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Brisbane Lions vs Gold Coast Suns — AFL 2026 Round 23

Round 23

Match details

Home & Away
Round 23
Brisbane Lions
vs
Gold Coast Suns
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—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
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—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

4Ongoing injuries7
2Long-term (LTI)1
Last month air km
Squad stabilityBRL 8thGCS 14th 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 (BRL 1, GCS 1).

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·The Gabba, Brisbane
State
QLD
Surface
Natural grass
Roof
Open roof
Capacity
42,000

Possible returns

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

BRLno possible returns
GCS
  • Daniel RioliDEF
    Projected return
    Head/Neck — Jaw FractureDue this week

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.

BRL
  • Will McLachlanback from quadriceps · 1 game backSoft-tissue return — recurrence risk is highest in the first games back.
  • Tom Doedeeback from lower leg · 1 game back
  • Dayne Zorkoback from quadriceps · 1 game backSoft-tissue return — recurrence risk is highest in the first games back.
  • Hugh McCluggageback from lower leg · 1 game back
    Recurrence
GCS
  • Jake Rogersback from hamstring · 1 game back
    Recurrence
    Soft-tissue return — recurrence risk is highest in the first games back.
  • Will Grahamback from hamstring · 1 game backSoft-tissue return — recurrence risk is highest in the first games back.

Current injuries

The confirmed outs for both squads (10 across both), ranked by impact. Players in doubt are listed under Possible returns above.

BRL carry the cleaner bill of health — GCS enter with 7 ongoing injuries to BRL's 4, carrying a recurrence.

BRL4 out
  • Jack PayneDEF
    LTI
    Recurrence

    Knee — Patellar Tendinopathy

    Long-term
    FragileDue Mar 1, 2027
  • Oscar AllenFWD
    LTI

    Ankle/Foot — Foot Fracture

    Severe
    Due this week
  • Darcy GardinerDEF

    Hamstring — Hamstring Strain

    Minor
    FragileDue Aug 8
  • Lincoln McCarthyFWD

    Lower Leg — Calf Strain

    Minor
    FragileDue Jul 26

Signals

  • 1recurrence
  • 3durability-fragile
  • What they lose: 2 defenders, 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.