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Jacob Newton#46

Age: 20 years
Career Games: 1
Debut: 2025
Height: 179cm
18Low Risk

Quick Stats

1
Career Games
Total AFL matches played
1
Season Games
2026 AFL season
1
Career Injuries
Recorded injury incidents
22
Games Missed
2026 season ยท injury-related

Currently injured โ€” out since 21 Mar 2026 (207d) ยท Fractured navicular โ€” sidelined per AFL official R4 injury list (March 31, 2026). WCE R6 article confirmed season-ending: "underwent foot surgery; non-weight bearing for next couple of weeks. Out for remainder of 2026 season."

Current Status

Injured
Season over

Navicular Stress Fracture

Carrying into 2027 โ€” no timeline yet

Road to Recovery

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

Navicular Stress FractureView full detail
  1. R221 Mar

    Occurred

    Fractured navicular โ€” sidelined per AFL official R4 injury list (March 31, 2026). WCE R6 article confirmed season-ending: "underwent foot surgery; non-weight bearing for next couple of weeks. Out for remainder of 2026 season."

  2. R81 May

    Returned to play

    player_games.played=true for WCE game on 2026-03-22

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  3. 4 May

    Progress update

    Misclassification: auto-close picked up R2 game (2026-03-22) before navicular fracture was formally diagnosed. AFL R4 injury list (March 31) confirmed sidelined โ€” significant absence expected.

  4. 5 May

    Reassessment

    Underwent foot surgery; non-weight bearing for next couple of weeks. Out for remainder of 2026 season.

    Return revised: 13 June โ†’ 1 Oct

    West Coast Eagles
  5. R1014 May

    Reassessment

    Jacob Newton Foot - Season

    West Coast Eagles
  6. R227 Aug

    Progress update

    Removed a phantom return-to-play event. The record is a season-ending navicular fracture that has never closed, and the player has not appeared since 21 March โ€” his only 2026 game is Round 1 on 15 March, so the event's stated evidence (a 22 March appearance) is false against the lineup record. It was residue from an auto-close that fired before the fracture was diagnosed, already documented in the progress update three days later.

  7. R227 Aug

    Reassessment

    Reconciled against the lineup record: nineteen completed West Coast games since 21 March that he took no part in. The record-time estimate of zero was never revisited because this figure is only reconciled when an injury closes, and a season-ending injury does not close.

Risk Profile

1 factor identified
Injury severity load

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

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 Profile

1
Total Injuries
22
Games Missed
0
Soft Tissue
1
Structural
0
Contact (impact)

Injury Categories

Structural1 (100%)

22 games missed ยท Last: Mar 2026

Durability Impact

Soft Tissue PenaltyNone
Injury Frequency Score80/100
โš ๏ธ1 injury in the past 12 months
OSIICS ยฉ John Orchard โ€” Free to use with acknowledgment.

Travel Burden

3.62k km
Total km
Interstate flights this season
1
Trips
Out of 1 games played
3,618.5
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 1 ยท missed 22 to injury

R0
R1
R15
playedmissed (injury)injured in gameat riskprojected returnV/S/W affiliate returnbye / did not playupcoming

Injury History

1 injury recorded
Injury history
DateInjurySeverityStatus
21 Mar 2026R21ร— ยท 3.62k km
Long-term (22)
Injured