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Western Bulldogs vs North Melbourne — AFL 2026 Round 22

Round 22

Match details

Home & Away
Round 22
Full time
Western Bulldogs
77–100
North Melbourne
18th
of 18 worst · 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
3rd
of 18 · index 65Round 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.
NTH entered healthier — 3rd v 18th this round
Season 10th of 18 · index 56−8vs season
Season 4th of 18 · index 69

Head-to-head

7Ongoing injuries7
2Long-term (LTI)6
6 dDays' rest5 d

NTH on a short 5-day turnaround — at/under the 5-day congestion mark.

3Games in 21 days3
4,061 kmLast month air km443 km
Squad stabilityWBD 4thNTH 13th 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 (WBD 3, NTH 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.
Thu 6 Aug · 7:30pm·Marvel Stadium, Melbourne
State
VIC
Surface
Hybrid surface
Roof
Retractable roof
Capacity
56,347

Injuries from this game

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

WBD
  • •Tim English
    Minor
    Knee· typically ~3 gamesLeft the field limping in the final quarter against North Melbourne after landing…
NTH
  • •Aidan Corr
    Minor
    Chest/Torso· typically ~2 gamesSuffered a back spasm in the second quarter against the Western Bulldogs and took no…

Back from injury

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

WBD
NTH

Current injuries

Every ongoing injury carried by each squad today (14 across both). Injuries sustained in this game are in the casualty report above.

Evenly matched on availability (7 ongoing apiece) — WBD 2 of them long-term, NTH 6 of them long-term.

WBD
  • Sam DarcyFWD
    LTI

    Knee — ACL Tear

    Long-term
    Injury-proneDue Mar 15, 2027
  • Riley GarciaMID
    LTI

    Hamstring — Hamstring Strain

    Severe
    Injury-proneOverdue (15 days)
  • Lachlan SmithRUC

    Hamstring — Hamstring Strain

    Moderate
    Injury-proneDue Mar 1, 2027
  • Michael SellwoodDEF

    Head/Neck — Concussion

    Minor
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Oskar BakerMID

    Hamstring — Hamstring Strain

    Minor
    Injury-proneOverdue (19 days)
  • Matthew KennedyMID

    Head/Neck — Concussion

    Minor
    Due Mar 1, 2027
  • Nick CoffieldDEF
    Recurrence

    Head/Neck — Concussion

    Minor
    Injury-proneDue Mar 1, 2027

Signals

  • 1recurrence
  • 5durability-fragile
  • Body regions:
    • Hamstring3
    • Head/Neck3
  • What they lose: 3 midfielders, 2 defenders, 1 forward, 1 ruckman

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.