Player news from R3 of 2018: Melbourne vs North Melbourne

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Max Gawn (114/119): First ruck
Gawn contributed with 18 disposals, 6 grabs, 3 tackles, 50 taps and 4 frees against.
Nathan Jones (106/108): Leading the inside midfield
Jones contributed with 25 possessions, 4 marks, 7 tackles and kicked 1.1.
Jesse Hogan (104/126): Up forward on Thompson
Hogan contributed with 26 possessions, 7 grabs and booted 1.2.
Christian Petracca (98/107): Starting forward
Petracca contributed with 25 touches, 6 grabs, 2 tackles and managed 1.1.
Dom Tyson (95/83): Playing midfield
Tyson contributed with 25 touches, 8 grabs, 2 tackles and booted 0.1.
Christian Salem (88/103): Coming off a HBF
Salem contributed with 20 touches, 4 grabs, 6 tackles and 0.1.
Clayton Oliver (88/76): Tagged by Jacobs… 20 touches and 2 marks plus 6 tackles… 2.0 as well. Playing inside midfield.

Dean Kent (86/114): Starting forward
Kent contributed with 20 possessions, 5 marks and managed 3.2.
Bernie Vince (84/101): Starting behind the ball
Vince contributed with 23 touches, 2 grabs, 2 tackles and 1.0 on the scoreboard.
Tomas Bugg (83/82): Starting at half forward
Bugg contributed with 16 touches, 3 marks, 3 tackles and 4.1.
Jordan Lewis (82/105): Rotating in midfield
Lewis contributed with 27 touches, 4 marks and booted 1.0.
Alex Neal-Bullen (81/83): Coming off a HFF
Neal-Bullen contributed with 19 touches, 5 marks and 4 tackles.
Joshua Wagner (80/86): Rotating in defence
Wagner contributed with 15 disposals, 3 marks, 7 tackles and managed 0.1.
James Harmes (76/78): Starting in inside midfield
Harmes contributed with 17 disposals, 2 marks, 6 tackles and 2 hit outs.
Jake Melksham (71/49): Copped a hard Ziebell knee to the neck in Q3 that drew blood… 16 possessions with 12 by foot… also 7 marks… and booted 0.2. Starting at half forward.

Michael Hibberd (68/89): Starting at half back
Hibberd added 18 disposals and 6 grabs.
Jake Lever (66/59): Third tall defender
Lever added 20 disposals and 6 marks.
Jeff Garlett (65/82): His usual FP role
Garlett contributed with 11 possessions, 2 grabs, 3 tackles and 3.1 on the scoreboard.
Bayley Fritsch (47/57): Starting at half forward on Daw
Fritsch contributed with 11 touches, 4 marks and booted 1.0.
Neville Jetta (40/52): Right hip issue in Q4… 12 possessions with 9 by hand… also 2 tackles. Playing small defender.

Sam Frost (40/52): Standing Waite
Frost added 9 possessions and 6 grabs.
Oscar McDonald (14/35): At FB on Brown
McDonald added 6 possessions and 3 free kicks given away.
Ben Cunnington (96/84): First goal… 25 touches and 6 marks plus 3 tackles… 2.0 as well… conceded 4 FA. Playing inside midfield.

Jack Ziebell (94/81): Rotating midfield and forward
Ziebell contributed with 22 touches, 6 marks, 3 tackles and managed 1.2.
Ben Jacobs (86/85): Tagging Oliver
Jacobs contributed with 15 disposals, 6 marks and 10 tackles.
Ben Brown (82/91): Up forward on Oscar McDonald
Brown contributed with 11 touches, 5 grabs, 3 hit outs and 4.1 on the scoreboard.
Trent Dumont (82/77): Doing jobs in midfield
Dumont contributed with 23 touches, 4 marks and 4 tackles.
Shaun Higgins (81/89): Playing pure midfield
Higgins contributed with 23 possessions, 3 marks, 3 tackles and managed 0.1.
Luke McDonald (80/88): Playing small defender
McDonald added 21 disposals and 8 grabs.
Ryan Clarke (67/74): Coming off a HFF
Clarke contributed with 20 touches, 2 marks and 3 tackles.
Jarrad Waite (66/52): Starting at CHF on Frost
Waite contributed with 10 possessions, 3 grabs, 3 tackles, 3 hit outs and 3.1 on the scoreboard.
Majak Daw (66/75): Late replacement for Robbie Tarrant… 3 hit outs… also 7 possessions and 7 tackles. Standing Fritsch… switched forward in Q4.
Daw also had 6 marks.
Shaun Atley (65/71): Playing outside midfield
Atley contributed with 16 possessions, 4 grabs, 2 tackles and 0.1.
Todd Goldstein (60/58): First ruck
Goldstein contributed with 13 disposals, 2 marks, 15 hit outs, booted 1.0 and 3 frees against.
Billy Hartung (60/83): Playing outside midfield
Hartung contributed with 18 possessions, 2 grabs and kicked 1.0.
Jamie Macmillan (56/73): Starting at half back
Macmillan added 15 touches and 5 tackles.
Scott D. Thompson (52/72): Starting on Hogan
Thompson contributed with 13 disposals, 6 marks, 2 tackles and 3 free kicks given away.
Jed Anderson (45/55): Playing an outside game
Anderson contributed with 8 touches, 2 marks and 4 tackles.
Jy Simpkin (43/63): Playing deep forward
Simpkin added 11 disposals and managed 1.0.
Marley Williams (39/47): Starting in defence
Williams added 10 disposals and 3 tackles.
Ed Vickers-Willis (36/48): Third tall defender
Vickers-Willis also had 12 touches.
Nathan Hrovat (29/43): Coming off a wing
Hrovat contributed with 8 possessions, 2 grabs and managed 0.1.
Luke Davies-Uniacke (26/23): Rotating in midfield
Davies-Uniacke added 7 touches and 2 marks.
Kayne Turner (20/22): Playing a FP role
Turner added 6 disposals and 2 tackles.