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Geelong Cats vs Brisbane Lions — AFL 2026 Round 17

Round 17

Match details

Home & Away
Round 17
Full time
Geelong Cats
101–123
Brisbane Lions
5th
of 18 · index 82Round 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 83Round 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.

Evenly matched on squad health.

Season 7th of 18 · index 61
Season 13th of 18 · index 30+9vs season

Head-to-head

6Ongoing injuries4
2Long-term (LTI)4
14 dDays' rest7 d
2Games in 21 days2
3,298 kmLast month air km1,786 km
Squad stabilityGEE 11thBRL 8th 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 (GEE 1, BRL 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.
Thu 2 July · 7:30pm·GMHBA Stadium, Geelong
State
VIC
Surface
Natural grass
Roof
Open roof
Capacity
36,000

Injuries from this game

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

GEE

No injuries reported

BRL
  • •Darcy Gardiner
    Minor
    Hamstring· typically ~2 gamesHamstring injury — clutched at his hamstring in the fourth quarter of the Round 17 win…

Back from injury

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

GEE
BRL

None returned

Current injuries

Every ongoing injury carried by each squad today (10 across both). Injuries sustained in this game are in the casualty report above.

BRL carry the cleaner bill of health — GEE enter with 6 ongoing injuries to BRL's 4, 2 of them long-term.

GEE
  • Harley Barker
    LTI

    Knee — ACL Tear

    Long-term
    Due (14 days ago)
  • Toby ConwayRUC
    LTI

    Foot — Navicular Stress Fracture

    Long-term
    Injury-proneDue Mar 1, 2027
  • Jeremy CameronFWD
    Recurrence

    Arm — Arm Injury (General)

    Moderate
    In rehab
    Due Nov 30
  • Bailey SmithMID

    Shoulder — Shoulder Instability

    Moderate
    In rehab
    Due Jan 15, 2027
  • James WorpelMID

    Hamstring — Hamstring Strain

    Minor
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Mitch EdwardsRUC

    Knee — Knee Injury (General)

    Minimal
    In rehab
    FragileDue Nov 15

Signals

  • 1recurrence
  • 2awaiting diagnosis
  • 2durability-fragile
  • Body regions: 2× knee
  • What they lose: 2 midfielders, 2 ruckmen, 1 forward

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.