Player news from R4 of 2015: Western Bulldogs vs Adelaide

Liam Picken (120/-): Massive Q1… 29 disposals and 7 marks with 4 tackles… 1.1 as well
Picken also had 2 hit outs.
Jack Macrae (118/-): Head to head with Sloane… 28 touches and 5 marks plus 7 tackles… 1.0 as well

Luke Dahlhaus (115/-): Cemented his status as a gun tonight… 1.2 from 27 possessions and 5 marks plus 5 tackles

Matthew Boyd (113/-): Rotating in defense on smaller rotations
Boyd added 28 touches and 12 marks.
Jake Stringer (105/-): Hartigan was taking him until Talia switched over to try and contain him… Sore hamstring apparently was enough to have him subbed… 6.2 from 15 possessions and 4 marks plus 3 tackles. Subbed off late in the third.

Koby Stevens (103/-): 26 disposals and 4 marks with 7 tackles… 0.1 as well

Michael Talia (101/-): On the big Taylor Walker
Talia added 23 touches and 13 marks.
Jason Johannisen (94/-): Playing off Betts… 25 possessions with 18 by foot… also 7 marks… and booted 0.1

Lin Jong (88/-): 21 touches and 3 marks plus 3 tackles… 2.0 as well
Jong also had 4 ruck taps.
Marcus Bontempelli (86/-): Head to head with Thompson… Copping heavy attention from the Crows mids at stoppages but let loose otherwise… Moved to full forward in Q3 with Talia following… 17 touches with 12 by foot… also 7 tackles and 2 marks… and booted 1.1
Bontempelli also had 2 hit outs.
Jarrad Grant (72/-): 1.1 from 13 possessions and 5 marks plus 5 tackles

Nathan Hrovat (72/-): Jaensch on him… 20 possessions and 5 marks plus 3 tackles… 0.2 as well
Hrovat also had 3 frees against.
Robert Murphy (71/-): Ran out of defense all day and set up this domination from the start… 25 disposals. Running off McKay.

Stewart Crameri (69/-): Kelly is taking him… 1.2 from 15 possessions and 2 marks plus 5 tackles

Easton Wood (67/-): Has the job on the resting mids… 10 marks and 14 disposals

Lukas Webb (64/-): Has the job on Lynch
Webb added 16 touches and 7 grabs.
Tom Boyd (59/-): Talia following and later Hartigan… 2.0 from 8 touches and 3 marks plus 4 tackles

Ayce Cordy (55/-): First goalscorer… 1.0 from 10 possessions and 2 marks plus 3 tackles
Cordy also had 13 ruck taps.
Jordan Roughead (53/-): Playing deep following Jenkins… 12 possessions with 9 by hand… also 4 marks and 2 tackles
Roughead also had 5 ruck taps.
Tory Dickson (50/-): 12 touches including 9 kicks… also 3 tackles
Dickson also had 0.1.
Clay Smith (49/-): 11 touches and 3 marks plus 2 tackles… 1.0 as well

Mitch Honeychurch (24/-): On late in Q3… 6 disposals with 6 by hand… also 3 tackles. Started as a sub.

Scott Thompson (125/-): Head to head with Bontempelli… 38 disposals and 5 marks with 3 tackles… 1.0 as well

Sam Jacobs (117/-): 43 hit outs… also 18 disposals and 2 tackles
Jacobs also had 6 grabs.
Patrick Dangerfield (112/-): 20 touches and 5 marks plus 7 tackles… 2.2 as well

Matthew Jaensch (110/-): Running off Hrovat
Jaensch contributed with 24 disposals, 9 marks and 4 tackles.
Tom T. Lynch (91/-): Webb on him… 20 possessions and 8 marks plus 4 tackles

Cam Ellis-Yolmen (82/-): 23 disposals and 6 marks plus 0.1
Ellis-Yolmen also had 2 taps.
Matthew Wright (78/-): 19 possessions and 6 marks plus 4 tackles

Richard Douglas (77/-): 17 possessions and 2 marks plus 7 tackles

Eddie Betts (76/-): Johannisen on him… 4.1 from 13 possessions and 4 marks

Brodie Smith (73/-): 20 disposals including 17 kicks… also 6 marks… and booted 0.1

Josh Jenkins (72/-): Swapping into the ruck with Roughead following when forward… 1.1 from 14 touches and 5 marks plus 2 tackles
Jenkins also had 3 hit outs.
Ricky Henderson (68/-): 18 possessions and 5 marks plus 1.0

Luke Brown (61/-): Has the job playing on the forwards who swap into the mids… 11 disposals including 8 kicks… also 4 tackles and 5 marks

Rory Sloane (59/-): Head to head with Macrae… Very down on his usual performances which may be due to some head hits in Q1… 20 disposals and 3 marks plus 0.1

Nathan van Berlo (58/-): 11 possessions and 4 marks plus 4 tackles

Rory Laird (49/-): Copped an accidental hit from Ayce Cordy in the third which left him very groggy and went off for the test… 3 marks and 15 possessions. Running off resting mids.

Jake Kelly (49/-): Got the job on Crameri
Kelly contributed with 13 possessions, 4 marks and 2 tackles.
Daniel Talia (48/-): Took Tom Boyd for the first half until he switched to Stringer and then to Bontempelli… 9 possessions and 3 marks plus 4 tackles

David Mackay (43/-): Forward with Murphy following… 14 disposals and 3 marks plus 0.1

Taylor Walker (43/-): Talia taking him today… Kicked 1.0 from 5 grabs and 9 touches

Kyle Hartigan (38/-): Stringer proved too much and he was forced to switch to Boyd… 4 marks and 10 possessions

Jarryd Lyons (25/-): On late in Q3 for Laird’s concussion test… 8 disposals. Started as a sub.
Lyons also had 2 grabs.