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Every injured NBL player, with expected return dates
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NBL Injury Report: every injured player and expected return dates
- Every player the NBL has listed as out, day-to-day or in doubt
- The injury behind each listing, and the return date the league expects
- Every rostered player at every club's listed availability
The NBL Injury Report is where you find out who is missing and when they are due back.
It carries every player on every NBL roster, club by club, so a club's count here will run higher than its count on our depth charts.
Read the four states carefully, because one of them is not what it looks like. Out and Day-to-Day both mean the NBL has listed that player or basketball.com.au has monitored an injury not significant for the player to added to the NBL Injury Report. TBC means the player has a listed an injury with no return date attached to it. Available means only the is not on the NBL's Injury List, which is not the same thing they will play.
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36ers (3) · Bullets (3) · Taipans (2) · Hawks (2) · Melbourne United (2) · Breakers (3) · Wildcats (2) · Phoenix (2) · Kings (1) · JackJumpers (4)
Adelaide 36ers – 3 injuries
13 of 16 contracted players · 3 injuries · all 3 on the NBL list
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| Player | Status | Injury | Return |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flynn Cameron | Out | Ankle | Round 5 |
| Left Adelaide’s NBL27 opener against Melbourne United at John Cain Arena on Saturday 19 September 2026 with an ankle injury, reported by basketball.com.au. He started the game. Michael Randall reported on 23 September that Cameron will not fly to Perth for the trip to the Wildcats. Jai at Fox Sports (@NBLPleb) reported on 27 September that Cameron is sidelined in a moon boot on his right ankle and is expected to be out for up to six weeks. That is an upper bound rather than a date, and no starting point was given for it. The NBL’s 29 September update puts his return at Round 5. | |||
| Isaac Humphries | Out | Knee | TBC |
| Ruled out of the NBL27 season opener against Melbourne United on Saturday 19 September. Adelaide 36ers confirmed it on 18 September: head coach Trevor Gleeson said Humphries "had some ongoing knee injuries" and he did not travel with the squad. Gleeson said he hoped Humphries would be available for the trip to Perth on Thursday, while adding that the club would "just worry about this week". No return date has been given and this is an absence from one game, not a season. | |||
| John Jenkins III | Available | ||
| Played 20 minutes and 49 seconds and scored seven points for Adelaide in the 98-97 loss at Perth on Thursday 24 September 2026, off the bench. He had been carried Day-to-Day with back spasms after being ruled out of the NBL27 season opener against Melbourne United; that complaint no longer keeps him out, and the NBL removed him from its own injury list in the 26 September refresh. | |||
| Matt Kenyon | Available | ||
| basketball.com.au reported on Saturday 19 September 2026 that Kenyon played in Adelaide’s NBL27 opener against Melbourne United while the NBL’s own injury list was still carrying him with a concussion and no return date. The league removed him in its 21 September 2026 update, so the two agree again. | |||
| Bul Kuol | Out | ACL | TBC |
| Zylan Cheatham | Available | ||
| Bryce Cotton | Available | ||
| Ben Griscti | Available | ||
| Nick Rakocevic | Available | ||
| Keanu Rasmussen | Available | ||
| Jacob Rigoni | Available | ||
| Corey Webster | Available | ||
| Isaac White | Available | ||
Brisbane Bullets – 3 injuries
15 of 16 contracted players · 3 injuries · 2 on the NBL list, 1 from our own reporting
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| Player | Status | Injury | Return |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sam McDaniel | Out | Lower leg | Round 8 |
