Sydney: The Soft-Tissue Bill Keeps Climbing
Sydney sit 5th of 18 on the medicare ladder after Round 18 — an estimated 147.5 games lost and 2 season-enders, unmoved on last week. Every figure is a modelled estimate, not an official club count.
Two are done for the year in Hetherton and King, but Sydney's real damage is the soft-tissue queue: Amartey's Achilles at nine weeks, with Chamberlain, McInerney and Wicks all hamstrings measured in months. +3.5 this week. The bill climbs not through carnage but through long absences that simply won't clear.
On the full medicare ladder, Sydney rank 5th of 18 — unmoved 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.