Player news from R23 of 2017: Essendon vs Fremantle

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Zach Merrett (144/132): Playing inside midfield
Merrett contributed with 31 touches, 6 marks, 4 tackles and managed 4.1.
Brendon Goddard (129/85): Playing inside midfield
Goddard added 32 disposals and 15 grabs.
Dyson Heppell (121/105): Leading the inside midfield
Heppell contributed with 30 touches, 7 grabs, 5 tackles and 0.1.
Tom Bellchambers (114/150): First ruck with support from McKernan
Bellchambers contributed with 16 touches, 10 marks, 38 taps and booted 1.0.
Mark Baguley (108/117): Playing small defender
Baguley contributed with 25 possessions, 9 marks and 4 tackles.
David Zaharakis (101/88): Playing midfield
Zaharakis contributed with 25 possessions, 6 grabs and 6 tackles.
Martin Gleeson (95/103): Responsible for Cox
Gleeson added 23 touches and 9 grabs.
James Kelly (94/79): Lurking at half back
Kelly contributed with 23 disposals, 6 marks and 5 tackles.
Jobe Watson (84/91): Rotating midfield and forward
Watson contributed with 26 possessions, 2 marks, 3 tackles and booted 0.1.
Patrick Ambrose (75/67): On Kersten… then got Collins in Q4
Ambrose contributed with 15 disposals, 8 grabs and 2 tackles.
Conor McKenna (74/72): Starting at half back
McKenna contributed with 21 disposals, 3 marks and 2 tackles.
Darcy Parish (73/81): Playing in the midfield
Parish contributed with 16 disposals, 3 grabs and 7 tackles.
Travis Colyer (72/74): Playing outside midfield
Colyer contributed with 17 touches, 6 marks and 2 tackles.
Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti (68/79): First goal… 15 touches and 2 marks plus 4 tackles… 1.0 as well. Playing a FP role.

Joe Daniher (68/78): Starting forward on Hamling
Daniher contributed with 12 touches, 5 marks, 2 tackles, 2 hit outs, 2.3 on the scoreboard and 3 frees against.
James Stewart (68/92): Playing tall forward on Collins
Stewart contributed with 13 touches, 4 marks and 4.0.
David Myers (64/64): Playing an outside game
Myers contributed with 19 possessions, 4 grabs, 2 tackles and 0.1 on the scoreboard.
Andrew McGrath (58/55): Coming off a HBF
McGrath added 21 disposals and 3 grabs.
Jayden Laverde (52/46): Playing CHF on Johnson
Laverde contributed with 8 possessions, 4 marks, 3 tackles and 1.0.
Heath Hocking (49/52): Late replacement for Cale Hooker… 9 possessions and 4 marks plus 2.0. Playing a forward role.

Michael Hartley (48/61): Following Taberner
Hartley added 12 disposals and 4 grabs.
Josh Begley (43/40): Starting on a HFF
Begley contributed with 6 touches, 5 marks and kicked 1.1.
David Mundy (109/102): Starting in the middle
Mundy contributed with 25 possessions, 4 grabs and 10 tackles.
Nat Fyfe (88/119): Rotating midfield and forward
Fyfe contributed with 24 possessions, 2 marks, 6 tackles, kicked 2.0 and 4 free kicks given away.
Lachie Neale (86/94): Playing inside midfield
Neale contributed with 24 possessions, 5 marks and 3 tackles.
Jonathon Griffin (85/87): First ruck
Griffin contributed with 8 touches, 4 tackles, 32 hit outs and booted 2.0.
Bradley Hill (79/67): Running off a wing
Hill contributed with 19 disposals, 5 grabs and 3 tackles.
Luke Ryan (76/105): Starting at half back
Ryan contributed with 17 touches, 5 marks and 5 tackles.
Nick Suban (70/65): Doing jobs in midfield
Suban contributed with 12 touches, 4 grabs and 8 tackles.
Hayden Ballantyne (69/57): Knock to the left side of ribcage in Q4… 2.1 from 14 disposals and 4 marks with 3 tackles. Starting in a FP.

Brennan Cox (68/63): Starting forward on Gleeson
Cox contributed with 11 possessions, 6 marks, 6 ruck taps and booted 2.0.
Matt Taberner (65/52): Up forward on Hartley
Taberner contributed with 14 touches, 9 grabs, booted 2.1 and 4 free kicks given away.
Michael Johnson (63/64): At CHB on Laverde
Johnson contributed with 14 possessions, 4 grabs and 3 tackles.
Stephen Hill (57/58): Playing inside midfield
Hill contributed with 19 possessions, 4 marks, booted 0.1 and 4 frees against.
Cameron Sutcliffe (57/63): Playing at half back
Sutcliffe contributed with 15 touches, 4 marks and 3 tackles.
Darcy Tucker (53/44): Playing an outside game
Tucker contributed with 11 touches, 3 marks and 4 tackles.
Harley Bennell (52/40): Starting forward
Bennell contributed with 13 touches, 4 grabs and booted 1.1.
Lachlan Weller (51/63): Mostly in defence
Weller added 16 touches and 2 tackles.
Ethan Hughes (51/52): Rotating in defence
Hughes added 16 possessions and 4 grabs.
Joel Hamling (49/62): The big job on Daniher
Hamling added 13 possessions and 5 marks.
Thomas Sheridan (45/49): Starting forward today
Sheridan added 11 possessions and booted 2.0.
Hayden Crozier (45/49): Starting on a HFF
Crozier contributed with 11 possessions, 2 marks, 2 tackles and booted 1.1.
Samuel Collins (40/52): Standing Stewart… switched forward on Ambrose in Q4
Collins contributed with 10 possessions, 2 marks, 2 tackles and 2 hit outs.
Shane Kersten (30/34): Starting at FF on Ambrose… switched back in Q4
Kersten contributed with 8 touches, 2 marks, 3 tackles and 3 frees against.