Melbourne Player Reports

Jay Lockhart
Second game... 14 touches and 5 marks plus 2 tackles... 2.0 as well. Starting deep forward.

Tom McDonald
Left ankle problem in Q2... 6 possessions and 2 tackles. At CHF on Hurley.

Jake Melksham
Starting at half forward
Melksham contributed with 10 disposals, 2 marks, 4 tackles and booted 2.0.

Clayton Oliver
Playing inside midfield
Oliver contributed with 29 disposals, 2 marks, 4 tackles and 3 frees against.

Jack Viney
Doing jobs in midfield
Viney contributed with 21 touches, 3 marks and 6 tackles.

Neville Jetta
Playing small defender
Jetta contributed with 11 possessions, 2 marks and 3 tackles.

Michael Hibberd
Starting at half back
Hibberd added 16 disposals and 2 marks.

Angus Brayshaw
Playing in midfield
Brayshaw contributed with 34 disposals, 8 grabs, 2 tackles and booted 1.0.

Bayley Fritsch
Starting in defence
Fritsch added 21 possessions and 4 marks.

Joshua Wagner
Rotating in defence
Wagner added 16 possessions and 3 tackles.

Christian Petracca
Playing a HFF role
Petracca contributed with 16 touches, 5 grabs, 3 tackles and 1.0.

Nathan Jones
Starting on a wing
Jones also had 20 touches.

Christian Salem
Coming off a HBF
Salem contributed with 20 disposals, 2 marks and 2 tackles.

Alex Neal-Bullen
Coming off a HFF
Neal-Bullen contributed with 8 disposals, 4 tackles and booted 1.0.

Max Gawn
First ruck
Gawn contributed with 17 touches, 6 marks, 43 hit outs, 1.0 on the scoreboard and 4 frees against.

Kade Kolodjashnij
In defence
Kolodjashnij contributed with 12 disposals, 5 marks, 2 tackles and booted 1.0.

Essendon Player Reports

Dylan Shiel
Copped the Harmes tag in Q3 after a hot first half... 31 possessions and 4 marks plus 4 tackles... 0.2 as well. Playing inside midfield.

Zach Merrett
Tagged by Harmes until Q3 when freed up... 26 touches and 7 tackles... helped out by 3FF. Playing inside midfield.

Devon Smith
Corked left quadricep in Q2... 2.0 from 15 touches and 4 marks plus 9 tackles. Rotating forward and midfield.

Kobe Mutch
Left hamstring injury and iced up very early in Q1. Starting forward.
Mutch also had 0 disposals.

Tom Bellchambers
First ruck with support from McKernan
Bellchambers contributed with 10 touches, 3 tackles and 21 taps.

Zac Clarke
Playing a ruck/forward role on Frost
Clarke contributed with 10 possessions, 3 marks, 2 tackles, 13 ruck taps and managed 0.1.

Dyson Heppell
Playing inside midfield
Heppell contributed with 27 disposals, 8 marks, 5 tackles and kicked 0.1.

Darcy Parish
Playing in the midfield
Parish contributed with 24 disposals, 4 marks, 3 tackles and 1.3 on the scoreboard.

Michael Hurley
At CHB on Tom McDonald
Hurley added 17 possessions and 6 marks.

Jake Stringer
Up forward on Frost
Stringer contributed with 10 possessions, 3 marks, 6 tackles and 4.1 on the scoreboard.

Andrew McGrath
Playing in midfield
McGrath contributed with 23 disposals, 2 marks, 3 tackles and kicked 1.0.

Matt Guelfi
Rotating in defence
Guelfi added 15 touches and 2 marks.

Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti
Playing a FP role
McDonald-Tipungwuti contributed with 14 possessions, 4 grabs, 3 tackles and 4.0 on the scoreboard.

Patrick Ambrose
At FB on Weideman
Ambrose contributed with 10 possessions, 3 grabs and 3 tackles.

Sam Weideman
At FF on Ambrose
Weideman contributed with 14 disposals, 3 marks, 2 tackles, 2 hit outs and booted 2.0.

David Zaharakis
Playing midfield
Zaharakis contributed with 31 touches, 4 marks, 4 tackles and 1.0 on the scoreboard.

Mark Baguley
Starting forward
Baguley contributed with 10 disposals, 3 marks, 2 tackles and managed 1.0.

Jordan Ridley
In defence
Ridley contributed with 14 touches, 6 marks and 2 tackles.