Melbourne Player Reports

Nathan Jones
Handballed a lot among 25 possessions with 1.0
Jones contributed with 2 grabs, 3 tackles and 3 frees against.

Jack Grimes
Minded Johnson... 25 touches and 7 marks
Grimes also had 2 tackles.

Daniel Cross
23 disposals mostly by hand with 3 marks
Cross also had 4 tackles.

Matthew Bate
16 possessions plus 4.0 on Lake
Bate also had 8 marks.

Matthew Whelan
26 touches and 6 marks
Whelan also had 3 tackles.

Russell Robertson
Booted 3.0 on Morris
Robertson also had 8 possessions.

Clint Bartram
Tagged Cooney
Bartram added 14 possessions and 6 tackles.

Western Bulldogs Player Reports

Robert Murphy
Off in Q1 with a regulation three-week hamstring injury... 1.0 from 6 possessions and 4 marks on Warnock

Daniel Giansiracusa
Still had something to prove this week and stepped it up in Q3... 28 disposals and 5 marks with 0.2

Matthew Boyd
Huge numbers late in Q4 wiht the game in the balance... 33 disposals and 7 marks with 5 tackles
Boyd also had 1.0 on the scoreboard.

Jason Akermanis
Had an excellent Q2 to kickstart the Dogs... 4.2 from 19 touches
Akermanis added 4 grabs and 4 tackles.

Tom Williams
Groggy after a marking contest in Q3 but recovered
Williams added 9 disposals and 2 grabs.

Brad Johnson
1.1 from 16 possessions and 5 marks on Grimes
Johnson also had 3 free kicks given away.

Scott Welsh
3.2 from 6 grabs and 14 disposals on Warnock
Welsh also had 3 tackles.

Mitch Hahn
1.0 from 14 possessions with 5 tackles

Lindsay Gilbee
28 possessions and 2.2 with 3 marks
Gilbee also had 2 tackles.

Nathan Eagleton
21 possessions and 6 marks
Eagleton also had 0.1.

Will Minson
14 hit outs and 4 tackles
Minson contributed with 10 touches, 3 marks and kicked 0.1.

Dale Morris
Stood Robertson
Morris contributed with 15 disposals, 6 grabs and 2 tackles.

Liam Picken
Tagged Davey
Picken contributed with 10 touches, 4 tackles and managed 0.1.