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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
11th
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 10th of 18 · index 44−3vs season
Season 15th of 18 · index 36+4vs season

Head-to-head

6Ongoing injuries4
5Long-term (LTI)4
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.

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 (10 across both). Injuries sustained in this game are in the casualty report above.

BRL carry the cleaner bill of health — NTH enter with 6 ongoing injuries to BRL's 4, 5 of them long-term.

NTH
  • Jacob KonstantyFWD
    LTI

    Other/Systemic — General Illness

    Long-term
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Zane DuursmaFWD
    LTI

    Shoulder — Shoulder Instability

    Long-term
    FragileDue Mar 1, 2027
  • Toby PinkDEF
    LTI

    Shoulder — Shoulder Dislocation

    Long-term
    FragileOverdue (16 days)
  • Blake Thredgold
    LTI

    Ankle/Foot — Foot Fracture

    Long-term
    Overdue (16 days)
  • Jackson ArcherDEF
    LTI

    Knee — ACL Tear

    Long-term
    Injury-proneDue Jan 11, 2027
  • Harry SheezelMID

    Head/Neck — Facial Fracture

    Minor
    IronmanDue Mar 1, 2027

Signals

  • 3durability-fragile
  • Body regions: 2× shoulder
  • What they lose: 2 defenders, 2 forwards, 1 midfielder

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.