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Mark O'Connor#42

GEE - Geelong
DEF
Age: 29 years
Career Games: 161
Debut: 2017
Height: 189cm
Weight: 82kg
25Medium Risk

Quick Stats

161
Career Games
Total AFL matches played
14
Season Games
2026 AFL season
1
Career Injuries
Recorded injury incidents
1
Games Missed
2026 season · injury-related

Currently injured — out since 11 July 2026 (5d) · Quadriceps Strain — Geelong health hub names quad tightness/quadriceps strain — sharpened from undisclosed placeholder.

Current Status

Possible

Quadriceps Strain

Est. return: Round 19 (16 July)

Road to Recovery

Clinical progress for this injury — fitness tests, setbacks, and reassessments as they were recorded.

Quadriceps StrainView full detail
  1. R1811 July

    Occurred

    Quadriceps Strain — Geelong health hub names quad tightness/quadriceps strain — sharpened from undisclosed placeholder.

  2. R1811 July

    Late withdrawal

    Withdrew from Round 18 matchday squad — withdrawn from the named Geelong side shortly before the bounce against GWS, replaced by Mitch Knevitt.

    zerohanger.com
  3. 14 July

    Reassessment

    Progress update

    Geelong health hub names quad tightness/quadriceps strain — sharpened from undisclosed placeholder. Mark O_Connor — quad tightness

    Geelong Cats
  4. 15 July

    Progress update

    Progress update

    Named in the Round 19 team (half-back) v St Kilda after being a late withdrawal v GWS in R18 — confirmed IN on the Cats team list. Quad strain has cleared to selection; ACTIVE→POSSIBLE, targeting the R19 game (2026-07-16). Closes RECOVERED on appearance. Half-backs: Zach Guthrie, Mark O'Connor, Lawson Humphries

    zerohanger.com

Risk Profile

3 factors identified
Recent injury

Carrying an ongoing injury from the last 2 weeks — the most recent setbacks weigh heaviest.

Injury severity load

Severity-weighted total across 1 recorded injury — more severe injuries weigh more; those older than 24 months count half.

Age

Age 29 — injury risk rises ~1 point per year past 28 (capped at +10).

Note:Risk factors are derived from a heuristic (injury history, age, workload, recurrence) — a placeholder while the ML model is pending. Bars show each driver's relative contribution, not an exact running total.

Career Durability

86
Ironman↗
Rank: 95 (88th percentile)

2026 Season (Active)→

Games Played14 / 23
Goals0

On pace for 17.9 games (on track)

Status: Active

Component Scores

Games Consistency68/100
Age Factor90/100

Recent Form (Last 3 Seasons)↗

Weighted Average20.8 games
Recent TierIronman

Up 3.1 games/season from career average

Career: 9 seasons, 147 games (16.3 avg)

Career Timeline (Completed Seasons)

Above average
Below average
Games played per completed season
SeasonGames played
20172
20185
201923
202021
202114
202222
202322
202413
202525
Durability calculated from 9 seasons of data (v2.2-availability-weighted)
Last updated: 13 July 2026

Injury Profile

1
Total Injuries
1
Games Missed
1
Soft Tissue
0
Structural
0
Contact (impact)

Injury Categories

Soft Tissue1 (100%)

1 games missed · Last: July 2026

Durability Impact

Soft Tissue PenaltyNone
Injury Frequency Score98/100
⚠️1 injury in the past 12 months
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Travel Burden

7.39k km
Total km
Interstate flights this season
6
Trips
Out of 14 games played
528
km / game
Average per appearance

Interstate flights only. Same-state and home-venue games count as 0 travel. Excludes games the player did not feature in.

Season Availability

Every round of the season — played, missed to injury, and what's ahead.

2026: played 14 · missed 1 to injury

R0
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R2
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R4
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R16
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playedmissed (injury)injured in gameat riskprojected returnV/S/W affiliate returnbye / did not playupcoming

Injury History

1 injury recorded
Injury history
DateInjurySeverityStatus
11 July 2026R18
Quadriceps Strain5 updates
MQMJ
Minor (1)
Possible return