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Brisbane Lions vs Port Adelaide — AFL 2026 Round 20

Round 20

Match details

Home & Away
Round 20
Brisbane Lions
vs
Port Adelaide
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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 injuries11
2Long-term (LTI)8
8 dDays' rest8 d
1Games in 21 days2
1,436 kmLast month air km654 km
Squad stabilityBRL 8thPTA 2nd 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, 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.
Sun 26 July · 1:10pm·The Gabba, Brisbane
State
QLD
Surface
Natural grass
Roof
Open roof
Capacity
42,000

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
  • Daniel Annableback from shoulder · 1 game back
  • 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
  • Keidean Colemanback from hamstring · 1 game backSoft-tissue return — recurrence risk is highest in the first games back.
  • Tai Hayesback from lower leg · 1 game back
  • Henry Smithback from foot · 2 games back
    Recurrence
  • Reece Torrentback from ankle/foot · 2 games back
PTA

Current injuries

Every ongoing injury for both squads entering this game (15 across both), ranked by impact.

BRL carry the cleaner bill of health — PTA enter with 11 ongoing injuries to BRL's 4, 8 of them long-term.

BRL
  • 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.