| Will miss at least six weeks with a lower leg injury, the NBL reported on 9 October 2026 in announcing that Brisbane have signed Mawot Mag as his injury replacement player. He was hurt in Brisbane’s home game against Tasmania on Saturday 3 October, the night he returned from a hand injury, and Brisbane’s update of 7 October ruled him out for about six weeks, with Josh Duach suiting up in his absence. The NBL’s list of 7 October has him back in Round 8. | |||
| Taine Murray | Out | Lower Limb | Round 4-6 |
| Arnas Velicka | Out | Quad | About 8 weeks |
| Olgun Uluc of ESPN reported on Saturday 10 October 2026, citing sources, that Velicka has a quad injury expected to sideline him for approximately eight weeks. He was hurt in the Bullets’ game against the Cairns Taipans on Thursday 8 October, and the team is aiming for him to return after the November FIBA window. He was averaging 13.8 points and 10.2 assists in NBL27. | |||
| Rio Bruton | Available | ||
| Josh Duach | Available | ||
| Tyrell Harrison | Available | ||
| Nate Hinton | Available | ||
| Jacob Holt | Available | ||
| Max Mackinnon | Available | ||
| Lat Mayen | Available | ||
| Billy McRae | Available | ||
| Mitch Norton | Available | ||
| Harry Rouhliadeff | Available | ||
| Jaylin Williams | Available | ||
| Archie Woodhill | Available | ||
Cairns Taipans – 2 injuries
14 of 16 contracted players · 2 injuries · both on the NBL list · 1 we rate available over the NBL
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| Player | Status | Injury | Return |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shaun Bruce | Available | ||
| In for Thursday 8 October’s home game against Brisbane, reported by SuperCoach Hoops (@SuperCoachHoops) on 8 October 2026, after the groin injury that kept him out of the 3 October game against Melbourne United. | |||
| Sunday Dech | Out | Hamstring | Round 8 |
| The Taipans confirmed on 7 October 2026 that Dech will be out for at least four weeks with a hamstring injury, reported by Jai of Fox Sports (@NBLPleb). The NBL’s list of the same evening has him back in Round 8. | |||
| Jaylin Galloway | Out | Shoulder | Round 6 |
| He is targeting the Taipans’ home game against the New Zealand Breakers on Sunday 25 October for his return from shoulder surgery and his Cairns debut, reported by Michael Randall of the Herald Sun on 7 October 2026. He has not played since 30 June, for Australia against Puerto Rico. Cairns said in their 3 October game preview that he was making considerable progress in his rehabilitation. | |||
| Luke Paul | Available | ||
| Set to make his NBL debut against Brisbane at home on Thursday 8 October, reported by Michael Randall of the Herald Sun on 7 October 2026, after the August ankle ligament injury that had ruled him out. He missed the 3 October game against Melbourne United after a morning fitness test. | |||
| Jonah Bolden | Available | ||
| Jaylon Brown | Available | ||
| Walter Brown | Available | ||
| Kyrin Galloway | Available | ||
| The NBL listed him with an ankle complaint and removed him in its 6:30pm update on 21 September 2026. His brother Jaylin remains on the list with a shoulder. That is the league’s own edit rather than a club clearance, and we hold no independent report either way. | |||
| Malique Lewis | Available | ||
| Jack McVeigh | Available | ||
| Lloyd McVeigh | Available | ||
| Keanu Pinder | Available | ||
| Reyne Smith | Available | ||
| Luca Yates | Available | ||
Illawarra Hawks – 2 injuries
14 of 16 contracted players · 2 injuries · both on the NBL list
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| Player | Status | Injury | Return |
|---|---|---|---|
| Todd Blanchfield | Out | Finger | TBC |
| Blanchfield has a broken finger. Illawarra head coach Justin Tatum, as reported by basketball.com.au on Monday 28 September 2026: “As of right now, I know Todd Blanchfield’s finger is broken. The timeframe is to be determined.” An earlier report, on Sunday 27 September, had described it as a broken thumb with a four-to-six-week absence; the coach has since said no timeframe is set. | |||
| Dan Grida | Available | ||
