Player news from R23 of 2023: Western Sydney vs Essendon
Jesse Hogan (192/201): Starting at FF on Zerk-Thatcher
Hogan contributed with 24 touches, 17 grabs, 5 tackles and 9.1.
Tom Green (120/122): Starting in midfield
Green contributed with 39 disposals, 6 marks, 2 tackles and booted 1.0.
Callan Ward (116/120): Leading the inside midfield
Ward contributed with 30 possessions, 7 grabs and 4 tackles.
Harrison Himmelberg (114/130): Right shoulder knock in Q1 but played on… 30 disposals and 8 marks plus 1.0. In defence on Phillips.
Stephen Coniglio (104/125): Playing midfield
Coniglio contributed with 31 possessions, 4 marks, 3 tackles and managed 1.1.
Lachie Whitfield (102/112): Starting at half back
Whitfield contributed with 30 possessions, 7 marks and 2 tackles.
Harry Perryman (99/108): Playing half back
Perryman contributed with 24 disposals, 5 marks, 6 tackles and 0.1.
Kieren Briggs (92/133): In ruck
Briggs contributed with 15 disposals, 4 marks, 5 tackles and 22 hit outs.
Lachlan Ash (89/103): Roaming from half back
Ash contributed with 25 touches, 4 marks and managed 1.0.
Josh Kelly (85/100): Playing midfield
Kelly contributed with 30 disposals, 2 marks, 2 tackles and booted 0.1.
Toby Bedford (83/69): Rotating forward
Bedford contributed with 16 possessions, 4 marks, 4 tackles and managed 2.2.
Connor Idun (82/89): In defence on the resting ruck
Idun added 24 disposals and 7 marks.
Isaac Cumming (81/87): Playing at half back
Cumming contributed with 20 possessions, 6 grabs and 2 tackles.
Brent Daniels (70/83): First goal… 3.0 from 15 disposals and 5 marks. Starting forward.
Daniel Lloyd (64/56): Playing a HFF role on Redman
Lloyd contributed with 11 possessions, 5 marks, 3 tackles and kicked 1.2.
Josh Fahey (62/28): Rotating in defence
Fahey contributed with 13 disposals, 4 grabs, 2 tackles and 1.0.
Callum M. Brown (47/58): In attack on Heppell
Brown contributed with 11 touches, 3 marks and 1.2.
Jake Riccardi (44/43): Starting forward on Laverde
Riccardi contributed with 10 touches, 2 grabs and booted 1.0.
Jack Buckley (43/69): On Langford
Buckley contributed with 7 disposals, 3 marks and 4 tackles.
Toby Greene (43/70): Subbed off in Q3 for McMullin… 2.0 from 9 touches and 2 marks. Starting on a HFF on Kelly.
Lachlan Keeffe (31/36): In attack
Keeffe contributed with 4 touches, 3 tackles, 6 hit outs and 0.1.
Toby McMullin (26/25): Second game… on in Q3 for Greene… 5 possessions including 4 kicks… and booted 1.1. Started as the sub.
Sam Taylor (21/27): Standing Wright
Taylor added 6 touches and 2 marks.
Zach Merrett (98/104): Did nothing when it counted… 27 possessions with 19 by hand… also 6 tackles and 3 marks… and booted 0.1. Playing inside midfield.
Darcy Parish (96/92): Playing in central midfield
Parish contributed with 25 possessions, 2 marks and 7 tackles.
Andrew McGrath (96/120): Playing half back
McGrath contributed with 32 touches, 2 grabs and 3 tackles.
Ben Hobbs (90/68): Playing midfield
Hobbs contributed with 19 possessions, 5 marks and 7 tackles.
Nick Hind (89/101): At half back
Hind contributed with 27 possessions, 2 grabs and 2 tackles.
Jye Caldwell (78/73): Late replacement for Jake Stringer… 18 possessions and 5 marks plus 3 tackles… 1.1 as well. Playing a half forward role.
Andrew Phillips (77/75): Playing a forward/ruck role on Himmelberg
Phillips contributed with 11 disposals, 4 marks, 5 tackles, 13 hit outs and booted 1.0.
Sam Draper (57/49): First ruck
Draper contributed with 7 touches, 5 tackles, 16 ruck taps and 0.1.
Dyson Heppell (56/64): Playing half back on Brown
Heppell contributed with 14 disposals, 4 grabs and 2 tackles.
Archie Perkins (55/57): Mostly starting forward
Perkins contributed with 16 possessions, 5 marks, 3 tackles and 4 frees against.
Kyle Langford (52/55): Playing third tall forward on Buckley
Langford contributed with 9 possessions, 5 marks and kicked 2.0.
Mason Redman (47/57): Mostly across half back matched up on Lloyd
Redman added 15 touches and 2 marks.
Sam Durham (44/42): Playing a half forward role
Durham contributed with 10 touches, 3 grabs and 3 tackles.
Elijah Tsatas (43/54): Rotating forward
Tsatas contributed with 9 disposals, 2 marks, 4 tackles and 0.1 on the scoreboard.
Brandon Zerk-Thatcher (37/53): At FB on Hogan
Zerk-Thatcher contributed with 9 touches, 3 marks and 2 tackles.
Jake Stringer (35/37): On in Q2 for Guelfi… 0.1 from 11 possessions and 3 marks. Started as the sub.
Nicholas Martin (32/34): This role is just terrible… 15 disposals. Playing a HFF role.
Jye Menzie (31/28): Starting forward
Menzie added 7 disposals and managed 1.1.
Jake Kelly (31/50): In defence on Greene
Kelly added 10 disposals and 2 marks.
Nikolas Cox (30/35): Starting on a wing
Cox added 9 touches and 2 grabs.
Jayden Laverde (22/27): Starting in defence on Riccardi
Laverde added 7 possessions and 2 marks.
Peter Wright (14/16): Donuts in Q1… very little supply… 4 handballs among 5 touches. Up forward on Taylor.
Matt Guelfi (14/16): Right hamstring iced up in Q2 and subbed off for Stringer… 2 tackles. Playing a half forward role.
Guelfi also had 1 disposals.