Connect with us

Game snippets

Player news from R22 of 2023: North Melbourne vs Essendon

News snippets for North Melbourne vs Essendon, R22 of 2023

Harry Sheezel (110/135): Starting at half back
Sheezel contributed with 32 disposals, 6 marks and 3 tackles.
Luke Davies-Uniacke (107/125): Playing central midfield
Davies-Uniacke contributed with 28 disposals, 5 marks, 3 tackles and booted 1.0.
Bailey Scott (95/77): Matched up on Kelly… 26 touches including 21 kicks… also 4 marks and 2 tackles. Starting on a wing.

Jack Ziebell (90/90): Starting at half back on Langford
Ziebell contributed with 27 possessions, 5 marks and 2 tackles.
Jy Simpkin (87/78): Left elbow knock in Q2 but strapped up and returned… 1.1 from 22 possessions and 3 marks plus 3 tackles. Playing midfield.

Tarryn Thomas (81/72): Rotating midfield and half forward
Thomas contributed with 22 possessions, 6 marks and 3 tackles.
Ben Cunnington (80/92): Playing inside midfield
Cunnington contributed with 24 possessions, 3 tackles and kicked 2.0.
George Wardlaw (79/87): Rotating in midfield
Wardlaw contributed with 14 possessions, 2 marks and 9 tackles.
Ben McKay (71/89): In defence on Wright
McKay added 16 touches and 8 grabs.
Jaidyn Stephenson (66/71): First goal… left wrist knock in Q3… 13 possessions with 10 by foot… also 3 marks and 2 tackles… and kicked 2.0. Starting at half forward matched up on Redman.

Nick Larkey (65/79): Starting forward on Zerk-Thatcher
Larkey contributed with 7 possessions, 5 grabs and booted 5.1.
Kayne Turner (59/57): Playing a half forward role on Hind
Turner contributed with 15 touches, 3 marks and 4 tackles.
Paul Curtis (58/69): Playing a forward role on Laverde
Curtis contributed with 10 disposals, 2 marks, 8 tackles and 0.1 on the scoreboard.
Darcy Tucker (58/69): Matched up on Durham… 15 disposals and 3 marks with 2 tackles… umps paid him 3FF. Playing an outside game.

Tristan Xerri (53/70): Tandem ruck with Goldstein
Xerri contributed with 12 possessions, 2 tackles and 17 taps.
Luke McDonald (50/52): Starting at half back
McDonald contributed with 13 possessions, 2 marks and 4 tackles.
Eddie Ford (45/42): Playing small forward
Ford contributed with 10 possessions, 6 grabs and managed 1.1.
Josh Goater (41/42): Rotating at half back
Goater contributed with 11 disposals, 2 marks and 3 tackles.
Aidan Corr (32/48): Playing key defender on Phillips
Corr also had 9 disposals.
Jackson Archer (31/14): Headclash with Guelfi in Q3 saw him stagger off but he passed the HIA to return just before 3QT… then subbed off at 3QT for Lazzarro… 8 disposals and 2 tackles. Rotating in defence.

Todd Goldstein (28/39): Tandem ruck with Xerri
Goldstein contributed with 5 touches, 2 tackles, 23 ruck taps and 5 frees against.
Curtis Taylor (26/35): Tagging Merrett in midfield
Taylor added 8 touches and 2 tackles.
Charlie Lazzaro (7/15): On in Q4 for Archer… 3 possessions. Started as the sub.

Nicholas Martin (129/137): Roaming off a HFF
Martin contributed with 32 touches, 6 marks, 2 tackles and kicked 3.0.
Darcy Parish (112/123): Head to head with Simpkin… 33 touches and 6 marks plus 3 tackles. Playing in central midfield.

Ben Hobbs (108/84): Playing midfield
Hobbs contributed with 29 touches, 6 marks, 6 tackles and 3 frees against.
Mason Redman (93/96): Mostly across half back matched up on Stephenson
Redman added 24 possessions and 8 grabs.
Nick Hind (90/90): At half back with Turner on him
Hind added 23 possessions and 8 marks.
Zach Merrett (90/97): Tagged by Taylor… 21 possessions and 2 marks plus 9 tackles… umps paid him 3FF. Playing inside midfield… switched forward in Q3.

Archie Perkins (87/88): Mostly starting forward
Perkins contributed with 20 possessions, 7 marks, 4 tackles, managed 1.0 and 3 free kicks given away.
Elijah Tsatas (86/78): Second game… 23 touches and 4 marks plus 3 tackles… 1.0 as well. Rotating forward.

Jayden Laverde (80/86): Starting in defence on Curtis
Laverde contributed with 19 possessions, 7 marks and 2 tackles.
Dyson Heppell (71/90): Playing half back
Heppell added 16 touches and 7 marks.
Jye Menzie (69/74): Starting forward
Menzie contributed with 11 disposals, 6 grabs, 2 tackles and kicked 2.1.
Sam Durham (69/75): Matched up on Tucker… 22 possessions and 5 marks. Playing an outside game.

Andrew McGrath (69/64): Playing half back
McGrath contributed with 17 possessions, 5 marks and 3 tackles.
Matt Guelfi (67/57): Headclash with Archer in Q3 but played on… 12 touches and 2 marks plus 6 tackles… 1.0 as well. Playing a half forward role.

Kyle Langford (66/98): Playing third tall forward on Ziebell
Langford contributed with 16 disposals, 3 marks and 3.1.
Peter Wright (65/75): Anonymous first half but woke up in Q3… 2.1 from 10 possessions and 5 marks plus 3 tackles. Up forward on McKay.
Wright also had 2 hit outs.
Nick Bryan (55/80): Subbed off in Q4 for Snelling… 10 hit outs… also 7 disposals and 3 tackles. In ruck.
Bryan also had 4 marks.
Jake Kelly (52/39): Matched up on Scott… 11 possessions and 5 marks plus 3 tackles. Playing wing a bit today.

Andrew Phillips (49/48): Playing a forward/ruck role on Corr
Phillips contributed with 6 disposals, 3 tackles, 17 ruck taps and managed 0.1.
Brandon Zerk-Thatcher (43/61): At FB on Larkey
Zerk-Thatcher contributed with 9 touches, 2 marks and 4 tackles.
Kaine Baldwin (40/58): Playing key defender on the resting ruck
Baldwin added 8 possessions and 5 marks.
Nikolas Cox (39/38): Starting in defence then switched to a wing in Q3
Cox contributed with 12 disposals, 4 grabs, managed 0.1 and 3 frees against.
Will Snelling (12/16): On in Q4 for Bryan to play forward… 5 possessions. Started as the sub.

Click to comment

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

More in Game snippets