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St Kilda vs Sydney Swans — AFL 2026 Round 21

Round 21

Match details

Home & Away
Round 21
St Kilda
vs
Sydney Swans
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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

5Ongoing injuries9
3Long-term (LTI)6
6 dDays' rest7 d
1Games in 21 days0
0 kmLast month air km3,289 km
Squad stabilitySTK 7thSYD 13th 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 (STK 1, SYD 4).

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 1 Aug · 1:05pm·Marvel Stadium, Melbourne
State
VIC
Surface
Hybrid surface
Roof
Retractable roof
Capacity
56,347

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.

STK
SYD
  • Tom Papleyback from lower leg · 1 game back
    Recurrence
  • Tom Hanilyback from head/neck · 2 games back
  • Lewis Melicanback from hamstring · 2 games backSoft-tissue return — recurrence risk is highest in the first games back.
  • Dane Rampeback from lower leg · 2 games back
    Recurrence

Current injuries

Every ongoing injury for both squads entering this game (14 across both), ranked by impact.

STK carry the cleaner bill of health — SYD enter with 9 ongoing injuries to STK's 5, 6 of them long-term.

STK
  • Sam FlandersFWD
    LTI

    Ankle/Foot — Achilles Tendon Rupture

    Long-term
    Due May 29, 2027
  • Jack SinclairDEF
    LTI

    Lower Leg — Calf Strain

    Severe
    Due Oct 1
  • Max KingFWD
    LTI

    Hamstring — Hamstring Strain

    Moderate
    FragileDue Aug 1
  • Tom De KoningRUC

    Chest/Torso — Rib Contusion

    Minor
    Due this week
  • James BarratDEF

    Foot — Foot Injury (General)

    Minor
    Due Aug 25

Signals

  • 1awaiting diagnosis
  • 1durability-fragile
  • What they lose: 2 defenders, 2 forwards, 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.