Player news from R9 of 2015: Western Bulldogs vs Western Sydney

Mitch Wallis (147/147): Big start with 12 touches and a major in the first term… 36 possessions and 7 marks plus 7 tackles… 1.1 as well. Tagging Griffen.

Matthew Boyd (127/123): 32 disposals and 8 marks with 4 tackles… 0.1 as well… aided by 4FF

Liam Picken (122/106): 25 possessions and 7 marks plus 6 tackles… 2.1 as well

Luke Dahlhaus (113/120): Shaw keeping him company when forward… 2.2 from 29 possessions and 3 marks plus 5 tackles

Robert Murphy (100/98): Spending time on Hoskin-Elliot
Murphy contributed with 25 disposals, 9 marks and 1.0 on the scoreboard.
Jack Macrae (99/90): 26 touches and 6 marks plus 5 tackles

Jason Johannisen (91/97): On Smith when forward… 21 disposals including 17 kicks… also 7 marks… and scored 1.1

Koby Stevens (90/79): 23 possessions and 3 marks plus 5 tackles… 1.0 as well

Marcus Bontempelli (81/79): Tagged by Coniglio… 17 disposals and 7 tackles plus 0.1. Subbed early in the fourth.
Bontempelli also had 4 taps.
Tory Dickson (80/90): First goal… Kennedy minding him… 4.0 from 14 possessions and 4 marks

Easton Wood (79/99): On Greene when forward… 18 touches including 15 kicks… also 8 marks and 2 tackles

Jordan Roughead (77/100): Has the key job on Cameron
Roughead contributed with 11 disposals, 5 grabs, 3 tackles, 24 hit outs and managed 0.1.
Jarrad Grant (71/66): Buntine on him… 1.2 from 16 possessions and 5 marks plus 2 tackles

Will Minson (69/85): 17 hit outs with 12 disposals… also 2.1… helped out by 3FF

Joel Hamling (68/78): First game… 7 marks and 16 touches. On Stewart.

Lukas Webb (55/53): Following McCarthy… 6 marks and 13 disposals

Tom Boyd (52/68): Corr manning him… Scored 1.1 from 5 grabs and 8 disposals

Nathan Hrovat (50/64): 15 possessions and 3 marks plus 2 tackles

Fletcher Roberts (40/42): 9 disposals with 6 by foot… also 5 marks

Lin Jong (40/44): Late replacement for Jake Stringer
Jong also had 14 touches.
Bailey Dale (29/33): 10 touches

Shane Biggs (26/16): On early in the fourth… 6 possessions and 3 marks. Started as a sub.

Heath Shaw (136/144): Enjoyed a massive third term… Played the sweeper role to perfection for most of the day… 28 possessions including 26 kicks… also 10 marks and 6 tackles. On Dahlhaus when forward.

Toby Greene (122/107): Wood on him when forward… 27 disposals and 9 marks with 3 tackles… 2.0 as well

Lachie Whitfield (109/95): 31 touches and 11 marks plus 0.1

Stephen Coniglio (90/79): Tagging Bontempelli
Coniglio contributed with 25 touches, 6 grabs and 4 tackles.
Adam Treloar (87/93): Spent extended minutes forward after QT… 23 disposals and 3 marks with 4 tackles… 1.0 as well

Shane Mumford (84/69): 46 hit outs… also 9 disposals and 5 tackles… conceded 3 FA
Mumford also had 2 marks.
Dylan Shiel (84/91): 26 disposals and 4 tackles
Shiel also had 2 marks.
Callan Ward (70/80): 19 possessions and 2 marks plus 4 tackles
Ward also had 2 taps.
James Stewart (68/76): Hamling standing him… 2.0 from 12 possessions and 4 marks plus 3 tackles

Aidan Corr (65/80): Standing Boyd… 16 touches and 6 marks plus 3 tackles

Jeremy Cameron (63/56): Roughead minding him… Scored 3.0 from 6 grabs and 8 disposals

Will Hoskin-Elliott (62/42): Murphy running with him… Switched to defence in the fourth term… 10 disposals with 9 by foot… also 5 marks and 5 tackles

Tom Scully (59/65): 17 touches and 2 marks plus 3 tackles… 1.0 as well

Nick Haynes (55/61): 11 possessions including 8 kicks… also 7 marks

Devon Smith (52/51): Johanissen on him when forward… 11 possessions and 6 tackles

Matthew Buntine (48/50): Following Grant… 10 possessions and 3 marks plus 4 tackles

Ryan Griffen (43/62): Tagged by Wallis… 10 touches and 4 tackles
Griffen also had managed 1.0.
Tomas Bugg (42/38): 10 possessions and 4 tackles

Joel Patfull (40/41): Spending time on Minson when forward… 3 marks and 8 possessions
Patfull also had 3 tackles.
Josh Kelly (36/23): On early in the third… 6 possessions and 4 tackles. Started as a sub.
Kelly also had 2 marks.
Cameron McCarthy (27/27): Webb following him… Just the one first term touch and not much after… 1.0 from 7 disposals and 3 marks

Adam Kennedy (26/24): On Dickson… 7 disposals. Subbed late in the third.
Kennedy also had 2 tackles.