| Back for Illawarra against Sydney on Sunday 27 September, confirmed by basketball.com.au. He had been out with a calf complaint since the NBL27 opener away to New Zealand on 20 September, first reported by basketball.com.au on 19 September before either the club or the league published it. The NBL removed him from its own list in its 26 September update; we kept him out a day longer because the SuperCoach register still carried the calf and he had not dressed against Brisbane on 25 September. Both of those have now been overtaken. | |||
| Mason Peatling | Out for the season | Foot | Season |
| Out for the remainder of the NBL27 season. The Illawarra Hawks announced on Friday 9 October 2026, as reported by NBL.com.au, that Peatling will undergo season-ending foot surgery following recommendations from specialists. A club spokesperson: “While the procedure will rule Mason out for the remainder of the NBL27 season, it is expected to provide the best outcome for his long-term health and a full recovery.” He made two appearances this season. On Monday 28 September Illawarra head coach Justin Tatum had said, as reported by basketball.com.au: “Mason will get a scan tomorrow, and hopefully his foot isn’t broken.” Peatling had earlier left Illawarra’s NBL27 Round 1 game against the New Zealand Breakers at Spark Arena on Sunday 20 September with a back issue; Tatum cleared him the same day, saying “He’s fine. He just got hit on a check-down. He bounced right back and said he’s fine.” That was a back complaint; this one is his foot. | |||
| Kyle Adnam | Available | ||
| Wani Swaka Lo Buluk | Available | ||
| Amarco Doyle | Available | ||
| Milton Doyle | Available | ||
| Sam Froling | Available | ||
| Tyler Harvey | Available | ||
| William "Davo" Hickey | Available | ||
| Fletcher MacDonald | Available | ||
| Makur Maker | Available | ||
| Kelan Martin | Available | ||
| Johny Narkle | Available | ||
Melbourne United – 2 injuries
15 of 17 contracted players · 2 injuries · both on the NBL list
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| Player | Status | Injury | Return |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cole Anthony | Available | ||
| Starts for Melbourne United away to the South East Melbourne Phoenix on Wednesday 24 September 2026, on basketball.com.au’s own information – his first start of the season. basketball.com.au reported on Saturday 19 September 2026 that Anthony is carrying an injury but remains Melbourne United’s starting point guard; he came off the bench in the NBL27 opener against Adelaide. The nature of the injury has not been disclosed to us and is deliberately not named here, and nobody has told us it is resolved. Earlier: Anthony declared himself fit on Monday 14 September for the 19 September opener against Adelaide, telling ESPN "I'll be ready ... I'll be on the court". He missed the CODE Sports NBL Blitz with a calf complaint and played once in the pre-season, so his preparation is thin. basketball.com.au rated him available on Monday 14 September, while the NBL’s list - last edited on Thursday 10 September - still carried him. The league updated that list at 9:00am on Tuesday 15 September and removed him, agreeing the following day. | |||
| Chris Goulding | Out | Calf | Round 5 |
| Goulding will miss Melbourne United’s game against Cairns at John Cain Arena on Saturday 3 October with a calf strain, according to the Taipans’ game preview of 3 October 2026. United have not given a return date. | |||
| Shea Ili | Available | ||
| basketball.com.au reported on Saturday 3 October 2026 that Ili is back for Melbourne United, after missing every game of NBL27 so far with a hamstring injury sustained in game two of the Blitz. The Taipans’ game preview had him set to make his NBL27 debut against Cairns at John Cain Arena the same night. | |||
| Sean Macdonald | Out for the season | ACL | Season |
| Melbourne United have confirmed the graft from his August 2025 reconstruction failed under rehab loading. He is having a second ACL reconstruction, 9-12 months, and is targeting a return for NBL28 pre-season. | |||
| Josh Oduro | Available | ||
| basketball.com.au reported on Saturday 19 September 2026 that Oduro is in Melbourne United’s starting line-up for the NBL27 opener against Adelaide at John Cain Arena. He had been carried Day-to-Day after jamming an ankle at practice and icing it for the back portion of the session; that complaint is resolved and he is available. | |||
