Player news from R16 of 2019: Essendon vs Sydney

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Dylan Shiel (125/116): Inside midfielder… 11 touches in Q1…
Shiel contributed with 29 touches, 3 grabs, 9 tackles and kicked 0.3.
David Zaharakis (107/113): Rotating through the midfield…
Zaharakis contributed with 22 disposals, 7 marks, 2 tackles and kicked 3.0.
Shaun McKernan (102/82): Starting at FF on Melican…
McKernan contributed with 17 touches, 7 grabs, 2 tackles, 11 hit outs and managed 2.1.
Michael Hurley (98/88): At half back on Blakey…
Hurley added 23 possessions and 12 marks.
Darcy Parish (80/95): Outside midfield…
Parish contributed with 22 touches, 3 marks, 3 tackles and kicked 1.0.
Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti (77/80): Playing forward pocket…
McDonald-Tipungwuti contributed with 14 disposals, 8 grabs, 2 tackles and booted 1.1.
Kyle Langford (76/75): Late inclusion for Dyson Heppell… 17 disposals and 2 marks with 4 tackles… 1.0 as well… aided by 3FF. Rotating midfield and forward….

Andrew McGrath (71/60): Rotating between wing and half back…
McGrath added 21 possessions and 5 grabs.
Conor McKenna (66/74): Playing off half back…
McKenna added 21 disposals and 2 grabs.
Adam Saad (65/80): Rebounding from defence… Marking Papley…
Saad contributed with 19 possessions, 2 marks and 2 tackles.
Aaron Francis (58/81): Starting in defence…
Francis contributed with 15 touches, 4 marks and 2 tackles.
Zach Merrett (57/54): Running through the midfield… Concussion concern kept him off for most of Q2…
Merrett added 18 possessions and 2 marks.
Dylan Clarke (57/51): Tagging Parker…
Clarke contributed with 10 possessions, 4 marks and 5 tackles.
Matt Guelfi (56/40): Rotating in the midfield…
Guelfi added 17 possessions and 2 marks.
Mason Redman (56/57): Across half back…
Redman contributed with 14 possessions, 2 marks and 4 tackles.
Cale Hooker (53/59): In defence on McCartin… Switched forward Q4…
Hooker added 13 disposals and 7 marks.
Jake Stringer (51/58): Lining up in attack…
Stringer contributed with 10 possessions, 2 tackles and 2.0 on the scoreboard.
Mitch W. Brown (50/45): Starting at half forward…
Brown contributed with 14 disposals, 5 marks and booted 0.2.
Martin Gleeson (46/81): Helping out in defence…
Gleeson added 15 disposals and 3 marks.
Orazio Fantasia (40/38): In attack…
Fantasia contributed with 11 touches, 2 marks and booted 1.1.
Zac Clarke (37/30): First ruck… Being smashed by Aliir…
Clarke added 5 touches and 25 hit outs.
Jayden Laverde (32/40): In attack…
Laverde contributed with 10 disposals, 2 grabs and managed 0.2.
Isaac Heeney (118/131): Rotating between midfield and half forward…
Heeney contributed with 33 possessions, 10 marks, 3 tackles, 0.2 and 4 free kicks given away.
Jake Lloyd (113/118): Across half back…
Lloyd contributed with 32 possessions, 8 marks and kicked 0.1.
Josh P. Kennedy (100/112): Inside midfield…
Kennedy contributed with 35 possessions, 3 marks and 2 tackles.
Luke Parker (92/91): In the middle… Followed by Dylan Clarke…
Parker contributed with 19 possessions, 7 grabs, 4 tackles and managed 2.0.
Dane Rampe (90/107): In defence… marking Laverde early… manning Hooker in Q4…
Rampe contributed with 23 possessions, 8 grabs and 2 tackles.
Zak Jones (87/83): Playing in midfield…
Jones contributed with 22 possessions, 7 grabs and managed 1.0.
James Rowbottom (83/90): Supporting the midfield…
Rowbottom contributed with 24 touches, 4 grabs and 2 tackles.
George Hewett (78/88): Doing jobs in midfield while winning his own ball…
Hewett added 26 disposals and 5 grabs.
Sam Reid (76/89): Starting forward while providing ruck support…
Reid contributed with 14 disposals, 6 marks, 2 tackles and 2.0 on the scoreboard.
Harry Cunningham (72/58): Playing an outside game…
Cunningham contributed with 18 possessions, 8 grabs and 2 tackles.
Aliir Aliir (71/108): Starting in the ruck… Destroying Zac Clarke around the ground…
Aliir contributed with 17 possessions, 3 marks, 22 hit outs and 4 frees against.
Jordan Dawson (71/66): Playing on a half back flank… Collected late by McKernan in a marking contest and was very sore…
Dawson added 17 possessions and 6 marks.
Tom McCartin (66/61): In attack on Hooker…
McCartin contributed with 14 possessions, 6 marks and 1.1.
Will Hayward (64/51): Starting forward… right thigh corkie mid Q3…
Hayward contributed with 15 disposals, 6 grabs and kicked 0.2.
Callum Mills (61/52): Across half back…
Mills added 14 touches and 6 marks.
Tom Papley (61/52): Starting forward… Saad manning him…
Papley contributed with 14 possessions, 4 marks and booted 1.2.
James Rose (57/61): On a HFF…
Rose contributed with 11 touches, 4 marks, 3 tackles and kicked 1.0.
Colin O’Riordan (54/48): Rotating in defence…
O’Riordan contributed with 14 touches, 3 grabs and 3 tackles.
Nick Blakey (52/48): First goal… Booted 1.2 from 5 grabs and 10 possessions. Up forward on Hurley… Crunched by Francis late Q1… right ankle concerns at QT….

Lewis Melican (48/58): In the defensive lines on McKernan…
Melican contributed with 11 disposals, 3 grabs and 4 tackles.
Ben Ronke (39/37): In a forward pocket…
Ronke added 11 touches and 3 marks.
Oliver Florent (27/34): Playing an outside game
Florent contributed with 10 touches, 3 marks and 3 frees against.