Hawthorn vs Collingwood — AFL 2026 Round 23
Match details
Head-to-head
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 (HAW 2, COL 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.
- State
- VIC
- Surface
- Natural grass
- Roof
- Open roof
- Capacity
- 100,024
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.
- Bailey Macdonaldback from systemic/other
- Jordan De Goeyback from groin/hip
- Scott Pendleburyback from lower leg
Current injuries
Every ongoing injury carried by each squad today (11 across both). Injuries sustained in this game are in the casualty report above.
HAW carry the cleaner bill of health — COL enter with 8 ongoing injuries to HAW's 3, 5 of them long-term.
Head/Neck — Neck Muscle Strain
Long-termFragileDue Mar 1, 2027- Sam ButlerMID
Hamstring — Hamstring Strain
MinorInjury-proneDue Mar 1, 2027 Hamstring — Hamstring Strain
MinorPossible returnDue Mar 1, 2027
Signals
- 2durability-fragile
- Body regions: 2× hamstring
- What they lose: 3 of 3 outs are midfielders
Hamstring — Hamstring Strain
Long-termDue (14 days ago)Knee — Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Tear
Long-termDue Apr 23, 2027Hamstring — Hamstring Strain
Long-termDue Mar 1, 2027Knee — ACL Tear
Long-termInjury-proneDue Mar 1, 2027Knee — ACL Tear
Long-termInjury-proneDue (14 days ago)Knee — Knee Injury (General)
ModerateAwaiting DiagnosisIronmanDue Mar 1, 2027Knee — Knee Bursitis
MinorDue Mar 1, 2027Hamstring — Hamstring Strain
MinorAwaiting DiagnosisDue Mar 1, 2027
Signals
- 4recurrences
- 2awaiting diagnosis
- 2durability-fragile
- Body regions:
- Knee5
- Hamstring3
- 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.