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Melbourne vs St Kilda — AFL 2026 Round 1

Round 1

Match details

Home & Away
Round 1
Full time
Melbourne
120–107
MEL by 13
St Kilda
11th
of 18 · index 83Round Health Score (0–100), last 1 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
5th
of 18 · index 100Round Health Score (0–100), last 1 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 3rd of 18 · index 100−8vs season
Season 16th of 18 · index 34+11vs season

Head-to-head

8Ongoing injuries5
4Long-term (LTI)3
0Games in 21 days1
Last month air km
Squad stabilityMEL 15thSTK 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 (MEL 1, STK 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.
Sun 15 Mar · 3:15pm·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.

No injuries reported from this game.

Back from injury

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

MEL
STK

None returned

Current injuries

Every ongoing injury carried by each squad today (13 across both). Injuries sustained in this game are in the casualty report above.

STK carry the cleaner bill of health — MEL enter with 8 ongoing injuries to STK's 5, 4 of them long-term.

MEL
  • Brody Mihocek
    LTI

    Head/Neck — Unstable Cervical Fracture

    Long-term
    In rehab
    Due Oct 1
  • Andy Moniz-WakefieldDEF
    LTI

    Knee — ACL Tear

    Long-term
    Injury-proneDue Feb 27, 2027
  • Jai CulleyMID
    LTI

    Knee — ACL Tear

    Long-term
    Injury-proneDue Feb 1, 2027
  • Jack VineyMID
    LTI

    Ankle/Foot — Achilles Tendinopathy

    Severe
    Due Aug 15
  • Xavier LindsayMID

    Groin/Hip — Groin Strain

    Moderate
    Due Jul 26
  • Harrison PettyFWD
    Recurrence

    Hamstring — Hamstring Strain

    Minor
    Due this week
  • Bayley FritschFWD
    Recurrence

    Wrist/Hand — Hand/Wrist Injury (General)

    Minor
    Test Failed
    IronmanDue today
  • Max HeathRUC

    Shoulder — Shoulder Injury (General)

    Minor
    Possible return
    Injury-proneDue today

Signals

  • 2recurrences
  • 2awaiting diagnosis
  • 3durability-fragile
  • Body regions: 2× knee
  • What they lose: 3 midfielders, 2 forwards, 1 defender, 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.