Player news from R18 of 2017: Melbourne vs Port Adelaide

Michael Hibberd (129/140): Starting in defence on Robbie Gray
Hibberd contributed with 36 disposals, 5 grabs and 4 tackles.
Dom Tyson (111/82): Playing midfield
Tyson contributed with 29 disposals, 5 marks, 6 tackles and 0.1 on the scoreboard.
Jayden Hunt (111/82): Running from defence
Hunt contributed with 26 possessions, 6 grabs, 5 tackles and 0.1 on the scoreboard.
Jesse Hogan (96/107): At FF on Austin
Hogan contributed with 23 disposals, 5 grabs, 2 tackles and 3.0.
Clayton Oliver (96/116): Playing inside midfield
Oliver contributed with 30 disposals, 10 tackles and 5 frees against.
Christian Petracca (91/87): Starting on a HFF
Petracca contributed with 19 disposals, 4 grabs, 5 tackles and 2.0.
Jack Viney (90/81): His return was key to the Dee victory… 25 possessions and 7 tackles… umps paid him 4FF. Playing pure midfield with no Jones.

Oscar McDonald (90/68): The big job on Dixon
McDonald contributed with 23 possessions, 9 grabs and 2 tackles.
Max Gawn (83/113): Right calf strapped in Q3 after a knock… 33 hit outs… also 12 possessions and 4 tackles… umps paid him 3FF… gave away 4 FA. First ruck.
Gawn also had 4 grabs.
Tom McDonald (81/76): First goal… right thigh corked in a Robbie Gray tackle in Q3… 24 touches and 5 marks plus 1.0. Starting forward on Clurey.

Jordan Lewis (78/76): Rotating in midfield
Lewis contributed with 18 touches, 6 marks and 5 tackles.
Christian Salem (75/85): Coming off a HBF
Salem contributed with 17 possessions, 4 marks and 4 tackles.
Neville Jetta (74/82): Playing small defender
Jetta contributed with 16 disposals, 7 grabs and 3 tackles.
James Harmes (74/74): Starting on a wing
Harmes contributed with 16 possessions, 4 marks, 3 tackles and managed 1.0.
Jake Melksham (71/70): Playing an outside game
Melksham contributed with 13 possessions, 5 marks and kicked 3.0.
Alex Neal-Bullen (69/88): Starting deep forward
Neal-Bullen contributed with 19 disposals, 2 marks and 4 tackles.
Mitch Hannan (67/67): Starting forward
Hannan contributed with 15 disposals, 5 tackles and booted 1.0.
Jack Trengove (65/54): Rotating in midfield
Trengove contributed with 16 disposals, 3 marks and 4 tackles.
Jay Kennedy-Harris (64/60): Playing mostly midfield
Kennedy-Harris contributed with 14 disposals, 3 marks and 5 tackles.
Jeff Garlett (62/69): His usual FP role
Garlett contributed with 11 possessions, 2 marks, 2 tackles and kicked 2.3.
Sam Frost (45/54): Playing tall defender on the resting ruck which is mostly Trengove
Frost contributed with 10 disposals, 3 grabs and 3 tackles.
Jack Watts (40/40): At CHF on Jonas
Watts contributed with 9 touches, 2 marks and 3 tackles.
Travis Boak (120/110): Starting on a HFF… moved to inside midfield in the second half
Boak contributed with 24 disposals, 6 grabs, 6 tackles and 4.0.
Brad Ebert (118/107): Doing jobs in midfield
Ebert contributed with 28 disposals, 4 marks and 11 tackles.
Ollie Wines (104/78): Starting in the guts
Wines contributed with 23 disposals, 5 marks and 9 tackles.
Patrick Ryder (103/112): First ruck with support from Trengove
Ryder contributed with 13 disposals, 3 marks, 2 tackles, 48 taps and 0.1 on the scoreboard.
Robbie Gray (101/90): Starting forward on Hibberd… mostly in midfield after Q1 as Port needed him inside
Gray contributed with 31 possessions, 4 marks, 4 tackles and 3 frees against.
Sam Gray (84/79): Playing a HFF role
Gray contributed with 18 disposals, 5 grabs and 6 tackles.
Justin Westhoff (76/72): Starting on a wing
Westhoff contributed with 16 touches, 6 marks, 2 tackles and managed 2.0.
Dan Houston (75/70): In defence
Houston contributed with 13 touches, 2 marks, 9 tackles and managed 0.1.
Sam Powell-Pepper (71/72): Playing inside midfield
Powell-Pepper contributed with 16 possessions, 3 marks, 7 tackles and 0.1 on the scoreboard.
Jared Polec (65/69): Playing an outside game
Polec contributed with 16 disposals, 2 marks and 4 tackles.
Charlie Dixon (63/51): At FF on Oscar McDonald
Dixon contributed with 13 possessions, 7 marks and 1.1.
Hamish Hartlett (60/64): Lurking at half back
Hartlett contributed with 14 touches, 4 marks and 3 tackles.
Matthew Broadbent (58/47): Starting at half back
Broadbent added 18 touches and 3 grabs.
Jackson Trengove (58/45): Playing a ruck/forward role on Frost
Trengove contributed with 10 possessions, 7 tackles, 2 hit outs and managed 1.0.
Chad Wingard (58/59): Left ankle twisted under him when Frost fell across it in Q3… returned for Q4 but iced up quickly when he could not run… 1.3 from 13 disposals and 3 marks with 2 tackles. Starting forward.

Darcy Byrne-Jones (58/81): Playing small defender
Byrne-Jones contributed with 17 possessions, 3 marks and 2 tackles.
Tom Jonas (55/75): Responsible for Watts
Jonas contributed with 10 possessions, 4 marks and 5 tackles.
Joe Atley (53/65): Playing inside midfield
Atley added 10 disposals and 7 tackles.
Jarman Impey (49/55): Rotating forward
Impey contributed with 14 possessions, 3 tackles and managed 0.2.
Tom Clurey (42/59): At CHB on Tom McDonald
Clurey added 14 touches and 3 marks.
Matt White (34/42): Playing an outside game
White also had 10 possessions.
Logan Austin (19/26): At FB on Hogan
Austin added 3 possessions and 2 tackles.