| Sam Waardenburg | Available | ||
| Played 23 minutes and 44 seconds and scored five points for Melbourne United in the 86-61 win at South East Melbourne on Thursday 24 September 2026. He had been carried TBC after leaving United’s NBL27 opener against Adelaide at John Cain Arena with a lower left leg complaint. | |||
| Kyle Bowen | Available | ||
| Jensen Bradtke | Available | ||
| Christian D'Angelo | Available | ||
| Joe Ingles | Available | ||
| The NBL listed him with an ankle complaint on 10 September and removed him when it updated its list at 9:00am on 15 September. That is the league’s own edit rather than a club clearance, and basketball.com.au holds no independent report on his fitness either way. | |||
| Fabijan Krslovic | Available | ||
| Malith Machar | Available | ||
| Austin Shelley | Available | ||
| Luke Travers | Available | ||
| Tom Wilson | Available | ||
New Zealand Breakers – 3 injuries
14 of 16 contracted players · 3 injuries · 2 on the NBL list, 1 from our own reporting
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| Player | Status | Injury | Return |
|---|---|---|---|
| Preston Le Gassick | Out | Neck and shoulder | TBC |
| New Zealand Breakers general manager Dillon Boucher said on 3 October 2026 that Le Gassick is managing a nerve impingement in his neck and shoulder, and that his return-to-play timeline is not yet certain, reported by Jai at Fox Sports (@NBLPleb). The NBL had listed him with an ankle injury before removing him from its list in the 26 September refresh. He has not played in NBL27. | |||
| Parker Jackson-Cartwright | Out | Lower leg | Number of weeks |
| The New Zealand Breakers announced on Saturday 10 October 2026, as reported by NBL.com.au, that Jackson-Cartwright will be sidelined for a number of weeks with a lower-leg injury. President of Basketball Dillon Boucher: “Our medical team have caught this early and will manage and monitor him carefully over the next few weeks.” Kael Robinson replaced him in the squad for that night’s game against the Perth Wildcats at RAC Arena. | |||
| Josiah-Jordan James | Out | Hamstring | Assessed 9-23 Oct |
| The Breakers say James has a torn left hamstring, reported by Olgun Uluc on 16 September 2026. On 3 October general manager Dillon Boucher said James is three weeks post-injury and will be assessed at the four-to-six-week mark of his rehabilitation, reported by Jai at Fox Sports (@NBLPleb). Mojave King has joined as injury cover, and Boucher said the club will keep monitoring the import market. | |||
| Kouat Noi | Available | ||
| Played 15 minutes and 40 seconds and scored eight points for the New Zealand Breakers in the 97-93 loss at Perth on Friday 26 September 2026. He had been carried TBC after being seen riding a stationary bike during the Breakers’ NBL27 Round 1 warm-up, an observation nobody ever put a timeline on. | |||
| Charles Bediako | Available | ||
| Tukaha Cooper | Available | ||
| Carlin Davison | Available | ||
| Kazlo Evans Jr. | Available | ||
| Izayah Le'Afa | Available | ||
| Sam Mennenga | Available | ||
| Reuben Te Rangi | Available | ||
| Anzac Rissetto | Available | ||
| Kael Robinson | Available | ||
| Dejan Vasiljevic | Available | ||
Perth Wildcats – 2 injuries
14 contracted players · 2 injuries · both on the NBL list · 1 we rate available over the NBL
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| Player | Status | Injury | Return |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Knight | Available | ||
| Will make his NBL debut against the New Zealand Breakers at RAC Arena on Saturday 10 October, the Perth Wildcats confirmed on Friday 9 October 2026, replacing nominated replacement player Jimmy Whitt on the roster. Earlier that day Perth head coach John Rillie had said Knight was likely to play, as relayed to basketball.com.au. He did not play in any of Perth’s first four games: he missed the start of the season because he was not yet in Australia, and was out against South East Melbourne on Friday 2 October. The NBL’s own list, updated 7 October, still carries him as unavailable with a Round 4 return. | |||
| Jo Lual-Acuil Jr | Out | Calf | Review in 3 weeks |
