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Richmond vs Adelaide Crows — AFL 2026 Round 9

Round 9

Match details

Home & Away
Round 9
Full time
Richmond
6198
Adelaide Crows
13th
of 18 · index 64Round 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
1st
of 18 healthiest · 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.
ADE entered healthier — 1st v 13th this round
Season 14th of 18 · index 30
Season 4th of 18 · index 57+3vs season

Head-to-head

12Ongoing injuries7
4Long-term (LTI)0
8 dDays' rest9 d
3Games in 21 days2
3,375 kmLast month air km1,600 km
Squad stabilityRIC 9thADE 3rd 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 3, ADE 4).

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 10 May · 3:15pm·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
  • Tom Brown
    Moderate
    Arm· typically ~8 gamesForearm fracture (suspected) — sustained Round 9 vs Adelaide (2026-05-10, MCG). Surgery…
  • Kane McAuliffe
    Moderate
    Recurrence
    Ankle/Foot· typically ~3 gamesBilateral Achilles soreness — came out of Round 9 vs Adelaide (2026-05-10) "quite sore in…
ADE

No injuries reported

Back from injury

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

RIC
ADE

None returned

Current injuries

Every ongoing injury carried by each squad today (19 across both). Injuries sustained in this game are in the casualty report above.

ADE carry the cleaner bill of health — RIC enter with 12 ongoing injuries to ADE's 7, 4 of them long-term.

RIC
  • Chest/TorsoLumbar Stress Fracture

    Long-term
    Due Sep 30
  • KneeAnterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Injury

    Long-term
    Injury-proneDue Nov 1
  • Sam LalorFWD
    LTI

    Ankle/FootAchilles Tendinopathy

    Severe
    Possible return
    Due this week
  • QuadricepsQuadriceps Strain

    Moderate
    Due Aug 1
  • KneeMCL Sprain

    Moderate
    Due this week
  • HamstringHamstring Strain

    Moderate
    Injury-proneDue Aug 5
  • Thigh (other)Cork/Thigh Contusion

    Minor
    Possible return
    Due this week
  • Head/NeckConcussion

    Minor
    Possible return
    Due tomorrow
  • Head/NeckConcussion

    Minor
    Possible return
    Injury-proneDue tomorrow
  • Jack RossMID
    Recurrence

    Head/NeckConcussion

    Minor
    Possible return
    FragileDue this week
  • KneeKnee Injury (General)

    Minor
    Injury-proneDue this week
  • Ankle/FootAnkle Injury (General)

    Minor
    Due Aug 1

Signals

  • 1recurrence
  • 2awaiting diagnosis
  • 5durability-fragile
  • Body regions:
    • Head/Neck3
    • Knee3
    • Ankle/Foot2
  • What they lose: 4 defenders, 3 midfielders, 3 forwards, 1 ruckman

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.