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Player news from R8 of 2023: Port Adelaide vs Essendon

News snippets for Port Adelaide vs Essendon, R8 of 2023

Zak Butters (111/125): Right knee knock in Q4 but returned… 28 touches and 5 marks plus 6 tackles… aided by 3FF. In midfield.

Willem Drew (102/104): Doing jobs in midfield
Drew contributed with 22 possessions, 5 grabs and 8 tackles.
Dan Houston (99/122): Starting at half back
Houston contributed with 25 touches, 6 marks, 3 tackles and 0.1.
Connor Rozee (96/104): Playing pure midfield
Rozee contributed with 29 possessions, 5 grabs, 3 tackles and managed 1.0.
Jason Horne-Francis (96/109): Playing central midfield
Horne-Francis contributed with 20 possessions, 6 marks, 5 tackles and 0.1 on the scoreboard.
Dylan Williams (92/85): Rotating in defence
Williams added 24 disposals and 8 grabs.
Jeremy Finlayson (83/103): Playing a forward/ruck role on Ridley
Finlayson contributed with 17 touches, 6 grabs, 2 tackles and 1.4.
Riley Bonner (83/68): Starting at half back
Bonner contributed with 20 disposals, 4 marks, 4 tackles and 0.2 on the scoreboard.
Charlie Dixon (79/87): At FF on Zerk-Thatcher
Dixon contributed with 13 possessions, 6 marks, 9 hit outs and 2.2 on the scoreboard.
Ryan Burton (76/76): Playing a HBF role
Burton added 20 disposals and 6 grabs.
Travis Boak (73/87): Playing a wing role
Boak contributed with 21 possessions, 5 marks and 1.1 on the scoreboard.
Miles Bergman (72/84): Coming off half back
Bergman contributed with 15 possessions, 7 marks and 2 tackles.
Ollie Wines (70/89): Nowhere early in the game… 21 disposals including 16 handballs… also 5 marks and 2 tackles. Playing inside midfield.

Junior Rioli (68/81): A clash behind the play with Ridley in Q2 will attract MRP attention… 14 touches and 2 marks plus 3 tackles… 2.3 as well. Starting forward.

Darcy Byrne-Jones (66/62): Playing small forward on Hind
Byrne-Jones contributed with 14 possessions, 3 grabs and 2.1.
Todd Marshall (65/54): Starting at CHF on Redman
Marshall contributed with 13 possessions, 7 marks and kicked 1.1.
Brynn Teakle (48/42): In ruck
Teakle contributed with 7 touches, 3 marks, 3 tackles and 14 ruck taps.
Jed McEntee (44/55): Playing a pressure forward role
McEntee contributed with 9 possessions, 3 tackles and 1.0 on the scoreboard.
Sam Powell-Pepper (43/50): Playing a forward role on McGrath
Powell-Pepper contributed with 7 possessions, 2 marks, 5 tackles and booted 1.1.
Aliir Aliir (33/44): At FB on Langford
Aliir added 9 possessions and 4 marks.
Trent McKenzie (29/26): In defence on Weideman
McKenzie added 6 disposals and 4 marks.
Francis Evans (20/27): On in Q3 for Jonas… 5 touches. Started as the sub.

Tom Jonas (10/14): Subbed off in Q3 for Evans with a sore sternum… 2 disposals. In defence on McDonald-Tipungwuti.

Zach Merrett (120/106): Playing inside midfield
Merrett contributed with 28 touches, 2 grabs, 10 tackles and managed 1.1.
Darcy Parish (117/117): Playing in central midfield
Parish contributed with 37 possessions, 4 grabs and 5 tackles.
Kyle Langford (101/105): First goal… 19 touches with 14 by foot… also 10 marks and 2 tackles… and kicked 2.1. Starting at FF on Aliir… switched back in Q2 to cover Ridley injury then forward in Q4 to try to win it.

Sam Draper (84/110): First ruck
Draper contributed with 16 touches, 2 grabs, 3 tackles, 24 hit outs and managed 0.1.
Jye Caldwell (77/72): Playing a half forward role
Caldwell contributed with 17 possessions, 3 marks, 5 tackles and managed 1.0.
Andrew McGrath (75/93): Playing half back on Powell-Pepper
McGrath contributed with 19 touches, 4 marks and 2 tackles.
Mason Redman (72/76): At CHB on Marshall
Redman added 21 disposals and 5 marks.
Dyson Heppell (70/85): Playing half back
Heppell contributed with 18 possessions, 5 marks and 2 tackles.
Will Setterfield (70/71): Starting on a wing
Setterfield contributed with 16 possessions, 5 marks and 4 tackles.
Dylan Shiel (64/74): Playing inside midfield
Shiel contributed with 19 possessions, 3 marks and 2 tackles.
Nicholas Martin (63/64): Playing half forward
Martin contributed with 19 disposals, 3 marks and 2 tackles.
Archie Perkins (63/66): Mostly starting forward
Perkins contributed with 13 touches, 4 tackles and 2.1.
Jake Stringer (62/83): Mostly in midfield
Stringer contributed with 18 possessions, 2 tackles and booted 2.1.
Ben Hobbs (61/56): Playing a forward role
Hobbs contributed with 15 possessions, 5 tackles and managed 1.0.
Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti (61/72): Playing a FP role on Jonas
McDonald-Tipungwuti contributed with 13 possessions, 2 marks, 4 tackles and booted 1.0.
Jake Kelly (61/64): In defence on Finlayson
Kelly contributed with 14 possessions, 6 grabs and 2 tackles.
Andrew Phillips (59/58): Playing a forward/ruck role on McKenzie
Phillips contributed with 9 disposals, 4 marks, 21 hit outs and booted 0.1.
Sam Weideman (57/60): Up forward on McKenzie
Weideman contributed with 9 disposals, 5 marks and booted 2.1.
Brandon Zerk-Thatcher (44/49): Standing Dixon
Zerk-Thatcher added 13 touches and 3 marks.
Nick Hind (36/52): At half back on Byrne-Jones
Hind added 11 possessions and 2 marks.
Alwyn Davey jnr (34/31): Rotating forward
Davey jnr added 9 possessions and 3 grabs.
Jordan Ridley (14/18): Came off with concussion in Q2 after head contact from Rioli behind the play… subbed off in Q2 for Menzie… 4 disposals. On Finlayson.

Jye Menzie (14/20): On in Q2 for Ridley… 1.0 from 3 disposals. Started as the sub.

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