North Melbourne vs Melbourne — AFL 2026 Round 19
Match details
Evenly matched on squad health.
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.
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
- •Changkuoth Jiath MinorRecurrenceLower Leg· typically ~1 gameCalf injury — pulled up lame early in the final quarter against North Melbourne in Round…
- •Daniel Turner MinorChest/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.
- Josh Goaterback from systemic/other
- Bayley Fritschback from wrist/hand
- Max Heathback from shoulder
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.
Wrist/Hand — Hand/Wrist Injury (General)
Long-termAwaiting DiagnosisInjury-proneDue Mar 1, 2027Other/Systemic — General Illness
Long-termDue Mar 1, 2027Shoulder — Shoulder Instability
Long-termFragileDue Mar 1, 2027Shoulder — Shoulder Dislocation
Long-termFragileDue (14 days ago)Ankle/Foot — Foot Fracture
Long-termDue (14 days ago)Knee — ACL Tear
Long-termInjury-proneDue Jan 11, 2027Head/Neck — Facial Fracture
MinorIronmanDue Mar 1, 2027
Signals
- 1awaiting diagnosis
- 4durability-fragile
- Body regions: 2× shoulder
- What they lose: 2 defenders, 2 forwards, 1 midfielder
Shoulder — Shoulder Injury (General)
Long-termAwaiting DiagnosisDue Mar 1, 2027Knee — Posterior Cruciate Ligament (PCL) Tear
Long-termInjury-proneDue Mar 1, 2027Head/Neck — Unstable Cervical Fracture
Long-termIn rehabDue (14 days ago)Knee — ACL Tear
Long-termInjury-proneDue Feb 27, 2027Knee — ACL Tear
Long-termInjury-proneDue Feb 1, 2027- Blake HowesDEF
Wrist/Hand — Hand/Wrist Injury (General)
ModerateAwaiting DiagnosisDue Mar 1, 2027 Knee — Knee Injury (General)
MinorAwaiting DiagnosisInjury-proneDue Mar 1, 2027- Jake LeverDEF
Foot — Toe Ligament Sprain
MinorDue Mar 1, 2027 Head/Neck — Concussion
MinorDue Mar 1, 2027
Signals
- 1recurrence
- 3awaiting diagnosis
- 4durability-fragile
- Body regions:
- Knee4
- Head/Neck2
- What they lose: 4 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.