Player news from PF of 2014: Sydney vs North Melbourne

Lance Franklin (137): Smashed Thompson all about the park… 5.2 from 23 touches and 11 marks plus 3 tackles

Luke Parker (133): Head to head with Ziebell… 3.1 from 26 touches and 8 marks plus 8 tackles
Parker also had 2 ruck taps.
Kurt Tippett (107): At FF on Grima… 4.2 from 15 disposals and 9 marks with 2 tackles
Tippett also had 12 hit outs.
Josh P. Kennedy (103): Head to head with Cunnington… 27 touches and 2 marks plus 7 tackles… 0.2 as well

Kieren Jack (88): Started forward on McDonald then took turns in midfield… 23 possessions and 3 marks plus 4 tackles… 1.0 as well

Adam Goodes (87): Moved to Firrito in Q1… 3.1 from 17 disposals and 5 marks with 2 tackles

Ben McGlynn (80): 1.0 from 19 possessions and 3 marks plus 4 tackles

Gary Rohan (74): Responsible for Black… smashed him badly enough that Black was subbed in Q3… then enjoyed himself even more after that… 23 disposals and 5 marks

Daniel Hannebery (72): Rotating from midfield to a HFF on McDonald… 22 touches and 3 marks plus 4 tackles… 0.1 as well

Nick Malceski (69): 18 possessions including 16 kicks… also 3 marks and 2 tackles

Harry Cunningham (65): His tagging job was a key reason North was shut down… 14 disposals and 4 marks with 4 tackles… 0.2 as well. Tagging Harvey.

Rhyce Shaw (63): The seventh defender for the Swans… manned up by Greenwood in Q1
Shaw added 20 possessions and 2 tackles.
Jarrad McVeigh (63): Matched up on Dal Santo… 14 touches including 11 kicks… also 4 marks and 3 tackles

Mike Pyke (60): 30 hit outs with 10 possessions

Jake Lloyd (58): Starting forward on Atley… 14 possessions and 4 marks plus 3 tackles

Lewis Jetta (55): Matched up on Gibson… 1.0 from 11 disposals and 5 marks with 3 tackles… conceded 3 FA. Poked in the eye accidentally by Grima very late in Q4.

Nick Smith (49): Minding Turner
Smith contributed with 13 possessions, 2 marks and 2 tackles.
Samuel Reid (41): Has the undersized Wright for company… right ankle knock in Q3… Kicked 0.2 from 5 grabs and 8 touches. Subbed off at 3QT for Bird.

Heath Grundy (39): On Brown
Grundy contributed with 9 disposals, 4 grabs and 2 tackles.
Craig Bird (39): On after 3QT for Reid… 9 possessions. Started as a sub.
Bird added 2 marks and managed 1.0.
Ted Richards (34): Standing Petrie
Richards added 10 disposals and 3 grabs.
Dane Rampe (34): Thomas is his man
Rampe added 11 touches and 2 tackles.
Drew Petrie (101): Richards on him… all his goals in second half junk time… 3.4 from 15 possessions and 8 marks plus 3 tackles

Ben Cunnington (95): Head to head with Kennedy… 28 disposals and 3 marks with 4 tackles

Brent Harvey (92): Tagged by Cunningham… 1.1 from 19 disposals and 3 marks with 6 tackles

Michael Firrito (87): Loose in defence to start… then Goodes went to him in Q1
Firrito contributed with 20 touches, 8 marks and 4 tackles.
Andrew Swallow (76): 18 touches and 4 marks plus 6 tackles

Nick Dal Santo (75): Matched up on McVeigh… 24 possessions with 17 by hand… also 3 marks and 2 tackles
Dal Santo also had 2 hit outs.
Todd Goldstein (72): 29 hit outs… also 12 disposals and 2 tackles… and booted 1.0

Sam Wright (72): Takes Reid
Wright added 22 disposals and 7 marks.
Levi Greenwood (69): Moved forward to man up Shaw in Q1… 21 disposals and 1.0… helped out by 4FF

Shaun Atley (64): In defence on Lloyd
Atley contributed with 19 disposals, 3 grabs and 1.0.
Daniel Wells (61): 15 touches and 7 marks plus 0.1

Nathan Grima (57): Standing Tippett
Grima contributed with 11 touches, 5 marks and 3 tackles.
Jack Ziebell (57): Head to head with Parker… 15 touches and 2 marks plus 5 tackles… 0.1 as well

Sam Gibson (56): Matched up on Jetta… 19 touches and 2 marks

Ben Brown (56): First goal… Grundy on him… 2.0 from 8 touches and 4 marks plus 2 tackles

Lindsay Thomas (53): Rampe sitting on him… 15 touches and 3 marks
Thomas also had 2 tackles.
Luke McDonald (49): Jack and Hannebery rotating through him on a HBF
McDonald contributed with 13 disposals, 2 marks, 2 tackles and managed 0.1.
Ben Jacobs (44): 11 disposals and 2 marks with 2 tackles

Kayne Turner (30): Smith on him… 7 possessions with 5 by foot… also 3 marks and 2 tackles

Scott D. Thompson (24): Obliterated by Franklin… 9 disposals with 7 by hand… also 2 marks

Ryan Bastinac (23): On in Q3 for Bastinac… 6 touches and 0.1. Started as a sub.

Aaron Black (13): The undersized Rohan on him… has had a completely forgettable year… 2 possessions and 2 tackles. Subbed off in Q3 for Bastinac.