Player news from R1 of 2024: Gold Coast vs Adelaide

Noah Anderson (126/131): Starting in midfield
Anderson contributed with 35 touches, 3 grabs, 5 tackles and kicked 1.0.
Sam Flanders (119/125): Starting in midfield
Flanders contributed with 35 possessions, 4 marks and 4 tackles.
Matt Rowell (115/163): Another dominant inside performance… 29 possessions and 10 tackles plus 1.0… helped out by 4FF… not helped by 4 FA. Starting in midfield.

Touk Miller (100/141): Rotating in midfield and attack
Miller contributed with 29 possessions, 2 marks, 9 tackles and 3 free kicks given away.
Brayden Fiorini (100/109): Playing on ball
Fiorini contributed with 24 possessions, 8 grabs and 3 tackles.
Ben Ainsworth (91/97): First goal… 2.1 from 22 possessions and 5 marks plus 2 tackles. Starting forward.

Jarrod Witts (90/82): First ruck
Witts contributed with 9 disposals, 7 tackles and 36 ruck taps.
Wil Powell (86/115): Playing a half back role on Burgess
Powell contributed with 21 possessions, 3 marks and 5 tackles.
Thomas Berry (84/106): Playing a half forward role
Berry contributed with 17 touches, 3 marks, 7 tackles and 1.0 on the scoreboard.
Alex Sexton (67/64): Playing a new half back role
Sexton contributed with 17 disposals, 7 marks and 0.1.
Charlie Ballard (62/87): In defence on Gollant
Ballard added 19 disposals and 3 marks.
Bailey Humphrey (60/61): Starting in attack
Humphrey contributed with 16 possessions, 3 grabs and booted 1.3.
David Swallow (54/52): In defence on Keays
Swallow added 14 touches and 5 grabs.
Brandon Ellis (54/58): Subbed off in Q4 for Macpherson… 15 possessions and 3 marks plus 2 tackles… 0.1 as well. On the outside.

Levi Casboult (46/37): Up forward on Borlase
Casboult added 10 disposals and 4 marks.
Sam Collins (44/79): At FB on Fogarty
Collins contributed with 11 touches, 2 marks and 2 tackles.
Bodhi Uwland (41/58): Rotating in defence
Uwland contributed with 8 touches, 2 grabs and 3 tackles.
Malcolm Rosas (39/35): Rotating forward
Rosas contributed with 5 possessions, 3 grabs and booted 2.2.
Nick Holman (33/33): Starting forward
Holman contributed with 9 possessions, 4 tackles, 0.1 on the scoreboard and 4 frees against.
Jack Lukosius (32/38): In attack on Worrell
Lukosius contributed with 9 touches, 3 ruck taps and managed 0.1.
Connor Budarick (25/21): Playing small defender
Budarick added 7 disposals and 3 tackles.
Ben King (7/8): In attack on Butts
King also had 4 possessions.
Darcy Macpherson (3/1): On in Q4 for Ellis. Started as the sub.
Macpherson also had 1 touches.
Rory Laird (119/125): Playing central midfield
Laird contributed with 30 touches, 2 marks, 10 tackles and 0.2.
Matt Crouch (113/115): Playing inside midfield
Crouch contributed with 33 possessions, 3 grabs and 6 tackles.
Jordan Dawson (92/80): In central midfield
Dawson contributed with 27 touches, 2 grabs, 6 tackles and 4 free kicks given away.
Max Michalanney (86/81): Rotating in defence
Michalanney contributed with 16 possessions, 5 marks and 6 tackles.
Reilly O’Brien (86/75): First ruck
O’Brien contributed with 10 disposals, 3 tackles and 45 hit outs.
Izak Rankine (85/86): Starting forward
Rankine contributed with 19 possessions, 6 tackles and managed 2.0.
Brodie Smith (79/69): Playing a half back role
Smith contributed with 20 touches, 2 grabs and 4 tackles.
Josh Rachele (78/73): Rotating forward and midfield
Rachele contributed with 17 disposals, 2 marks, 3 tackles and 3.0.
Lachlan Sholl (77/89): Roaming off a wing
Sholl contributed with 21 disposals, 6 grabs and 2 tackles.
Mitchell Hinge (76/101): Rotating in defence
Hinge contributed with 19 disposals, 4 marks and 3 tackles.
Wayne Milera (74/88): Floating across half back
Milera contributed with 19 touches, 5 grabs and 3 tackles.
Josh Worrell (72/100): Playing key defender on Lukosius
Worrell contributed with 21 possessions, 3 marks and 2 tackles.
Sam Berry (61/72): Coming off a HFF to join mids
Berry contributed with 13 possessions, 4 tackles and kicked 1.0.
Ben Keays (58/70): Mostly starting forward on Swallow
Keays contributed with 9 disposals, 2 grabs, 4 tackles and managed 2.0.
Chayce Jones (43/30): Starting on a wing
Jones added 15 possessions and 2 tackles.
Lachlan Murphy (41/44): Playing defensive forward
Murphy added 11 possessions and 2 tackles.
James Borlase (40/81): In defence on Casboult
Borlase added 12 touches and 2 marks.
Darcy Fogarty (34/47): Starting forward on Collins
Fogarty contributed with 9 possessions, 2 marks and 2 tackles.
Chris Burgess (33/34): Playing a key forward role on Powell with some ruck support
Burgess added 9 possessions and 5 taps.
Jordon Butts (32/58): At FB on King
Butts also had 10 possessions.
Luke Pedlar (31/52): Spent time off after having his nose rearranged in Q1… 0.1 from 8 touches and 2 marks. Playing a high half forward role.

Jake Soligo (22/15): On in Q3 for Gollant… 8 touches. Started as the sub.

Lachlan Gollant (10/14): Subbed off in Q3 for Soligo… 3 touches. Playing tall forward on Ballard.