Western Bulldogs vs Collingwood — AFL 2026 Round 12
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 (WBD 1, COL 2).
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
- Hybrid surface
- Roof
- Retractable roof
- Capacity
- 56,347
Injuries from this game
What this game cost — players hurt in it, OSIICS-classified, each linked to its injury record.
No injuries reported from this game.
Back from injury
Players who returned from injury in this game, each linking to their profile.
- Tim Englishback from head/neck
Current injuries
Every ongoing injury carried by each squad today (17 across both). Injuries sustained in this game are in the casualty report above.
WBD carry the cleaner bill of health — COL enter with 10 ongoing injuries to WBD's 7, 4 of them long-term.
Knee — ACL Tear
Long-termInjury-proneDue Mar 15, 2027Ankle/Foot — High Ankle Sprain
ModerateInjury-proneDue Aug 17- Bailey DaleDEF
Shoulder — Shoulder Fracture
ModerateDue Aug 26 Hamstring — Hamstring Strain
MinorFragileDue Jul 25- Tim EnglishRUC
Chest/Torso — Back Injury (General)
MinorPossible returnAwaiting DiagnosisDue this week Wrist/Hand — Hand/Wrist Injury (General)
MinorPossible returnAwaiting DiagnosisDue this weekHead/Neck — Concussion
MinorPossible returnInjury-proneDue this week
Signals
- 1recurrence
- 2awaiting diagnosis
- 4durability-fragile
- What they lose: 3 forwards, 2 defenders, 1 midfielder, 1 ruckman
Hamstring — Hamstring Strain
Long-termDue Mar 1, 2027Knee — Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Tear
Long-termDue Apr 23, 2027Knee — ACL Tear
Long-termInjury-proneDue Mar 1, 2027Knee — ACL Tear
Long-termInjury-proneDue Oct 1Ankle/Foot — High Ankle Sprain
ModerateDue Aug 17- Iliro SmitRUC
Head/Neck — Concussion
MinorDue this week Managed
MinorPossible returnInjury-proneDue todayLower Leg — Calf Strain
MinorDue Jul 26Ankle/Foot — Ankle Injury (General)
MinorPossible returnAwaiting DiagnosisIronmanDue this week- Tew JiathDEF
Hamstring — Hamstring Strain
MinorDue this week
Signals
- 3recurrences
- 1awaiting diagnosis
- 3durability-fragile
- Body regions:
- Knee3
- Ankle/Foot2
- Hamstring2
- What they lose: 5 of 10 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.