Essendon Player Reports

Brendon Goddard
Nose broken at the first centre bounce contest in Q1 from a random Leuenberger elbow... 25 possessions and 7 marks. Roaming everywhere as usual.
Goddard also had 2 tackles.

Courtenay Dempsey
Made a lot of mistakes... 11 possessions. Starting in defence on Rioli.

Matthew Leuenberger
First ruck... 29 hit outs... also 15 disposals and 4 tackles
Leuenberger added 2 grabs and 3 free kicks given away.

Darcy Parish
27 disposals including 19 handballs... also 3 marks
Parish also had 3 tackles.

Kyle Langford
1.0 from 14 touches and 2 marks plus 7 tackles

David Zaharakis
Looking to bounce back after down week
Zaharakis contributed with 33 possessions, 3 marks and 5 tackles.

Patrick Ambrose
Playing in defence on Gunston
Ambrose contributed with 14 touches, 2 grabs and 4 tackles.

Martin Gleeson
Rotating on talls in defence
Gleeson contributed with 23 possessions, 5 grabs and 2 tackles.

Mark Jamar
Starting forward on Gibson
Jamar contributed with 9 touches, 5 marks, 12 hit outs and 0.2.

Zach Merrett
Playing inside midfield
Merrett contributed with 31 disposals, 5 grabs, 6 tackles and 0.1 on the scoreboard.

Craig Bird
Doing jobs in midfield
Bird contributed with 16 possessions, 5 tackles and 1.0 on the scoreboard.

Mathew Stokes
11 touches and 5 marks

Adam Cooney
Starting in the guts
Cooney added 27 touches and 7 grabs.

Matt Dea
Starting in defence
Dea contributed with 22 touches, 10 marks and 5 tackles.

James Kelly
Lurking at halfback
Kelly contributed with 27 possessions, 6 grabs and 2 tackles.

James Gwilt
At CHB on O'Brien
Gwilt contributed with 21 possessions, 4 grabs and 3 tackles.

Jackson Merrett
Starting in a FP
Merrett contributed with 20 disposals, 4 marks and booted 1.0.

Will Hams
Playing in a FP
Hams contributed with 14 possessions, 4 grabs and 6 tackles.

Hawthorn Player Reports

Jack Gunston
Filled his boots in Q4 junk time... 4.1 from 21 disposals and 9 marks with 2 tackles... helped out by 3FF... conceded 3 FA. Playing tall forward on Ambrose.

Josh Gibson
Dominated in defence with plenty of intercept marks... 12 marks and 25 possessions. Responsible for Jamar.

Shaun Burgoyne
Starting at halfback... switched forward in Q4
Burgoyne contributed with 17 disposals, 3 marks, 5 tackles and booted 1.1.

Kade Stewart
Second game... 13 touches and 6 marks plus 2.0

Ben McEvoy
Starting deep forward with stints in ruck
McEvoy contributed with 10 possessions, 2 marks and 14 hit outs.

Will Langford
Playing inside midfield
Langford contributed with 19 possessions, 4 marks, 3 tackles and booted 1.1.

Luke Breust
Starting deep forward
Breust contributed with 14 possessions, 4 grabs, 7 tackles and kicked 4.1.

Cyril Rioli
Starting on a HFF
Rioli contributed with 20 touches, 9 marks, 2 tackles and 3.2 on the scoreboard.

Paul Puopolo
Playing a FP role
Puopolo contributed with 14 touches, 5 tackles and managed 4.1.

James Sicily
Starting forward
Sicily added 25 touches and 6 grabs.

Ben Stratton
At CHB on Brown
Stratton added 13 possessions and 7 grabs.