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Collingwood vs Brisbane Lions — AFL 2026 Round 24

Round 24

Match details

Home & Away
Round 24
Full time
Collingwood
96–159
Brisbane Lions
12th
of 18 · index 0Round 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
2nd
of 18 · index 53Round 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.
BRL entered healthier — 2nd v 12th this round
Season 9th of 18 · index 52−3vs season
Season 10th of 18 · index 48+8vs season

Head-to-head

8Ongoing injuries4
5Long-term (LTI)4
6 dDays' rest6 d
2Games in 21 days3
2,721 kmLast month air km1,375 km
Squad stabilityCOL 15thBRL 10th 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 (COL 3, BRL 0).

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.
Fri 21 Aug · 7:40pm·Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
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.

COL
  • •Scott Pendlebury
    Minor
    Knee· typically ~1 gameKnee bursa flare-up — ruled out during the second term against Brisbane and took no…
BRL

No injuries reported

Back from injury

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

COL
BRL

None returned

Current injuries

Every ongoing injury carried by each squad today (12 across both). Injuries sustained in this game are in the casualty report above.

BRL carry the cleaner bill of health — COL enter with 8 ongoing injuries to BRL's 4, 5 of them long-term.

COL
  • Tew JiathDEF
    LTI
    Recurrence

    Hamstring — Hamstring Strain

    Long-term
    Due (14 days ago)
  • Knee — Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Tear

    Long-term
    Due Apr 23, 2027
  • Darcy MooreDEF
    LTI
    Recurrence

    Hamstring — Hamstring Strain

    Long-term
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Knee — ACL Tear

    Long-term
    Injury-proneDue Mar 1, 2027
  • Reef McInnesDEF
    LTI
    Recurrence

    Knee — ACL Tear

    Long-term
    Injury-proneDue (14 days ago)
  • Knee — Knee Injury (General)

    Moderate
    IronmanDue Mar 1, 2027
  • Knee — Knee Bursitis

    Minor
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Harry PerrymanDEF
    Recurrence

    Hamstring — Hamstring Strain

    Minor
    Due 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.