Melbourne Player Reports

Christian Petracca
Tagged by McGrath... 1.2 from 21 possessions and 3 marks plus 4 tackles. Starting in midfield.

Ed Langdon
Ridiculous goal to swing momentum... 31 disposals and 5 marks plus 1.1. Running off a wing.

Joel Smith
Playing third tall defender on Stringer
Smith contributed with 11 possessions, 4 marks and 2 tackles.

Bayley Fritsch
Playing third tall forward on Kelly
Fritsch contributed with 9 possessions, 4 marks, 3 tackles and booted 2.2.

Adam Tomlinson
Playing key defender on Phillips
Tomlinson added 10 possessions and 5 marks.

Tom Sparrow
Playing a half forward role
Sparrow contributed with 14 touches, 3 marks and kicked 1.0.

Trent Rivers
Playing a half back role
Rivers added 18 possessions and 11 marks.

Alex Neal-Bullen
Playing outside midfield
Neal-Bullen contributed with 10 touches, 2 marks and 3 tackles.

Clayton Oliver
Playing inside midfield
Oliver contributed with 38 touches, 8 marks, 0.1 and 3 frees against.

Jack Viney
Doing jobs in midfield
Viney contributed with 17 disposals, 4 grabs, 3 tackles and kicked 1.0.

Angus Brayshaw
Starting off half back
Brayshaw added 34 possessions and 20 marks.

Kysaiah Pickett
Starting deep forward
Pickett added 6 touches and 6 tackles.

Jake Bowey
Running from defence
Bowey contributed with 18 possessions, 7 grabs and 3 tackles.

Tom McDonald
At CHF on Stewart
McDonald contributed with 6 disposals, 3 grabs and 1.2.

Charlie Spargo
Starting forward
Spargo contributed with 10 touches, 4 grabs, 4 tackles and managed 1.0.

Max Gawn
First ruck
Gawn contributed with 22 possessions, 5 grabs, 2 tackles, 17 taps and kicked 0.1.

Steven May
On Wright
May added 22 possessions and 4 marks.

Essendon Player Reports

Jake Kelly
Defending not up to standard tonight... 10 touches including 8 kicks... also 5 marks... conceded 3 FA. In defence on Fritsch.

Sam Weideman
First goal... Late replacement for Ben Brown... and scored 4.3. Up forward on Laverde.
Weideman added 11 disposals and 7 grabs.

Tex Wanganeen
First game... 1.1 from 3 possessions and 2 marks plus 3 tackles. Rotating forward.

Andrew McGrath
Tagging Petracca... 19 touches and 1.0. Rotating in Midfield.
McGrath added 2 marks and 3 tackles.

Nic Martin
Second game... 20 possessions and 8 marks. Rotating forward.

Jake Stringer
Mostly forward on Smith with stints in midfield
Stringer contributed with 14 touches, 3 marks and managed 2.0.

Andrew Phillips
Playing a forward/ruck role on Tomlinson
Phillips contributed with 12 possessions, 5 marks, 2 tackles and 16 ruck taps.

Darcy Parish
Playing in central midfield
Parish contributed with 24 touches, 2 grabs and 3 tackles.

Matt Guelfi
Playing a half forward role
Guelfi contributed with 12 disposals, 3 marks, 2 tackles and kicked 0.2.

Dyson Heppell
Playing a half back role
Heppell contributed with 22 touches, 7 marks and 3 tackles.

Nick Hind
Playing a half back role
Hind contributed with 21 possessions, 3 grabs and 2 tackles.

Mason Redman
Lurking across half back
Redman contributed with 13 touches, 3 marks and 3 tackles.

Dylan Shiel
Playing inside midfield
Shiel contributed with 25 disposals, 4 marks and 5 tackles.

Tom Cutler
Playing an outside game
Cutler contributed with 17 disposals, 6 marks and 1.0 on the scoreboard.

Brayden Ham
Playing an outside game
Ham contributed with 11 possessions, 3 tackles and booted 0.1.

Jayden Laverde
In defence on Weideman
Laverde contributed with 15 possessions, 6 marks, 2 tackles and managed 0.1.

James Stewart
In defence on McDonald
Stewart contributed with 8 touches, 4 marks and 3 frees against.

Jye Caldwell
Rotating in midfield
Caldwell contributed with 16 touches, 6 marks, 7 tackles and managed 0.1.

Sam Durham
Running off a wing
Durham contributed with 14 possessions, 2 grabs and 2 tackles.

Devon Smith
Started as the sub
Smith also had 0 disposals.

Peter Wright
Up forward on May
Wright contributed with 10 touches, 5 marks and 4.1.

Archie Perkins
Starting on a HFF
Perkins contributed with 11 touches, 2 marks, 4 tackles and 1.0 on the scoreboard.

Jordan Ridley
In defence
Ridley contributed with 21 disposals, 8 marks and 3 tackles.

Sam Draper
In ruck
Draper added 2 touches and 19 ruck taps.