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Port Adelaide vs GWS Giants — AFL 2026 Round 21

Round 21

Match details

Home & Away
Round 21
Full time
Port Adelaide
63–75
GWS Giants
17th
of 18 · index 0Round 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
16th
of 18 · index 0Round 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 13th of 18 · index 32−4vs season
Season 17th of 18 · index 10

Head-to-head

16Ongoing injuries16
11Long-term (LTI)9
7 dDays' rest7 d
3Games in 21 days3
2,254 kmLast month air km707 km
Squad stabilityPTA 4thGWS 12th 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, GWS 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 1 Aug · 6:35pm·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.

PTA
  • •Jack Watkins
    Moderate
    Hamstring· typically ~2 gamesHamstring injury sustained against Greater Western Sydney in Round 21. No return timeline…
GWS

No injuries reported

Back from injury

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

PTA
GWS

Current injuries

Every ongoing injury carried by each squad today (32 across both). Injuries sustained in this game are in the casualty report above.

Evenly matched on availability (16 ongoing apiece) — PTA 11 of them long-term, GWS 9 of them long-term.

PTA
  • Logan Evans
    LTI

    Shoulder — Shoulder Instability

    Long-term
    FragileDue Mar 1, 2027
  • Jack LukosiusFWD
    LTI
    Recurrence

    Knee — Knee Injury (General)

    Long-term
    Due (14 days ago)
  • Kane FarrellDEF
    LTI

    Groin/Hip — Groin Injury (General)

    Long-term
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Mani LiddyMID
    LTI

    Groin/Hip — Hip Labral Tear

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

    Knee — MCL Sprain

    Long-term
    Due (14 days ago)
  • Esava RatugoleaDEF
    LTI

    Knee — Knee Injury (General)

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

    Knee — ACL Tear

    Long-term
    Injury-proneDue (14 days ago)
  • Josh SinnDEF
    LTI

    Shoulder — Labral Tear

    Long-term
    Injury-proneDue (14 days ago)
  • Sam Powell-PepperMID
    LTI
    Recurrence

    Knee — Knee Injury (General)

    Long-term
    Due (14 days ago)
  • Zak ButtersMID
    LTI

    Ankle/Foot — High Ankle Sprain

    Severe
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Connor RozeeDEF
    LTI

    Hamstring — Hamstring Tendon Injury

    Severe
    Overdue (15 days)
  • Jack Watkins

    Hamstring — Hamstring Strain

    Moderate
    Overdue (15 days)
  • Willem DrewDEF

    Chest/Torso — Back Injury (General)

    Minor
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Jason Horne-FrancisMID

    Ankle/Foot — Toe Fracture

    Minor
    IronmanDue Mar 1, 2027
  • Aliir Aliir

    Head/Neck — Concussion

    Minor
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Mitch GeorgiadesFWD

    Shoulder — Shoulder Injury (General)

    Minimal
    Due Mar 1, 2027

Signals

  • 2recurrences
  • 5awaiting diagnosis
  • 4durability-fragile
  • Body regions:
    • Knee5
    • Shoulder3
    • Ankle/Foot2
    • Groin/Hip2
    • Hamstring2
  • What they lose: 6 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.