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Port Adelaide vs Essendon — AFL 2026 Round 2

Round 2

Match details

Home & Away
Round 2
Full time
Port Adelaide
133–70
PTA by 63
Essendon
17th
of 18 · index 65Round Health Score (0–100), last 2 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
16th
of 18 · index 78Round Health Score (0–100), last 2 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 8th of 18 · index 66−9vs season
Season 11th of 18 · index 56−5vs season

Head-to-head

12Ongoing injuries9
8Long-term (LTI)4
7 dDays' rest9 d
1Games in 21 days1
654 kmLast month air km0 km
Squad stabilityPTA 2ndESS 15th 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 (PTA 2, ESS 3).

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 22 Mar · 3:15pm·Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
State
SA
Surface
Natural grass
Roof
Open roof
Capacity
53,583

Injuries from this game

What this game cost — players hurt in it, OSIICS-classified, each linked to its injury record.

No injuries reported from this game.

Back from injury

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

PTA
ESS

Current injuries

Every ongoing injury carried by each squad today (21 across both). Injuries sustained in this game are in the casualty report above.

ESS carry the cleaner bill of health — PTA enter with 12 ongoing injuries to ESS's 9, 8 of them long-term.

PTA
  • Mani LiddyMID
    LTI

    Groin/Hip — Hip Labral Tear

    Long-term
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Ewan MackinlayMID
    LTI

    Knee — MCL Sprain

    Long-term
    Due Oct 1
  • Esava RatugoleaDEF
    LTI

    Knee — Knee Injury (General)

    Long-term
    FragileDue Jun 20, 2027
  • Ollie LordDEF
    LTI

    Knee — ACL Tear

    Long-term
    Injury-proneDue Oct 1
  • Josh SinnDEF
    LTI

    Shoulder — Labral Tear

    Long-term
    Injury-proneDue Oct 1
  • Sam Powell-PepperMID
    LTI
    Recurrence

    Knee — Knee Injury (General)

    Long-term
    Due Oct 1
  • Zak ButtersMID
    LTI

    Ankle/Foot — High Ankle Sprain

    Severe
    Due Sep 5
  • Connor RozeeDEF
    LTI

    Hamstring — Hamstring Tendon Injury

    Severe
    Due Sep 30
  • Jack LukosiusFWD
    Recurrence

    Knee — Knee Injury (General)

    Minor
    Due Jul 26
  • Mitch GeorgiadesFWD

    Head/Neck — Concussion

    Minor
    Due Jul 26
  • Lachie JonesDEF

    Chest/Torso — Rib Contusion

    Minor
    Possible return
    Due today
  • Tom CochraneMID
    Recurrence

    Hamstring — Hamstring Strain

    Minor
    Due this week

Signals

  • 3recurrences
  • 2awaiting diagnosis
  • 3durability-fragile
  • Body regions:
    • Knee5
    • Hamstring2
  • What they lose: 5 defenders, 5 midfielders, 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.