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West Coast Eagles vs North Melbourne — AFL 2026 Round 2

Round 2

Match details

Home & Away
Round 2
Full time
West Coast Eagles
111–94
WCE by 17
North Melbourne
15th
of 18 · index 80Round 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
13th
of 18 · index 82Round 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 16th of 18 · index 30
Season 9th of 18 · index 61−4vs season

Head-to-head

15Ongoing injuries6
8Long-term (LTI)5
7 dDays' rest7 d
1Games in 21 days1
3,619 kmLast month air km0 km
Squad stabilityWCE 13thNTH 16th 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 (WCE 2, NTH 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 22 Mar · 6:10pm·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.

No injuries reported from this game.

Back from injury

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

WCE
NTH

None returned

Current injuries

Every ongoing injury carried by each squad today (21 across both). Injuries sustained in this game are in the casualty report above.

NTH carry the cleaner bill of health — WCE enter with 15 ongoing injuries to NTH's 6, 8 of them long-term.

WCE
  • Lower Leg — Tibia/Fibula Fracture

    Long-term
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Quadriceps — Quadriceps Strain Grade II

    Long-term
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Harry EdwardsDEF
    LTI
    Recurrence

    Head/Neck — Concussion

    Long-term
    Injury-proneDue Mar 1, 2027
  • Knee — Knee Injury (General)

    Long-term
    Injury-proneOverdue (20 days)
  • Knee — Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Tear

    Long-term
    Injury-proneDue Mar 1, 2027
  • Foot — Navicular Stress Fracture

    Long-term
    Overdue (16 days)
  • Knee — ACL Tear

    Long-term
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Noah LongFWD
    LTI

    Knee — Knee Injury (General)

    Long-term
    Injury-proneDue Jan 1, 2027
  • Lower Leg — Calf Strain

    Minor
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Ankle/Foot — Ankle Sprain

    Minor
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Lower Leg — Calf Cork/Contusion

    Minor
    FragileDue Mar 1, 2027
  • Oliver FrancouMidfielder

    Knee — Knee Injury (General)

    Minor
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Jack HutchinsonMID
    Recurrence

    Hamstring — Hamstring Strain

    Minor
    Injury-proneDue Mar 1, 2027
  • Shoulder — Shoulder Injury (General)

    Minimal
    IronmanDue Mar 1, 2027
  • Head/Neck — Head Laceration

    Minimal
    Due Mar 1, 2027

Signals

  • 2recurrences
  • 4awaiting diagnosis
  • 6durability-fragile
  • Body regions:
    • Knee5
    • Lower Leg3
    • Head/Neck2
  • What they lose: 4 defenders, 4 midfielders, 4 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.