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Finals Week 25

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Round 24Finals Week 26
After Round 25
Completed 29 Aug
Window: 28 Aug – 29 AugByes: 14 teams

Round 25 added 5 new injuries — head/neck hit hardest (2).

Games2/2all playedNew injuries5this roundRecoveries13confirmed returnsBiggest moverMEL+4vs prior round

Returns & casualties

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Back this round4

New casualties5

  • Nick Haynes
    Minor
    Hurt an ankle in the wildcard final against Melbourne and did not recover in time for the elimination final against Geelong, with Wade Derksen recalled in hi…
  • Ned Reeves
    Minor
    Laryngeal injury — took a knock to the throat in the Box Hill VFL qualifying final win over Werribee; scans confirmed an injury to the larynx and a returning…
  • Ned Bowman
    Minor
    Hamstring injury carried as TBC on the AFL Medical Room finals-week list and the Zero Hanger index.
    Recurrence
  • Oskar Baker
    Minor
    Hamstring injury with a three-to-four week timeline on the AFL Medical Room finals-week list, which runs beyond the end of the finals series for the club.
  • Matthew Kennedy
    Minor
    Concussion suffered during the Wildcard Final win over Collingwood at the MCG.

Round context

Body regions hit5 new

  • Head/Neck2
  • Hamstring2
  • Ankle/Foot1

Scheduling & travel

Results

Fri 28 Aug · 7:40pm·Melbourne Cricket Ground

Patrick Lipinski returns for COL after 3-week lower-leg injury

WBD
18th
of 18 worst · index 0Round Health Score (0–100), last 5 rounds. Scores drift down league-wide as the season's injury load builds — read the slope relative to the league, not the level.
96–93Round health
COL
12th
of 18 · index 0Round Health Score (0–100), last 5 rounds. Scores drift down league-wide as the season's injury load builds — read the slope relative to the league, not the level.

Evenly matched on squad health.

Injuries from game
  • •Matthew Kennedy
    Minor
    Concussion suffered during the Wildcard Final win over Colli…
Injuries from game

No new injuries

Match detail →
Sat 29 Aug · 7:35pm·Melbourne Cricket Ground
MEL
6th
of 18 · index 25Round Health Score (0–100), last 5 rounds. Scores drift down league-wide as the season's injury load builds — read the slope relative to the league, not the level.
55–74Round health
CAR
11th
of 18 · index 0Round Health Score (0–100), last 5 rounds. Scores drift down league-wide as the season's injury load builds — read the slope relative to the league, not the level.
MEL entered healthier — 6th v 11th this round
Injuries from game

No new injuries

Injuries from game
  • •Nick Haynes
    Minor
    Hurt an ankle in the wildcard final against Melbourne and di…
Match detail →

14 teams on bye this round.