Player news from R18 of 2019: Adelaide vs Essendon

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Reilly O’Brien (134/150): First ruck
O’Brien contributed with 27 possessions, 3 marks, 4 tackles and 39 hit outs.
Brodie Smith (133/127): Playing in midfield
Smith contributed with 31 disposals, 7 marks, 4 tackles and kicked 3.1.
Brad Crouch (130/130): Playing inside midfield
Crouch contributed with 35 touches, 4 marks, 7 tackles and 0.1 on the scoreboard.
Tom T. Lynch (112/72): First goal… left quadricep soreness in Q2… 1.2 from 24 disposals and 12 marks with 2 tackles. Playing a HFF role.

Paul Seedsman (95/98): Playing mostly wing
Seedsman contributed with 26 possessions, 5 grabs and 2 tackles.
Matt Crouch (95/90): Playing inside midfield
Crouch contributed with 33 disposals, 4 grabs, 2 tackles and 0.1.
Rory Sloane (86/73): Tagged by Clarke… 20 possessions and 3 marks plus 7 tackles… aided by 3FF. Playing inside midfield.

Luke Brown (86/115): Playing small defender
Brown added 24 disposals and 5 marks.
Riley Knight (81/71): Playing outside midfield
Knight contributed with 21 touches, 6 marks and 3 tackles.
Rory Laird (79/73): Running from half back
Laird added 27 disposals and 3 marks.
Josh Jenkins (72/74): At FF on Hooker
Jenkins contributed with 12 possessions, 4 marks, 5 hit outs and 4.0 on the scoreboard.
Wayne Milera (71/63): Starting forward
Milera contributed with 19 touches, 7 marks and booted 0.1.
Rory Atkins (67/67): Running off a wing
Atkins added 19 possessions and 4 marks.
Daniel Talia (65/62): At CHB on Hartley then got Hooker in Q2
Talia contributed with 13 touches, 7 marks and 3 tackles.
Lachlan Murphy (56/39): Playing defensive forward
Murphy contributed with 11 disposals, 7 marks and booted 0.1.
Alex Keath (55/44): In defence on Brown
Keath contributed with 11 possessions, 6 grabs and 2 tackles.
Jake Kelly (55/74): In defence
Kelly contributed with 16 possessions, 4 marks and 2 tackles.
David Mackay (52/50): Playing outside midfield
Mackay contributed with 15 touches, 3 marks and 2 tackles.
Hugh Greenwood (49/61): Rotating from attack to midfield
Greenwood contributed with 13 touches, 2 marks, 2 tackles and booted 1.1.
Kyle Hartigan (45/52): At FB on McKernan
Hartigan added 10 touches and 6 marks.
Eddie Betts (42/52): Starting deep forward
Betts contributed with 9 touches, 4 marks, 2 tackles and managed 0.1.
Taylor Walker (37/37): Painful knock to his already-strapped right arm by Redman in Q1… 1.1 from 8 disposals and 3 marks. Starting at CHF on Ambrose.

Zach Merrett (126/119): Playing inside midfield
Merrett contributed with 31 disposals, 5 marks, 3 tackles and booted 2.3.
Mitch W. Brown (113/116): Starting forward on Keath
Brown contributed with 23 touches, 8 marks and kicked 4.0.
David Zaharakis (88/65): Playing midfield
Zaharakis contributed with 25 touches, 6 marks and 2 tackles.
Mason Redman (85/83): Mostly across half back
Redman added 25 possessions and 5 grabs.
Dylan Shiel (82/86): Playing inside midfield
Shiel contributed with 23 touches, 6 tackles and kicked 1.0.
Martin Gleeson (80/86): In defence
Gleeson contributed with 20 touches, 5 marks and 3 tackles.
Dyson Heppell (79/93): Quiet first half but lifted in Q3… 20 possessions and 5 tackles plus 1.0… helped out by 3FF. Playing inside midfield… switched forward in Q4.

Shaun McKernan (78/48): First ruck
McKernan contributed with 16 possessions, 4 tackles and 22 hit outs.
Cale Hooker (75/80): In defence on Jenkins… switched forward in Q2
Hooker contributed with 19 touches, 7 marks and 1.1 on the scoreboard.
Darcy Parish (74/77): Playing in the midfield
Parish contributed with 18 touches, 6 tackles and managed 0.1.
Conor McKenna (71/81): Starting at half back
McKenna added 24 touches and 2 tackles.
Dylan Clarke (67/77): Tagging Sloane
Clarke contributed with 19 touches, 2 grabs, 6 tackles and 3 frees against.
Michael Hartley (65/79): In attack on Talia… switched back in Q2
Hartley contributed with 16 disposals, 7 grabs, 3 tackles, 4 ruck taps and 4 frees against.
Patrick Ambrose (64/59): In defence on Walker
Ambrose contributed with 15 touches, 6 marks and 2 tackles.
Andrew McGrath (64/51): Playing an outside game
McGrath contributed with 17 disposals, 2 marks, 2 tackles and 1.0 on the scoreboard.
Adam Saad (63/63): Running from defence
Saad contributed with 14 possessions, 4 grabs and 3 tackles.
Jake Stringer (62/83): Rotating forward and midfield
Stringer contributed with 13 disposals, 5 tackles and kicked 2.0.
Will Snelling (58/49): Second game… 15 possessions with 10 by hand… also 2 marks and 3 tackles… and scored 1.0. Starting deep forward.

Aaron Francis (56/75): Loose in defence
Francis contributed with 17 possessions, 3 marks and 0.1.
Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti (55/68): Playing a FP role
McDonald-Tipungwuti contributed with 13 touches, 3 marks, 2 tackles and booted 1.0.
Matt Guelfi (48/52): Playing a forward role
Guelfi contributed with 9 touches, 3 grabs, 3 tackles and kicked 1.0.
Kyle Langford (42/35): Rotating midfield and forward
Langford contributed with 13 disposals, 3 grabs and 2 tackles.