Player news from R1 of 2016: Gold Coast vs Essendon

Gary Ablett jnr (134/134): Crowley on him around stoppages… Baguley manning him when forward… Started with 12 in the first term… 34 disposals and 4 marks with 7 tackles… 1.3 as well… aided by 3FF

Aaron Hall (125/122): 36 possessions and 4 marks plus 3 tackles… 2.1 as well

Dion Prestia (122/102): Massive second term with 9 touches and a major… 29 disposals and 3 marks with 9 tackles… 1.0 as well

Matt Rosa (108/98): 32 disposals and 9 marks

Michael Rischitelli (102/105): 28 disposals including 21 handballs… also 7 tackles and 3 marks

Alex Sexton (96/81): Tipungwuti largely responsible for him… 23 disposals and 6 marks with 3 tackles… 1.2 as well

Thomas Lynch (93/95): Ambrose keeping him company… 4.1 from 18 disposals and 7 marks with 2 tackles. A late hit on Baguley in the marking contest will be looked at.

Trent McKenzie (89/73): Cut to the head in the third made him miss extended minutes… Back on in the fourth… 17 touches including 13 kicks… also 7 marks and 5 tackles. Launching off half back.

Jesse Lonergan (88/91): Cut to the head in the third made him miss extended minutes… Back on late in the third… 20 disposals and 6 tackles plus 1.0
Lonergan also had 3 marks.
Jack Martin (87/82): Manned by Dea… 2.0 from 13 touches and 4 marks plus 7 tackles

Nick Malceski (78/77): Playing as a half forward today… 19 disposals and 4 marks with 3 tackles… 1.2 as well

Sam Day (71/93): Brown responsible for him… 15 possessions and 4 marks plus 2 tackles… 2.0 as well… helped out by 3FF
Day also had 2 taps.
Clay Cameron (71/46): Shoulder soreness late in the second term… 15 touches and 7 marks plus 3 tackles

Tom Nicholls (68/91): 10 possessions and 3 marks plus 4 tackles
Nicholls also had 24 taps.
Adam Saad (68/74): Sore groin late in the fourth… 15 touches and 6 marks plus 3 tackles… 0.1 as well. Minding J.Merrett.

Touk Miller (68/71): 20 possessions and 2 marks plus 1.2

Steven May (67/94): Following Daniher
May contributed with 16 possessions, 6 grabs and 2 tackles.
Jarrod Harbrow (65/54): 20 touches and 3 marks plus 2 tackles… 0.1 as well

Ryan Davis (64/54): 17 touches and 4 tackles plus 0.2

Rory Thompson (61/71): Standing McKernan
Thompson contributed with 14 touches, 4 marks and 2 tackles.
Callum Ah Chee (51/56): First gamer… Gleeson on him… 1.1 from 8 possessions and 5 tackles. Late replacement for Kade Kolodjashnij.

Sean Lemmens (26/20): Mainly following Langford… 10 possessions

David Zaharakis (125/126): First goal… 33 touches and 5 marks plus 2 tackles… 2.2 as well

Zach Merrett (119/109): 31 touches and 10 marks plus 3 tackles

James Kelly (117/89): 26 touches and 8 marks plus 7 tackles

Mathew Stokes (117/69): 27 disposals and 7 marks plus 3.1

Darcy Parish (97/66): First gamer… 25 touches and 5 marks plus 6 tackles

Brendon Goddard (76/77): 24 touches and 7 marks

Jackson Merrett (75/52): Saad running with him… 21 possessions and 4 marks plus 3 tackles

Matt Dea (72/57): Minding Martin… 15 touches and 5 marks plus 5 tackles

Martin Gleeson (72/46): On first gamer Ah Chee… 19 touches and 5 marks plus 2 tackles

Mark Baguley (69/65): Minding the resting mid which includes Ablett
Baguley contributed with 16 touches, 7 grabs and 2 tackles.
James Gwilt (63/62): 5 marks and 18 touches

Adam Cooney (57/48): 14 disposals and 4 marks with 3 tackles

Matthew Leuenberger (57/57): 8 touches with 6 by hand… also 3 marks
Leuenberger also had 32 hit outs.
Joe Daniher (57/35): Stood by May… 1.1 from 11 touches and 5 marks

Ryan Crowley (56/55): Spending time on Ablett around stoppages… 13 touches and 3 marks plus 2 tackles… 1.0 as well

Craig Bird (53/48): 11 possessions and 6 tackles

Mitch W. Brown (52/44): Responsible for Day… Just the one touch in the first term… 13 possessions including 10 kicks… also 4 marks and 2 tackles

Patrick Ambrose (52/57): On Lynch… 12 touches and 3 marks plus 4 tackles

Jonathan Simpkin (50/68): 17 possessions and 3 marks plus 2 tackles… gave away 3 FA

Kyle Langford (43/39): Largely stood by Lemmens… 1.0 from 13 possessions and 3 marks

Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti (36/48): First gamer… 10 possessions and 2 tackles plus 0.1. Marking Sexton.

Shaun McKernan (23/34): Thompson minding him… No touches in Q1… Ineffectual all day… 6 possessions and 1.0… gave away 3 FA
McKernan also had 5 hit outs.