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Adelaide Crows vs Richmond — AFL 2026 Round 22

Round 22

Match details

Home & Away
Round 22
Adelaide Crows
vs
Richmond
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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

7Ongoing injuries12
0Long-term (LTI)4
6 dDays' rest6 d
Last month air km
Squad stabilityADE 3rdRIC 11th 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 (ADE 4, RIC 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.
Sat 8 Aug · 7:35pm·Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
State
SA
Surface
Natural grass
Roof
Open roof
Capacity
53,583

Possible returns

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

ADE
RIC
  • Kaleb Smith
    Projected return
    Head/Neck — ConcussionDue this week
  • Luke TrainorDEF
    Projected return
    Head/Neck — ConcussionDue this week
  • Jack RossMID
    Projected return
    Head/Neck — ConcussionDue this week
  • Jayden ShortDEF
    Projected return
    Thigh (other) — Cork/Thigh ContusionDue 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.

ADE
  • Wayne Mileraback from hamstring · 1 game backSoft-tissue return — recurrence risk is highest in the first games back.
  • Riley Thilthorpeback from other/systemic · 1 game back
RIC
  • Sam Grljback from systemic/other · 1 game back
  • Dion Prestiaback from hamstring · 1 game back
    Recurrence
    Soft-tissue return — recurrence risk is highest in the first games back.
  • Tom Lynchback from head/neck · 2 games back
  • Harry Armstrongback from foot · 2 games back
    Recurrence
  • Kaleb Smithback from head/neck · 2 games back
  • Judson Clarkeback from knee · 2 games back

Current injuries

The confirmed outs for both squads (14 across both), ranked by impact. Players in doubt are listed under Possible returns above.

ADE carry the cleaner bill of health — RIC enter with 12 ongoing injuries to ADE's 7, 4 of them long-term.

ADE6 out
  • Luke PedlarFWD

    Hamstring — Hamstring Strain

    Moderate
    Injury-proneDue tomorrow
  • Mitch HingeDEF
    Recurrence

    Hamstring — Hamstring Strain

    Minor
    Injury-proneDue Aug 1
  • Callum Ah CheeDEF
    Recurrence

    Hamstring — Hamstring Strain

    Minor
    Due tomorrow
  • Jordon ButtsDEF

    Lower Leg — Calf Strain

    Minor
    FragileDue tomorrow
  • Tyler WelshFWD

    Hamstring — Hamstring Strain

    Minor
    Due tomorrow
  • Rory LairdDEF

    Ankle/Foot — High Ankle Sprain

    Minimal
    IronmanDue Aug 15

Signals

  • 2recurrences
  • 3durability-fragile
  • Body regions: 4× hamstring
  • What they lose: 4 of 6 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.