Player news from R19 of 2018: Essendon vs Sydney

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Dyson Heppell (116/118): Playing inside midfield
Heppell contributed with 31 touches, 8 grabs and 3 tackles.
David Myers (106/93): Playing an outside game
Myers contributed with 25 touches, 2 marks, 6 tackles and 1.3.
Zach Merrett (99/115): Tagged by Hewett… 24 possessions and 7 tackles plus 1.0… umps paid him 4FF. Playing inside midfield.
Merrett also had 2 grabs.
David Zaharakis (96/91): Playing midfield
Zaharakis contributed with 22 possessions, 2 marks, 6 tackles and 1.0.
Devon Smith (91/93): A deliberate trip on Parker in Q2 will be looked at… 2.3 from 17 touches and 2 marks plus 7 tackles. Playing mostly midfield.

Orazio Fantasia (88/87): Starting on a HFF
Fantasia contributed with 19 possessions, 8 marks, 3 tackles and 1.3 on the scoreboard.
Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti (87/98): Playing a FP role
McDonald-Tipungwuti contributed with 13 touches, 3 marks, 8 tackles and kicked 2.0.
Darcy Parish (85/100): Playing in the midfield
Parish contributed with 26 disposals, 5 grabs, 2 tackles and 1.0.
Mitch W. Brown (84/98): Starting forward on Aliir
Brown contributed with 14 disposals, 8 marks, 2 tackles and booted 2.2.
Tom Bellchambers (77/98): First ruck
Bellchambers contributed with 11 possessions, 4 marks, 34 hit outs and booted 0.1.
Brendon Goddard (75/92): Starting behind the ball
Goddard added 22 possessions and 6 marks.
Kyle Langford (74/75): Started in midfield but shifted to play key forward in Q2
Langford contributed with 15 possessions, 3 marks and 6 tackles.
Conor McKenna (73/78): Starting at half back
McKenna contributed with 17 disposals, 4 grabs, 2 tackles and booted 1.0.
Cale Hooker (69/83): At CHB on McCartin
Hooker added 15 touches and 9 grabs.
Mark Baguley (65/64): Starting forward
Baguley contributed with 11 disposals, 5 grabs, 3 tackles and managed 2.1.
Adam Saad (65/97): Running from defence
Saad contributed with 24 touches, 2 grabs and booted 0.1.
Jake Stringer (63/75): Rotating forward on Rampe then to midfield
Stringer contributed with 12 touches, 3 tackles, 4 ruck taps and booted 1.0.
Andrew McGrath (61/59): Coming off a HBF
McGrath added 18 touches and 4 grabs.
Aaron Francis (59/78): Lurking around half back
Francis contributed with 14 disposals, 4 grabs and 2 tackles.
Matt Guelfi (46/40): Rotating in midfield
Guelfi contributed with 12 possessions, 3 grabs and 3 tackles.
Michael Hurley (38/77): The big job on Franklin
Hurley added 12 disposals and 3 grabs.
Matt Dea (15/17): Stretchered off in Q1 after his head hit the ground following a marking contest… 2 marks and 4 touches. Playing in defence.

Luke Parker (97/104): First goal… 21 disposals and 7 marks with 3 tackles… 1.0 as well. Rotating midfield and forward.

Callum Sinclair (95/100): First ruck
Sinclair contributed with 14 touches, 4 marks, 2 tackles, 35 ruck taps and 1.0 on the scoreboard.
Jake Lloyd (94/118): Starting at half back
Lloyd contributed with 29 touches, 3 grabs and 2 tackles.
Isaac Heeney (87/92): Rotating between midfield and half forward
Heeney contributed with 20 possessions, 3 marks, 5 tackles and booted 1.0.
Tom Papley (79/72): Starting forward with stints in midfield
Papley contributed with 17 possessions, 8 marks, 3 tackles and 1.0.
Harry Cunningham (76/83): Smashed in the right hip by the knee of Brown in Q2… 6 marks and 20 possessions. Playing midfield.

Josh P. Kennedy (71/72): Leading the Swans inside midfield
Kennedy contributed with 23 possessions, 5 tackles, booted 0.1 and 3 frees against.
Nic Newman (68/63): Playing an outside game
Newman contributed with 14 disposals, 4 marks, 3 tackles and 1.0.
Zak Jones (68/65): Reported for a left arm jab on Zach Merrett before the first centre bounce… then again for a heavy and high bump on Langford in Q4… 17 possessions and 7 marks plus 2 tackles. Coming off half back.

Oliver Florent (64/68): Playing an outside game
Florent contributed with 19 possessions, 3 marks, 3 tackles and 3 frees against.
Aliir Aliir (58/73): Left knee twisted under him when landing from a marking contest in Q2… strapped up and back on… 12 disposals with 9 by foot… also 9 marks. In defence on Brown.

Jordan Dawson (55/52): Second game… 12 possessions and 5 marks plus 1.1. Rotating forward.
Dawson also had 2 ruck taps.
Robbie Fox (54/53): Playing an outside game
Fox contributed with 12 possessions, 6 marks, 2 tackles and 0.1 on the scoreboard.
Ben Ronke (51/54): Starting forward
Ronke contributed with 12 touches, 2 grabs, 2 tackles and 1.0 on the scoreboard.
Nick Smith (51/66): Playing small defender
Smith contributed with 12 touches, 4 grabs and 2 tackles.
Dane Rampe (47/69): In defence on Stringer
Rampe contributed with 17 disposals, 5 marks and 4 free kicks given away.
George Hewett (42/60): Tagging Zach Merrett
Hewett contributed with 13 disposals, 3 marks and 2 tackles.
Heath Grundy (40/45): At FB on Hooker… switched forward in Q3
Grundy contributed with 8 touches, 4 grabs and kicked 1.0.
Lance Franklin (40/50): Well beaten apart from a little cameo in Q3… 2.1 from 7 possessions and 2 marks. Starting forward on Hurley.

Tom McCartin (38/48): Starting forward on Hooker
McCartin contributed with 8 possessions, 5 grabs and 0.1.
Colin O’Riordan (34/33): Rotating in defence
O’Riordan added 10 disposals and 2 grabs.
Will Hayward (31/33): Coming off the back of the square to drift forward
Hayward contributed with 8 disposals, 4 tackles, managed 0.1 and 3 free kicks given away.