Max Gawn (125/117): Was everywhere in Q4 to help ice the game… 31 hit outs… also 28 possessions and 7 marks… and booted 0.2… helped out by 3FF. Lead ruck.
Trent Rivers (122/110): Celebrated the win with some late junk but deserved it… 26 possessions including 19 kicks… also 10 marks and 4 tackles… and kicked 1.0. Returned to defence to start with.
Kysaiah Pickett (118/134): Three goals in Q2 to light up the day… 5.2 from 24 possessions and 5 marks plus 3 tackles. Starting forward with mid rotations.
Jake Bowey (113/116): Starting in defence often last defender
Bowey contributed with 29 touches, 7 marks and 3 tackles.
Christian Petracca (100/94): Matched up on Brayshaw… 25 possessions and 5 marks plus 5 tackles… 1.1 as well. Starting in midfield and rotating forward.
Jack Viney (91/114): Matched up on Serong… his inside work was crucial to midfield dominance for Melbourne… 25 possessions and 8 tackles plus 1.1… gave away 4 FA. In central midfield.
Christian Salem (87/83): Starting at half back
Salem added 23 disposals and 7 marks.
Tom McDonald (82/107): Kept the Coleman Medal leader very quiet… 18 possessions including 13 kicks… also 11 marks. In defence on Treacy.
Clayton Oliver (81/91): Matched up on Young… 25 possessions including 20 handballs… also 6 tackles. Playing inside midfield.
Ed Langdon (79/66): Playing a high HFF role
Langdon added 22 disposals and 7 marks.
Harrison Petty (75/75): Playing key forward and has big Cox
Petty contributed with 10 possessions, 5 grabs, 2 tackles and 4.0 on the scoreboard.
Charlie Spargo (71/69): Starting forward
Spargo contributed with 19 possessions, 3 grabs, 4 tackles and 0.1 on the scoreboard. Tom Sparrow (67/65): Starting forward
Sparrow contributed with 13 possessions, 6 grabs, 4 tackles and booted 0.1.
Blake Howes (65/66): Had to play tall on Amiss in an undermanned Dee defence
Howes added 14 possessions and 8 marks. Harvey Langford (64/95): Starting on a wing against Johnson
Langford contributed with 17 touches, 2 grabs, 2 tackles and booted 2.0. Xavier Lindsay (63/55): Starting on a wing against Sharp
Lindsay contributed with 16 disposals, 4 marks and 2 tackles. Kade Chandler (61/66): Playing mostly HFF with a bit of wing
Chandler contributed with 9 possessions, 5 marks, 2 tackles and kicked 2.1. Jake Melksham (54/59): Starting forward
Melksham contributed with 13 disposals, 3 tackles and managed 0.2. Caleb Windsor (53/57): Starting at half back
Windsor added 16 possessions and 5 marks.
Koltyn Tholstrup (47/46): Hit his head on the turf in Q3 while tackling Pearce… came off bleeding and dazed… 6 possessions and 5 marks plus 4 tackles. Coming off a HFF.
Tom Fullarton (28/31): Playing a forward/ruck role on Pearce
Fullarton added 6 possessions and 6 ruck taps.
Daniel Turner (23/37): Subbed off at HT for Sharp with concussion after a knee to the back of the head by Bolton… 5 possessions including 4 kicks… also 3 marks. At CHB on Oscar McDonald.
Harry Sharp (18/24): On in Q3 for Turner… 3 possessions and 3 tackles. Started as the sub.
Andrew Brayshaw (106/120): First goal… matched up on Petracca… 33 possessions and 3 marks plus 3 tackles… 1.0 as well… helped out by 4FF. Playing central midfield.
Shai Bolton (98/113): Left thigh corked in Q1 but played on… 20 possessions including 15 kicks… also 9 marks… and kicked 3.1. Rotating midfield and forward.
Hayden Young (90/82): Matched up on Oliver… 25 possessions and 5 marks plus 4 tackles. Doing jobs in midfield.
Jordan Clark (85/91): Starting at half back
Clark contributed with 23 possessions, 5 marks and 2 tackles. Caleb Serong (79/102): Matched up on Viney… 27 possessions and 4 tackles… aided by 3FF. In central midfield.
Murphy Reid (74/82): Playing a small forward role
Reid contributed with 17 possessions, 3 grabs, 2 tackles and kicked 1.2. Jeremy Sharp (73/75): Starting on a wing on Lindsay
Sharp contributed with 18 possessions, 4 marks and kicked 1.3. Karl Worner (70/65): Rotating at half back
Worner added 15 possessions and 8 grabs. Luke Ryan (70/79): Loose in defence
Ryan contributed with 17 disposals, 3 grabs and 3 tackles. Jaeger O’Meara (67/73): Limped off in Q3 with a twinge in the right hamstring after being tackled by Petracca and did not return… 15 possessions and 5 marks plus 4 tackles. Doing jobs in midfield.
Oscar McDonald (60/49): Filling in as a tall forward on Turner
McDonald contributed with 9 touches, 5 marks, 4 tackles, 5 hit outs and kicked 1.0. Jye Amiss (55/66): Starting at FF… Howes on him
Amiss contributed with 8 possessions, 2 grabs, 2 tackles and 3.2 on the scoreboard. Sean Darcy (54/62): First ruck
Darcy contributed with 4 possessions, 2 marks, 3 tackles, 20 hit outs and managed 2.0. Sam Switkowski (52/57): Starting forward
Switkowski added 16 touches and 6 marks.
James Aish (50/53): Late replacement for Heath Chapman… 14 possessions and 4 marks. Coming off half back.
Josh Treacy (44/36): Well held by Tom McDonald on the day… 1.1 from 6 possessions and 4 marks plus 2 tackles. Playing key forward on McDonald.
Michael Frederick (42/47): Running off a HFF
Frederick contributed with 8 possessions, 4 tackles and managed 0.2. Matthew Johnson (36/58): Started on a wing on Langford
Johnson also had 13 touches. Joshua Draper (34/52): At CHB on Fullarton
Draper added 10 disposals and 2 tackles. Alex Pearce (31/49): At FB on Fullarton
Pearce contributed with 12 touches, 3 marks and 4 frees against. Isaiah Dudley (25/23): On in Q3 for Banfield… 1.0 from 5 possessions and 2 marks. Started as the sub.
Brennan Cox (25/46): Starting in defence on Petty
Cox added 7 possessions and 3 marks. Bailey Banfield (16/18): Subbed off in Q3 for Dudley… 5 possessions. Playing a defensive forward role.
