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Jack Hutchinson#44

Age: 24 years
Career Games: 29
Debut: 2024
Height: 190cm
26Medium Risk

Quick Stats

29
Career Games
Total AFL matches played
6
Season Games
2026 AFL season
3
Career Injuries
Recorded injury incidents
15
Games Missed
2026 season ยท injury-related

Currently injured โ€” out since 18 July 2026 (88d) ยท Hamstring injury โ€” hurt while taking a mark in the forward pocket against Brisbane in Round 19; took his set shot, then went to the bench with his night over. Recurrence of the hamstring strain he returned from on 2026-06-27.

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. R1918 July

    Occurred

    Hamstring injury โ€” hurt while taking a mark in the forward pocket against Brisbane in Round 19; took his set shot, then went to the bench with his night over. Recurrence of the hamstring strain he returned from on 2026-06-27.

  2. R2026 July

    Progress update

    Reassessment

    Hamstring listed at two to three weeks away โ€” targeting the Round 22 game. Hamstring โ€” 2-3 weeks

    Return now expected 9 Aug

    zerohanger.com
  3. 4 Aug

    Reassessment

    Auto-promoted to POSSIBLE for Round 22 (expected return 2026-08-09)

  4. R226 Aug

    Progress update

  5. R227 Aug

    Setback

    NOT named in the Round 22 final team or emergencies โ€” fitness test for R22 not passed.; re-targeting Round 23 (2026-08-16).

  6. R2314 Aug

    Progress update

    Not named in the Round 23 team โ€” the earlier return estimate has passed. Now targeting the Round 24 game.

    Return revised: 16 Aug โ†’ 23 Aug

    zerohanger.com
  7. 18 Aug

    Progress update

    Progress update

    AFL Medical Room R24 lists Jack Hutchinson as a test to play this round. Jack Hutchinson | Hamstring | Test

    AFL.com.au
  8. 24 Aug

    Progress update

    Named as an emergency in the confirmed Round 24 final 23 against Hawthorn โ€” the hamstring has cleared and he was available as cover.

  9. 20 Sept

    Setback

    West Coast played out the season without naming him after the Round 23 fitness window; the POSSIBLE window closed with no selection.

  10. 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: 23 Aug 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.

Injury volume

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

Recent injury

Carrying an ongoing injury from the last 3 months โ€” the most recent setbacks weigh heaviest.

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

57
Injury-proneโ†’
Rank: 486 (38th percentile)

2026 Season (Active)โ†˜๏ธ

Games Played6 / 23
Goals0

On pace for 4.8 games (below career avg)

Status: Active

Component Scores

Games Consistency75/100
Age Factor100/100

Recent Form (Last 3 Seasons)โ†’

Weighted Average11.0 games
Recent TierInjury-prone

Career: 2 seasons, 23 games (11.5 avg)

Career Timeline (Completed Seasons)

Above average
Below average
Games played per completed season
SeasonGames played
20247
202516
Durability calculated from 2 seasons of data (v2.2-availability-weighted)
Last updated: 12 Oct 2026

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
19
Games Missed
2
Soft Tissue
1
Structural
0
Contact (impact)

Injury Categories

Soft Tissue2 (67%)

19 games missed ยท Last: July 2026

Structural1 (33%)

Durability Impact

Soft Tissue Penalty-10 pts
Injury Frequency Score70/100

2 soft tissue injuries ร— 5 points = -10 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.

Travel Burden

8.15k km
Total km
Interstate flights this season
3
Trips
Out of 6 games played
1,358.8
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 โ€” played, missed to injury, and what's ahead.

2026: played 5 ยท missed 15 to injury

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R8
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R10
R15
R16
R17
R18
R19
playedmissed (injury)injured in gameat riskprojected returnV/S/W affiliate returnbye / did not playupcoming

Injury History

3 injuries recorded
Injury history
DateInjurySeverityStatus
18 July 2026R191ร— ยท 2.72k km
MTMJ
Minor (15)
Injured
23 May 2026R111ร— ยท 2.72k km
MTMJ
Moderate (4)
Returned
1 Nov 2025
ABFR
Minimal (0)
Returned