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Fremantle vs Melbourne — AFL 2026 Round 2

Round 2

Match details

Home & Away
Round 2
Full time
Fremantle
118–70
FRE by 48
Melbourne
9th
of 18 · index 84Round Health Score (0–100), last 2 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 2 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 74−6vs season
Season 7th of 18 · index 68−4vs season

Head-to-head

8Ongoing injuries8
1Long-term (LTI)4
7 dDays' rest6 d
1Games in 21 days1
2,670 kmLast month air km0 km
Squad stabilityFRE 8thMEL 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 (FRE 0, 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.
Sat 21 Mar · 7:35pm·Optus Stadium, Perth
State
WA
Surface
Natural grass
Roof
Open roof
Capacity
60,000

Injuries from this game

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

FRE
  • •Oscar McDonald
    Moderate
    Knee· typically ~1 gameKnee injury — sustained in R2 landing awkwardly while spoiling Eric Hipwood (BRL)…
MEL

No injuries reported

Back from injury

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

FRE
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) — FRE carrying a recurrence, MEL 4 of them long-term.

FRE
  • Sam SturtFWD
    LTI

    Knee — ACL Tear

    Moderate
    In rehab
    Injury-proneDue this week
  • Corey WagnerMID

    Lower Leg — Calf Strain

    Minor
    Injury-proneDue this week
  • Sean DarcyRUC

    Managed

    Minor
    FragileDue this week
  • Hayden YoungMID
    Recurrence

    Groin/Hip — Groin Strain

    Minor
    Possible return
    Due today
  • Charlie NichollsFWD

    Wrist/Hand — Finger Fracture

    Minor
    Due Jul 26
  • Tobyn Murray

    Lower Leg — Calf Strain

    Minor
    Due today
  • Adam Sweid

    Knee — Knee Injury (General)

    Minor
    Due today
  • Ollie MurphyDEF

    Knee — Knee Injury (General)

    Minor
    Due today

Signals

  • 1recurrence
  • 1awaiting diagnosis
  • 3durability-fragile
  • Body regions:
    • Knee3
    • Lower Leg2
  • What they lose: 2 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.