Player news from R20 of 2015: Essendon vs Adelaide

Dyson Heppell (128/107): Head to head with Sloane… 30 touches and 7 marks plus 7 tackles… 0.1 as well

Brendon Goddard (125/112): Massive second term which included 12 touches and 5 marks… 0.1 from 34 possessions and 7 marks plus 5 tackles. Right ankle injury midway through the first.

Brent Stanton (118/95): 30 touches with 21 by foot… also 7 marks
Stanton also had 4 tackles.
David Zaharakis (92/98): 22 possessions and 4 marks… and booted 1.0
Zaharakis also had 5 tackles.
Cale Hooker (91/100): Starting forward… Hartigan on him… 19 touches and 6 marks plus 3 tackles… 2.2 as well
Hooker also had 2 hit outs.
Jackson Merrett (90/71): Booted 0.1 from 9 grabs and 21 possessions
Merrett also had 2 tackles.
Jayden Laverde (90/84): 20 possessions and 8 marks plus 4 tackles… 1.0 as well

Michael Hibberd (88/85): 24 touches and 6 marks plus 2 tackles… and booted 1.0

Courtenay Dempsey (73/51): Starting forward… Brown manning him… 14 touches with 13 by foot… also 7 marks… and booted 1.0

Jake Carlisle (73/88): Starting in defence… Lining up on Walker… 18 disposals and 7 marks with 2 tackles

David Myers (70/74): Back injury early in the third… 22 disposals and 5 marks

Heath Hocking (65/66): Tagging Dangerfield… 15 disposals including 9 kicks… also 6 tackles

Tayte Pears (59/68): On Lynch… 5 marks and 18 disposals

Shaun Edwards (59/72): Smith mainly keeping him company… 10 kicks among 13 possessions… and kicked 1.1
Edwards added 2 marks and 2 tackles.
Martin Gleeson (57/58): Minding Cameron… 17 possessions and 4 marks

Ben Howlett (55/62): 13 possessions and 3 marks plus 5 tackles… conceded 3 FA

Jonathan Giles (55/61): Ankle soreness early in the fourth… 20 hit outs… also 8 disposals and 3 tackles… and scored 0.1… helped out by 4FF

Mark Baguley (49/49): Responsible for Betts… 4 marks and 14 touches

Joe Daniher (42/30): Talia standing him… 8 touches and 4 marks
Daniher also had 6 hit outs.
Ariel Steinberg (37/56): On Jenkins… 10 touches
Steinberg also had 2 marks.
Jake Melksham (34/21): On midway through the third… 9 possessions including 7 kicks… also 3 marks… and kicked 1.0. Started as a sub.

Kyle Langford (19/14): Lever on him… 6 touches and 2 marks. Subbed midway through the third.

Rory Sloane (136/140): 24 touches and 7 marks plus 11 tackles… 2.0 as well

Rory Laird (123/87): 31 touches with 21 by foot… also 9 marks and 3 tackles

Patrick Dangerfield (122/157): Tagged by Hocking… 27 touches and 4 marks plus 7 tackles… 3.1 as well

Sam Jacobs (114/142): 38 hit outs… also 18 possessions and 9 marks… conceded 3 FA
Jacobs also had kicked 1.0.
Tom T. Lynch (111/102): Pears responsible for him… 2.1 from 26 disposals and 10 marks

Eddie Betts (89/102): Baguley running with him… 5.0 from 14 possessions and 6 marks
Betts also had 2 tackles.
Taylor Walker (88/100): First goal… Carlisle standing him… Scored 3.1 from 9 grabs and 15 disposals

Josh Jenkins (88/76): Steinberg following him… 3.3 from 13 possessions and 6 marks
Jenkins also had 10 ruck taps.
Charlie Cameron (85/78): Gleeson keeping him company… 2.0 from 14 touches and 5 marks plus 5 tackles

Matt Crouch (80/63): 26 disposals and 6 marks

Nathan van Berlo (79/-): 17 touches and 4 marks plus 4 tackles… 1.0 as well

Brodie Smith (76/73): Much more prolific in the second half… 5 marks and 20 possessions… and scored 1.0. Largely responsible for Edwards.

Scott Thompson (75/67): 21 touches with 15 by hand… also 5 marks and 3 tackles

Luke Brown (70/64): Responsible for Dempsey… 19 touches
Brown added 4 grabs and 2 tackles.
Rory Atkins (68/50): 18 touches with 14 by foot… also 5 marks… and booted 1.0

Ricky Henderson (60/65): 14 touches including 10 kicks… also 6 marks

Jarryd Lyons (60/66): 18 possessions and 1.0
Lyons also had 2 tackles.
Riley Knight (54/40): 13 disposals with 8 by foot… and scored 1.0
Knight added 3 grabs and 2 tackles.
Daniel Talia (53/56): Minding Daniher… 11 possessions
Talia added 5 marks and 2 tackles.
Jake Lever (40/53): On Langford… 11 touches including 8 kicks… umps paid him 3FF. Subbed at 3QT.
Lever also had 2 grabs.
David Mackay (33/26): On at 3QT… 8 touches and 1.0. Started as the sub.

Kyle Hartigan (28/37): On Hooker… 3 marks and 8 disposals