Player news from R3 of 2022: Melbourne vs Essendon

Angus Brayshaw (156/180): Starting off half back
Brayshaw added 34 touches and 20 marks.
Clayton Oliver (117/140): Playing inside midfield
Oliver contributed with 38 possessions, 8 grabs, kicked 0.1 and 3 free kicks given away.
Ed Langdon (104/90): Ridiculous goal to swing momentum… 31 disposals and 5 marks plus 1.1. Running off a wing.

Max Gawn (99/108): First ruck
Gawn contributed with 21 possessions, 5 marks, 2 tackles, 18 taps and 0.1 on the scoreboard.
Christian Petracca (83/99): Tagged by McGrath… 1.2 from 21 possessions and 3 marks plus 4 tackles. Starting in midfield.

James Harmes (80/78): Rotating midfield and forward
Harmes contributed with 21 disposals, 5 grabs and 2.1.
Trent Rivers (78/72): Playing a half back role
Rivers added 18 possessions and 11 grabs.
Jake Bowey (78/90): Running from defence
Bowey contributed with 18 possessions, 7 marks and 3 tackles.
Sam Weideman (78/68): First goal… Late replacement for Ben Brown… and scored 4.3. Up forward on Laverde.
Weideman added 11 touches and 7 marks.
Steven May (75/114): On Wright
May added 22 touches and 4 marks.
Jack Viney (74/101): Doing jobs in midfield
Viney contributed with 17 disposals, 4 marks, 4 tackles and booted 1.0.
James Jordon (64/60): Starting on a wing
Jordon added 16 disposals and 6 marks.
Bayley Fritsch (63/64): Playing third tall forward on Kelly
Fritsch contributed with 9 disposals, 4 marks, 3 tackles and booted 2.2.
Luke Jackson (61/77): Playing a ruck/forward role
Jackson contributed with 16 disposals, 4 grabs, 11 hit outs and 0.1 on the scoreboard.
Jayden Hunt (57/66): Starting at half back
Hunt added 16 disposals and 5 grabs.
Charlie Spargo (56/59): Starting forward
Spargo contributed with 10 disposals, 4 grabs, 4 tackles and managed 1.0.
Tom Sparrow (56/72): Playing a half forward role
Sparrow contributed with 14 touches, 3 marks and 1.0 on the scoreboard.
Joel Smith (46/65): Playing third tall defender on Stringer
Smith contributed with 11 touches, 4 marks and 2 tackles.
Kysaiah Pickett (41/40): Starting deep forward
Pickett added 6 touches and 6 tackles.
Tom McDonald (40/41): At CHF on Stewart
McDonald contributed with 6 disposals, 3 marks and managed 1.2.
Adam Tomlinson (40/39): Playing key defender on Phillips
Tomlinson added 10 disposals and 5 marks.
Alex Neal-Bullen (36/55): Playing outside midfield
Neal-Bullen contributed with 10 disposals, 2 marks and 3 tackles.
Toby Bedford (0/0): Started as the sub
Bedford also had 0 possessions.
Jordan Ridley (94/113): In defence
Ridley contributed with 21 possessions, 8 grabs and 3 tackles.
Dyson Heppell (93/71): Playing a half back role
Heppell contributed with 22 possessions, 7 marks and 3 tackles.
Dylan Shiel (92/98): Playing inside midfield
Shiel contributed with 25 disposals, 4 marks and 5 tackles.
Jye Caldwell (91/82): Rotating in midfield
Caldwell contributed with 16 touches, 6 grabs, 7 tackles and kicked 0.1.
Darcy Parish (80/98): Playing in central midfield
Parish contributed with 24 disposals, 2 marks and 3 tackles.
Nick Hind (78/97): Playing a half back role
Hind contributed with 21 disposals, 3 grabs and 2 tackles.
Nicholas Martin (71/69): Second game… 20 possessions and 8 marks. Rotating forward.

Andrew Phillips (71/85): Playing a forward/ruck role on Tomlinson
Phillips contributed with 12 disposals, 5 marks, 2 tackles and 16 taps.
Peter Wright (71/88): Up forward on May
Wright contributed with 10 touches, 5 marks and booted 4.1.
Tom Cutler (68/83): Playing an outside game
Cutler contributed with 17 possessions, 6 grabs and 1.0 on the scoreboard.
Andrew McGrath (65/70): Tagging Petracca… 19 touches and 1.0. Rotating in Midfield.
McGrath added 2 grabs and 2 tackles.
Jake Stringer (62/79): Mostly forward on Smith with stints in midfield
Stringer contributed with 14 disposals, 3 marks and 2.0 on the scoreboard.
Archie Perkins (61/53): Starting on a HFF
Perkins contributed with 11 possessions, 2 marks, 4 tackles and managed 1.0.
Jayden Laverde (58/62): In defence on Weideman
Laverde contributed with 15 touches, 6 grabs, 2 tackles and kicked 0.1.
Mason Redman (56/46): Lurking across half back
Redman contributed with 13 touches, 3 grabs and 3 tackles.
Matt Guelfi (52/57): Playing a half forward role
Guelfi contributed with 12 touches, 3 marks, 2 tackles and kicked 0.2.
Sam Durham (45/63): Running off a wing
Durham contributed with 14 touches, 2 grabs and 2 tackles.
Brayden Ham (41/58): Playing an outside game
Ham contributed with 11 possessions, 3 tackles and kicked 0.1.
Tex Wanganeen (34/37): First game… 1.1 from 3 possessions and 2 marks plus 3 tackles. Rotating forward.

Jake Kelly (34/11): Defending not up to standard tonight… 10 touches including 8 kicks… also 5 marks… conceded 3 FA. In defence on Fritsch.

James Stewart (30/38): In defence on McDonald
Stewart contributed with 8 disposals, 4 grabs and 3 frees against.
Sam Draper (29/23): In ruck
Draper added 2 touches and 20 ruck taps.
Devon Smith (0/0): Started as the sub
Smith also had 0 possessions.