Player news from R14 of 2016: Hawthorn vs Gold Coast

Sam Mitchell (121/148): Playing pure midfield
Mitchell contributed with 35 possessions, 6 marks, 5 tackles and 3 free kicks given away.
Grant Birchall (115/116): Running off halfback
Birchall added 28 possessions and 12 marks.
Josh Gibson (112/114): Starting at halfback in a zonal role… Suns could not stop him… 15 marks and 25 possessions
Gibson also had 2 tackles.
Luke Hodge (111/98): Loose at halfback
Hodge contributed with 28 disposals, 9 grabs and 2 tackles.
Jordan Lewis (109/116): Playing inside midfield
Lewis contributed with 27 possessions, 6 marks, 5 tackles, 2 taps and 1.0 on the scoreboard.
Jack Gunston (95/102): First goal… 1.2 from 22 disposals and 8 marks with 2 tackles. Starting on a HFF.

James Sicily (88/90): Playing forward on McKenzie
Sicily contributed with 13 disposals, 5 marks, 4 tackles and managed 3.1.
Isaac Smith (86/61): Running free off a wing
Smith contributed with 23 possessions, 7 marks, 2 tackles and kicked 0.1.
Shaun Burgoyne (83/81): Starting in midfield
Burgoyne contributed with 17 possessions, 6 grabs, 4 tackles and 1.0.
Bradley Hill (83/83): Coming off a wing
Hill contributed with 19 touches, 5 grabs, 4 tackles and 1.0 on the scoreboard.
Billy Hartung (83/69): Playing outside midfield
Hartung contributed with 19 touches, 5 grabs and kicked 2.1.
Liam Shiels (82/66): 18 disposals and 8 tackles
Shiels also had 2 marks.
Luke Breust (82/83): Playing a FP role
Breust contributed with 20 touches, 5 marks, 2 tackles and managed 1.1.
Ben Stratton (80/79): Has Wright
Stratton contributed with 18 touches, 8 marks and 2 tackles.
Jonathon Ceglar (80/83): First ruck
Ceglar contributed with 13 possessions, 4 grabs, 2 tackles, 19 hit outs and kicked 1.2.
Taylor Duryea (73/66): Starting deep in defence
Duryea contributed with 14 touches, 8 marks and 1.1.
Daniel Howe (65/77): Rotating through defensive roles
Howe contributed with 16 disposals, 2 marks and 4 tackles.
Kaiden Brand (58/58): Day is his man
Brand added 13 disposals and 7 marks.
James Frawley (57/70): At FB on Lynch
Frawley added 12 disposals and 6 marks.
Ben McEvoy (57/56): Starting forward on May with stints in ruck
McEvoy contributed with 9 touches, 3 marks and 22 taps.
Tim O’Brien (41/41): Starting forward on Thompson
O’Brien added 10 touches and 4 marks.
Paul Puopolo (37/45): Starting deep forward
Puopolo contributed with 10 disposals, 2 grabs, 2 tackles and kicked 0.1.
Gary Ablett jnr (129/155): Right eye problem in Q3
Ablett jnr contributed with 40 possessions, 2 marks, 3 tackles and kicked 1.1.
Thomas Lynch (96/97): Playing FF on Frawley
Lynch contributed with 17 touches, 10 marks and booted 3.2.
Aaron Hall (86/69): Playing an outside game with time forward
Hall contributed with 20 disposals, 6 grabs, 3 tackles and managed 0.1.
Jarrod Harbrow (83/92): Starting at halfback
Harbrow contributed with 25 disposals, 4 marks, booted 1.1 and 3 frees against.
Alex Sexton (73/87): Starting on a HBF
Sexton contributed with 22 possessions, 2 grabs and 3 tackles.
Nick Malceski (71/82): Coming off halfback
Malceski contributed with 14 touches, 3 grabs, 6 tackles and 0.1.
Tom Nicholls (71/82): Excellent Q1 but really fell away after that… 27 hit outs with 17 disposals. First ruck.
Nicholls also had 2 marks.
Matt Rosa (68/58): 19 disposals and 4 marks with 2 tackles

Sam Day (63/61): Starting forward
Day contributed with 11 touches, 2 marks, 5 tackles, 2 hit outs and managed 1.1.
Touk Miller (62/46): Starting on a HFF
Miller contributed with 11 touches, 4 grabs and 5 tackles.
Matt Shaw (61/58): Late replacement for Jack Martin
Shaw added 15 touches and 6 marks.
Dion Prestia (60/59): Playing inside midfield
Prestia added 19 possessions and 2 tackles.
Ryan Davis (59/34): Playing a FP role
Davis contributed with 12 disposals, 4 marks, 4 tackles and booted 0.1.
Mitch Hallahan (55/54): 14 touches and 4 tackles

Peter Wright (51/68): Starting forward on Stratton
Wright contributed with 9 possessions, 4 marks, 5 ruck taps and kicked 1.0.
Michael Rischitelli (48/62): 15 disposals and 4 tackles plus 0.1… conceded 3 FA

Jesse Joyce (46/51): Donuts in Q1… 10 touches and 4 tackles. Rotating through halfback roles.

Steven May (43/76): In defence on the resting ruck which is mostly McEvoy
May contributed with 11 touches, 4 marks and 2 tackles.
Jarrad Grant (42/37): Starting on a HFF
Grant contributed with 8 disposals, 5 tackles and 0.1.
Brandon Matera (36/34): Starting forward
Matera contributed with 8 possessions, 2 tackles and 1.0 on the scoreboard.
Trent McKenzie (34/46): Right hamstring corked in Q4 but did return… 9 disposals including 6 kicks… also 2 marks. In defence on Sicily.

Rory Thompson (17/45): At FB on O’Brien
Thompson added 4 touches and 3 tackles.