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Richmond vs Carlton — AFL 2026 Round 17

Round 17

Match details

Home & Away
Round 17
Full time
Richmond
72–74
Carlton
9th
of 18 · index 75Round 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
13th
of 18 · index 69Round 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 17th of 18 · index 21+8vs season
Season 5th of 18 · index 64−8vs season

Head-to-head

11Ongoing injuries9
9Long-term (LTI)5
7 dDays' rest7 d
3Games in 21 days2
598 kmLast month air km704 km
Squad stabilityRIC 10thCAR 1st 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, CAR 1).

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.
Sat 4 July · 7:35pm·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
  • •Jack Ross
    Minor
    Recurrence
    Head/Neck· typically ~2 gamesConcussion — suffered in the Round 17 game against Carlton. Second concussion inside six…
CAR
  • •Lewis Young
    Minor
    Head/Neck· typically ~2 gamesConcussion — entered the AFL 12-day protocols after Round 17; listed 1-2 weeks on the AFL…

Back from injury

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

RIC
CAR

None returned

Current injuries

Every ongoing injury carried by each squad today (20 across both). Injuries sustained in this game are in the casualty report above.

CAR carry the cleaner bill of health — RIC enter with 11 ongoing injuries to CAR's 9, 9 of them long-term.

RIC
  • Sam Cumming
    LTI

    Ankle/Foot — High Ankle Sprain

    Long-term
    Due (14 days ago)
  • Rhyan MansellFWD
    LTI

    Foot — Foot Injury (General)

    Long-term
    FragileDue (14 days ago)
  • Tom SimsFWD
    LTI

    Foot — Foot Injury (General)

    Long-term
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Kaleb Smith
    LTI

    Quadriceps — Quadriceps Strain

    Long-term
    Injury-proneDue Mar 1, 2027
  • Noah BaltaDEF
    LTI

    Foot — Foot Injury (General)

    Long-term
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Jacob HopperMID
    LTI

    Ankle/Foot — Ankle Fracture

    Long-term
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Jonty FaullFWD
    LTI

    Chest/Torso — Lumbar Stress Fracture

    Long-term
    Overdue (15 days)
  • Josh GibcusDEF
    LTI

    Knee — Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Injury

    Long-term
    Injury-proneDue Nov 1
  • Josh SmillieMID
    LTI

    Quadriceps — Quadriceps Strain

    Long-term
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Harry ArmstrongFWD

    Managed

    Minor
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Sam LalorFWD

    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.