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Darcy Parish#3

Age: 29 years
Career Games: 179
Debut: 2016
Height: 181cm
42High Risk

Quick Stats

179
Career Games
Total AFL matches played
14
Season Games
2026 AFL season
6
Career Injuries
Recorded injury incidents
6
Games Missed
2026 season ยท injury-related

Currently injured โ€” out since 30 July 2026 (76d) ยท Calf injury โ€” faces a fitness test ahead of Round 22. Onset date unverified; last AFL appearance was Round 18.

Current Status

Injured
Season over

Calf Strain

Targeting Round 1, 2027

Road to Recovery

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

  1. R2130 July

    Occurred

    Calf injury โ€” faces a fitness test ahead of Round 22. Onset date unverified; last AFL appearance was Round 18.

  2. R226 Aug

    Reassessment

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

  3. R226 Aug

    Setback

    NOT named in the Round 22 squad โ€” fitness test for Round 22 not passed. Reverted POSSIBLE to ACTIVE; re-targeting Round 23 (2026-08-16).

    zerohanger.com
  4. R226 Aug

    Progress update

    Not named for Round 22 โ€” next realistic return is the Round 23 fixture.

    Return revised: 8 Aug โ†’ 16 Aug

    zerohanger.com
  5. 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
  6. 18 Aug

    Reassessment

    AFL Medical Room R24 names the lower-leg injury as a calf.

    AFL.com.au
  7. 18 Aug

    Progress update

    Reassessment

    AFL Medical Room R24 rules Darcy Parish out for the rest of the season. Darcy Parish | Calf | Season

    Return revised: 23 Aug โ†’ 1 Mar

    AFL.com.au

Risk Profile

5 factors identified
Injury severity load

Severity-weighted total across 6 recorded injuries โ€” more severe injuries weigh more; those older than 24 months count half.

Injury volume

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

Recurrence

2 flagged recurrences within 24 months โ€” same body region, repeat injury.

Recent injury

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

Multi-season pattern

1 body region injured across both recent and earlier seasons โ€” a long-running vulnerability.

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

39
Injury-proneโ†˜
Rank: 541 (31th percentile)

2026 Season (Active)โ†˜๏ธ

Games Played14 / 23
Goals0

On pace for 11.1 games (below career avg)

Status: Active

Component Scores

Games Consistency72/100
Age Factor90/100

Recent Form (Last 3 Seasons)โ†˜

Weighted Average8.7 games
Recent TierInjury-prone

Down 7.2 games/season from career average

Career: 10 seasons, 165 games (16.5 avg)

Career Timeline (Completed Seasons)

Above average
Below average
Games played per completed season
SeasonGames played
201620
201720
201815
201921
202017
202123
202216
202318
202412
20253
Durability calculated from 10 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 3 body regions with a single recorded injury.

Grouped by OSIICS body region. OSIICS ยฉ John Orchard โ€” Free to use with acknowledgment.

Injury Profile

6
Total Injuries
32
Games Missed
5
Soft Tissue
1
Structural
0
Contact (impact)

Injury Categories

Soft Tissue5 (83%)

30 games missed ยท Last: July 2026

Structural1 (17%)

2 games missed ยท Last: June 2026

Durability Impact

Soft Tissue Penalty-25 pts
Injury Frequency Score88/100

5 soft tissue injuries ร— 5 points = -25 penalty

โš ๏ธ2 injuries in the past 12 months
๐Ÿ”„Recurring injury history detected
OSIICS ยฉ John Orchard โ€” Free to use with acknowledgment.

Travel Burden

7.45k km
Total km
Interstate flights this season
6
Trips
Out of 14 games played
532.1
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 13 ยท missed 6 to injury

R0
R8
R13
R14
R15
R16
R17
R18
R19
R20
playedmissed (injury)injured in gameat riskprojected returnV/S/W affiliate returnbye / did not playupcoming

Injury History

6 injuries recorded
Injury history
DateInjurySeverityStatus
30 July 2026R21
Calf Strain7 updates
LTMJ
Minor (6)
Injured
1 June 20261ร— ยท 2.72k km
Minor (2)
Returned
15 Mar 2025
Moderate (7)
Returned
1 Apr 2024
Severe (10)
Returned
6 May 2023
Moderate (5)
Returned
8 May 2022
Minor (2)
Returned