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Western Bulldogs vs Carlton — AFL 2026 Round 23

Round 23

Match details

Home & Away
Round 23
Full time
Western Bulldogs
82–82
Carlton
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
11th
of 18 · index 19Round 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.

Evenly matched on squad health.

Season 9th of 18 · index 54−9vs season
Season 8th of 18 · index 56−3vs season

Head-to-head

7Ongoing injuries9
2Long-term (LTI)5
10 dDays' rest7 d
2Games in 21 days2
4,061 kmLast month air km0 km
Squad stabilityWBD 4thCAR 1st 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, CAR 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.
Sun 16 Aug · 3:15pm·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

No injuries reported

CAR
  • •Will Hayward
    Minor
    Ankle/Foot· typically ~4 gamesRight foot injury landing from a high mark over Ryley Sanders in the third quarter against…

Current injuries

Every ongoing injury carried by each squad today (16 across both). Injuries sustained in this game are in the casualty report above.

WBD carry the cleaner bill of health — CAR enter with 9 ongoing injuries to WBD's 7, 5 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.