| Perth confirmed on 1 October that he is out with a calf injury, will miss Friday’s home game against South East Melbourne and will be re-evaluated in about three weeks. Development player Tana Kopa replaces him on the roster. He left Perth’s 97-93 win over the New Zealand Breakers on 26 September after 7 minutes and 38 seconds, first reported by basketball.com.au that night. | |||
| Blake Nielsen | Out for the season | ACL | Season |
| Perth have confirmed a successful reconstruction of a torn ACL in his right knee and say he is expected to miss the entirety of the 2026-27 season. He is a development player, announced by the club on 9 June 2026, and is not in our 12-man projected Perth depth chart. The NBL added him to its own list in the 21 September 2026 refresh. | |||
| Jaron Rillie | Available | ||
| Perth confirmed on 1 October that he will make his NBL27 debut at home against South East Melbourne at RAC Arena on Friday 2 October. He had missed Perth’s first three games of the season with a lower leg injury, first reported by ESPN’s Olgun Uluc on 18 September. The NBL list still carried the injury when the club announced his return. | |||
| Marley Sam | Available | ||
| Played 7 minutes for Perth in the 97-93 win over the New Zealand Breakers at RAC Arena on Friday 26 September 2026. He had been carried Out with a wrist injury and was in the match-day squad without taking the floor against Adelaide two days earlier. The NBL also removed him from its own injury list in the 26 September refresh. | |||
| Angus Brandt | Available | ||
| Anthony Dell'Orso | Available | ||
| Kristian Doolittle | Available | ||
| Alex Higgins-Titsha | Available | ||
| Cameron Huefner | Available | ||
| Tana Kopa | Available | ||
| Elijah Pepper | Available | ||
| Jesse Wagstaff | Available | ||
| The NBL listed him with a wrist complaint and removed him in its 6:30pm update on 21 September 2026. He had already played 12 minutes in Perth’s Round 1 loss to South East Melbourne on 19 September, so the listing and his availability had disagreed for two days. We hold no club clearance. | |||
| Dylan Windler | Available | ||
| The NBL listed him with a foot complaint and removed him in its 6:30pm update on 21 September 2026. He had already played 26 minutes in Perth’s Round 1 loss on 19 September, so the listing and his availability had disagreed for two days. We hold no club clearance. | |||
South East Melbourne Phoenix – 2 injuries
13 of 14 contracted players · 2 injuries · both on the NBL list
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| Player | Status | Injury | Return |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Foster | Out | Back | TBC |
| Hunter Goodrick | Out | Knee | TBC |
| Nathan Sobey | Available | Back soreness | |
| Available for South East Melbourne’s home game against Melbourne United on Wednesday 24 September 2026, on basketball.com.au’s own information, and he played 21:52 that night. The NBL removed him from its list in its 26 September update. He missed two games with it: the Phoenix’s NBL27 opener against the Perth Wildcats on Saturday 19 September, reported by ESPN’s Olgun Uluc on 18 September, and the trip to the Tasmania JackJumpers on Monday 21 September, reported by Michael Randall on 20 September after he had earlier been rated 50-50 for it. | |||
| Akech Aliir | Available | ||
| Ellis Biggar | Available | ||
| Dash Daniels | Available | ||
| Sam Davidson | Available | ||
| Angus Glover | Available | ||
| Jordan Hunter | Available | ||
| Tanner Krebs | Available | ||
| Skylar Mays | Available | ||
| Yannis Morin | Available | ||
| D'Shawn Schwartz | Available | ||
Sydney Kings – 1 injury
14 of 15 contracted players · 1 injury · on the NBL list
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| Player | Status | Injury | Return |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kendric Davis | Available | ||
| Davis landed in Australia on Saturday 12 September, reported by ESPN’s Olgun Uluc and carried by the NBL, and the Kings have since pictured him back with the squad. basketball.com.au rated him available on Saturday 12 September, while the NBL’s list - last edited on Thursday 10 September, before he arrived - still carried him. The league updated that list at 9:00am on Tuesday 15 September and removed him. | |||
