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West Coast Eagles vs Essendon — AFL 2026 Round 12

Round 12

Match details

Home & Away
Round 12
Full time
West Coast Eagles
85–55
Essendon
17th
of 18 · index 39Round 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
15th
of 18 · index 59Round 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.
ESS entered healthier — 15th v 17th this round
Season 14th of 18 · index 23−3vs season
Season 17th of 18 · index 5

Head-to-head

16Ongoing injuries10
9Long-term (LTI)7
8 dDays' rest9 d
3Games in 21 days2
5,438 kmLast month air km707 km
Squad stabilityWCE 13thESS 6th 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 (WCE 3, ESS 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.
Sun 31 May · 7:20pm·Optus Stadium, Perth
State
WA
Surface
Natural grass
Roof
Open roof
Capacity
60,000

Injuries from this game

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

WCE

No injuries reported

ESS
  • Archie May
    Long-term
    Shoulder· typically ~6 gamesShoulder injury requiring surgery — ruled out for the rest of the 2026 season. (Originally…

Back from injury

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

WCE

None returned

ESS

Current injuries

Every ongoing injury carried by each squad today (26 across both). Injuries sustained in this game are in the casualty report above.

ESS carry the cleaner bill of health — WCE enter with 16 ongoing injuries to ESS's 10, 9 of them long-term.

WCE
  • Tylah Williams
    LTI

    Lower Leg — Tibia/Fibula Fracture

    Long-term
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Tyler BrockmanFWD
    LTI

    Hamstring — Hamstring Strain

    Long-term
    Overdue (19 days)
  • Reuben GinbeyDEF
    LTI

    Quadriceps — Quadriceps Strain Grade II

    Long-term
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Harry EdwardsDEF
    LTI
    Recurrence

    Head/Neck — Concussion

    Long-term
    Injury-proneDue Mar 1, 2027
  • Archer ReidFWD
    LTI

    Knee — Knee Injury (General)

    Long-term
    Injury-proneOverdue (19 days)
  • Deven RobertsonFWD
    LTI

    Knee — Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Tear

    Long-term
    Injury-proneDue Mar 1, 2027
  • Jacob NewtonFWD
    LTI

    Foot — Navicular Stress Fracture

    Long-term
    Overdue (15 days)
  • Sam Allen
    LTI

    Knee — ACL Tear

    Long-term
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Noah LongFWD
    LTI

    Knee — Knee Injury (General)

    Long-term
    Injury-proneDue Jan 1, 2027
  • Liam DugganDEF

    Lower Leg — Calf Strain

    Minor
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Jake Miles-Wrency

    Ankle/Foot — Ankle Sprain

    Minor
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Elijah HewettMID

    Lower Leg — Calf Cork/Contusion

    Minor
    FragileDue Mar 1, 2027
  • Oliver FrancouMidfielder

    Knee — Knee Injury (General)

    Minor
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Jack HutchinsonMID
    Recurrence

    Hamstring — Hamstring Strain

    Minor
    Injury-proneDue Mar 1, 2027
  • Harley ReidMID

    Shoulder — Shoulder Injury (General)

    Minimal
    IronmanDue Mar 1, 2027
  • Brandon StarcevichDEF

    Head/Neck — Head Laceration

    Minimal
    Due Mar 1, 2027

Signals

  • 2recurrences
  • 4awaiting diagnosis
  • 6durability-fragile
  • Body regions:
    • Knee5
    • Lower Leg3
    • Hamstring2
    • Head/Neck2
  • What they lose: 5 forwards, 4 defenders, 4 midfielders

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.