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Max Gruzewski#35

GWS - GWS
FWD
Age: 21 years
Career Games: 20
Debut: 2024
Height: 193cm
Weight: 85kg
26Medium Risk

Quick Stats

20
Career Games
Total AFL matches played
9
Season Games
2026 AFL season
2
Career Injuries
Recorded injury incidents
4
Games Missed
2026 season · injury-related

Currently injured — out since 26 June 2026 (20d) · Patella dislocation — leg buckled in a contest, helped from field in agony, in Round 16 v Hawthorn (in-game). Returned this game from a hand injury.

Current Status

Injured
Long-term absence

Patella Dislocation

Est. return: Round 20 (25 July)

Road to Recovery

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

Patella DislocationView full detail
  1. R1626 June

    Occurred

    Patella dislocation — leg buckled in a contest, helped from field in agony, in Round 16 v Hawthorn (in-game). Returned this game from a hand injury.

  2. 30 June

    Reassessment

    Patella dislocation (helped off in agony, R16) — structurally serious, ≥6-8wk non-surgical / season if surgery; scans pending. Designated forecast LTI + SEVERE. ERD deferred until scan results.

    AFL.com.au
  3. R174 July

    Progress update

    Reassessment

    anchored to the Round 20 fixture weekend. Max Gruzewski (GWS): Knee — estimated return 4 weeks

    Return now expected 25 July

    AFL.com.au

Risk Profile

2 factors identified
Injury severity load

Severity-weighted total across 2 recorded injuries — more severe injuries weigh more; those older than 24 months count half.

Recent injury

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

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

65
Injury-prone→
Rank: 414 (49th percentile)

2026 Season (Active)↗️

Games Played9 / 23
Goals2

On pace for 11.5 games (above career avg)

Status: Active

Component Scores

Games Consistency90/100
Age Factor90/100

Recent Form (Last 3 Seasons)→

Weighted Average6.7 games
Recent TierInjury-prone

Career: 3 seasons, 11 games (3.7 avg)

Career Timeline (Completed Seasons)

Above average
Below average
Games played per completed season
SeasonGames played
20230
20244
20257
Durability calculated from 3 seasons of data (v2.2-availability-weighted)
Last updated: 13 July 2026

Injury Profile

2
Total Injuries
6
Games Missed
0
Soft Tissue
2
Structural
0
Contact (impact)

Injury Categories

Structural2 (100%)

6 games missed · Last: June 2026

Durability Impact

Soft Tissue PenaltyNone
Injury Frequency Score87/100
⚠️2 injuries in the past 12 months
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Travel Burden

7.41k km
Total km
Interstate flights this season
5
Trips
Out of 9 games played
823
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 8 · missed 4 to injury · 1 round at risk

R4
R13
R14
R15
R16
R17
R18
R19
R20
playedmissed (injury)injured in gameat riskprojected returnV/S/W affiliate returnbye / did not playupcoming

Injury History

2 injuries recorded
Injury history
DateInjurySeverityStatus
26 June 2026R161× · 704.2 km
Patella Dislocation3 updates
KTPD
Severe (4)
Injured
14 June 2026R141× · 2.01k km
Hand/Wrist Injury (General)2 updates
WBXX
Minor (2)
Returned