Player news from R16 of 2015: Gold Coast vs Western Sydney

Gary Ablett jnr (176/189): Team tag rather than an individual tag early then Coniglio took him… Career best tackling effort… 30 touches including 25 kicks… also 17 tackles and 3 marks… and booted 3.0… aided by 5FF
Ablett jnr also had 3 frees against.
Touk Miller (111/132): 27 possessions and 5 marks plus 5 tackles… 2.0 as well

Zac Smith (110/116): Enjoying the main ruck role today with Nicholls mothballed early… 37 hit outs… also 15 disposals and 3 marks with 5 tackles… 1.1 as well

Nick Malceski (93/94): 25 disposals and 6 marks with 2 tackles

Michael Rischitelli (85/75): 17 possessions including 12 handballs… also 7 marks and 6 tackles

Jarrod Harbrow (75/61): 17 disposals and 4 marks with 4 tackles

Thomas Lynch (73/79): Tomlinson following him… 1.5 from 14 touches and 7 marks

Trent McKenzie (70/93): Minding McCarthy
McKenzie contributed with 16 touches, 4 marks and 4 tackles.
Alex Sexton (70/73): 17 possessions and 3 marks plus 2.0

Kade Kolodjashnij (70/71): Largely stood by Palmer… 21 possessions and 5 marks plus 2 tackles

Steven May (60/72): Has the key job on Cameron then took the resting ruck… 15 touches including 11 kicks… also 5 marks

Aaron Hall (57/37): 14 possessions and 3 marks plus 3 tackles
Hall also had booted 0.1.
Jesse Lonergan (56/64): On Smith… 14 possessions and 5 marks plus 2 tackles

Mitch Hallahan (54/63): Spending extended minutes forward… 11 possessions and 5 tackles plus 1.0

Sam Day (50/58): Rotating through a number of opponents in defence… Switching forward at times… 9 possessions and 3 marks plus 5 tackles

Brandon Matera (48/55): Shaw running with him… 2.0 from 7 touches and 3 tackles

Matt Shaw (40/43): 3 marks and 11 disposals

Rory Thompson (36/42): Responsible for the resting ruck mainly Downie then took Cameron… 5 marks and 6 possessions

Josh Glenn (35/32): On at QT… 9 possessions. Started as a sub.
Glenn added 2 marks and 2 tackles.
Peter Wright (33/39): Corr on him when forward… No touches in Q1… 5 disposals with 0 by hand… also 3 marks
Wright also had 3 taps.
Tom Nicholls (17/13): Sore quad early in the first term… 2 disposals. Subbed at QT.
Nicholls also had 6 taps.
Clay Cameron (15/23): On the resting mid mainly Steele… 3 touches and 3 tackles

Callan Ward (138/130): 30 possessions and 8 marks plus 5 tackles… 2.2 as well
Ward also had 5 ruck taps.
Heath Shaw (125/126): Running with Matera
Shaw contributed with 29 disposals, 12 grabs and 2 tackles.
Devon Smith (124/170): Lonergan on him… 4.0 from 27 touches and 3 marks plus 5 tackles

Stephen Coniglio (96/112): Tagging Ablett full time after Q1… 25 disposals and 5 marks with 5 tackles
Coniglio also had 2 ruck taps.
Josh Kelly (94/92): 23 touches and 4 marks plus 6 tackles… 0.1 as well

Tom Scully (92/94): 23 disposals and 5 marks with 6 tackles

Toby Greene (92/86): Playing as a high half forward… 25 disposals and 5 marks with 3 tackles… 0.2 as well

Ryan Griffen (85/95): Starting in defence again this week… 21 touches and 7 marks plus 3 tackles

Jack Steele (81/75): Cameron on him when he rests forward… 18 disposals and 5 marks with 5 tackles
Steele also had 3 hit outs.
Adam Treloar (78/78): 19 possessions and 3 marks plus 5 tackles… 0.1 as well

Adam Tomlinson (76/80): Starting in defence… Standing Lynch… 18 disposals and 9 marks

Zac Williams (74/74): 7 marks and 20 touches

Rory Lobb (72/77): 17 hit outs… also 9 possessions and 4 marks plus 2 tackles… 2.0 as well

Jeremy Cameron (71/64): May following him then Thompson in the final term… Scored 2.4 from 6 grabs and 12 disposals

Lachie Whitfield (66/57): 17 possessions with 13 by foot… also 8 marks… and booted 0.1

Aidan Corr (64/79): Minding the resting ruck in Wright… 8 marks and 15 touches

Nick Haynes (62/70): Playing a third man up role… 6 marks and 17 possessions

Rhys Palmer (61/68): Pressuring Kolodjashnij in the forward half… 1.0 from 15 touches and 5 marks plus 2 tackles

Tom Downie (58/68): First goal… Thompson on him when forward… 21 hit outs… also 5 possessions and 4 marks plus 6 tackles… 1.0 as well… gave away 6 FA

Matthew Buntine (38/47): Concussed early in the final term… 7 possessions and 4 marks plus 2 tackles. Rotating through a number of opponents.

Curtly Hampton (22/17): On midway through the third term… 5 touches. Started as a sub.
Hampton also had 2 tackles.
Cameron McCarthy (22/18): McKenzie manning him… 1.1 from 4 touches and 2 marks. Subbed midway through the third.