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Liam Duggan#14

Age: 29 years
Career Games: 222
Debut: 2015
Height: 183cm
24Medium Risk

Quick Stats

222
Career Games
Total AFL matches played
22
Season Games
2026 AFL season
6
Career Injuries
Recorded injury incidents
1
Games Missed
2026 season · injury-related

Currently injured — out since 21 Aug 2026 (54d) · Calf strain confirmed by scans on the Friday afternoon before Round 24. Named in the extended squad earlier in the week, then removed from the emergencies for the game against Hawthorn.

Current Status

Injured
Season over

Calf Strain

Targeting Round 1, 2027

Road to Recovery

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

  1. R2421 Aug

    Occurred

    Calf strain confirmed by scans on the Friday afternoon before Round 24. Named in the extended squad earlier in the week, then removed from the emergencies for the game against Hawthorn.

  2. 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 now expected 1 Mar

Risk Profile

4 factors identified
Injury severity load

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

Recent injury

Carrying an ongoing injury from the last 2 months — the most recent setbacks weigh heaviest.

Injury volume

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

Age

Age 29 — 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

74
Reliable↗
Rank: 275 (65th percentile)

2026 Season (Active)→

Games Played22 / 23
Goals0

On pace for 17.4 games (on track)

Status: Active

Component Scores

Games Consistency83/100
Age Factor90/100

Recent Form (Last 3 Seasons)↗

Weighted Average21.4 games
Recent TierReliable

Up 2.3 games/season from career average

Career: 11 seasons, 200 games (18.2 avg)

Career Timeline (Completed Seasons)

Above average
Below average
Games played per completed season
SeasonGames played
201512
201614
201720
201824
201915
202017
202114
202220
202322
202421
202521
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.

Plus 2 body regions with a single recorded injury.

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

Injury Profile

6
Total Injuries
9
Games Missed
3
Soft Tissue
2
Structural
1
Contact (impact)

Injury Categories

Soft Tissue3 (50%)

1 games missed · Last: Aug 2026

Structural2 (33%)

8 games missed · Last: Aug 2021

Contact/Concussion1 (17%)

Durability Impact

Soft Tissue Penalty-15 pts
Injury Frequency Score89/100

3 soft tissue injuries × 5 points = -15 penalty

⚠️3 injuries in the past 12 months
OSIICS © John Orchard — Free to use with acknowledgment.

Travel Burden

27.5k km
Total km
Interstate flights this season
10
Trips
Out of 22 games played
1,248.4
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 20 · missed 1 to injury

R0
R1
R2
R15
R24
playedmissed (injury)injured in gameat riskprojected returnV/S/W affiliate returnbye / did not playupcoming

Injury History

6 injuries recorded
Injury history
DateInjurySeverityStatus
21 Aug 2026R241× · 3.28k km
Minor (1)
Injured
21 Mar 2026R21× · 3.62k km
Ankle Sprain6 updates
ATMJ
Minor (0)
Returned
13 Feb 2026
Minimal (0)
Returned
21 Aug 2021
Moderate (1)
Returned
31 Aug 2019
Minor (0)
Returned
25 July 2015
Moderate (7)
Returned