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Fremantle vs Adelaide Crows — AFL 2026 Round 23

Round 23

Match details

Home & Away
Round 23
Fremantle
vs
Adelaide Crows
Round Health Score (0–100), last 5 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
Round Health Score (0–100), last 5 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 not yet available.

Season
Season

Head-to-head

8Ongoing injuries7
1Long-term (LTI)0
Last month air km
Squad stabilityFRE 18thADE 3rd 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, ADE 4).

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.
Mon 10 Aug · Time TBC·Optus Stadium, Perth
State
WA
Surface
Natural grass
Roof
Open roof
Capacity
60,000

Possible returns

Currently-injured players who could feature — fitness tests, squad signals and projected returns.

FRE
ADE

Returnees to watch

Recently back from injury and still in the elevated-reinjury window — risk concentrates in the first games back, especially for soft-tissue.

FRE

None in the window

ADE
  • Wayne Mileraback from hamstring · 1 game backSoft-tissue return — recurrence risk is highest in the first games back.
  • Riley Thilthorpeback from other/systemic · 1 game back

Current injuries

The confirmed outs for both squads (13 across both), ranked by impact. Players in doubt are listed under Possible returns above.

ADE hold a slight availability edge (8 ongoing injuries to 7); FRE carrying a recurrence.

FRE7 out
  • Sam SturtFWD
    LTI

    KneeACL Tear

    Moderate
    In rehab
    Injury-proneDue Jul 25
  • Lower LegCalf Strain

    Minor
    Injury-proneDue Jul 25
  • Hayden YoungMID
    Recurrence

    Groin/HipGroin Strain

    Minor
    Due this week
  • Wrist/HandFinger Fracture

    Minor
    Due Jul 26
  • Lower LegCalf Strain

    Minor
    Due this week
  • KneeKnee Injury (General)

    Minor
    Due this week
  • KneeKnee Injury (General)

    Minor
    Due this week

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.