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Western Bulldogs vs Collingwood — AFL 2026 Finals Week 25

Finals Week 25

Match details

Wildcard Final
Finals Week 25
Full time
Western Bulldogs
96–93
WBD by 3
Collingwood
18th
of 18 worst · index 0Round 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
12th
of 18 · index 0Round 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.

Evenly matched on squad health.

Season 11th of 18 · index 48−7vs season
Season 7th of 18 · index 61−5vs season

Head-to-head

7Ongoing injuries8
2Long-term (LTI)5
6 dDays' rest7 d
2Games in 21 days3
2,718 kmLast month air km2,721 km
Squad stabilityWBD 6thCOL 15th 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 (WBD 3, COL 3).

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.
Fri 28 Aug · 7:40pm·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.

WBD
  • •Matthew Kennedy
    Minor
    Head/Neck· typically ~2 gamesConcussion suffered during the Wildcard Final win over Collingwood at the MCG. Under the…
COL

No injuries reported

Back from injury

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

WBD
COL

Current injuries

Every ongoing injury carried by each squad today (15 across both). Injuries sustained in this game are in the casualty report above.

WBD hold a slight availability edge (8 ongoing injuries to 7); COL 5 of them long-term.

WBD
  • Sam DarcyFWD
    LTI

    Knee — ACL Tear

    Long-term
    Injury-proneDue Mar 15, 2027
  • Riley GarciaMID
    LTI

    Hamstring — Hamstring Strain

    Severe
    Injury-proneOverdue (15 days)
  • Lachlan SmithRUC

    Hamstring — Hamstring Strain

    Moderate
    Injury-proneDue Mar 1, 2027
  • Michael SellwoodDEF

    Head/Neck — Concussion

    Minor
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Oskar BakerMID

    Hamstring — Hamstring Strain

    Minor
    Injury-proneOverdue (19 days)
  • Matthew KennedyMID

    Head/Neck — Concussion

    Minor
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Nick CoffieldDEF
    Recurrence

    Head/Neck — Concussion

    Minor
    Injury-proneDue Mar 1, 2027

Signals

  • 1recurrence
  • 5durability-fragile
  • Body regions:
    • Hamstring3
    • Head/Neck3
  • What they lose: 3 midfielders, 2 defenders, 1 forward, 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.