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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 23Round 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
14th
of 18 · index 46Round 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 — 14th v 17th this round
Season 15th of 18 · index 21
Season 17th of 18 · index 7+3vs season

Head-to-head

13Ongoing injuries9
7Long-term (LTI)4
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 3).

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 (22 across both). Injuries sustained in this game are in the casualty report above.

ESS carry the cleaner bill of health — WCE enter with 13 ongoing injuries to ESS's 9, 7 of them long-term.

WCE
  • Tyler BrockmanFWD
    LTI

    Hamstring — Hamstring Strain

    Long-term
    Due Sep 27
  • Harry EdwardsDEF
    LTI
    Recurrence

    Head/Neck — Concussion

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

    Knee — Knee Injury (General)

    Long-term
    Injury-proneDue Sep 27
  • 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
    Due Oct 1
  • Sam Allen
    LTI

    Knee — ACL Tear

    Long-term
    Due Aug 20
  • Noah LongFWD
    LTI

    Knee — Knee Injury (General)

    Long-term
    Injury-proneDue Jan 1, 2027
  • Matt Owies

    Head/Neck — Concussion

    Moderate
    FragileDue this week
  • Josh Lindsay

    Quadriceps — Quadriceps Strain

    Minor
    Due Jul 24
  • Harry BarnettRUC

    Groin/Hip — Groin Strain

    Minor
    Injury-proneDue Jul 24
  • Malakai ChampionFWD

    Wrist/Hand — Hand Fracture

    Minor
    Due Jul 24
  • Cooper Duff-Tytler

    Lower Leg — Calf Strain

    Minor
    Due Jul 26
  • Reuben GinbeyDEF

    Quadriceps — Quadriceps Strain Grade II

    Minor
    Due Aug 15

Signals

  • 1recurrence
  • 3awaiting diagnosis
  • 6durability-fragile
  • Body regions:
    • Knee4
    • Head/Neck2
    • Quadriceps2
  • What they lose: 6 of 9 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.