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Geelong Cats vs Adelaide Crows — AFL 2026 Round 3

Round 3

Match details

Home & Away
Round 3
Full time
Geelong Cats
6860
GEE by 8
Adelaide Crows
12th
of 18 · index 82Round Health Score (0–100), last 3 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
1st
of 18 healthiest · index 100Round Health Score (0–100), last 3 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 4th of 18 · index 78−8vs season
Season 3rd of 18 · index 79

Head-to-head

10Ongoing injuries6
2Long-term (LTI)0
12 dDays' rest6 d
2Games in 21 days2
1,405 kmLast month air km657 km
Squad stabilityGEE 6thADE 5th 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 (GEE 2, ADE 4).

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.
Thu 26 Mar · 7:30pm·GMHBA Stadium, Geelong
State
VIC
Surface
Natural grass
Roof
Open roof
Capacity
36,000

Injuries from this game

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

No injuries reported from this game.

Back from injury

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

GEE

None returned

ADE

Current injuries

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

ADE carry the cleaner bill of health — GEE enter with 10 ongoing injuries to ADE's 6, 2 of them long-term.

GEE
  • KneeACL Tear

    Long-term
    Due Oct 1
  • FootNavicular Stress Fracture

    Long-term
    Injury-proneDue Aug 22
  • Ankle/FootHigh Ankle Sprain

    Moderate
    Due Aug 22
  • ShoulderAC Joint Separation

    Moderate
    Due Aug 22
  • Managed

    Minor
    FragileDue this week
  • Managed

    Minor
    IronmanDue this week
  • HamstringHamstring Strain

    Minor
    IronmanDue this week
  • Managed

    Minor
    Due this week
  • Rhys StanleyRUC
    Recurrence

    HamstringHamstring Strain

    Minor
    FragileDue this week
  • Head/NeckConcussion

    Minor
    Due this week

Signals

  • 1recurrence
  • 2awaiting diagnosis
  • 3durability-fragile
  • Body regions:
    • Systemic/Other3
    • Hamstring2
  • What they lose: 3 forwards, 3 ruckmen, 2 midfielders, 1 defender

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.