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Laitham Vandermeer#23

WBD - Western Bulldogs
FWD
Age: 27 years
Career Games: 88
Debut: 2020
Height: 180cm
Weight: 76kg
18Low Risk

Quick Stats

88
Career Games
Total AFL matches played
1
Season Games
2026 AFL season
3
Career Injuries
Recorded injury incidents
11
Games Missed
2026 season · injury-related

Currently injured — out since 9 July 2026 (7d) · Hamstring — on the Western Bulldogs medical room (Test).

Current Status

Injured

Hamstring Strain

Est. return: Round 20 (25 July)

Road to Recovery

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

Hamstring StrainView full detail
  1. R189 July

    Occurred

    Hamstring — on the Western Bulldogs medical room (Test).

No recovery updates recorded yet.

Risk Profile

4 factors identified
Recent injury

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

Injury severity load

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

Injury volume

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

Recurrence

1 flagged recurrence within 24 months — same body region, repeat injury.

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

80
Reliable↗
Rank: 198 (75th percentile)

2026 Season (Active)↘️

Games Played1 / 23
Goals0

On pace for 1.3 games (below career avg)

Status: Active

Component Scores

Games Consistency72/100
Age Factor100/100

Recent Form (Last 3 Seasons)↗

Weighted Average18.9 games
Recent TierReliable

Up 6.3 games/season from career average

Career: 7 seasons, 87 games (12.4 avg)

Career Timeline (Completed Seasons)

Above average
Below average
Games played per completed season
SeasonGames played
20190
202012
202111
202210
202311
202424
202519
Durability calculated from 7 seasons of data (v2.2-availability-weighted)
Last updated: 13 July 2026

Injury Patterns

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

Plus 1 body region with a single recorded injury.

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

Injury Profile

3
Total Injuries
23
Games Missed
2
Soft Tissue
0
Structural
1
Contact (impact)

Injury Categories

Soft Tissue2 (67%)

18 games missed · Last: July 2026

Contact/Concussion1 (33%)

5 games missed · Last: Mar 2026

Durability Impact

Soft Tissue Penalty-5 pts
Injury Frequency Score94/100

2 soft tissue injuries × 5 points = -5 penalty

⚠️3 injuries in the past 12 months
🔄Recurring injury history detected
OSIICS © John Orchard — Free to use with acknowledgment.

Travel Burden

0
Total km
Interstate flights this season
0
Trips
Out of 1 games played
0
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 1 · missed 12 to injury · 1 round at risk

R0
R1
R2
R3
R4
R5
R6V
R7
R8
R15V
R16
R17
R18
R19
R20
playedmissed (injury)injured in gameat riskprojected returnV/S/W affiliate returnbye / did not playupcoming

Injury History

3 injuries recorded
Injury history
DateInjurySeverityStatus
9 July 2026R18
Hamstring Strain
MTMJ
Minor (11)
Injured
1 May 2026R8
Hamstring Strain3 updates
MTMJ
Moderate (7)
Returned
7 Mar 2026R0
Concussion2 updates
HDCO
Moderate (5)
Returned