Adam Cooney (126/89): Starting in the guts Cooney contributed with 25 possessions, 12 marks, 5 tackles and kicked 0.2. Zach Merrett (105/101): Playing inside midfield Merrett contributed with 22 touches, 5 grabs and 8 tackles. Brendon Goddard (102/92): Playing midfield Goddard contributed with 24 disposals, 8 marks, 3 tackles and 3 hit outs. David Zaharakis (91/94): Leading the inside midfield Zaharakis contributed with 25 disposals, 2 marks and 5 tackles. Orazio Fantasia (90/89): Starting forward on Buntine… had his best game in league footy… 12 possessions including 11 kicks… also 6 marks and 3 tackles… and booted 4.4. Went off in Q4 after a clash in Q3 with Haynes that brought on concussion symptoms.
James Kelly (88/72): Playing midfield Kelly contributed with 21 touches, 5 marks and 6 tackles. Courtenay Dempsey (87/88): Roaming from half back Dempsey contributed with 18 possessions, 4 marks, 5 tackles and 0.2. Joe Daniher (81/76): Playing FF on Patfull Daniher contributed with 11 touches, 6 grabs, 4 tackles and 2.2. Matthew Leuenberger (79/80): First ruck… 27 hit outs… also 7 possessions and 3 marks plus 4 tackles… 2.0 as well
Mark Jamar (73/90): Starting forward on Davis Jamar contributed with 12 touches, 6 marks, 14 hit outs and booted 2.1. James Gwilt (73/114): Standing Patton Gwilt contributed with 21 touches, 6 marks, 2 tackles and 3 frees against. Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti (71/72): Running off halfback McDonald-Tipungwuti contributed with 17 disposals, 5 grabs and 3 tackles. Will Hams (69/56): Starting deep forward Hams contributed with 15 touches, 6 grabs and 3 tackles. Mathew Stokes (64/60): Starting in a FP Stokes contributed with 16 possessions, 4 grabs and 2 tackles. Mitch W. Brown (62/56): Starting forward on Haynes Brown contributed with 12 touches, 3 marks and 2.4. Jason Ashby (60/58): Standing Brown… 13 touches and 2 marks plus 5 tackles. Late replacement for Matt Dea.
Martin Gleeson (58/54): Coming off halfback Gleeson added 18 touches and 6 marks. Craig Bird (55/55): 12 touches and 6 tackles
Jackson Merrett (55/68): Starting on a wing Merrett contributed with 17 disposals, 4 marks and 0.1 on the scoreboard. Michael Hartley (45/54): Lobb is his man Hartley contributed with 8 disposals, 3 grabs and 3 tackles. Darcy Parish (43/51): Coming off a wing Parish contributed with 13 disposals, 3 grabs and managed 0.2. Patrick Ambrose (32/46): In defence on Cameron Ambrose contributed with 6 disposals, 2 marks and 3 tackles. Stephen Coniglio (120/110): Playing midfield roles Coniglio contributed with 29 touches, 4 grabs, 7 tackles and booted 1.1. Heath Shaw (116/118): Loose in defence Shaw contributed with 31 possessions, 7 grabs and 3 tackles. Toby Greene (114/110): Starting on a HFF Greene contributed with 22 touches, 5 marks, 3 tackles, 2 hit outs and 4.2 on the scoreboard. Tom Scully (94/101): Playing in midfield Scully contributed with 21 possessions, 7 grabs and 7 tackles. Zac Williams (86/87): Playing small defender Williams contributed with 23 possessions, 5 grabs and kicked 2.0. Josh Kelly (85/79): Playing outside midfield Kelly contributed with 23 possessions, 4 grabs, 3 tackles and booted 1.1. Ryan Griffen (80/83): First goal… 18 possessions and 5 marks plus 4 tackles… 1.0 as well. Playing midfield. Griffen also had 2 hit outs. Callan Ward (74/69): Leading the inside midfield Ward contributed with 25 touches, 3 tackles and 3 hit outs. Rory Lobb (72/91): Starting forward on Hartley Lobb contributed with 14 disposals, 4 marks, 3 tackles and 13 taps. Jonathon Patton (71/67): Up forward on Gwilt Patton contributed with 13 possessions, 8 marks and 1.1 on the scoreboard. Nick Haynes (71/75): Sore back after a clash with Fantasia in Q3… returned to take a fair few intercept marks… 15 possessions with 12 by foot… also 8 marks and 2 tackles. Following Brown.
Dylan Shiel (67/78): Struggled with a shoulder problem all game… 21 possessions and 4 tackles plus 0.1… helped out by 3FF. Playing inside midfield.
Jacob Hopper (60/79): 18 touches and 2 marks plus 3 tackles… 1.0 as well
Nathan Wilson (57/61): Running from defence Wilson added 19 possessions and 3 grabs. Sam J. Reid (56/56): Useful first half but largely disappeared after HT… 13 disposals and 3 marks with 2 tackles… 1.2 as well. Starting deep forward.
Jeremy Cameron (56/65): Playing at FF on Ambrose Cameron contributed with 9 possessions, 3 grabs, 2 tackles and 2.2 on the scoreboard. Joel Patfull (54/45): At FB on Daniher Patfull contributed with 13 touches, 5 marks and 3 tackles. Matthew Kennedy (50/66): All goals in the second half to get the Giants over the line… 11 disposals and 3.0. First game.
Matthew Buntine (50/48): Well beaten by Fantasia in defence… 10 possessions including 8 kicks… also 6 marks
Lachie Whitfield (45/34): Terrible first half and not much better after that… 13 possessions including 9 kicks… also 3 marks and 3 tackles… not helped by 4 FA. Coming off a wing.
Tom Downie (43/50): First ruck… 20 hit outs… also 5 disposals and 2 tackles Downie also had 2 marks. Phil Davis (40/47): Left ankle knock in Q1… 5 marks and 9 disposals. Responsible for the resting ruck which is mostly Jamar.
