Player news from R3 of 2019: Melbourne vs Essendon

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Angus Brayshaw (129/105): Playing in midfield
Brayshaw contributed with 34 touches, 9 marks, 2 tackles and kicked 1.0.
Max Gawn (110/128): First ruck
Gawn contributed with 18 touches, 6 marks, 43 ruck taps, booted 1.0 and 4 frees against.
James Harmes (90/82): Tagging Merrett then went to Shiel in Q3
Harmes contributed with 21 possessions, 6 tackles, managed 3.2 and 3 free kicks given away.
Clayton Oliver (82/94): Playing inside midfield
Oliver contributed with 29 possessions, 2 marks, 4 tackles and 3 frees against.
Jack Viney (81/82): Doing jobs in midfield
Viney contributed with 21 possessions, 3 marks and 6 tackles.
Jayden Hunt (81/79): Starting at half forward
Hunt contributed with 16 possessions, 4 marks, 2 tackles and kicked 3.1.
Bayley Fritsch (75/75): Starting in defence
Fritsch added 21 possessions and 4 marks.
Christian Petracca (73/75): Playing a HFF role
Petracca contributed with 16 touches, 5 grabs, 3 tackles and 1.0 on the scoreboard.
Christian Salem (67/83): Coming off a HBF
Salem contributed with 20 disposals, 2 grabs and 2 tackles.
Jay Lockhart (67/57): Second game… 14 touches and 5 marks plus 2 tackles… 2.0 as well. Starting deep forward.

Jake Melksham (64/59): Starting at half forward
Melksham contributed with 10 possessions, 2 marks, 4 tackles and managed 2.0.
Sam Weideman (64/86): At FF on Ambrose
Weideman contributed with 14 possessions, 3 marks, 2 tackles, 2 hit outs and 2.0 on the scoreboard.
Kade Kolodjashnij (56/56): In defence
Kolodjashnij contributed with 12 possessions, 5 grabs, 2 tackles and managed 1.0.
Nathan Jones (55/67): Starting on a wing
Jones also had 20 possessions.
Corey Wagner (54/68): Starting forward
Wagner contributed with 12 disposals, 3 marks, 4 tackles and booted 1.0.
Michael Hibberd (52/35): Starting at half back
Hibberd added 16 disposals and 2 marks.
Joshua Wagner (51/71): Rotating in defence
Wagner added 16 possessions and 3 tackles.
Sam Frost (43/59): Standing Stringer
Frost added 13 disposals and 3 grabs.
Alex Neal-Bullen (43/40): Coming off a HFF
Neal-Bullen contributed with 8 disposals, 4 tackles and 1.0 on the scoreboard.
Neville Jetta (42/71): Playing small defender
Jetta contributed with 11 possessions, 2 grabs and 3 tackles.
Oscar McDonald (27/29): Playing FB on McKernan
McDonald added 5 touches and 4 tackles.
Tom McDonald (23/26): Left ankle problem in Q2… 6 possessions and 2 tackles. At CHF on Hurley.

David Zaharakis (117/132): Playing midfield
Zaharakis contributed with 31 possessions, 4 marks, 4 tackles and kicked 1.0.
Dyson Heppell (114/126): Playing inside midfield
Heppell contributed with 27 touches, 8 grabs, 5 tackles and 0.1.
Dylan Shiel (109/92): Copped the Harmes tag in Q3 after a hot first half… 31 possessions and 4 marks plus 4 tackles… 0.2 as well. Playing inside midfield.

Devon Smith (101/101): Corked left quadricep in Q2… 2.0 from 15 touches and 4 marks plus 9 tackles. Rotating forward and midfield.

Orazio Fantasia (95/97): Starting on a HFF
Fantasia contributed with 20 possessions, 10 marks and booted 1.0.
Zach Merrett (95/117): Tagged by Harmes until Q3 when freed up… 26 touches and 7 tackles… helped out by 3FF. Playing inside midfield.

Darcy Parish (95/110): Playing in the midfield
Parish contributed with 24 possessions, 4 marks, 3 tackles and 1.3.
Jake Stringer (87/90): Up forward on Frost
Stringer contributed with 10 touches, 3 marks, 7 tackles and managed 4.1.
Shaun McKernan (83/103): First goal… 4.1 from 13 possessions and 5 marks plus 4 tackles. Starting at FF on Oscar McDonald.

Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti (81/102): Playing a FP role
McDonald-Tipungwuti contributed with 13 possessions, 4 marks, 3 tackles and 4.0 on the scoreboard.
Andrew McGrath (81/87): Playing in midfield
McGrath contributed with 23 disposals, 2 grabs, 3 tackles and managed 1.0.
Conor McKenna (79/106): Starting at half back
McKenna contributed with 20 touches, 3 grabs and 3 tackles.
Jordan Ridley (63/65): In defence
Ridley contributed with 14 touches, 6 grabs and 2 tackles.
Michael Hurley (62/59): At CHB on Tom McDonald
Hurley added 17 touches and 6 grabs.
Aaron Francis (60/65): Right hip soreness in Q2… right hamstring tweak in Q4… 13 possessions and 6 marks plus 2 tackles. Starting on a HBF.

Tom Bellchambers (59/47): First ruck with support from McKernan
Bellchambers contributed with 10 touches, 3 tackles and 21 taps.
Zac Clarke (47/50): Playing a ruck/forward role on Frost
Clarke contributed with 10 possessions, 3 grabs, 2 tackles, 13 ruck taps and 0.1 on the scoreboard.
Mark Baguley (45/61): Starting forward
Baguley contributed with 10 possessions, 3 grabs, 2 tackles and booted 1.0.
Adam Saad (45/54): Running from defence
Saad contributed with 15 possessions, 2 grabs and 2 tackles.
Patrick Ambrose (44/50): At FB on Weideman
Ambrose contributed with 10 possessions, 3 marks and 3 tackles.
Matt Guelfi (43/49): Rotating in defence
Guelfi added 15 touches and 2 marks.
Kobe Mutch (0/0): Left hamstring injury and iced up very early in Q1. Starting forward.
Mutch also had 0 disposals.