Player news from R9 of 2015: Richmond vs Essendon

Trent Cotchin (108/-): Tagged by Melksham… 24 possessions and 6 marks plus 3 tackles… 2.0 as well… umps paid him 4FF

Brandon Ellis (108/-): Head to head with Stanton… 33 touches and 8 marks

Dustin Martin (107/-): 1.0 from 25 touches and 7 marks plus 2 tackles

Brett Deledio (106/-): 0.1 from 27 possessions and 9 marks

Kamdyn McIntosh (97/-): 19 disposals including 15 kicks… also 7 marks and 4 tackles… and kicked 1.0

Shaun Grigg (94/-): 20 disposals and 9 marks with 3 tackles… 2.0 as well… not helped by 3 FA

Shane Edwards (90/-): 0.2 from 25 disposals and 7 marks

Ivan Maric (81/-): 23 hit outs… also 15 possessions and 3 tackles… umps paid him 3FF
Maric also had 2 marks.
Jack Riewoldt (75/-): First goal… Hooker on him… 1.2 from 12 possessions and 8 marks plus 2 tackles

Alex Rance (75/-): Moved from Daniher to Carlisle in Q1
Rance contributed with 16 touches, 6 grabs, 6 tackles and 3 frees against.
Bachar Houli (64/-): 17 touches including 12 kicks… also 6 marks

Ben Griffiths (60/-): Starting forward on Hurley… 1.0 from 11 touches and 6 marks plus 2 tackles… gave away 3 FA. Left hip tweak while kicking in Q2.
Griffiths also had 6 ruck taps.
Connor Menadue (53/-): 12 touches and 4 marks plus 2 tackles… 0.1 as well

Nick Vlastuin (52/-): In defence on Zach Merrett
Vlastuin added 15 possessions and 5 marks.
Taylor Hunt (49/-): 12 disposals and 5 marks with 2 tackles

Anthony Miles (49/-): 17 touches and 2 tackles

Troy Chaplin (47/-): Dragged off Carlisle to Daniher in Q1 after Carlisle looked more dangerous
Chaplin added 12 touches and 4 grabs.
Jake Batchelor (43/-): On the resting mid which is mostly Chapman
Batchelor added 12 touches and 2 grabs.
Liam McBean (39/-): Second game… 0.1 from 9 disposals and 3 marks. Subbed off at 3QT for COrey Ellis.

Steven Morris (36/-): Starting forward on Baguley… 6 disposals and 3 tackles plus 1.0

Dylan Grimes (36/-): On Ambrose
Grimes added 9 possessions and 2 marks.
Corey Ellis (15/-): On after 3QT for McBean… 2 possessions and 1.0. Started as a sub.

Brendon Goddard (104/-): 27 touches and 10 marks plus 2 tackles
Goddard also had 2 hit outs.
Travis Colyer (92/-): 2.1 from 19 touches and 4 marks plus 4 tackles

Dyson Heppell (89/-): 24 disposals and 3 marks with 5 tackles
Heppell also had 4 ruck taps.
Ben Howlett (87/-): 0.1 from 18 disposals and 6 marks with 6 tackles

Michael Hibberd (87/-): 24 possessions and 5 marks plus 2 tackles

Brent Stanton (85/-): Head to head with Brandon Ellis… 24 disposals and 7 marks

Mark Baguley (80/-): Running off Morris
Baguley contributed with 18 disposals, 7 grabs and 4 tackles.
Jake Carlisle (79/-): Had Chaplin on him to start but quickly got Rance in Q1 when he started brightly… 15 touches and 9 marks plus 1.3

Zach Merrett (76/-): Starting forward on Vlaustin… 20 touches and 2 marks plus 5 tackles

Jackson Merrett (73/-): 1.0 from 13 disposals and 6 marks with 5 tackles

Jake Melksham (68/-): Tagging Cotchin
Melksham contributed with 21 possessions, 2 grabs, 2 tackles and 0.1 on the scoreboard.
Cale Hooker (64/-): Standing Riewoldt
Hooker added 16 disposals and 8 grabs.
Michael Hurley (61/-): Has Griffiths
Hurley added 16 touches and 6 marks.
Paul Chapman (60/-): Starting forward on Batchelor but playing a lot of midfield… 1.1 from 15 touches and 3 marks

Adam Cooney (57/-): 16 possessions with 13 by foot… also 4 marks

Jobe Watson (57/-): Poor Q1 and even worse in Q2… 17 touches and 2 tackles plus 1.0
Watson also had 3 hit outs.
Patrick Ambrose (57/-): Starting at half forward on Grimes… 11 disposals and 3 marks with 5 tackles
Ambrose also had 4 taps.
Courtenay Dempsey (54/-): 5 marks and 15 disposals

Tom Bellchambers (48/-): 7 touches and 2 marks
Bellchambers also had 27 hit outs.
Joe Daniher (47/-): Rance on him then got Chaplin in Q1… Booted 2.0 from 7 grabs and 8 possessions… not helped by 3 FA

Dustin Fletcher (36/-): Zoning off McBean… iced up left leg in Q4… 10 touches including 8 kicks… also 2 marks. Subbed off in Q4 for Gleeson.

Martin Gleeson (20/-): On in Q4 for Fletcher… 5 touches. Started as a sub.