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North Melbourne vs Brisbane Lions — AFL 2026 Round 5

Round 5

Match details

Home & Away
Round 5
Full time
North Melbourne
66–92
Brisbane Lions
13th
of 18 · index 82Round 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
10th
of 18 · index 83Round 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 43
Season 15th of 18 · index 36+5vs season

Head-to-head

8Ongoing injuries3
3Long-term (LTI)2
8 dDays' rest9 d
3Games in 21 days2
2,718 kmLast month air km2,108 km
Squad stabilityNTH 17thBRL 8th 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 (NTH 1, BRL 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 11 Apr · 12:35pm·Barossa Park, Lyndoch
State
SA
Surface
Natural grass
Roof
Open roof
Capacity
8,000

Injuries from this game

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

NTH

No injuries reported

BRL
  • •Dayne Zorko
    Moderate
    Non-contact
    Lower Leg· typically ~2 gamesCalf strain — hobbled from field midway through Q2 of NTH vs BRL, did not return. Coach…

Back from injury

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

NTH
BRL

Current injuries

Every ongoing injury carried by each squad today (11 across both). Injuries sustained in this game are in the casualty report above.

BRL carry the cleaner bill of health — NTH enter with 8 ongoing injuries to BRL's 3, 3 of them long-term.

NTH
  • Toby PinkDEF
    LTI

    Shoulder — Shoulder Dislocation

    Long-term
    FragileDue Oct 1
  • Blake Thredgold
    LTI

    Ankle/Foot — Foot Fracture

    Long-term
    Due Oct 1
  • Jackson ArcherDEF
    LTI

    Knee — ACL Tear

    Long-term
    Injury-proneDue Jan 11, 2027
  • Tom PowellMID

    Groin/Hip — Groin Strain

    Minor
    Due this week
  • Josh GoaterDEF

    Managed

    Minor
    Possible return
    Injury-proneDue today
  • Jacob KonstantyFWD

    Managed

    Minor
    Possible return
    Due today
  • Tom Blamires

    Head/Neck — Concussion

    Minor
    Due this week
  • George WardlawMID
    Recurrence

    Hamstring — Hamstring Strain

    Minor
    FragileDue Aug 8

Signals

  • 1recurrence
  • 4durability-fragile
  • Body regions: 2× systemic/other
  • What they lose: 3 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.