Player news from R21 of 2016: Essendon vs Gold Coast

David Zaharakis (136/119): Shaw moved to tag him in Q3… 40 disposals and 4 marks with 6 tackles. Playing inside midfield.

Zach Merrett (127/110): Head to head with Miller
Merrett contributed with 38 disposals, 6 marks and 3 tackles.
Mathew Stokes (106/101): Starting in a FP
Stokes contributed with 32 touches, 7 marks and 2 tackles.
Mitch W. Brown (103/104): Up forward on Thompson
Brown contributed with 21 touches, 11 grabs, 2 tackles and 1.0.
Craig Bird (100/87): Playing midfield
Bird contributed with 25 possessions, 9 tackles and 1.0 on the scoreboard.
Adam Cooney (88/76): Playing in midfield
Cooney contributed with 20 disposals, 4 marks, 3 tackles and booted 1.1.
Matt Dea (86/104): Third tall defender on Day
Dea contributed with 20 possessions, 7 marks and 3 tackles.
Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti (84/78): Playing in defence today
McDonald-Tipungwuti contributed with 19 touches, 8 marks and 3 tackles.
James Kelly (80/88): Loose at halfback
Kelly contributed with 26 possessions, 7 marks and 3 frees against.
Conor McKenna (79/84): Rotating through the defence
McKenna contributed with 22 possessions, 3 grabs and booted 2.0.
Jonathan Simpkin (78/82): Playing midfield
Simpkin contributed with 24 possessions, 4 grabs and 2 tackles.
Joe Daniher (75/80): Playing FF on May
Daniher contributed with 17 touches, 8 marks and 1.1.
Martin Gleeson (72/73): Coming off halfback
Gleeson added 23 disposals and 5 marks.
James Polkinghorne (61/71): Playing in midfield
Polkinghorne added 21 disposals and 5 marks.
Jackson Merrett (60/70): Starting forward
Merrett contributed with 17 touches, 3 grabs and 1.1.
Orazio Fantasia (59/71): Playing forward
Fantasia contributed with 9 disposals, 4 marks, 2 tackles and 3.1 on the scoreboard.
Jayden Laverde (57/46): Starting forward
Laverde contributed with 13 disposals, 4 marks, 2 tackles and 0.2.
Jake Long (57/57): First game… 13 touches and 4 marks plus 3 tackles… 0.1 as well. Playing midfield.

Patrick Ambrose (54/67): At FB on Lynch
Ambrose contributed with 17 touches, 3 grabs and 3 tackles.
Matthew Leuenberger (50/56): First ruck
Leuenberger contributed with 9 disposals, 3 marks, 29 hit outs and 3 free kicks given away.
Michael Hartley (32/66): Copped a heavy knock in the nose when he ran into the elbow of Day in Q2… 7 disposals and 3 marks with 2 tackles. Standing Wright.

Sam Grimley (26/27): Third tall forward on Kolodjashnij
Grimley contributed with 5 possessions, 4 hit outs and 1.1.
Touk Miller (139/119): Head to head with Zach Merrett
Miller contributed with 39 disposals, 7 marks, 4 tackles and 1.0 on the scoreboard.
Aaron Hall (108/84): In the guts to start with
Hall contributed with 29 disposals, 4 grabs, 4 tackles and 2 hit outs.
Steven May (87/109): Daniher is his man
May contributed with 20 touches, 9 marks and 3 tackles.
Sam Day (87/76): Third tall forward on Dea
Day contributed with 14 disposals, 6 grabs, 5 tackles and managed 2.1.
Peter Wright (84/85): First goal… 4 hit outs… also 14 possessions and 7 marks plus 2 tackles… 2.2 as well. Starting forward on Hartley.

Thomas Lynch (80/87): At FF on Ambrose
Lynch contributed with 18 disposals, 3 grabs and kicked 2.3.
Jarrod Harbrow (78/68): Coming off halfback
Harbrow contributed with 16 possessions, 4 marks and 4 tackles.
Matt Rosa (77/54): Playing midfield
Rosa contributed with 26 disposals, 3 marks and booted 0.1.
Jack Martin (77/75): Loose at halfback
Martin contributed with 16 disposals, 6 marks and 4 tackles.
Callum Ah Chee (76/83): Starting deep forward
Ah Chee contributed with 19 disposals, 4 marks, 3 tackles and 0.1.
Kade Kolodjashnij (69/64): Third tall defender on Grimley
Kolodjashnij added 16 possessions and 9 grabs.
Matt Shaw (68/63): Running off a wing… moved to tag Zaharakis in Q3
Shaw added 18 possessions and 6 grabs.
Keegan Brooksby (67/82): First ruck
Brooksby contributed with 12 touches, 3 tackles and 20 hit outs.
Joshua Schoenfeld (66/48): Playing midfield
Schoenfeld contributed with 13 touches, 7 marks and 3 tackles.
Jarrad Grant (54/55): Starting on a HFF
Grant contributed with 13 possessions, 6 marks and 1.0 on the scoreboard.
Jarrod Garlett (53/33): Starting deep forward
Garlett contributed with 12 touches, 4 marks and 4 tackles.
Ryan Davis (52/51): Starting forward
Davis contributed with 14 touches, 3 tackles and managed 0.1.
Brandon Matera (52/48): Playing outside midfield
Matera contributed with 12 touches, 3 tackles and 1.0 on the scoreboard.
Mitch Hallahan (50/49): Rotating through midfield
Hallahan also had 18 disposals.
Rory Thompson (46/53): Standing Brown
Thompson added 11 disposals and 5 grabs.
Adam Saad (45/56): Running off halfback
Saad added 12 disposals and 3 marks.
Jesse Joyce (40/48): Playing small defender
Joyce contributed with 10 possessions, 3 grabs and 2 tackles.