Adelaide Crows vs Port Adelaide — AFL 2026 Round 8
Match details
Head-to-head
ADE on a short 5-day turnaround — at/under the 5-day congestion mark.
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 (ADE 2, PTA 2).
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.
- State
- SA
- Surface
- Natural grass
- Roof
- Open roof
- Capacity
- 53,583
Injuries from this game
What this game cost — players hurt in it, OSIICS-classified, each linked to its injury record.
- •Jordon Butts ModerateHamstring· typically ~3 gamesAdductor strain — sustained during Showdown 59 (Round 8 vs Port Adelaide, 2026-05-01)…
- •Taylor Walker MinorHamstring· typically ~2 gamesLow-grade hamstring strain — sustained in the first quarter of Showdown 59 (Round 8 vs…
No injuries reported
Back from injury
Players who returned from injury in this game, each linking to their profile.
- Dan Curtinback from knee
- Alex Neal-Bullenback from knee
- Jake Soligoback from ankle/foot
None returned
Current injuries
Every ongoing injury carried by each squad today (20 across both). Injuries sustained in this game are in the casualty report above.
ADE carry the cleaner bill of health — PTA enter with 16 ongoing injuries to ADE's 4, 11 of them long-term.
- Luke PedlarFWD
Hamstring — Hamstring Strain
ModerateInjury-proneDue Mar 1, 2027 Groin/Hip — Groin Injury (General)
MinorAwaiting DiagnosisDue Mar 1, 2027- Hugh BondDEF
Hamstring — Hamstring Strain
MinorInjury-proneDue Mar 1, 2027 - Jordon ButtsDEF
Lower Leg — Calf Strain
MinorFragileDue Mar 1, 2027
Signals
- 1recurrence
- 1awaiting diagnosis
- 3durability-fragile
- Body regions: 2× hamstring
- What they lose: 2 defenders, 1 midfielder, 1 forward
- Logan EvansLTI
Shoulder — Shoulder Instability
Long-termFragileDue Mar 1, 2027 Knee — Knee Injury (General)
Long-termAwaiting DiagnosisOverdue (15 days)Groin/Hip — Groin Injury (General)
Long-termAwaiting DiagnosisDue Mar 1, 2027Groin/Hip — Hip Labral Tear
Long-termDue Mar 1, 2027Knee — MCL Sprain
Long-termOverdue (15 days)Knee — Knee Injury (General)
Long-termAwaiting DiagnosisFragileDue Jun 20, 2027Knee — ACL Tear
Long-termInjury-proneOverdue (15 days)Shoulder — Labral Tear
Long-termInjury-proneOverdue (15 days)Knee — Knee Injury (General)
Long-termOverdue (15 days)Ankle/Foot — High Ankle Sprain
SevereDue Mar 1, 2027Hamstring — Hamstring Tendon Injury
SevereOverdue (16 days)Hamstring — Hamstring Strain
ModerateOverdue (16 days)- Willem DrewDEF
Chest/Torso — Back Injury (General)
MinorAwaiting DiagnosisDue Mar 1, 2027 Ankle/Foot — Toe Fracture
MinorIronmanDue Mar 1, 2027Head/Neck — Concussion
MinorDue Mar 1, 2027Shoulder — Shoulder Injury (General)
MinimalAwaiting DiagnosisDue Mar 1, 2027
Signals
- 2recurrences
- 5awaiting diagnosis
- 4durability-fragile
- Body regions:
- Knee5
- Shoulder3
- Ankle/Foot2
- Groin/Hip2
- Hamstring2
- What they lose: 6 defenders, 5 midfielders, 2 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.