries

The confirmed outs for both squads (12 across both), ranked by impact. Players in doubt are listed under Possible returns above.

WBD hold a slight availability edge (8 ongoing injuries to 7); FRE carrying a recurrence.

FRE7 out
  • Sam SturtFWD
    LTI

    Knee — ACL Tear

    Moderate
    In rehab
    Injury-proneDue Jul 25
  • Corey WagnerMID

    Lower Leg — Calf Strain

    Minor
    Injury-proneDue Jul 25
  • Hayden YoungMID
    Recurrence

    Groin/Hip — Groin Strain

    Minor
    Due this week
  • Charlie NichollsFWD

    Wrist/Hand — Finger Fracture

    Minor
    Due Jul 26
  • Tobyn Murray

    Lower Leg — Calf Strain

    Minor
    Due this week
  • Adam Sweid

    Knee — Knee Injury (General)

    Minor
    Due this week
  • Ollie MurphyDEF

    Knee — Knee Injury (General)

    Minor
    Due this week

Signals

  • 1recurrence
  • 1awaiting diagnosis
  • 3durability-fragile
  • Body regions:
    • Knee3
    • Lower Leg2
  • What they lose: 2 midfielders, 2 forwards, 1 defender, 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.