St Kilda vs Gold Coast Suns — AFL 2026 Round 24
Match details
Round health not yet available.
Head-to-head
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, 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.
- State
- VIC
- Surface
- Hybrid surface
- Roof
- Retractable roof
- Capacity
- 56,347
Possible returns
Currently-injured players who could feature — fitness tests, squad signals and projected returns.
- Head/Neck — Jaw FractureDue this week
Current injuries
The confirmed outs for both squads (11 across both), ranked by impact. Players in doubt are listed under Possible returns above.
STK carry the cleaner bill of health — GCS enter with 7 ongoing injuries to STK's 5, carrying a recurrence.
Ankle/Foot — Achilles Tendon Rupture
Long-termDue May 29, 2027Lower Leg — Calf Strain
SevereDue Oct 1Hamstring — Hamstring Strain
ModerateFragileDue Aug 1Chest/Torso — Rib Contusion
MinorDue this week- James BarratDEF
Foot — Foot Injury (General)
MinorAwaiting DiagnosisDue Aug 25
Signals
- 1awaiting diagnosis
- 1durability-fragile
- What they lose: 2 defenders, 2 forwards, 1 ruckman
Knee — Knee Injury (General)
Long-termAwaiting DiagnosisInjury-proneDue Sep 30Wrist/Hand — Hand/Wrist Injury (General)
ModerateAwaiting DiagnosisDue Aug 1- Alex DaviesMID
Foot — Foot Injury (General)
ModerateInjury-proneDue this week - Will GrahamFWD
Shoulder — Shoulder Injury (General)
MinorAwaiting DiagnosisInjury-proneDue Jul 25 Hamstring — Hamstring Strain
MinorDue Jul 25- Jy FarrarFWD
Ankle/Foot — Ankle Injury (General)
MinorInjury-proneDue Aug 2
Signals
- 1recurrence
- 3awaiting diagnosis
- 4durability-fragile
- What they lose: 4 of 7 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.