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Sydney Swans vs Brisbane Lions — AFL 2026 Finals Week 26

Finals Week 26

Match details

Qualifying Final
Finals Week 26
Full time
Sydney Swans
141–88
Brisbane Lions
11th
of 18 · index 15Round 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
2nd
of 18 · index 53Round 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.
BRL entered healthier — 2nd v 11th this round
Season 12th of 18 · index 39
Season 11th of 18 · index 53+9vs season

Head-to-head

10Ongoing injuries4
7Long-term (LTI)4
13 dDays' rest15 d
2Games in 21 days2
712 kmLast month air km1,373 km
Squad stabilitySYD 8thBRL 10th 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 (SYD 2, BRL 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.
Sat 5 Sept · 3:15pm·Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
State
NSW
Surface
Natural grass
Roof
Open roof
Capacity
48,000

Injuries from this game

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

SYD
  • Callum Mills
    Long-term
    Knee· typically ~22 gamesThe captain went down in the first quarter of the qualifying final against Brisbane when…
BRL
  • •Noah Answerth
    Minor
    Ankle/Foot· typically ~2 gamesRolled his ankle in the qualifying final against Sydney at the SCG on 5 September. Failed…

Back from injury

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

SYD

None returned

BRL

Current injuries

Every ongoing injury carried by each squad today (14 across both). Injuries sustained in this game are in the casualty report above.

BRL carry the cleaner bill of health — SYD enter with 10 ongoing injuries to BRL's 4, 7 of them long-term.

SYD
  • Callum MillsDEF
    LTI

    Knee — ACL Tear

    Long-term
    Due Sep 1, 2027
  • Will Edwards
    LTI

    Ankle/Foot — Ankle Dislocation

    Long-term
    FragileDue Mar 1, 2027
  • Liam Hetherton
    LTI

    Chest/Torso — Lumbar Stress Fracture

    Long-term
    Due Oct 24
  • Max KingFWD
    LTI

    Chest/Torso — Back Injury (General)

    Long-term
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Joel AmarteyFWD
    LTI

    Ankle/Foot — Achilles Tendon Rupture

    Severe
    Possible return
    Injury-proneDue Mar 1, 2027
  • Noah Chamberlain
    LTI

    Hamstring — Hamstring Strain

    Severe
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Peter LadhamsRUC
    LTI

    Groin/Hip — Groin Strain

    Moderate
    Injury-proneDue Mar 1, 2027
  • Harry CunninghamDEF

    Lower Leg — Calf Strain

    Minor
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Ned BowmanFWD
    Recurrence

    Hamstring — Hamstring Strain

    Minor
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Tom PapleyFWD

    Knee — MCL Sprain

    Minimal
    Due Dec 1

Signals

  • 1recurrence
  • 3durability-fragile
  • Body regions:
    • Ankle/Foot2
    • Chest/Torso2
    • Hamstring2
    • Knee2
  • What they lose: 4 of 7 outs are 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.