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Player news from R5 of 2023: Essendon vs Melbourne

News snippets for Essendon vs Melbourne, R5 of 2023

Zach Merrett (119/134): Playing inside midfield
Merrett contributed with 35 touches, 3 marks and 7 tackles.
Darcy Parish (102/107): Playing in central midfield
Parish added 33 possessions and 5 marks.
Will Setterfield (100/91): Matched up on Oliver… got more ball after HT… 19 disposals and 3 marks with 10 tackles… 0.1 as well. Starting in midfield.

Dylan Shiel (97/104): Playing inside midfield
Shiel contributed with 28 disposals, 5 grabs, 3 tackles and managed 0.1.
Will Snelling (90/95): First goal… 11 possessions and 5 marks plus 10 tackles… 1.1 as well. Rotating in midfield.

Jayden Laverde (89/109): Starting in defence on McDonald
Laverde contributed with 20 touches, 7 marks and 3 tackles.
Andrew McGrath (84/104): Playing half back
McGrath contributed with 24 possessions, 2 grabs and 4 tackles.
Sam Draper (82/104): Tandem ruck with Phillips
Draper contributed with 14 possessions, 4 marks, 2 tackles, 18 hit outs, 3.0 and 4 frees against.
Jordan Ridley (80/91): In defence on Fritsch
Ridley added 22 disposals and 7 marks.
Dyson Heppell (79/79): Playing half back
Heppell contributed with 16 touches, 7 marks and 4 tackles.
Andrew Phillips (74/101): Tandem ruck with Draper
Phillips contributed with 11 touches, 6 marks, 20 hit outs, 2.0 on the scoreboard and 3 frees against.
Mason Redman (74/72): Mostly across half back
Redman contributed with 16 disposals, 3 marks, 4 tackles and managed 0.1.
Kyle Langford (73/107): Starting forward on Petty
Langford contributed with 16 disposals, 6 marks and booted 2.1.
Sam Durham (70/73): Playing an outside game
Durham contributed with 25 disposals, 4 grabs, 2 tackles and 3 frees against.
Nicholas Martin (66/73): Playing half forward
Martin contributed with 17 possessions, 2 tackles and 2.0 on the scoreboard.
Archie Perkins (64/57): Mostly starting forward
Perkins contributed with 16 touches, 3 grabs, 3 tackles and kicked 1.0.
Jye Caldwell (63/61): Playing a half forward role
Caldwell contributed with 10 possessions, 3 marks, 6 tackles and 0.2 on the scoreboard.
Jake Kelly (45/35): In defence
Kelly contributed with 8 touches, 5 grabs and 3 tackles.
Brandon Zerk-Thatcher (42/55): Limped off with right ankle knock in Q1… 9 disposals and 4 marks with 2 tackles. Standing Van Rooyen.

Jake Stringer (39/47): Mostly forward on Brayshaw with stints in midfield
Stringer contributed with 9 touches, 3 tackles and 1.3 on the scoreboard.
Nick Hind (37/30): On in Q3 for Jones to play forward… 7 touches and 2 marks plus 2.0. Started as the sub.

Harrison Jones (35/39): Off with an ankle knock in Q3 and subbed off for Hind… Scored 1.1 from 3 grabs and 5 disposals. Starting forward on May.

Jye Menzie (9/19): Starting forward
Menzie added 6 disposals and 3 free kicks given away.
Jack Viney (112/108): In central midfield
Viney contributed with 27 disposals, 5 marks, 7 tackles and booted 0.1.
Clayton Oliver (108/115): Matched up on Setterfield… very quiet start but kept working… 41 possessions and 2 marks plus 2 tackles. Playing inside midfield.

Christian Petracca (104/109): Starting in midfield
Petracca contributed with 27 disposals, 4 marks, 4 tackles and kicked 1.2.
Ed Langdon (92/95): Running off a wing
Langdon contributed with 24 possessions, 7 marks and 2 tackles.
Lachie Hunter (87/72): Playing outside midfield
Hunter contributed with 22 possessions, 5 grabs and 4 tackles.
Brodie Grundy (81/128): Ran out of tickets after HT… 24 hit outs… also 18 disposals and 2 tackles… helped out by 5FF. First ruck.
Grundy also had 3 grabs.
Trent Rivers (78/69): Playing a half back role
Rivers contributed with 20 possessions, 5 grabs, 4 tackles and 0.1.
Jake Bowey (78/55): Starting at half back
Bowey contributed with 22 disposals, 4 grabs and 2 tackles.
Alex Neal-Bullen (77/65): Playing a HFF role
Neal-Bullen contributed with 17 disposals, 2 marks, 4 tackles and booted 1.1.
Harrison Petty (67/71): Copped a knock in Q1 and looked poorly… 17 disposals and 7 marks with 2 tackles. Playing in defence on Langford.

Bayley Fritsch (63/73): Starting forward on Ridley
Fritsch contributed with 9 disposals, 4 marks, 4 tackles and managed 2.2.
Adam Tomlinson (63/59): In defence on the resting ruck
Tomlinson contributed with 17 touches, 5 marks, 2 tackles and 3 free kicks given away.
Kysaiah Pickett (61/60): Starting forward
Pickett contributed with 11 touches, 4 tackles and kicked 2.2.
Steven May (53/74): Playing FB on Jones
May contributed with 12 disposals, 3 marks and 2 tackles.
Judd McVee (46/63): Rotating at half back
McVee also had 14 touches.
Angus Brayshaw (45/59): Starting at half back on Stringer
Brayshaw added 12 disposals and 3 marks.
Jake Melksham (42/49): Late replacement for Ben Brown… 10 touches and 3 marks plus 2.1. Rotating forward.

Kade Chandler (41/55): Playing a high forward role
Chandler contributed with 10 possessions, 3 tackles and managed 1.0.
James Jordon (40/24): On in Q3 for Spargo… 6 possessions and 2 marks plus 3 tackles… 1.0 as well. Started as the sub.

Tom Sparrow (35/38): Rotating in attack
Sparrow also had 13 disposals.
Jacob Van Rooyen (29/52): Starting forward on Zerk-Thatcher
Van Rooyen contributed with 7 possessions, 4 hit outs and 1.0 on the scoreboard.
Tom McDonald (28/20): Up forward on Laverde
McDonald contributed with 6 touches, 3 grabs and 3 hit outs.
Charlie Spargo (6/4): Groggy after he ducked his head into the hip of Redman in Q2… subbed off at HT for Jordon. Starting forward.
Spargo added 1 touches and 2 grabs.

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