Richmond vs Adelaide Crows — AFL 2026 Round 9
Match details
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 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.
- 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.
- Tom Brown ModerateArm· typically ~8 gamesForearm fracture (suspected) — sustained Round 9 vs Adelaide (2026-05-10, MCG). Surgery…
- •Kane McAuliffe ModerateRecurrenceAnkle/Foot· typically ~3 gamesBilateral Achilles soreness — came out of Round 9 vs Adelaide (2026-05-10) "quite sore in…
No injuries reported
Back from injury
Players who returned from injury in this game, each linking to their profile.
- Kane McAuliffeback from ankle/foot
- Tim Tarantoback from head/neck
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.
Chest/Torso — Lumbar Stress Fracture
Long-termDue Sep 30Knee — Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Injury
Long-termInjury-proneDue Nov 1Ankle/Foot — Achilles Tendinopathy
SeverePossible returnDue this weekQuadriceps — Quadriceps Strain
ModerateDue Aug 1- Tom SimsFWD
Knee — MCL Sprain
ModerateDue this week Hamstring — Hamstring Strain
ModerateInjury-proneDue Aug 5- Jayden ShortDEF
Thigh (other) — Cork/Thigh Contusion
MinorPossible returnDue this week - Luke TrainorDEF
Head/Neck — Concussion
MinorPossible returnDue tomorrow Head/Neck — Concussion
MinorPossible returnInjury-proneDue tomorrowHead/Neck — Concussion
MinorPossible returnFragileDue this weekKnee — Knee Injury (General)
MinorAwaiting DiagnosisInjury-proneDue this week- Jacob HopperMID
Ankle/Foot — Ankle Injury (General)
MinorAwaiting DiagnosisDue 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
- Luke PedlarFWD
Hamstring — Hamstring Strain
ModerateInjury-proneDue today Managed
MinorPossible returnDue todayHamstring — Hamstring Strain
MinorInjury-proneDue Aug 1Hamstring — Hamstring Strain
MinorDue today- Jordon ButtsDEF
Lower Leg — Calf Strain
MinorFragileDue today - Tyler WelshFWD
Hamstring — Hamstring Strain
MinorDue today - Rory LairdDEF
Ankle/Foot — High Ankle Sprain
MinimalIronmanDue Aug 15
Signals
- 2recurrences
- 3durability-fragile
- Body regions: 4× hamstring
- What they lose: 4 of 6 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.