Player news from R16 of 2016: Essendon vs St Kilda

Zach Merrett (126/123): Playing inside midfield
Merrett contributed with 36 touches, 2 marks, 5 tackles and 1.0.
Adam Cooney (105/81): Playing inside midfield
Cooney added 28 disposals and 11 marks.
Brendon Goddard (101/103): Playing inside midfield
Goddard contributed with 28 possessions, 2 marks, 6 tackles and 3 hit outs.
James Kelly (89/85): Playing inside midfield
Kelly contributed with 21 touches, 3 marks and 7 tackles.
Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti (89/95): Playing forward
McDonald-Tipungwuti contributed with 17 possessions, 6 marks, 5 tackles, 2.2 on the scoreboard and 3 frees against.
Orazio Fantasia (86/78): Playing forward
Fantasia contributed with 13 disposals, 3 grabs, 5 tackles and 3.3 on the scoreboard.
Kyle Langford (82/62): On the wing
Langford contributed with 21 disposals, 4 grabs and 5 tackles.
Joe Daniher (74/67): Delaney on him
Daniher contributed with 16 touches, 7 marks and 2.3.
Craig Bird (73/58): Playing inside midfield
Bird contributed with 19 disposals, 6 tackles and 0.1 on the scoreboard.
Darcy Parish (73/77): Playing inside midfield
Parish contributed with 21 disposals, 3 grabs and booted 1.1.
Courtenay Dempsey (70/68): Running off half back
Dempsey contributed with 18 touches, 3 tackles and 1.1 on the scoreboard.
Will Hams (70/61): On the wing
Hams contributed with 16 possessions, 6 marks and 1.0 on the scoreboard.
James Gwilt (69/75): Spending time on Membrey
Gwilt added 19 possessions and 7 marks.
Matt Dea (68/55): Running off half back
Dea contributed with 12 possessions, 6 marks and 4 tackles.
Sam Michael (67/59): First ruck
Michael contributed with 9 possessions, 4 marks, 5 tackles and 16 hit outs.
Michael Hartley (66/105): Has the job on Bruce
Hartley contributed with 13 possessions, 6 grabs and 4 tackles.
Mitch W. Brown (63/69): Has Gilbert
Brown contributed with 12 possessions, 3 marks, 4 tackles and managed 1.1.
Jayden Laverde (55/56): Started forward
Laverde contributed with 9 touches, 4 tackles and managed 2.0.
Shaun McKernan (50/57): Started forward
McKernan contributed with 11 touches, 3 marks and 14 taps.
Martin Gleeson (46/56): Running off half back
Gleeson added 12 disposals and 5 marks.
Conor McKenna (39/33): Running off half back
McKenna added 9 possessions and 4 marks.
Patrick Ambrose (36/44): Has Riewoldt when forward
Ambrose added 9 disposals and 3 grabs.
Jack Steven (157/158): Playing inside midfield
Steven contributed with 41 disposals, 12 tackles and 1.0.
Tom Hickey (114/89): First ruck
Hickey contributed with 13 disposals, 8 tackles and 46 hit outs.
Seb Ross (111/104): Went in the book early in Q2 for a late hit on Tipungwuti but nothing in it… 32 possessions and 2 marks plus 6 tackles… 1.0 as well. Playing inside midfield.
Ross also had 2 hit outs.
Nick Riewoldt (95/101): Left the field early in Q1 following a hit to the eye… 1.1 from 21 possessions and 7 marks plus 2 tackles. On the wing.
Riewoldt also had 5 hit outs.
Jack Newnes (95/94): On the wing
Newnes contributed with 27 touches, 3 marks, 3 tackles and managed 1.0.
Leigh Montagna (84/81): Running off half back
Montagna added 28 possessions and 3 grabs.
David Armitage (83/94): Playing inside midfield
Armitage contributed with 23 disposals, 4 grabs, 5 tackles, managed 1.0 and 4 frees against.
Jade Gresham (79/62): Playing forward
Gresham contributed with 19 possessions, 4 marks, 3 tackles and managed 1.1.
Luke Dunstan (74/79): Playing inside midfield
Dunstan contributed with 24 disposals, 2 marks, 2 tackles and kicked 1.1.
Josh Bruce (71/59): Hartley on him
Bruce contributed with 12 possessions, 3 marks, 6 tackles, 2 hit outs and kicked 1.1.
Dylan Roberton (70/76): Running off half back
Roberton contributed with 20 possessions, 5 grabs and booted 1.0.
Tim Membrey (69/96): Has Gwilt
Membrey contributed with 11 touches, 4 marks and kicked 5.0.
Daniel McKenzie (62/45): Running off half back
McKenzie contributed with 12 possessions, 4 marks and 7 tackles.
Maverick Weller (60/77): On the wing
Weller contributed with 13 touches, 2 marks, 2 tackles and 2.1.
Darren Minchington (60/59): Playing forward
Minchington contributed with 11 touches, 2 grabs, 5 tackles and kicked 1.1.
Sam Gilbert (57/55): Has the job on Brown
Gilbert contributed with 14 touches, 3 marks, 3 tackles and 4 hit outs.
Jarryn Geary (53/71): Running off half back
Geary contributed with 16 possessions, 3 marks and 2 tackles.
Nathan Wright (53/45): Running off half back
Wright contributed with 9 disposals, 2 grabs and 6 tackles.
Luke Delaney (44/48): Has Daniher
Delaney contributed with 11 disposals, 4 marks and 2 tackles.
Shane Savage (36/39): Copped a knock to the head in an attempted tackle on Daniher in Q4 and did not return… 8 disposals and 3 marks with 4 tackles… conceded 3 FA. Did not return after a head knock in Q4 from an attempted tackle on Daniher.

Blake Acres (32/39): Playing inside midfield
Acres also had 12 touches.
Sean Dempster (21/23): Playing forward
Dempster also had 8 disposals.