Richmond vs North Melbourne — AFL 2026 Round 15
Match details
Evenly matched on squad health.
Head-to-head
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 (RIC 2, NTH 0).
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
- 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.
- Sam Banks SevereRecurrenceShoulderCollarbone fracture — landed awkwardly in a tackle in the opening five minutes of R15 vs…
- •Tim Taranto MinorRecurrenceHead/Neck· typically ~2 gamesConcussion — ruled out in the third quarter of R15 vs North Melbourne (2026-06-21) under…
- •Maurice Rioli MinorRecurrenceHamstring· typically ~1 gameHamstring strain — pinged a hamstring in the second term of R15 vs North Melbourne…
- •Tristan Xerri MinorHead/Neck· typically ~4 gamesFractured jaw — 1-2 weeks. AFL R16 Medical Room (June 23, 2026).
Back from injury
Players who returned from injury in this game, each linking to their profile.
- Taj Hottonback from pelvis/sacrum
- Toby Nankervisback from hamstring
- Finn O'Sullivanback from head/neck
Current injuries
Every ongoing injury carried by each squad today (18 across both). Injuries sustained in this game are in the casualty report above.
NTH carry the cleaner bill of health — RIC enter with 11 ongoing injuries to NTH's 7, 9 of them long-term.
- Sam CummingLTI
Ankle/Foot — High Ankle Sprain
Long-termOverdue (15 days) Foot — Foot Injury (General)
Long-termAwaiting DiagnosisFragileOverdue (15 days)Foot — Foot Injury (General)
Long-termAwaiting DiagnosisDue Mar 1, 2027- Kaleb SmithLTI
Quadriceps — Quadriceps Strain
Long-termInjury-proneDue Mar 1, 2027 Foot — Foot Injury (General)
Long-termAwaiting DiagnosisDue Mar 1, 2027Ankle/Foot — Ankle Fracture
Long-termDue Mar 1, 2027Chest/Torso — Lumbar Stress Fracture
Long-termOverdue (16 days)Knee — Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Injury
Long-termInjury-proneDue Nov 1Quadriceps — Quadriceps Strain
Long-termDue Mar 1, 2027Managed
MinorDue Mar 1, 2027- Sam LalorFWD
Knee — Knee Injury (General)
MinorAwaiting DiagnosisDue Mar 1, 2027
Signals
- 4awaiting diagnosis
- 3durability-fragile
- Body regions:
- Foot3
- Ankle/Foot2
- Knee2
- Quadriceps2
- What they lose: 5 of 9 outs are forwards
Wrist/Hand — Hand/Wrist Injury (General)
Long-termAwaiting DiagnosisInjury-proneDue Mar 1, 2027Other/Systemic — General Illness
Long-termDue Mar 1, 2027Shoulder — Shoulder Instability
Long-termFragileDue Mar 1, 2027Shoulder — Shoulder Dislocation
Long-termFragileOverdue (15 days)Ankle/Foot — Foot Fracture
Long-termOverdue (15 days)Knee — ACL Tear
Long-termInjury-proneDue Jan 11, 2027Head/Neck — Facial Fracture
MinorIronmanDue Mar 1, 2027
Signals
- 1awaiting diagnosis
- 4durability-fragile
- Body regions: 2× shoulder
- What they lose: 2 defenders, 2 forwards, 1 midfielder
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.