Player news from EF of 2018: Melbourne vs Geelong

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James Harmes (122/124): Playing in midfield
Harmes contributed with 26 disposals, 4 marks, 11 tackles and kicked 1.1.
Sam Weideman (119/119): Playing tall forward on Henderson
Weideman contributed with 24 disposals, 7 grabs, 4 tackles and 3.0 on the scoreboard.
Alex Neal-Bullen (109/122): Playing outside midfield
Neal-Bullen contributed with 20 touches, 4 marks, 9 tackles and 1.3.
Christian Salem (102/100): Coming off a HBF
Salem contributed with 25 disposals, 4 marks, 4 tackles and 0.2.
Angus Brayshaw (94/94): Playing in midfield
Brayshaw contributed with 26 touches, 4 marks and 5 tackles.
Max Gawn (92/107): First ruck
Gawn contributed with 11 touches, 3 grabs, 2 tackles, 42 taps and booted 1.0.
Jack Viney (89/105): Playing in midfield
Viney added 20 possessions and 11 tackles.
Clayton Oliver (89/105): Playing inside midfield
Oliver added 29 touches and 4 tackles.
Aaron Vandenberg (83/78): Playing an outside game
Vandenberg contributed with 18 touches, 5 grabs and 7 tackles.
Tom McDonald (82/91): First goal… 17 disposals and 8 marks plus 1.2. Starting forward on Stewart.
McDonald also had 6 hit outs.
Jordan Lewis (79/104): Starting behind the ball
Lewis added 24 touches and 6 marks.
Christian Petracca (68/68): Playing a HFF role
Petracca contributed with 15 possessions, 3 marks, 5 tackles and 0.1 on the scoreboard.
Bayley Fritsch (62/72): Starting in defence
Fritsch contributed with 12 touches, 3 marks and 5 tackles.
Nathan Jones (58/55): Leading the inside midfield
Jones contributed with 15 possessions, 2 marks, 3 tackles and managed 1.1.
Michael Hibberd (58/71): Starting at half back on Menzel
Hibberd added 15 possessions and 5 marks.
Mitch Hannan (57/57): Starting forward on Taylor
Hannan contributed with 14 touches, 3 grabs and managed 1.0.
Jake Melksham (57/56): Starting at half forward
Melksham contributed with 11 disposals, 5 marks, 3 tackles, booted 1.0 and 3 free kicks given away.
Oscar McDonald (57/75): The big job on Hawkins
McDonald added 16 touches and 6 marks.
Dom Tyson (56/77): Playing midfield
Tyson contributed with 18 disposals, 3 tackles and kicked 0.1.
Neville Jetta (47/56): Right shoulder knock in Q1… 7 possessions and 2 marks plus 5 tackles… helped out by 3FF. Playing small defender.

Charlie Spargo (40/46): Starting forward
Spargo contributed with 9 touches, 3 grabs and 2 tackles.
Sam Frost (29/40): In defence on Henry
Frost contributed with 10 possessions, 3 marks and 3 free kicks given away.
Gary Ablett jnr (110/95): Better second half than his first… 27 possessions and 6 marks plus 6 tackles… 0.1 as well. Fully embedded in the engine room.

Joel Selwood (89/116): Tagged by Harmes… 25 touches and 2 marks plus 7 tackles… helped out by 6FF… conceded 4 FA. Leading the inside mids.

Patrick Dangerfield (85/78): Rotating midfield and forward
Dangerfield contributed with 25 possessions, 4 marks, 7 tackles, managed 0.1 and 6 free kicks given away.
Mitch Duncan (82/80): Playing in midfield
Duncan contributed with 21 possessions, 4 grabs, 3 tackles and booted 1.0.
Tim Kelly (80/59): Rotating in midfield
Kelly contributed with 18 possessions, 4 marks, 3 tackles and booted 1.2.
Harry Taylor (79/106): In defence on Hannan
Taylor contributed with 17 touches, 3 marks and 6 tackles.
Zach Tuohy (79/88): Running off a HBF
Tuohy contributed with 19 disposals, 7 marks and managed 1.0.
Sam Menegola (73/57): Starting on a HFF
Menegola contributed with 20 touches, 5 marks, 2 tackles and managed 0.1.
Tom Hawkins (67/82): Up forward on Oscar McDonald
Hawkins contributed with 11 disposals, 7 marks, 2 tackles and managed 2.0.
Mark Blicavs (67/78): At FB
Blicavs contributed with 13 disposals, 2 marks, 6 tackles and 4 ruck taps.
Jake Kolodjashnij (62/64): In defence
Kolodjashnij contributed with 14 disposals, 4 marks and 4 tackles.
Ryan Abbott (61/35): First ruck
Abbott contributed with 5 touches, 2 marks, 5 tackles, 27 hit outs and 0.1 on the scoreboard.
Scott Selwood (60/66): Playing a half forward role
Selwood contributed with 17 touches, 5 marks and 2 tackles.
Tom Stewart (56/54): Went off late in Q3 looking very ginger after running his face into the elbow of Jones in a tackle… 16 touches including 13 kicks… also 2 marks and 2 tackles. Playing in defence on Tom McDonald.

Brandan Parfitt (56/52): Starting on a HFF
Parfitt contributed with 13 touches, 2 marks and 5 tackles.
Cameron Guthrie (52/54): Coming off half back
Guthrie added 14 disposals and 4 tackles.
Jack Henry (50/48): Starting forward on Frost
Henry contributed with 11 touches, 4 tackles and 2 hit outs.
Mark O’Connor (48/73): Rotating in defence
O’Connor contributed with 12 touches, 2 marks and 3 tackles.
Jordan Murdoch (48/38): Woozy after a heavy Vandenberg tackle in Q2… 1.0 from 7 touches and 2 marks plus 5 tackles. Playing an outside game.

Jed Bews (41/61): Playing small defender
Bews also had 15 disposals.
Daniel Menzel (36/39): Donuts in Q1… 0.1 from 8 possessions and 2 marks plus 2 tackles. Up forward on Hibberd.

Lachie Henderson (35/58): In defence on Weideman
Henderson added 10 disposals and 2 marks.