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Essendon vs Fremantle — AFL 2026 Round 10

Round 10

Match details

Home & Away
Round 10
Full time
Essendon
61104
Fremantle
16th
of 18 · index 46Round 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
5th
of 18 · index 84Round 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.
FRE entered healthier — 5th v 16th this round
Season 16th of 18 · index 18
Season 2nd of 18 · index 66−3vs season

Head-to-head

9Ongoing injuries8
4Long-term (LTI)1
8 dDays' rest10 d
2Games in 21 days2
707 kmLast month air km2,718 km
Squad stabilityESS 6thFRE 11th 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 (ESS 3, FRE 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 17 May · 1:10pm·Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
State
VIC
Surface
Natural grass
Roof
Open roof
Capacity
100,024

Injuries from this game

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

ESS
  • Peter Wright
    Moderate
    KneeKnee ligament injury — collision injury sustained in Round 10 vs Fremantle (2026-05-17…
FRE

No injuries reported

Back from injury

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

ESS
FRE

None returned

Current injuries

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

FRE hold a slight availability edge (9 ongoing injuries to 8); ESS 4 of them long-term.

ESS
  • KneeACL Tear

    Long-term
    Injury-proneDue Mar 15, 2027
  • ShoulderShoulder Dislocation

    Long-term
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Chest/TorsoBack Injury (General)

    Long-term
    In rehab
    FragileDue Mar 15, 2027
  • KneeACL Tear

    Long-term
    IronmanDue Mar 15, 2027
  • HamstringHamstring Strain Grade II

    Severe
    Due this week
  • Kyle LangfordFWD
    Recurrence

    QuadricepsQuadriceps Strain

    Moderate
    Due this week
  • Managed

    Minor
    Possible return
    FragileDue this week
  • KneeKnee Injury (General)

    Minor
    Due Jul 29
  • HamstringHamstring Strain

    Minor
    Due Jul 30

Signals

  • 1recurrence
  • 1awaiting diagnosis
  • 3durability-fragile
  • Body regions:
    • Knee3
    • Hamstring2
  • What they lose: 6 of 9 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.