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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 79Round 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
11th
of 18 · index 83Round 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.

Evenly matched on squad health.

Season 10th of 18 · index 54−4vs season
Season 6th of 18 · index 59−5vs season

Head-to-head

9Ongoing injuries8
4Long-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 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 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 (17 across both). Injuries sustained in this game are in the casualty report above.

MEL hold a slight availability edge (9 ongoing injuries to 8); CAR 4 of them long-term.

CAR
  • Matt CarrollDEF
    LTI

    Knee — Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Tear

    Long-term
    FragileDue Oct 1
  • Rob MonahanDEF
    LTI

    Shoulder — Shoulder Dislocation

    Long-term
    In rehab
    Due Oct 1
  • Jesse MotlopFWD
    LTI

    Knee — ACL Tear

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

    Knee — ACL Tear

    Severe
    Due Feb 1, 2027
  • George HewettMID

    Chest/Torso — Back Injury (General)

    Minor
    Possible return
    Due today
  • Marc PittonetRUC

    Hamstring — Hamstring Strain

    Minor
    Injury-proneDue this week
  • Adam SaadDEF

    Head/Neck — Concussion

    Minor
    Possible return
    Due today
  • Lewis YoungDEF

    Head/Neck — Concussion

    Minor
    Possible return
    Injury-proneDue this week
  • Jacob WeiteringDEF

    Lower Leg — Calf Strain

    Minor
    Due Aug 13

Signals

  • 1awaiting diagnosis
  • 3durability-fragile
  • Body regions:
    • Knee3
    • Head/Neck2
  • What they lose: 6 of 9 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.