| Keli Leaupepe | Out for the season | ACL | Season |
| Lachlan Bofinger | Available | ||
| Andrew Carr | Available | ||
| Xavier Cooks | Available | ||
| Torrey Craig | Available | ||
| Matthew Dellavedova | Available | ||
| Bailey Hanson | Available | ||
| Will Johnston | Available | ||
| Makuach Maluach | Available | ||
| Tyler Robertson | Available | ||
| Jason Spurgin | Available | ||
| Jayden Stone | Available | ||
| Harry Wessels | Available | ||
Tasmania JackJumpers – 4 injuries
14 of 16 contracted players · 4 injuries · all 4 on the NBL list
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| Player | Status | Injury | Return |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Ayre | Out | Hip flexor | Test |
| WIN News Tasmania’s Brent Costelloe reported from the JackJumpers press conference on Wednesday 17 September that Ayre was "still a few weeks away from returning". The NBL’s 21 September list now gives him a return of Round 3, which is consistent with that report. Michael Randall reported on 22 September that he remains out for Tasmania’s trip to Cairns on 23 September. | |||
| Josh Bannan | Available | ||
| Reported on 1 October that Tasmania have confirmed he will make his season debut at home against Melbourne United at MyState Bank Arena on Thursday 1 October. He had missed Tasmania’s first two games of the season. The NBL list still carried a rib injury when the report was published. | |||
| Majok Deng | Out | Lower leg | Round 8-10 |
| Michael Randall reported on 22 September 2026 that Deng will miss Tasmania’s trip to the Cairns Taipans on Wednesday 23 September, joining Josh Bannan, Anthony Drmic, Ben Ayre and Bryce Hamilton on the sidelines, without specifying an injury. The NBL’s own list added him as a lower leg injury in its 26 September update, and its 29 September update puts his return at Round 8-10. He did not dress against Cairns. | |||
| Anthony Drmic | Out | Back | TBC |
| Bryce Hamilton | Out | ACL | TBC |
| Tasmania have confirmed the knee injury is an ACL, and have signed Nick Stoddart as a Nominated Replacement Player to cover him for the Blitz and the start of the season. | |||
| Taran Armstrong | Available | ||
| Biwali Bayles | Available | ||
| Ben Gold | Available | ||
| Ryley Haywood | Available | ||
| David Johnson | Available | ||
| Will Magnay | Available | ||
| Nick Marshall | Available | ||
| Dakota Mathias | Available | ||
| Jed Richardson | Available | ||
Two sources, joined. Who is on each roster comes from our own NBL27 projected depth charts; the injury, the status and the expected return come from the NBL’s own list. A player sits under the club our depth chart puts him at, not the club named in his injury line.
Where these figures come from, and how current they are
The league updates its list by hand, so this page is only ever as current as their last edit. The NBL last updated on Wednesday, October 7, 7:00pm AEDT; we read it at 7:40pm AEDT, Wednesday 7 October 2026.
Available usually means the league has not listed him, which is not the same as a club saying he is fit.
Where a row is basketball.com.au's rather than the league's, the note under it says so and gives the date. That covers three kinds: a player the NBL has never listed, a player it has dropped while we still hold him out, and a player we clear before it does.
Available usually means the league has not listed him, which is not the same as a club saying he is fit.
Where a row is basketball.com.au's rather than the league's, the note under it says so and gives the date. That covers three kinds: a player the NBL has never listed, a player it has dropped while we still hold him out, and a player we clear before it does.
Every player on every NBL roster, and whether he is available. Four states: Out, TBC for an injury with no expected return, Day-to-Day for a minor knock, and Available. “Available” usually means the league has not listed him, which is not the same as a club saying he is fit. Where we call a player available over a league listing, the note beneath his row says why. Source: NBL.com.au and basketball.com.au
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