Heritier Lumumba (113/-): Started on a wing… just the sort of open and disorganised game in which he excels… 31 possessions and 4 marks plus 5 tackles
Chris Dawes (103/-): Gwilt on him… 2.1 from 16 touches and 8 marks plus 4 tackles
Dawes also had 8 ruck taps.
Dom Tyson (91/-): 27 disposals and 6 marks with 3 tackles
Christian Salem (91/-): Starting on a HBF on Langford
Salem contributed with 20 possessions, 5 marks and 5 tackles. Jack Watts (84/-): Starting forward on Freezer… 15 touches with 11 by foot… also 9 marks… and scored 2.0
Jack Viney (79/-): Played a bit forward… his horrid clanger in the final two minutes lost the game for Melbourne… 17 disposals and 8 marks with 4 tackles… 1.0 as well… not helped by 3 FA
Jack Grimes (77/-): On a HBF on Laverde
Grimes contributed with 19 possessions, 5 marks and 4 tackles. Tom McDonald (77/-): On Daniher
McDonald added 18 disposals and 9 grabs.
Ben Newton (72/-): Kicked into the leg of Laverde in Q4 leaving him sore… 17 possessions and 5 marks plus 4 tackles
Sam Frost (72/-): Starting forward on Gleeson… 11 possessions including 8 kicks… also 6 marks and 5 tackles… and kicked 0.3
Frost also had 5 hit outs. Aaron Vandenberg (71/-): First goal… starting in a FP on Ashby… 14 possessions and 6 tackles plus 2.1
Mark Jamar (70/-): Subbed off at 3QT for Gawn
Jamar contributed with 11 possessions, 2 marks, 3 tackles and 22 ruck taps. Lynden Dunn (68/-): Ambrose is his man
Dunn added 16 disposals and 7 marks. Jeff Garlett (68/-): Matched up on Baguley… 4.2 from 11 touches and 2 marks plus 2 tackles
Daniel Cross (66/-): Tagging Zaharakis
Cross contributed with 17 touches, 6 tackles and 3 taps. Nathan Jones (59/-): 22 disposals and 2 marks… conceded 3 FA
Colin Garland (56/-): Takes Goddard
Garland contributed with 14 possessions, 2 grabs and 4 tackles. Matt Jones (55/-): 18 disposals and 2 marks with 2 tackles
Jesse Hogan (48/-): Brown on him… 11 possessions and 6 marks
Rohan Bail (45/-): Playing forward on Dalgleish… shown up for pace on multiple occasions… 9 touches and 3 marks plus 3 tackles
Neville Jetta (37/-): 3 marks and 12 touches
Jimmy Toumpas (31/-): 9 possessions and 3 marks
Max Gawn (25/-): On after 3QT for Jamar… 9 hit outs… also 5 disposals and 3 tackles… gave away 3 FA. Started as one of two subs.
Jordie McKenzie (0/-): Started as one of two subs
McKenzie also had 0 touches. Brendon Goddard (89/-): Starting forward on Garland… 20 disposals and 6 marks with 5 tackles
Goddard also had 2 ruck taps. Clint Jones (88/-): 22 disposals and 3 marks with 6 tackles
Elliott Kavanagh (86/-): 21 possessions with 16 by foot… also 4 tackles and 3 marks
Paul Chapman (82/-): 0.1 from 17 touches and 5 marks plus 5 tackles
David Zaharakis (82/-): Tagged by Cross… 17 touches and 3 marks plus 8 tackles… 1.0 as well… conceded 3 FA
Martin Gleeson (80/-): Matched up on Frost
Gleeson contributed with 19 touches, 5 marks and 4 tackles. Orazio Fantasia (79/-): 2.1 from 16 disposals and 6 marks
Patrick Ambrose (73/-): Starting forward on Dunn… 12 touches and 3 marks plus 10 tackles… conceded 3 FA
Ambrose also had 2 taps. Adam Cooney (69/-): 19 touches and 4 marks plus 4 tackles
Joe Daniher (68/-): McDonald standing him… 3.1 from 12 possessions and 6 marks… not helped by 3 FA
Daniher also had 2 ruck taps.
Mitch W. Brown (65/-): Had to take responsibility for a man which killed his fantasy production in the first half… but did get off his man more after HT… 7 marks and 16 disposals. Playing tight on Hogan.
James Gwilt (62/-): Standing Dawes
Gwilt added 16 touches and 6 marks. Mark Baguley (62/-): Matched up on Garlett
Baguley added 14 disposals and 7 marks. Jason Ashby (58/-): Minding Vandenberg
Ashby contributed with 15 possessions, 5 marks and 3 tackles. Shaun McKernan (56/-): On in Q3 for Giles… 0.2 from 9 disposals and 3 tackles… umps paid him 3FF. Started as one of two subs.
McKernan also had 13 hit outs. Lauchlan Dalgleish (51/-): Matched up on Bail
Dalgleish contributed with 9 disposals, 3 marks and booted 2.1. Will Hams (48/-): 10 disposals and 2 marks with 4 tackles
Shaun Edwards (47/-): 11 possessions with 8 by foot… also 2 tackles… and kicked 1.1
Jackson Merrett (44/-): 1.0 from 9 disposals and 4 tackles
Josh Freezer (42/-): Takes Watts
Freezer contributed with 10 touches, 4 grabs, 2 tackles, kicked 0.1 and 3 free kicks given away. Jonathan Giles (35/-): Subbed off in Q3 for McKernan
Giles contributed with 7 possessions, 13 taps and 0.1. Jayden Laverde (35/-): Starting forward on Grimes… 9 touches and 3 marks. Newton kicked into his leg in Q4 leaving him sore.
Kyle Langford (31/-): Starting on a HFF on Salem… 1.0 from 6 possessions and 3 marks
Marcus Marigliani (22/-): On in Q4… 8 disposals with 6 by foot. Started as one of two subs.
