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Lachie Weller#14

GCS - Gold Coast
MID
Age: 30 years
Career Games: 172
Debut: 2015
Height: 182cm
33Medium Risk

Quick Stats

172
Career Games
Total AFL matches played
11
Season Games
2026 AFL season
5
Career Injuries
Recorded injury incidents
12
Games Missed
2026 season · injury-related

Currently injured — out since 6 June 2026 (130d) · Hamstring injury — sustained during the Round 13 QClash vs Brisbane (People First Stadium, 2026-06-06); did not finish. Club indicated he will be "unavailable for some time". Follows a Round 10 hamstring. Source: afl.com.au + goldcoastfc.com.au match reports.

Current Status

Injured
Season over

Hamstring Strain

Targeting Round 1, 2027

Road to Recovery

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

Hamstring StrainView full detail
  1. R136 June

    Occurred

    Hamstring injury — sustained during the Round 13 QClash vs Brisbane (People First Stadium, 2026-06-06); did not finish. Club indicated he will be "unavailable for some time". Follows a Round 10 hamstring. Source: afl.com.au + goldcoastfc.com.au match reports.

  2. R1411 June

    Progress update

    enum normalisation — mechanism canonicalised to schema enum (NON_CONTACT/CONTACT/OVERUSE/ACUTE_ON_CHRONIC); context-only values cleared, original preserved here and in the injury description

  3. R1625 June

    Reassessment

    Auto-promoted to POSSIBLE for Round 16 (expected return 2026-06-27)

  4. R1627 June

    Setback

    NOT named in the Round 16 team selections — fitness test for R16 not passed. Reverted POSSIBLE → ACTIVE;.

  5. R174 July

    Progress update

    Reassessment

    Gold Coast's Qscan update adjusted his hamstring timeline to short-term - targeting Round 18. Weller re-injured his hamstring in RD13 at home; timeframe adjusted to short-term

    Return revised: 28 June → 11 July

    Gold Coast FC
  6. 13 July

    Progress update

    Gold Coast official injury list — hamstring short-term; prior ERD (2026-07-11) had lapsed. Anchored to R20.

    Return revised: 11 July → 25 July

    Gold Coast FC
  7. 28 July

    Progress update

    Hamstring listed at one to three weeks away on the Zero Hanger Round 21 index and the AFL official injury list; prior date had passed.

    Return revised: 25 July → 10 Aug

    zerohanger.com
  8. 11 Aug

    Progress update

    Reassessment

    Hamstring timeline extended to one-to-three weeks after the previous date lapsed. Hamstring — 1-3 weeks

    Return revised: 10 Aug → 25 Aug

    AFL.com.au
  9. 18 Aug

    Progress update

    Reassessment

    AFL Medical Room R24 rules Lachie Weller out for the rest of the season. Lachie Weller | Hamstring | Season

    Return revised: 25 Aug → 1 Mar

    AFL.com.au

Risk Profile

4 factors identified
Injury severity load

Severity-weighted total across 4 recorded injuries — more severe injuries weigh more; those older than 24 months count half.

Recurrence

2 flagged recurrences within 24 months — same body region, repeat injury.

Injury volume

4 injuries in the scoring window — frequent injuries compound risk.

Age

Age 30 — 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

55
Fragile↘
Rank: 494 (37th percentile)

2026 Season (Active)↘️

Games Played11 / 23
Goals0

On pace for 8.7 games (below career avg)

Status: Active

Component Scores

Games Consistency72/100
Age Factor75/100

Recent Form (Last 3 Seasons)↘

Weighted Average13.1 games
Recent TierFragile

Down 2.3 games/season from career average

Career: 11 seasons, 161 games (14.6 avg)

Career Timeline (Completed Seasons)

Above average
Below average
Games played per completed season
SeasonGames played
20153
201622
201722
201822
201917
202017
202113
202211
20239
20246
202519
Durability calculated from 11 seasons of data (v2.2-availability-weighted)
Last updated: 12 Oct 2026

Injury Patterns

Body regions injured more than once — the multi-season recurrence view.

Grouped by OSIICS body region. OSIICS © John Orchard — Free to use with acknowledgment.

Injury Profile

5
Total Injuries
42
Games Missed
3
Soft Tissue
2
Structural
0
Contact (impact)

Injury Categories

Soft Tissue3 (60%)

17 games missed · Last: June 2026

Structural2 (40%)

25 games missed · Last: May 2023

Durability Impact

Soft Tissue Penalty-15 pts
Injury Frequency Score91/100

3 soft tissue injuries × 5 points = -15 penalty

⚠️2 injuries in the past 12 months
🔄Recurring injury history detected
OSIICS © John Orchard — Free to use with acknowledgment.

Travel Burden

8.78k km
Total km
Interstate flights this season
6
Trips
Out of 11 games played
798.2
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 10 · missed 12 to injury

R0
R1
R2
R3
R10
R11
R12
R13
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Injury History

5 injuries recorded
Injury history
DateInjurySeverityStatus
6 June 2026R13
Hamstring Strain11 updates
MTMJ
Minor (12)
Injured
15 May 2026R102× · 2.91k km
Hamstring Strain6 updates
MTMJ
Minor (1)
Returned
20 May 2023
ACL Tear
KTCL
Long-term (14)
Returned
4 June 2022
ACL Tear
KTCL
Long-term (11)
Returned
18 May 2019
Hamstring Strain
MTMJ
Minor (4)
Returned