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Carlton vs Gold Coast Suns — AFL 2026 Round 20

Round 20

Match details

Home & Away
Round 20
Carlton
vs
Gold Coast Suns
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—Round 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
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—Round 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 not yet available.

Season —
Season —

Head-to-head

8Ongoing injuries7
4Long-term (LTI)1
7 dDays' rest6 d
2Games in 21 days2
0 kmLast month air km5,214 km
Squad stabilityCAR 1stGCS 14th 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 (CAR 1, GCS 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 25 July · 1:05pm·Marvel Stadium, Melbourne
State
VIC
Surface
Hybrid surface
Roof
Retractable roof
Capacity
56,347

Possible returns

Currently-injured players who could feature — fitness tests, squad signals and projected returns.

CAR
  • Lewis YoungDEF
    Projected return
    Head/Neck — ConcussionDue this week
GCS
  • Daniel RioliDEF
    Projected return
    Head/Neck — Jaw FractureDue this week

Returnees to watch

Recently back from injury and still in the elevated-reinjury window — risk concentrates in the first games back, especially for soft-tissue.

CAR
  • Harry Deanback from wrist/hand · 1 game back
  • Ben Camporealeback from hamstring · 2 games backSoft-tissue return — recurrence risk is highest in the first games back.
GCS
  • Jake Rogersback from hamstring · 1 game back
    Recurrence
    Soft-tissue return — recurrence risk is highest in the first games back.
  • Will Grahamback from hamstring · 1 game backSoft-tissue return — recurrence risk is highest in the first games back.
  • Koby Coulsonback from quadriceps · 2 games backSoft-tissue return — recurrence risk is highest in the first games back.
  • Avery Thomasback from knee · 2 games back

Current injuries

The confirmed outs for both squads (13 across both), ranked by impact. Players in doubt are listed under Possible returns above.

GCS hold a slight availability edge (8 ongoing injuries to 7); CAR 4 of them long-term.

CAR7 out
  • Matt CarrollDEF
    LTI

    Knee — Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Tear

    Long-term
    FragileDue Oct 1
  • Rob MonahanDEF
    LTI

    Shoulder — Shoulder Dislocation

    Long-term
    In rehab
    Due Oct 1
  • Jesse MotlopFWD
    LTI

    Knee — ACL Tear

    Long-term
    Due Jan 10, 2027
  • Harry O'FarrellDEF
    LTI

    Knee — ACL Tear

    Severe
    Due Feb 1, 2027
  • George HewettMID

    Chest/Torso — Back Injury (General)

    Minor
    Due Jul 25
  • Marc PittonetRUC

    Hamstring — Hamstring Strain

    Minor
    Injury-proneDue Jul 25
  • Jacob WeiteringDEF

    Lower Leg — Calf Strain

    Minor
    Due Aug 13

Signals

  • 1awaiting diagnosis
  • 3durability-fragile
  • Body regions: 3× knee
  • What they lose: 5 of 8 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.