Player news from R15 of 2024: Essendon vs West Coast
Jayden Laverde (128/126): Standing Darling
Laverde contributed with 28 possessions, 11 marks and 5 tackles.
Jye Caldwell (126/114): Head to head with Yeo… 26 possessions including 19 kicks… also 11 tackles and 6 marks… and kicked 1.1… gave away 5 FA. Playing inside midfield.
Jake Stringer (119/113): Had a massive Q2 with three of his goals… 5.1 from 20 possessions and 10 marks. Starting forward with mid rotations.
Zach Merrett (111/134): Matched up on Ginbey… 29 possessions and 8 marks plus 2 tackles… 1.0 as well. Playing inside midfield.
Sam Durham (96/95): Playing central midfield
Durham contributed with 29 touches, 3 marks, 2 tackles and kicked 1.0.
Sam Draper (94/98): First ruck
Draper contributed with 17 touches, 4 marks, 3 tackles and 32 taps.
Jordan Ridley (93/83): In defence on Allen
Ridley added 25 possessions and 7 marks.
Nic Martin (93/113): Starting at half back… Jones on his hammer until HT when freed up
Martin contributed with 21 possessions, 9 marks, 3 tackles and booted 0.1.
Andrew McGrath (93/92): Playing half back
McGrath contributed with 24 touches, 3 marks and 6 tackles.
Mason Redman (92/78): A slam tackle on Jones in Q3 will be looked at but not much there… 22 possessions and 10 marks plus 2 tackles. In defence on Cripps.
Xavier Duursma (87/93): Starting on a wing on Chesser
Duursma contributed with 20 possessions, 9 grabs and managed 1.0.
Matt Guelfi (78/118): Playing a forward role
Guelfi contributed with 15 possessions, 3 marks, 5 tackles and managed 2.1.
Jake Kelly (76/60): In defence
Kelly added 15 touches and 11 marks.
Dyson Heppell (73/80): Returned to defence today
Heppell contributed with 20 disposals, 5 grabs and 1.0.
Peter Wright (70/76): Up forward on Barrass
Wright contributed with 12 disposals, 6 marks, 7 taps and booted 2.1.
Nik Cox (62/55): Hyperextended right knee in Q4 and subbed off for Menzie… 9 possessions including 7 kicks… also 6 tackles and 4 marks. Starting on a wing on Chesser.
Harrison Jones (54/45): Mostly on a wing on Maric
Jones added 14 disposals and 6 marks.
Kyle Langford (49/52): First goal… 7 possessions including 5 kicks… also 3 marks and 2 tackles… and booted 2.0. Playing tall forward on Rotham.
Archie Perkins (46/40): Starting forward to join midfield
Perkins added 17 possessions and 3 marks.
Nate Caddy (46/46): Late replacement for Todd Goldstein… second game… 2.1 from 11 possessions and 2 marks. Starting forward on McGovern.
Nick Hind (36/43): At half forward
Hind added 10 disposals and 1.0 on the scoreboard.
Ben McKay (33/55): On Waterman
McKay added 9 possessions and 2 tackles.
Jye Menzie (10/3): On in Q4 for Cox. Started as the sub.
Menzie also had 1 possessions.
Elliot Yeo (117/138): Head to head with Caldwell… 20 possessions and 2 marks plus 13 tackles… 1.0 as well. Starting in midfield.
Jamie Cripps (95/108): Starting at half forward on Redman
Cripps contributed with 19 disposals, 4 grabs, 4 tackles and kicked 2.3.
Liam Duggan (86/86): Starting in midfield
Duggan contributed with 19 touches, 5 marks and 4 tackles.
Oscar Allen (84/67): Up forward on Ridley
Allen contributed with 13 possessions, 9 marks and booted 2.4.
Tom Barrass (82/110): At FB on Wright
Barrass contributed with 16 touches, 11 marks and 2 hit outs.
Jeremy McGovern (81/99): Holding down CHB on Caddy
McGovern contributed with 20 touches, 5 grabs and 2 tackles.
Jake Waterman (77/64): Starting forward on McKay
Waterman contributed with 13 disposals, 7 grabs and 3.1.
Liam Ryan (66/89): Starting on ball and rotating forward
Ryan contributed with 19 possessions, 3 marks, 2 tackles and managed 0.1.
Reuben Ginbey (64/63): Matched up on Merrett… 17 possessions including 12 handballs… also 5 tackles. On ball.
Alex Witherden (57/59): Coming off a HBF
Witherden added 16 possessions and 5 marks.
Campbell Chesser (56/46): Starting on a wing on Duursma
Chesser contributed with 14 possessions, 3 marks and 1.0.
Matt Flynn (56/60): In ruck
Flynn contributed with 6 possessions, 5 tackles and 26 ruck taps.
Tyler Brockman (52/64): Starting forward with mid rotations
Brockman contributed with 14 disposals, 3 grabs and 2 tackles.
Brady Hough (52/59): Starting in defence
Hough contributed with 13 disposals, 4 marks and 2 tackles.
Jack Darling (52/72): Up forward on Laverde
Darling contributed with 9 disposals, 3 marks, 2 tackles and kicked 2.1.
Jamaine Jones (52/59): Playing a half forward role… paid a lot of attention to Martin in the first half
Jones contributed with 12 disposals, 2 grabs and 3 tackles.
Jack Petruccelle (50/50): Starting at half forward
Petruccelle contributed with 11 possessions, 2 marks and 2.1 on the scoreboard.
Ryan Maric (46/34): Subbed off in Q4 for Hutchinson… 13 possessions and 2 marks plus 2 tackles. Starting on a wing on Duursma.
Jayden Hunt (35/38): Starting at half forward
Hunt added 7 possessions and 3 tackles.
Josh Rotham (31/42): In defence on Langford
Rotham added 7 touches and 4 grabs.
Bailey J. Williams (27/45): Playing a forward/ruck role
Williams contributed with 5 disposals, 2 tackles and 13 hit outs.
Tom Cole (25/34): Starting in defence
Cole also had 8 possessions.
Jack Hutchinson (13/5): On in Q4 for Maric… 2 tackles. Started as the sub.
Hutchinson also had 1 possessions.