Player news from R6 of 2020: Essendon vs North Melbourne

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Andrew McGrath (98/112): Playing midfield
McGrath contributed with 25 disposals, 2 grabs and 8 tackles.
Devon Smith (85/66): Rotating forward and midfield
Smith contributed with 23 touches, 2 marks, 6 tackles and booted 0.1.
Will Snelling (82/96): Rotating in midfield
Snelling contributed with 15 possessions, 8 tackles and managed 1.0.
David Zaharakis (80/116): Playing a half forward role
Zaharakis contributed with 20 touches, 3 marks and booted 3.2.
Jordan Ridley (75/105): In defence
Ridley added 18 disposals and 7 marks.
Darcy Parish (72/84): Playing in the midfield
Parish added 21 touches and 6 tackles.
Adam Saad (67/86): Running from defence
Saad contributed with 20 disposals, 2 marks and 2 tackles.
Mitchell Hibberd (66/74): Rotating in midfield
Hibberd contributed with 19 disposals, 5 tackles and 0.1.
Conor McKenna (65/78): Starting at half back
McKenna contributed with 18 disposals, 2 grabs and 4 tackles.
Orazio Fantasia (64/82): Starting at half forward
Fantasia added 19 disposals and 4 marks.
Brayden Ham (61/70): Playing an outside game
Ham contributed with 13 touches, 4 marks, 3 tackles and 0.1.
Kyle Langford (58/74): Rotating midfield and forward
Langford added 14 disposals and kicked 2.1.
Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti (57/89): Playing a FP role
McDonald-Tipungwuti contributed with 14 disposals, 2 marks, 3 tackles and 1.1.
Zach Merrett (57/62): Playing inside midfield
Merrett contributed with 17 touches, 3 marks and 2 tackles.
Jayden Laverde (56/80): Starting at half forward
Laverde contributed with 12 touches, 3 marks, 3 tackles and booted 1.2.
Dylan Shiel (55/70): Tagged by McDonald… high bump on Taylor in Q3 will be looked at… 12 possessions and 5 tackles… helped out by 3FF. Playing inside midfields.. started Q3 in the rooms with a soft tissue problem.

Michael Hurley (54/103): At CHB on Campbell
Hurley added 16 disposals and 4 grabs.
Andrew Phillips (51/44): First ruck
Phillips contributed with 4 disposals, 4 tackles, 28 hit outs and 3 frees against.
Martin Gleeson (39/53): In defence
Gleeson added 12 disposals and 3 grabs.
Shaun McKernan (36/24): Playing a ruck/forward role on Walker
McKernan contributed with 9 touches, 3 grabs, 2 tackles, 4 taps, 0.1 and 3 frees against.
Jacob Townsend (35/46): Starting forward on Tarrant
Townsend contributed with 9 disposals, 3 marks, 1.2 on the scoreboard and 4 frees against.
Cale Hooker (32/81): In defence on Brown
Hooker also had 10 touches.
Todd Goldstein (104/117): First goal… 30 hit outs… also 19 disposals and 5 marks… and kicked 1.0… aided by 4FF. First ruck.

Jy Simpkin (91/116): Playing midfield
Simpkin contributed with 23 possessions, 3 marks, 5 tackles and kicked 0.1.
Jared Polec (81/78): Running on the outside
Polec contributed with 18 disposals, 5 grabs, 4 tackles and managed 0.1.
Trent Dumont (81/93): Doing jobs in midfield
Dumont contributed with 18 disposals, 3 marks and 7 tackles.
Jasper Pittard (79/93): Running off half back
Pittard contributed with 18 disposals, 5 marks and 3 tackles.
Aaron Hall (79/84): Starting deep forward
Hall contributed with 23 disposals, 4 marks, 2 tackles and 0.2 on the scoreboard.
Cameron Zurhaar (72/86): Starting forward
Zurhaar contributed with 19 possessions, 2 marks, 3 tackles and booted 2.1.
Shaun Higgins (65/82): Playing pure midfield
Higgins contributed with 15 disposals, 3 grabs, 2 tackles and kicked 1.0.
Paul Ahern (61/63): Playing an outside game
Ahern contributed with 13 touches, 2 grabs and 5 tackles.
Shaun Atley (56/74): Returned to his old HBF role this evening
Atley contributed with 15 possessions, 5 marks, managed 1.0 and 4 frees against.
Jamie Macmillan (52/60): Coming off a HBF
Macmillan contributed with 10 touches, 2 grabs and 5 tackles.
Luke McDonald (49/51): Tagging Shiel
McDonald added 12 disposals and 5 tackles.
Ben Brown (46/33): Up forward on Hooker
Brown contributed with 8 touches, 4 grabs and 1.0 on the scoreboard.
Jack Mahony (40/45): Rotating in midfield
Mahony contributed with 10 possessions, 3 tackles and managed 0.1.
Tarryn Thomas (39/51): Ankle knock in Q1… 12 touches and 0.2. Starting at half forward.

Kyron Hayden (37/42): Doing jobs in midfield
Hayden contributed with 6 disposals, 4 marks and 2 tackles.
Josh Walker (35/51): In defence on Townsend
Walker added 8 possessions and 3 marks.
Robbie Tarrant (33/50): At FB on McKernan
Tarrant also had 10 possessions.
Bailey Scott (30/39): Starting at half forward
Scott contributed with 7 possessions, 2 marks and managed 1.0.
Tom Campbell (18/33): Playing a forward/ruck role on Hurley
Campbell added 5 possessions and 2 hit outs.
Curtis Taylor (10/14): Donuts in Q1… big high hit by Shiel in Q3 had him off under concussion rule… 4 possessions and 0.1. Starting forward.

Marley Williams (6/29): Late replacement for Jed Anderson… 4 handballs among 5 possessions. Starting in defence.