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Carlton vs Melbourne — AFL 2026 Round 3

Round 3

Match details

Home & Away
Round 3
Full time
Carlton
77–100
MEL by 23
Melbourne
14th
of 18 · index 80Round Health Score (0–100), last 3 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 3 rounds. Scores drift down league-wide as the season's injury load builds — read the slope relative to the league, not the level.
MEL entered healthier — 5th v 14th this round
Season 10th of 18 · index 56−4vs season
Season 7th of 18 · index 61

Head-to-head

8Ongoing injuries8
5Long-term (LTI)4
17 dDays' rest8 d
1Games in 21 days2
712 kmLast month air km2,721 km
Squad stabilityCAR 2ndMEL 18th 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, MEL 0).

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 29 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.

CAR
MEL

None returned

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 5 of them long-term, MEL 4 of them long-term.

CAR
  • Campbell ChesserMID
    LTI

    Knee — Knee Injury (General)

    Long-term
    Injury-proneDue Mar 1, 2027
  • Matt CarrollDEF
    LTI

    Knee — Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Tear

    Long-term
    FragileOverdue (16 days)
  • Rob MonahanDEF
    LTI

    Shoulder — Shoulder Dislocation

    Long-term
    In rehab
    Overdue (16 days)
  • Jesse MotlopFWD
    LTI

    Knee — ACL Tear

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

    Knee — ACL Tear

    Severe
    Due Feb 1, 2027
  • Nick HaynesDEF

    Ankle/Foot — Ankle Injury (General)

    Minor
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Will HaywardFWD

    Ankle/Foot — High Ankle Sprain

    Minor
    IronmanDue Mar 1, 2027
  • Nic NewmanDEF

    Hamstring — Hamstring Strain

    Minor
    Overdue (22 days)

Signals

  • 2awaiting diagnosis
  • 2durability-fragile
  • Body regions:
    • Knee4
    • Ankle/Foot2
  • 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.