Player news from R5 of 2017: Essendon vs Collingwood

Zach Merrett (137/80): Playing inside midfield
Merrett contributed with 33 disposals, 10 marks, 5 tackles and 0.1.
Joe Daniher (102/104): First goal… 3.4 from 16 touches and 8 marks plus 2 tackles. Starting forward on Reid.
Daniher also had 4 hit outs.
Orazio Fantasia (96/82): Starting at half forward on Reid
Fantasia contributed with 18 disposals, 6 marks, 2 tackles and kicked 4.1.
Jobe Watson (95/86): Rotating midfield and forward
Watson contributed with 28 touches, 3 marks and 4 tackles.
Michael Hurley (94/105): Interesting role on Fasolo
Hurley contributed with 25 disposals, 5 grabs and 2 tackles.
Dyson Heppell (93/121): Playing inside midfield
Heppell contributed with 26 possessions, 2 marks, 5 tackles and 1.0.
Brendon Goddard (91/88): Head to head with Pendlebury
Goddard contributed with 23 possessions, 6 marks and 5 tackles.
Matthew Leuenberger (86/82): First ruck
Leuenberger contributed with 11 touches, 2 marks, 6 tackles and 32 taps.
Cale Hooker (84/79): Playing tall forward on Goldsack
Hooker contributed with 15 disposals, 7 marks and kicked 3.0.
Darcy Parish (78/81): Playing in the midfield
Parish contributed with 25 possessions, 2 grabs and 3 tackles.
Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti (75/78): Starting deep forward on Varcoe
McDonald-Tipungwuti contributed with 14 touches, 7 tackles and 0.1 on the scoreboard.
James Kelly (74/68): Starting in defence
Kelly contributed with 24 possessions, 4 grabs and 2 tackles.
David Zaharakis (72/42): Tagged by Crisp… 17 possessions and 6 marks plus 2 tackles. Running on the outside.

Josh Green (66/87): Playing a FP role
Green contributed with 10 disposals, 5 tackles and 3.0.
Mark Baguley (64/70): Minding Elliott
Baguley added 18 possessions and 6 grabs.
Andrew McGrath (60/81): Coming off a HBF
McGrath added 19 possessions and 3 tackles.
Mitch W. Brown (58/79): In defence on Cox
Brown added 18 disposals and 4 marks.
Travis Colyer (56/34): Playing outside midfield
Colyer contributed with 13 possessions, 6 marks, 2 tackles and 0.1.
Brent Stanton (46/34): Playing outside midfield
Stanton contributed with 11 disposals, 3 grabs and 2 tackles.
Ben McNiece (45/60): First game… 11 touches and 2 marks plus 3 tackles. Starting in defence.

Patrick Ambrose (42/43): Following Moore
Ambrose contributed with 8 possessions, 3 marks and 3 tackles.
Aaron Francis (37/56): Playing a HFF role
Francis contributed with 9 disposals, 3 marks and kicked 1.0.
Adam Treloar (148/137): Playing in the middle
Treloar contributed with 39 possessions, 2 grabs, 12 tackles and 1.0 on the scoreboard.
Jeremy Howe (110/107): Lurking at half back
Howe added 30 disposals and 8 marks.
Jack Crisp (109/103): Tagging Zaharakis
Crisp contributed with 27 touches, 3 marks, 6 tackles and 1.1.
Daniel Wells (96/95): Started forward then moved to midfield in Q2
Wells contributed with 24 possessions, 4 marks, 2 tackles and 2.1.
Steele Sidebottom (90/79): Starting on a wing
Sidebottom contributed with 25 disposals, 4 marks, 3 tackles and managed 1.0.
Brayden Maynard (89/91): Playing small defender
Maynard contributed with 21 touches, 8 marks and 2 tackles.
Taylor Adams (88/78): An unaccustomed role starting at half forward today
Adams contributed with 20 possessions, 5 marks, 5 tackles and 0.2 on the scoreboard.
Jamie Elliott (85/79): Starting forward on Baguley
Elliott contributed with 14 disposals, 6 marks, 2 tackles and managed 3.2.
Brodie Grundy (85/68): First ruck with assistance by Cox
Grundy contributed with 12 possessions, 2 marks, 3 tackles, 34 hit outs and kicked 0.1.
Scott Pendlebury (70/67): Head to head with Goddard
Pendlebury added 20 disposals and 4 tackles.
Tim Broomhead (65/85): Starting on a HFF
Broomhead contributed with 14 possessions, 2 marks, 6 tackles and kicked 0.1.
Travis Varcoe (63/59): Minding McDonald-Tipungwuti
Varcoe contributed with 13 possessions, 5 marks and 4 tackles.
Tom Phillips (63/52): Running through midfield
Phillips contributed with 15 disposals, 5 marks and 0.1 on the scoreboard.
Tyson Goldsack (62/64): Third tall defender on Hooker
Goldsack contributed with 17 possessions, 4 marks and 2 tackles.
Levi Greenwood (59/50): Rotating forward and midfield
Greenwood contributed with 11 disposals, 5 marks and 4 tackles.
Alex Fasolo (58/53): Starting deep forward on Hurley
Fasolo contributed with 12 disposals, 6 grabs and kicked 1.3.
Jackson Ramsay (54/59): Running off a HBF
Ramsay added 20 disposals and 2 tackles.
Will Hoskin-Elliott (52/50): Precisely the worst set of conditions for his game… 12 touches and 4 tackles. Playing an outside game.
Hoskin-Elliott also had 2 marks.
Darcy Moore (52/51): Starting at CHF on Ambrose
Moore contributed with 8 possessions, 5 marks and 2.0 on the scoreboard.
Henry Schade (50/56): The big job on Daniher
Schade added 11 touches and 6 marks.
Ben Reid (49/64): Interesting match up on Fantasia
Reid added 13 possessions and 4 marks.
Mason Cox (41/40): Playing a ruck/forward role on Brown
Cox contributed with 7 possessions, 2 marks, 2 tackles, 11 hit outs and 0.1.