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Richmond vs North Melbourne — AFL 2026 Round 15

Round 15

Match details

Home & Away
Round 15
Full time
Richmond
48–73
North Melbourne
3rd
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
7th
of 18 · index 82Round 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 12th of 18 · index 36+9vs season
Season 6th of 18 · index 66

Head-to-head

11Ongoing injuries7
9Long-term (LTI)6
7 dDays' rest8 d
1Games in 21 days2
1,310 kmLast month air km2,685 km
Squad stabilityRIC 10thNTH 16th 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 (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.
Sun 21 June · 1:10pm·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.

RIC
  • Sam Banks
    Severe
    Recurrence
    ShoulderCollarbone fracture — landed awkwardly in a tackle in the opening five minutes of R15 vs…
  • •Tim Taranto
    Minor
    Recurrence
    Head/Neck· typically ~2 gamesConcussion — ruled out in the third quarter of R15 vs North Melbourne (2026-06-21) under…
  • •Maurice Rioli
    Minor
    Recurrence
    Hamstring· typically ~1 gameHamstring strain — pinged a hamstring in the second term of R15 vs North Melbourne…
NTH
  • •Tristan Xerri
    Minor
    Head/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.

RIC
NTH

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.

RIC
  • Ankle/Foot — High Ankle Sprain

    Long-term
    Overdue (15 days)
  • Foot — Foot Injury (General)

    Long-term
    FragileOverdue (15 days)
  • Tom SimsFWD
    LTI

    Foot — Foot Injury (General)

    Long-term
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Quadriceps — Quadriceps Strain

    Long-term
    Injury-proneDue Mar 1, 2027
  • Foot — Foot Injury (General)

    Long-term
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Ankle/Foot — Ankle Fracture

    Long-term
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Chest/Torso — Lumbar Stress Fracture

    Long-term
    Overdue (16 days)
  • Knee — Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Injury

    Long-term
    Injury-proneDue Nov 1
  • Quadriceps — Quadriceps Strain

    Long-term
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Managed

    Minor
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Knee — Knee Injury (General)

    Minor
    Due Mar 1, 2027

Signals

  • 4awaiting diagnosis
  • 3durability-fragile
  • Body regions:
    • Foot3
    • Ankle/Foot2
    • Knee2
    • Quadriceps2
  • What they lose: 5 of 9 outs are 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.