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North Melbourne vs Melbourne — AFL 2026 Round 19

Round 19

Match details

Home & Away
Round 19
Full time
North Melbourne
76–92
Melbourne
3rd
of 18 · index 78Round 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
8th
of 18 · index 71Round 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 6th of 18 · index 61+3vs season
Season 9th of 18 · index 45

Head-to-head

7Ongoing injuries9
6Long-term (LTI)5
8 dDays' rest6 d
3Games in 21 days2
654 kmLast month air km1,098 km
Squad stabilityNTH 7thMEL 17th 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 18 July · 4:15pm·Marvel Stadium, Melbourne
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.

NTH

No injuries reported

MEL
  • •Changkuoth Jiath
    Minor
    Recurrence
    Lower Leg· typically ~1 gameCalf injury — pulled up lame early in the final quarter against North Melbourne in Round…
  • •Daniel Turner
    Minor
    Chest/Torso· typically ~3 gamesRib injury — copped two accidental knocks to the right ribs from teammates (Jake Lever in…

Back from injury

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

NTH
MEL

Current injuries

Every ongoing injury carried by each squad today (16 across both). Injuries sustained in this game are in the casualty report above.

NTH carry the cleaner bill of health — MEL enter with 9 ongoing injuries to NTH's 7, 5 of them long-term.

NTH
  • Wrist/Hand — Hand/Wrist Injury (General)

    Long-term
    Injury-proneDue Mar 1, 2027
  • Other/Systemic — General Illness

    Long-term
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Shoulder — Shoulder Instability

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

    Shoulder — Shoulder Dislocation

    Long-term
    FragileDue (14 days ago)
  • Ankle/Foot — Foot Fracture

    Long-term
    Due (14 days ago)
  • Knee — ACL Tear

    Long-term
    Injury-proneDue Jan 11, 2027
  • Head/Neck — Facial Fracture

    Minor
    IronmanDue Mar 1, 2027

Signals

  • 1awaiting diagnosis
  • 4durability-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.