Player news from R7 of 2018: Western Bulldogs vs Gold Coast

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Jack Macrae (147/179): Midfield role…
Macrae contributed with 40 disposals, 5 grabs, 7 tackles and 1.1.
Toby McLean (139/137): In the guts…Cleaned up by the man-mountain Crossley mid Q1. Looked ginger but carried on
McLean contributed with 31 possessions, 5 marks, 13 tackles and kicked 0.1.
Lachie Hunter (131/116): On the wing…
Hunter contributed with 34 possessions, 9 marks, 3 tackles and booted 0.2.
Luke Dahlhaus (106/101): Rotating between forward and midfield…
Dahlhaus contributed with 31 touches, 3 grabs, 5 tackles and 0.1.
Josh Dunkley (99/95): First goal… 19 disposals and 4 marks with 9 tackles… 1.0 as well. Starting forward… Bowes for company… Played Q3 in the ruck….

Bailey Williams (84/90): On a half back flank
Williams contributed with 21 touches, 6 marks and 1.0.
Jason Johannisen (83/89): Starting on the wing…
Johannisen contributed with 18 possessions, 5 grabs, 3 tackles and kicked 1.2.
Tom Boyd (73/68): Up forward with Thompson for company… Moved into the ruck for Q2..
Boyd contributed with 15 touches, 4 marks, 3 tackles and 11 hit outs.
Matt Suckling (70/75): Rebounding off half back
Suckling added 24 possessions and managed 0.2.
Mitch Wallis (70/82): Midfield role…
Wallis added 21 touches and 6 tackles.
Caleb Daniel (67/87): In the midfield brigade…
Daniel contributed with 25 touches, 2 marks, 2 tackles and 0.1.
Aaron Naughton (63/75): Key defensive role
Naughton contributed with 12 touches, 5 marks and 4 tackles.
Patrick Lipinski (61/58): In attack with a little time further up the ground…
Lipinski contributed with 17 possessions, 2 marks and booted 2.0.
Bailey Dale (58/60): Playing an outside midfield role…
Dale added 18 disposals and 4 marks.
Mitch Honeychurch (57/58): Late replacement for Marcus Bontempelli… 11 disposals and 3 marks with 3 tackles… 1.1 as well. Starting in a small forward role….

Lewis Young (53/72): At half back
Young contributed with 10 touches, 3 grabs and 5 tackles.
Hayden Crozier (52/41): At half back
Crozier contributed with 10 touches, 3 marks and 5 tackles.
Billy Gowers (51/76): Starting up forward on Joyce…
Gowers contributed with 15 disposals, 3 marks, 2.1 and 4 frees against.
Lin Jong (47/53): Rotating between wing and forward…
Jong contributed with 11 disposals, 2 marks, 2 tackles and 1.0 on the scoreboard.
Tim English (39/54): First ruck…No Stats aside from 3FA in Q1…
English contributed with 9 disposals, 3 marks, 8 hit outs, managed 1.0 and 3 frees against.
Zaine Cordy (35/48): Defensive job…
Cordy added 10 possessions and 3 marks.
Ed Richards (27/34): Rebounding across half back… Marking Young…
Richards added 11 possessions and booted 0.1.
Jarrod Witts (131/113): First ruck… Absolutely monstering the English/Boyd/Dunkley combination…
Witts contributed with 21 touches, 3 marks, 3 tackles and 58 hit outs.
Jack Martin (119/91): Lining up in attack…
Martin contributed with 23 touches, 7 grabs, 7 tackles and kicked 2.0.
Touk Miller (106/90): Starting in the middle…
Miller contributed with 27 touches, 2 grabs, 8 tackles and booted 1.0.
Aaron Young (99/81): In a forward pocket on Richards…
Young contributed with 21 disposals, 4 grabs, 5 tackles and 2.1.
Matt Rosa (89/63): Right shoulder stretched in a driving Honeychurch tackle early Q3… Strapped up and back on 10 minutes later… 24 possessions and 5 tackles plus 0.1. Outside midfield role….
Rosa also had 2 grabs.
Ben Ainsworth (88/94): Lots of midfield time today… Great Q1 with 9 touches…
Ainsworth contributed with 25 possessions, 4 marks, 2 tackles and managed 0.2.
David Swallow (78/80): Inside midfield role…
Swallow added 26 touches and 3 tackles.
Nick Holman (77/67): Rotating through the midfield…
Holman contributed with 14 disposals, 2 marks and 11 tackles.
Lachlan Weller (73/58): Rebounding from defence… On the wing at times…
Weller added 22 possessions and 4 marks.
Brad Scheer (72/64): Mostly on a half forward flank…
Scheer contributed with 13 touches, 3 marks, 7 tackles and managed 0.1.
Jack Bowes (70/81): In defence watching Dunkley…
Bowes contributed with 21 possessions, 5 grabs, 2 tackles and 3 frees against.
Brayden Crossley (69/65): First game… Spending time at FF with stints in the ruck…
Crossley contributed with 13 possessions, 2 marks, 5 tackles, 7 taps and managed 1.1.
Sam Day (68/78): In attack..
Day contributed with 16 touches, 4 grabs, 2 tackles and 2.1 on the scoreboard.
Callum Ah Chee (68/82): On a half forward flank…
Ah Chee contributed with 17 possessions, 5 marks and 2 tackles.
Jarryd Lyons (65/51): Inside midfield role…
Lyons contributed with 11 touches, 9 tackles and booted 0.1.
Jarrod Harbrow (63/77): Rebounding from defence…
Harbrow contributed with 20 possessions, 2 marks and 2 tackles.
Michael Rischitelli (61/65): Rotating through the midfield…
Rischitelli added 11 possessions and 7 tackles.
Alex Sexton (53/62): Outside midfield role…
Sexton contributed with 13 possessions, 3 tackles and 1.1.
Charlie Ballard (50/35): First game…Named in the pocket…
Ballard contributed with 7 touches, 4 marks, 3 tackles and 1.0.
Rory Thompson (49/62): Left ankle re-strapped mid Q2… 13 touches and 2 marks plus 3 tackles. Deep in defence on Boyd as well as English at times….

Jesse Joyce (44/43): In defence in Gowers…
Joyce contributed with 12 touches, 3 marks and 2 tackles.
Max Spencer (26/44): Key defensive role…
Spencer also had 7 possessions.