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Ewan Mackinlay#49

Age: 22 years
Career Games: 15
Debut: 2025
Height: 182cm
26Medium Risk

Quick Stats

15
Career Games
Total AFL matches played
14
Season Games
2026 AFL season
1
Career Injuries
Recorded injury incidents
3
Games Missed
2026 season ยท injury-related

Currently injured โ€” out since 20 June 2026 (26d) ยท Knee injury โ€” out for the season. AFL R16 Medical Room (June 23, 2026).

Current Status

Injured
Season-ending

MCL Sprain

Est. return: 1 Oct 2026

Road to Recovery

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

  1. R1520 June

    Occurred

    Knee injury โ€” out for the season. AFL R16 Medical Room (June 23, 2026).

  2. R174 July

    Reassessment

    Port Adelaide's injury report named a high-grade medial ligament strain with a lateral tibial plateau fracture - sharpened from the generic knee code to KTLC (MCL Sprain); season-ending, surgery planned.

    Port Adelaide FC

Risk Profile

2 factors identified
Injury severity load

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

Recent injury

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

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
20251

Injury Profile

1
Total Injuries
3
Games Missed
0
Soft Tissue
1
Structural
0
Contact (impact)

Injury Categories

Structural1 (100%)

3 games missed ยท Last: June 2026

Durability Impact

Soft Tissue PenaltyNone
Injury Frequency Score80/100
โš ๏ธ1 injury in the past 12 months
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Travel Burden

7.37k km
Total km
Interstate flights this season
6
Trips
Out of 14 games played
526.4
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 โ€” played, missed to injury, and what's ahead.

2026: played 14 ยท missed 3 to injury ยท 6 rounds at risk

R0
R12
R13
R14
R15
R16
R17
R18
playedmissed (injury)injured in gameat riskprojected returnV/S/W affiliate returnbye / did not playupcoming

Injury History

1 injury recorded
Injury history
DateInjurySeverityStatus
20 June 2026R152ร— ยท 2.78k km
Long-term (3)
Injured