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Collingwood vs Hawthorn — AFL 2026 Round 8

Round 8

Match details

Home & Away
Round 8
Full time
Collingwood
93–93
Hawthorn
4th
of 18 · index 84Round 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 100Round 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 5th of 18 · index 54
Season 1st of 18 · index 75

Head-to-head

10Ongoing injuries8
4Long-term (LTI)0
5 dDays' rest5 d

Both on a short turnaround (COL 5d, HAW 5d) — at/under the 5-day congestion mark.

3Games in 21 days3
2,030 kmLast month air km657 km
Squad stabilityCOL 13thHAW 9th 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 (COL 2, HAW 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.
Thu 30 Apr · 7:30pm·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.

COL
  • •Harry Perryman
    Moderate
    Recurrence
    Hamstring· typically ~2 gamesHamstring injury — limped off with a hamstring injury immediately before half-time in COL…
  • •Steele Sidebottom
    Minor
    Wrist/Hand· typically ~1 gameHand injury — stood-on hand that blew up considerably in the opening minutes of COL vs HAW…
HAW

No injuries reported

Back from injury

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

COL
HAW

None returned

Current injuries

Every ongoing injury carried by each squad today (18 across both). Injuries sustained in this game are in the casualty report above.

HAW carry the cleaner bill of health — COL enter with 10 ongoing injuries to HAW's 8, 4 of them long-term.

COL
  • Darcy MooreDEF
    LTI
    Recurrence

    Hamstring — Hamstring Strain

    Long-term
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Jamie ElliottFWD
    LTI

    Knee — Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Tear

    Long-term
    Due Apr 23, 2027
  • Oscar SteeneRUC
    LTI

    Knee — ACL Tear

    Long-term
    Injury-proneDue Mar 1, 2027
  • Reef McInnesDEF
    LTI
    Recurrence

    Knee — ACL Tear

    Long-term
    Injury-proneDue Oct 1
  • Lachie SchultzFWD

    Ankle/Foot — High Ankle Sprain

    Moderate
    Due Aug 17
  • Iliro SmitRUC

    Head/Neck — Concussion

    Minor
    Due this week
  • Harvey HarrisonFWD

    Managed

    Minor
    Possible return
    Injury-proneDue (1 day ago)
  • Jeremy HoweDEF
    Recurrence

    Lower Leg — Calf Strain

    Minor
    Due Jul 26
  • Isaac QuaynorDEF

    Ankle/Foot — Ankle Injury (General)

    Minor
    Possible return
    IronmanDue tomorrow
  • Tew JiathDEF

    Hamstring — Hamstring Strain

    Minor
    Due tomorrow

Signals

  • 3recurrences
  • 1awaiting diagnosis
  • 3durability-fragile
  • Body regions:
    • Knee3
    • Ankle/Foot2
    • Hamstring2
  • What they lose: 5 of 10 outs are defenders

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.