Player news from GF of 2015: Western Bulldogs vs Collingwood

Marcus Bontempelli (144/-): Head to head with Greenwood… had a massive Q1 with 15 touches and a goal… 29 disposals and 4 marks with 9 tackles… 3.2 as well

Luke Dahlhaus (133/-): No attention paid to him by the opposition and he enjoyed himself… 1.0 from 32 disposals and 4 marks with 8 tackles

Mitch Wallis (109/-): Did not tag even though he was near Pendlebury at times… 21 touches and 3 marks plus 11 tackles… 2.0 as well… not helped by 3 FA

Matthew Boyd (103/-): Loose in defence to start but had to move to Blair after Johannisen got injured… 26 touches and 8 marks plus 3 tackles

Jack Macrae (102/-): Head to head with Sidebottom… 31 possessions and 5 marks plus 3 tackles

Will Minson (99/-): 50 hit outs… also 11 disposals and 4 tackles… and scored 1.0

Brett Goodes (99/-): Starting on a wing… kicked two goals in a productive Q1… 19 possessions and 4 marks plus 6 tackles… 2.0 as well

Tory Dickson (99/-): Oxley on him… 2.0 from 24 disposals and 4 marks with 4 tackles

Robert Murphy (98/-): Minding Varcoe
Murphy contributed with 23 disposals, 6 grabs and 5 tackles.
Lin Jong (90/-): Worked hard in and under all night and was rewarded… 20 touches including 16 handballs… also 8 tackles… and booted 2.0

Jack Redpath (77/-): Toovey on him… 2.1 from 13 disposals and 7 marks with 2 tackles

Mitch Honeychurch (76/-): 0.1 from 22 disposals and 3 tackles… helped out by 3FF
Honeychurch also had 2 grabs.
Jarrad Grant (73/-): Concentrated on playing a link role in midfield and was serviceable for the team… 15 touches including 13 handballs… also 7 tackles and 4 marks

Liam Picken (73/-): Up forward on Williams… 19 possessions and 4 marks plus 3 tackles

Jake Stringer (68/-): Matched up on Ramsay… 1.0 from 12 possessions and 2 marks plus 7 tackles

Michael Talia (67/-): White is his man
Talia added 20 possessions and 5 marks.
Ayce Cordy (51/-): First goal… Frost on him… 1.0 from 10 possessions and 2 marks plus 2 tackles
Cordy also had 8 hit outs.
Joel Hamling (49/-): On in Q2 for Johannisen… 11 possessions and 4 marks plus 2 tackles. Started as one of two subs.

Tom Boyd (49/-): Brown on him… 1.0 from 13 possessions
Boyd also had 2 hit outs.
Dale Morris (48/-): On Goldsack… 11 touches and 4 marks plus 2 tackles

Jordan Roughead (46/-): Standing Cloke… 5 marks and 11 touches

Caleb Daniel (42/-): On in Q3… 11 possessions including 8 handballs… also 3 marks and 2 tackles. Started as one of two subs.

Easton Wood (31/-): Takes Fasolo… 10 touches with 8 by hand… also 3 marks

Jason Johannisen (11/-): Copped a hip to the head at full speed by Grant in Q1 and stretchered off… 4 touches. Subbed off in Q2 for Hamling.

Steele Sidebottom (113/-): Head to head with Macrae… 30 possessions and 4 marks plus 7 tackles

Taylor Adams (110/-): Plenty of the footy but his clanger count was very high… 31 disposals and 5 marks with 4 tackles… 1.1 as well

Scott Pendlebury (101/-): Escaped a tag but did not have much help in midfield… 28 possessions and 2 marks plus 4 tackles… 1.0 as well… umps paid him 4FF
Pendlebury also had 2 hit outs.
Josh Thomas (97/-): 26 touches and 5 marks plus 4 tackles

Dane Swan (96/-): 21 touches and 4 marks plus 6 tackles… 1.0 as well

Jamie Elliott (87/-): 0.1 from 25 possessions and 5 marks plus 4 tackles

Tom Langdon (83/-): 25 disposals and 3 marks with 3 tackles

Marley Williams (78/-): Manned up by Picken
Williams added 27 possessions and 4 marks.
Jarryd Blair (76/-): Started up forward on Johannisen but had Boyd moved to him after Johannisen got injured… 1.0 from 18 disposals and 5 marks with 3 tackles

Adam Oxley (70/-): In defence on Dickson
Oxley contributed with 21 disposals, 3 grabs and 2 tackles.
Travis Varcoe (68/-): 1.1 from 16 touches and 4 marks plus 3 tackles

Levi Greenwood (66/-): Head to head with Bontempelli… was well beaten especially in Q1… right ankle twisted under him as he tackled Grant in Q3… 9 disposals and 8 tackles plus 1.1. Subbed off in Q3 for Gault.

Brodie Grundy (63/-): 22 hit outs… also 12 possessions and 2 tackles

Jackson Ramsay (62/-): The job on Stringer
Ramsay contributed with 16 disposals, 3 grabs, 6 tackles and 3 free kicks given away.
Travis Cloke (61/-): Roughead on him… 2.1 from 11 touches and 4 marks plus 2 tackles

Jack Crisp (49/-): On in Q3 for Fasolo… 9 disposals and 6 tackles. Started as one of two subs.

Jesse White (42/-): 0.1 from 8 possessions and 2 marks plus 2 tackles
White also had 6 hit outs.
Alan Toovey (39/-): Responsible for Redpath
Toovey added 10 touches and 4 tackles.
Nathan Brown (38/-): Standing Boyd
Brown contributed with 10 possessions, 3 marks and 2 tackles.
Tyson Goldsack (32/-): Starting forward on Morris… right shoulder injury in Q4 when he went to bump… 6 touches and 2 marks plus 3 tackles

Ben Sinclair (29/-): 7 disposals with 6 by foot… also 3 tackles

Jack Frost (24/-): Has Cordy
Frost contributed with 5 possessions, 5 tackles and 3 free kicks given away.
Alex Fasolo (20/-): Has Wood… 7 possessions. Subbed off in Q3 for Crisp.

Corey Gault (20/-): On in Q3 for Greenwood… 4 possessions and 2 tackles. Started as one of two subs.
Gault also had 2 taps.