Essendon Player Reports

Scott Lucas
A combination of Williams and coach Knights moving him away from the action as a decoy cruelled his scores... 12 possessions and 4 marks

Jobe Watson
Head to head with Cross... one handpass in Q1... left quad corkie in Q3... 11 touches including 10 handballs
Watson also had 3 tackles.

Michael Hurley
Stood Welsh but moved forward in Q4... 0.2 from 15 touches with 7 marks and 3 tackles

Matthew Lloyd
Dislocated little finger on left hand in Q2... 9 marks and 12 touches on Lake
Lloyd added 2 tackles and managed 2.1.

Kyle Reimers
Right ankle problem in Q4... 3.0 from 11 possessions at FF on Morris
Reimers added 2 marks and 5 tackles.

Heath Hocking
First goal... 0.1 from 16 disposals with 7 marks tagging Cooney
Hocking also had 4 tackles.

Andrew Welsh
Tagged Boyd... 24 possessions and 6 tackles with 4 marks
Welsh also had kicked 0.1.

Alwyn Davey
1.1 from 12 touches with 6 tackles on Harbrow

Adam Cooney
Tagged by Hocking... 28 possessions plus 1.0
Cooney added 7 grabs and 2 tackles.

Cale Hooker
On Hahn... 9 tackles and 8 possessions
Hooker added 3 marks and 2 hit outs.

Dustin Fletcher
On Murphy... 25 disposals and 5 marks
Fletcher also had 3 tackles.

Tayte Pears
Went with Johnson... 14 possessions
Pears added 6 grabs and 2 tackles.

Brent Prismall
21 possessions and 9 marks plus 0.0

Brent Stanton
25 disposals and 7 marks plus 1.1
Stanton also had 3 tackles.

Mark McVeigh
Minded Higgins... 18 disposals
McVeigh added 3 marks and 2 tackles.

Courtenay Dempsey
17 touches and 2 tackles
Dempsey also had 3 grabs.

Jason Winderlich
22 possessions and 0.0
Winderlich added 8 marks and 2 tackles.

Ricky Dyson
19 touches and 6 marks

Western Bulldogs Player Reports

Robert Murphy
Forward with Fletcher on him... knock to his right elbow in Q4... 2.0 from 18 disposals with 8 marks
Murphy also had 2 tackles.

Jason Akermanis
Got cleaned up by McPhee in Q2 and looked groggy... 18 disposals and 3 tackles
Akermanis added 2 marks and booted 0.1.

Brad Johnson
Knock to an elbow which drew blood in Q2... 3.0 from 30 disposals on Pears
Johnson added 14 grabs and 2 tackles.

Scott Welsh
1.0 from 11 disposals on Hurley with most of it in Q4 garbage time
Welsh also had 3 grabs.

Mitch Hahn
Three of his 2.1 in Q3... also 6 grabs and 19 touches on Hooker
Hahn also had 5 tackles.

Will Minson
14 hit outs and 3 tackles with 20 touches and 7 marks plus 1.0

Liam Picken
On a HBF on Lonergan without a hard tagging role
Picken added 8 disposals and 5 tackles.

Matthew Boyd
Tagged by Welsh... 29 touches and 6 tackles
Boyd also had 5 grabs.

Dale Morris
On Reimers at FB... 9 marks and 15 touches
Morris also had 2 tackles.

Ryan Hargrave
22 disposals and 7 marks with 3 tackles

Lindsay Gilbee
20 possessions and 6 marks
Gilbee also had 3 tackles.

Tom Williams
Did a good job on Lucas
Williams added 11 touches and 2 grabs.