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Gold Coast Suns vs St Kilda — AFL 2026 Round 9

Round 9

Match details

Home & Away
Round 9
Full time
Gold Coast Suns
89–60
St Kilda
6th
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.
Round health
3rd
of 18 · index 85Round 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 3rd of 18 · index 61−3vs season
Season 13th of 18 · index 34+10vs season

Head-to-head

7Ongoing injuries5
1Long-term (LTI)3
6 dDays' rest7 d
3Games in 21 days3
3,189 kmLast month air km1,307 km
Squad stabilityGCS 13thSTK 7th 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 (GCS 1, STK 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 9 May · 7:10pm·TIO Stadium, Darwin
State
NT
Surface
Natural grass
Roof
Open roof
Capacity
12,500

Injuries from this game

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

GCS

No injuries reported

STK
  • •Callum Wilkie
    Minor
    Chest/Torso· typically ~2 gamesBack injury — sustained in STK vs GCS Round 9 (2026-05-09). Listed Back Test on AFL R10…

Back from injury

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

GCS
STK

Current injuries

Every ongoing injury carried by each squad today (12 across both). Injuries sustained in this game are in the casualty report above.

STK carry the cleaner bill of health — GCS enter with 7 ongoing injuries to STK's 5, carrying a recurrence.

GCS
  • Elliott HimmelbergFWD
    LTI

    Knee — Knee Injury (General)

    Long-term
    Injury-proneDue Sep 30
  • Lachlan GulbinFWD

    Wrist/Hand — Hand/Wrist Injury (General)

    Moderate
    Due Aug 1
  • Daniel RioliDEF

    Head/Neck — Jaw Fracture

    Moderate
    Possible return
    Due tomorrow
  • Alex DaviesMID

    Foot — Foot Injury (General)

    Moderate
    Injury-proneDue this week
  • Will GrahamFWD

    Shoulder — Shoulder Injury (General)

    Minor
    Injury-proneDue Jul 25
  • Lachie WellerMID
    Recurrence

    Hamstring — Hamstring Strain

    Minor
    Due Jul 25
  • Jy FarrarFWD

    Ankle/Foot — Ankle Injury (General)

    Minor
    Injury-proneDue Aug 2

Signals

  • 1recurrence
  • 3awaiting diagnosis
  • 4durability-fragile
  • What they lose: 4 of 7 outs are forwards

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.