Gold Coast: Himmelberg Changes The Picture
Gold Coast sit 12th of 18 on the medicare ladder after Round 18 — an estimated 99 games lost and 1 season-ender, up 2 rungs on last week. Every figure is a modelled estimate, not an official club count.
Himmelberg's ACL is the Suns' first season-ender of 2026 — a single +22 hit that vaults them two rungs up the ladder. Everything else is a wave of one-to-three weekers: Davies, Farrar, Gulbin, Rioli and Weller all back inside a month. One heavy blow on an otherwise recoverable list.
On the full medicare ladder, Gold Coast rank 12th of 18 — up 2 rungs on last week. The graphic ranks every club by estimated games lost this season; it is a modelled estimate offered as context, never an official count or an excuse.
That is what each club has lost to injury, estimated — offered as context, never an excuse. How much slack you cut a side for its casualty list is yours to weigh.