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Adelaide Crows vs Gold Coast Suns — AFL 2026 Round 18

Round 18

Match details

Home & Away
Round 18
Full time
Adelaide Crows
128–49
Gold Coast Suns
2nd
of 18 · index 91Round 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
1st
of 18 healthiest · index 97Round 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 2nd of 18 · index 66
Season 1st of 18 · index 77

Head-to-head

4Ongoing injuries6
0Long-term (LTI)2
8 dDays' rest7 d
3Games in 21 days2
2,128 kmLast month air km3,619 km
Squad stabilityADE 3rdGCS 14th 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 (ADE 2, GCS 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 · 8:10pm·Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
State
SA
Surface
Natural grass
Roof
Open roof
Capacity
53,583

Injuries from this game

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

ADE
  • •Rory Laird
    Minor
    Ankle/Foot· typically ~4 gamesLeft ankle injury sustained in the win over Gold Coast. Extent unclear — availability for…
GCS
  • Will Graham
    Long-term
    Shoulder· typically ~1 gameLeft shoulder injury sustained in the loss to Adelaide.

Back from injury

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

ADE
GCS

Current injuries

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

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

ADE
  • Luke PedlarFWD

    Hamstring — Hamstring Strain

    Moderate
    Injury-proneDue Mar 1, 2027
  • James PeatlingMID
    Recurrence

    Groin/Hip — Groin Injury (General)

    Minor
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Hugh BondDEF

    Hamstring — Hamstring Strain

    Minor
    Injury-proneDue Mar 1, 2027
  • Jordon ButtsDEF

    Lower Leg — Calf Strain

    Minor
    FragileDue Mar 1, 2027

Signals

  • 1recurrence
  • 1awaiting diagnosis
  • 3durability-fragile
  • Body regions: 2× hamstring
  • What they lose: 2 defenders, 1 midfielder, 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.