Richmond Player Reports Nathan Drummond
First game... starting in defence on Kennedy-Harris... right knee injury in a mid-air clash with Jones in Q2 and stretchered off... highly likely to be torn ACL... 5 possessions including 4 kicks... also 2 tackles. Subbed off in Q2 for McDonough.
Taylor Hunt
Off in Q1 into the rooms after a knock... returned after QT but did very little after that... 10 touches and 2 marks plus 4 tackles... 1.0 as well... gave away 3 FA
Ben Griffiths
Starting forward on Dunn... very good Q1 but barely sighted after that even before the rain came... 1.2 from 8 disposals and 3 marks with 2 tackles
Griffiths also had 7 hit outs.
Trent Cotchin
Tagged by Vince so went forward on Garland a lot to break it... 24 touches and 2 marks plus 3 tackles... 0.1 as well... helped out by 4FF
Nathan Gordon
First goal and eight touches in a productive Q1... started forward on Jetta... 1.1 from 10 disposals and 3 marks
Jack Riewoldt
McDonald on him... plenty of ball but no goals... 0.4 from 17 disposals and 7 marks with 5 tackles
Shaun Grigg
Matched up on Howe in a defensive forward role... 16 possessions and 2 marks plus 11 tackles
Grigg also had 4 hit outs.
Shane Edwards
Started in the guts and showed off all his skills... 2.1 from 24 disposals and 5 tackles
Matt McDonough
On in Q2 for Drummond... 7 touches with 1 by hand... also 3 tackles. Started as a sub.
Kamdyn McIntosh
14 touches with 10 by foot... also 2 marks and 2 tackles... and scored 0.1
Alex Rance
At FB on Hogan... 10 disposals and 4 marks with 3 tackles... conceded 3 FA
Matthew Arnot
Starting on a HFF on Salem... 10 disposals and 5 tackles plus 1.0
Arnot also had 3 frees against.
Steven Morris
Chasing Garlett... 5 disposals with 4 by hand... also 5 tackles
Jake Batchelor
Watts is his man... 7 disposals and 2 marks with 5 tackles
David Astbury
Standing Dawes... 11 disposals and 2 marks with 3 tackles
Ivan Maric
34 hit outs... also 14 possessions and 7 tackles
Maric added 3 grabs and 0.1.
Dustin Martin
23 disposals with 16 by foot... also 6 tackles
Bachar Houli
Starting on Kent... 3 marks and 21 possessions
Houli also had 2 tackles.
Nick Vlastuin
Matched up on Newton in defence
Vlastuin contributed with 10 possessions, 4 marks and 5 tackles.
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Aaron Vandenberg
The tackle count inflated his numbers but it was reward for hard work... 21 possessions and 2 marks plus 12 tackles... 1.1 as well. Will have a big fantasy price rise on this performance.
Bernie Vince
Tried to tag Cotchin but Cotchin spent a lot of time forward to break it... 20 possessions and 3 marks plus 6 tackles... 1.0 as well... conceded 3 FA
Vince also had 3 hit outs.
Heritier Lumumba
Way too many handballs for fantasy purposes... 15 touches including 10 handballs... also 4 tackles and 3 marks. Moved to be loose in defence in Q3.
Jeff Garlett
Morris on him... very quiet start but his Q3 goals were vitalresult of the match... 2.2 from 11 disposals and 6 tackles
Tom McDonald
Has Riewoldt... restricted him to zero goals... 18 possessions with 13 by foot... also 4 marks and 3 tackles
Nathan Jones
Four quarter performer for Melbourne as usual... 24 disposals and 6 tackles plus 1.0... not helped by 4 FA
Christian Salem
His fantasy price is steadily climbing... 14 possessions and 4 marks plus 7 tackles. Matched up on Arnot.
Neville Jetta
Minding Gordon... failed a concussion test in Q3 and did not return... 4 disposals and 3 tackles
Jay Kennedy-Harris
Starting forward on Drummond... 1.1 from 8 disposals and 2 marks with 3 tackles
Angus Brayshaw
Matched up on Miles... 12 disposals and 4 marks with 6 tackles... 1.0 as well
Chris Dawes
Astbury on him... 2.0 from 12 possessions and 2 marks plus 3 tackles
Dawes also had 4 ruck taps.
Ben Newton
Starting forward on Vlaustin... 18 touches and 3 tackles
Newton also had managed 0.1.
Viv Michie
On in Q2 for Kent... 19 possessions. Started as a sub.
Michie also had 2 tackles.
Colin Garland
Often matched up on Cotchin
Garland contributed with 15 touches, 2 grabs and 8 tackles.
Daniel Cross
Tagging Ellis
Cross contributed with 16 disposals, 5 marks, 4 tackles and 0.1 on the scoreboard.
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