Player news from R1 of 2015: Adelaide vs North Melbourne

Taylor Walker (146/173): Followed by Tippett and Thompson then Firrito in the second half… 7 marks and a goal in Q1… Kicked 6.5 from 15 grabs and 22 touches

Eddie Betts (130/147): Largely manned by Thompson… 4.0 from 21 touches and 8 marks plus 7 tackles

Rory Sloane (115/142): First goal… 26 disposals and 7 marks with 5 tackles… 2.0 as well… umps paid him 4FF… not helped by 3 FA

Richard Douglas (102/99): 31 possessions and 5 marks plus 3 tackles… gave away 3 FA

Patrick Dangerfield (93/118): Head to head with Ziebell… 25 possessions and 2 marks plus 4 tackles… 2.0 as well

Brodie Smith (93/138): Full time winger… 22 disposals and 5 marks with 3 tackles… 1.0 as well

Sam Jacobs (88/71): 26 hit outs… also 13 possessions and 7 marks

Rory Laird (88/98): Tagging Harvey
Laird contributed with 23 possessions, 7 marks, 2 tackles and kicked 1.0.
Josh Jenkins (86/90): Firrito keeping him company… 3.1 from 14 possessions and 7 marks plus 2 tackles
Jenkins also had 3 hit outs.
Kyle Cheney (73/83): Taking the resting mid then went to Higgins after HT… 14 touches including 11 kicks… also 7 marks and 3 tackles

Nathan van Berlo (67/-): Slowed down after HT… 16 touches and 4 marks plus 4 tackles

Matthew Jaensch (62/65): 14 touches including 12 kicks… also 6 marks

Daniel Talia (62/72): Has the job on Petrie… 17 disposals and 4 marks with 2 tackles

David Mackay (61/68): 15 possessions and 4 marks plus 3 tackles

Charlie Cameron (61/41): McDonald on him… 1.3 from 11 possessions and 5 marks

Tom T. Lynch (54/60): Picked up by a number of opponents early… 1.0 from 10 possessions and 4 marks plus 2 tackles

Kyle Hartigan (51/60): Manning Waite… 5 marks and 15 touches

Jarryd Lyons (51/32): On midway through the third… 10 touches and 3 marks plus 4 tackles. Started as a sub.

Cam Ellis-Yolmen (49/80): 15 touches and 2 marks plus 2 tackles
Ellis-Yolmen also had 2 taps.
Matthew Wright (48/45): 9 disposals including 8 kicks… also 4 tackles and 3 marks

Ricky Henderson (46/51): Starting on a wing… 12 possessions with 10 by foot… also 2 tackles

Luke Brown (40/59): Has the key job on Thomas… Corky in the third… 8 possessions and 3 marks plus 2 tackles. Subbed midway through the third.

Ben Cunnington (93/87): 27 touches and 8 marks

Todd Goldstein (85/94): 35 hit outs… also 10 possessions and 4 tackles
Goldstein also had 4 marks.
Sam Gibson (81/89): 22 touches and 5 marks plus 1.1

Lindsay Thomas (80/78): Brown keeping him company… 2.0 from 18 disposals and 4 marks with 2 tackles

Shaun Atley (80/90): 17 touches and 3 marks plus 7 tackles

Jack Ziebell (78/81): Head to head with Dangerfield… 17 possessions including 13 kicks… also 6 tackles and 3 marks… and kicked 0.1

Jamie Macmillan (76/-): Spending time on a number of opponents in defence… 17 disposals including 13 kicks… also 7 marks and 2 tackles

Shaun Higgins (71/88): Playing as the high half forward… Cheney on him after HT… 16 disposals and 4 marks plus 4.0

Nick Dal Santo (61/68): 20 possessions and 2 marks

Ryan Bastinac (60/79): 15 touches and 3 marks plus 3 tackles… 1.0 as well

Sam Wright (58/43): 6 marks and 16 possessions

Drew Petrie (55/49): Stood by Talia… 1.2 from 8 disposals and 3 marks with 4 tackles
Petrie also had 3 ruck taps.
Andrew Swallow (55/66): 22 disposals with 18 by hand… also 3 tackles

Daniel Wells (49/49): 12 touches including 9 handballs… also 5 tackles
Wells also had 2 hit outs.
Scott D. Thompson (49/61): Has the key job on Betts and spending time on Walker… 4 marks and 14 disposals

Jarrad Waite (47/26): Hartigan minding him… 10 touches and 3 marks plus 4 tackles

Brent Harvey (47/52): Tagged by Laird… Very limited midfield minutes… 0.1 from 18 disposals

Ben Jacobs (42/40): Late replacement for Ben Brown
Jacobs added 11 possessions and 3 marks.
Luke McDonald (41/41): On Cameron… 4 marks and 10 touches

Michael Firrito (36/40): Following Jenkins then Walker after HT… 2 marks and 10 touches… helped out by 3FF

Kayne Turner (36/29): On at HT… 0.1 from 8 possessions and 2 tackles. Started as a sub.

Joel Tippett (6/0): Rotating through Walker and Jenkins. Subbed at HT.
Tippett also had 1 possessions.