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Tom Sims#38

Age: 20 years
Career Games: 11
Debut: 2025
Height: 199cm
27Medium Risk

Quick Stats

11
Career Games
Total AFL matches played
0
Season Games
2026 AFL season
2
Career Injuries
Recorded injury incidents
17
Games Missed
2026 season ยท injury-related

Currently injured โ€” out since 23 May 2026 (54d) ยท MCL injury sustained during VFL Dreamtime match vs Essendon (2026-05-23). First game back from navicular stress fracture (286 days). Timeline TBC per Richmond injury list.

Current Status

Injured

MCL Sprain

Est. return: Round 19 (19 July)

Road to Recovery

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

  1. R1123 May

    Occurred

    MCL injury sustained during VFL Dreamtime match vs Essendon (2026-05-23). First game back from navicular stress fracture (286 days). Timeline TBC per Richmond injury list.

  2. 2 June

    Reassessment

    Recorded diagnosis already named MCL; placeholder-code sweep aligned the OSIICS code to the stored text.

  3. R1520 June

    Progress update

    Reassessment

    Zero Hanger injury index โ€” MCL, 3-5 weeks; anchored to RIC R19 (2026-07-18). Tom Sims (RIC) โ€” MCL โ€” 3-5 weeks

    Return now expected 18 July

    zerohanger.com
  4. 7 July

    Progress update

    Progress update

    AFL R18 Medical Room (updated 7 July) lists him as a Test for this round. Tom Sims | MCL | Test

    AFL.com.au
  5. R1811 July

    Setback

    NOT named in the Round 18 side against Melbourne โ€” fitness window for Round 18 passed without selection.; targeting the team's next fixture.

Risk Profile

2 factors identified
Injury severity load

Severity-weighted total across 2 recorded injuries โ€” more severe injuries weigh more; those older than 24 months count half.

Recent injury

Carrying an ongoing injury from the last 2 months 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
202511

Injury Profile

2
Total Injuries
28
Games Missed
0
Soft Tissue
2
Structural
0
Contact (impact)

Injury Categories

Structural2 (100%)

28 games missed ยท Last: May 2026

Durability Impact

Soft Tissue PenaltyNone
Injury Frequency Score100/100
โš ๏ธ2 injuries in the past 12 months
OSIICS ยฉ John Orchard โ€” Free to use with acknowledgment.

Season Availability

Every round of the season โ€” played, missed to injury, and what's ahead.

2026: played 0 ยท missed 16 to injury

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R11V
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Injury History

2 injuries recorded
Injury history
DateInjurySeverityStatus
23 May 2026R11
MCL Sprain6 updates
KTLC
Moderate (17)
Injured
1 Nov 2025
Long-term (11)
Returned