Player news from R17 of 2018: Melbourne vs Western Bulldogs

Angus Brayshaw (131/115): Starting on a wing
Brayshaw contributed with 39 disposals, 6 marks and 4 tackles.
Clayton Oliver (121/137): Playing inside midfield
Oliver contributed with 34 touches, 4 grabs, 6 tackles and 1.0.
Max Gawn (108/131): First ruck
Gawn contributed with 17 possessions, 7 marks and 41 hit outs.
Jesse Hogan (108/124): At FF on Trengove
Hogan contributed with 18 touches, 9 grabs, 4 ruck taps and 4.1 on the scoreboard.
Jake Melksham (97/96): Starting at half forward
Melksham contributed with 20 possessions, 9 marks, 3 tackles and managed 1.0.
Jordan Lewis (96/93): Starting behind the ball
Lewis contributed with 23 possessions, 7 marks, 3 tackles and kicked 1.0.
Tom McDonald (88/74): Starting forward on Cordy
McDonald contributed with 16 touches, 5 marks, 2 tackles, 6 taps and 3.1 on the scoreboard.
Alex Neal-Bullen (87/97): Coming off a HFF
Neal-Bullen contributed with 17 disposals, 5 grabs, 5 tackles and kicked 2.0.
Christian Salem (84/92): Floating off a HBF
Salem contributed with 21 disposals, 5 grabs and 4 tackles.
Jay Kennedy-Harris (80/64): Playing mostly midfield
Kennedy-Harris contributed with 15 possessions, 2 marks and 9 tackles.
Charlie Spargo (78/90): Starting forward
Spargo contributed with 14 disposals, 2 marks, 6 tackles and managed 2.0.
Nathan Jones (77/62): Leading the inside midfield
Jones contributed with 19 disposals, 6 grabs and 3 tackles.
Bayley Fritsch (76/71): Starting in midfield
Fritsch contributed with 18 disposals, 6 marks, 2 tackles and booted 0.2.
Christian Petracca (74/53): Playing a HFF role
Petracca contributed with 19 disposals, 4 grabs, 2 tackles and 1.0.
Jeff Garlett (57/57): His usual FP role
Garlett contributed with 12 touches, 4 marks, 3 tackles, 2.0 and 3 frees against.
Mitch Hannan (56/54): Late replacement for Jack Viney… 1.2 from 11 disposals and 3 marks. Third tall forward on Adams.
Hannan also had 2 tackles.
Michael Hibberd (53/56): Starting at half back with Wallis manning him up
Hibberd added 16 disposals and 4 grabs.
James Harmes (52/49): Starting at half back… switched to midfield to tag Macrae in Q3
Harmes contributed with 16 disposals, 2 grabs, 4 tackles and 3 frees against.
Sam Frost (49/46): Following Schache
Frost contributed with 10 disposals, 4 marks and 3 tackles.
Bernie Vince (44/52): Starting at half back
Vince contributed with 14 touches, 2 marks and 0.1.
Oscar McDonald (35/61): Playing tall defender on Cordy
McDonald added 12 disposals and 3 marks.
Neville Jetta (30/51): Playing small defender
Jetta added 7 disposals and 3 marks.
Jack Macrae (137/134): Copped a tag by Harmes after a hot first half… 33 possessions and 7 marks plus 9 tackles. Playing midfield.

Lachie Hunter (117/91): Playing outside midfield
Hunter contributed with 35 possessions, 5 marks and kicked 1.0.
Josh Dunkley (103/90): Playing in midfield
Dunkley contributed with 30 disposals, 4 marks, 5 tackles and managed 0.1.
Jordan Roughead (101/64): First ruck
Roughead contributed with 20 possessions, 6 grabs, 5 tackles, 19 hit outs and booted 0.1.
Mitch Wallis (101/115): First goal… 29 disposals including 21 handballs… also 2 tackles… and booted 3.0… umps paid him 3FF. Starting forward on Hibberd.
Wallis also had 2 marks.
Toby McLean (84/89): Playing inside midfield
McLean contributed with 22 disposals, 6 tackles and kicked 1.0.
Luke Dahlhaus (83/83): Rotating between midfield and attack
Dahlhaus contributed with 23 disposals, 2 grabs and 6 tackles.
Jason Johannisen (79/89): Sprinting off half back
Johannisen contributed with 21 possessions, 4 tackles and 2.0.
Josh Schache (78/63): Left knee knock when Frost fell across it in Q2 but quickly returned… Kicked 2.2 from 8 grabs and 15 touches. Starting forward on Frost.

Jackson Trengove (73/78): At FB on Hogan
Trengove contributed with 19 possessions, 7 marks and 4 hit outs.
Caleb Daniel (73/73): Playing outside midfield
Daniel contributed with 16 touches, 4 grabs, 5 tackles and managed 0.1.
Marcus Adams (65/80): In defence on Hannan
Adams contributed with 16 touches, 6 marks and 2 tackles.
Aaron Naughton (62/71): In defence on Tom McDonald
Naughton added 18 possessions and 4 marks.
Shane Biggs (62/66): Playing a small forward role today
Biggs added 15 touches and 5 tackles.
Dale Morris (59/48): In defence
Morris contributed with 13 disposals, 5 marks, 3 tackles and managed 0.1.
Mitch Honeychurch (59/48): Coming off a wing
Honeychurch contributed with 15 disposals, 2 marks and 3 tackles.
Billy Gowers (57/50): Starting forward
Gowers contributed with 16 touches, 2 tackles and kicked 0.1.
Zaine Cordy (47/55): Starting forward on Oscar McDOnald
Cordy contributed with 11 disposals, 2 marks and 4 tackles.
Roarke Smith (43/42): Rotating in defence
Smith added 14 possessions and 2 tackles.
Ed Richards (42/46): Starting on a HFF
Richards added 16 touches and 2 marks.
Brad Lynch (41/58): Rotating in defence
Lynch contributed with 16 touches, 2 tackles and 3 frees against.
Patrick Lipinski (30/43): Starting forward
Lipinski added 9 touches and kicked 1.0.