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Carlton vs Hawthorn — AFL 2026 Round 18

Round 18

Match details

Home & Away
Round 18
Full time
Carlton
39–103
Hawthorn
5th
of 18 · index 55Round 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
10th
of 18 · index 17Round 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.
CAR entered healthier — 5th v 10th this round
Season 9th of 18 · index 52+4vs season
Season 6th of 18 · index 56−4vs season

Head-to-head

8Ongoing injuries8
4Long-term (LTI)0
7 dDays' rest7 d
3Games in 21 days2
704 kmLast month air km1,342 km
Squad stabilityCAR 1stHAW 5th 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 (CAR 1, HAW 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 11 July · 7:35pm·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.

CAR
  • •George Hewett
    Minor
    Chest/Torso· typically ~2 gamesBack issue — ruled out for the rest of the game early in the loss to Hawthorn.
HAW

No injuries reported

Back from injury

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

CAR
HAW

Current injuries

Every ongoing injury carried by each squad today (16 across both). Injuries sustained in this game are in the casualty report above.

Evenly matched on availability (8 ongoing apiece) — CAR 4 of them long-term, HAW carrying a recurrence.

CAR
  • Matt CarrollDEF
    LTI

    Knee — Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Tear

    Long-term
    FragileDue Oct 1
  • Rob MonahanDEF
    LTI

    Shoulder — Shoulder Dislocation

    Long-term
    In rehab
    Due Oct 1
  • Jesse MotlopFWD
    LTI

    Knee — ACL Tear

    Long-term
    Due Jan 10, 2027
  • Harry O'FarrellDEF
    LTI

    Knee — ACL Tear

    Severe
    Due Feb 1, 2027
  • George HewettMID

    Chest/Torso — Back Injury (General)

    Minor
    Due Jul 25
  • Marc PittonetRUC

    Hamstring — Hamstring Strain

    Minor
    Injury-proneDue Jul 25
  • Lewis YoungDEF

    Head/Neck — Concussion

    Minor
    Possible return
    Injury-proneDue this week
  • Jacob WeiteringDEF

    Lower Leg — Calf Strain

    Minor
    Due Aug 13

Signals

  • 1awaiting diagnosis
  • 3durability-fragile
  • Body regions: 3× knee
  • What they lose: 5 of 8 outs are defenders

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.