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Ned Bowman#23

Age: 20 years
Height: 187cm
31Medium Risk

Quick Stats

0
Career Games
Total AFL matches played
0
Season Games
2026 AFL season
3
Career Injuries
Recorded injury incidents
8
Games Missed
2026 season ยท injury-related

Currently injured โ€” out since 29 Aug 2026 (46d) ยท Hamstring injury carried as TBC on the AFL Medical Room finals-week list and the Zero Hanger index. He played the VFL qualifying final on 29 August, so the onset is anchored to that game โ€” the earliest point the record can be positively asserted.

Current Status

Injured
Season over

Hamstring Strain

Targeting Round 1, 2027

Road to Recovery

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

Hamstring StrainView full detail
  1. R2529 Aug

    Occurred

    Hamstring injury carried as TBC on the AFL Medical Room finals-week list and the Zero Hanger index. He played the VFL qualifying final on 29 August, so the onset is anchored to that game โ€” the earliest point the record can be positively asserted.

  2. 7 Sept

    Progress update

    Reassessment

    Sydney have a preliminary-final bye, so their next fixture is the preliminary final rather than semi-final weekend. Ned Bowman (Hamstring): TBC.

    Return revised: 12 Sept โ†’ 19 Sept

    AFL.com.au
  3. 20 Sept

    Reassessment

    Auto-promoted to POSSIBLE for Round 28 (expected return 2026-09-19)

  4. 20 Sept

    Setback

    Team played the preliminary final without the player โ€” absent from the named 23 and the emergencies.

  5. 20 Sept

    Progress update

    The club's 2026 season is over and no fixture remains, so the lapsed return forecast is retired to the 2027 pre-season; the next possible return is pre-season training.

    Return revised: 19 Sept โ†’ 1 Mar

Risk Profile

4 factors identified
Injury severity load

Severity-weighted total across 3 recorded injuries โ€” more severe injuries weigh more; those older than 24 months count half.

Recent injury

Carrying an ongoing injury from the last 2 months โ€” the most recent setbacks weigh heaviest.

Injury volume

3 injuries in the scoring window โ€” frequent injuries compound risk.

Recurrence

1 flagged recurrence within 24 months โ€” same body region, repeat injury.

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

Career Durability

โš ๏ธInsufficient Data

This player has fewer than 3 AFL seasons. Durability classification requires more career history for accuracy.

Career Timeline

Above average
Below average
Games played per completed season
SeasonGames played
20250

Injury Patterns

Body regions injured more than once โ€” the multi-season recurrence view.

Plus 1 body region with a single recorded injury.

Grouped by OSIICS body region. OSIICS ยฉ John Orchard โ€” Free to use with acknowledgment.

Injury Profile

3
Total Injuries
16
Games Missed
3
Soft Tissue
0
Structural
0
Contact (impact)

Injury Categories

Soft Tissue3 (100%)

16 games missed ยท Last: Aug 2026

Durability Impact

Soft Tissue Penalty-15 pts
Injury Frequency Score100/100

3 soft tissue injuries ร— 5 points = -15 penalty

โš ๏ธ3 injuries in the past 12 months
๐Ÿ”„Recurring injury history detected
OSIICS ยฉ John Orchard โ€” Free to use with acknowledgment.

Season Availability

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

2026: played 0 ยท missed 10 to injury

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Injury History

3 injuries recorded
Injury history
DateInjurySeverityStatus
29 Aug 2026R25
MTMJ
Minor (8)
Injured
7 May 2026R9
Calf Strain9 updates
LTMJ
Moderate (5)
Returned
25 Feb 2026
Moderate (3)
Returned