Player news from R9 of 2022: Sydney vs Essendon
Callum Mills (156/155): Playing predominately wing
Mills contributed with 29 touches, 7 grabs and 13 tackles.
Chad Warner (109/111): Rotating in midfield
Warner contributed with 32 touches, 7 marks, 3 tackles and managed 0.1.
Tom Papley (109/105): Starting deep forward with stints in midfield
Papley contributed with 21 touches, 10 grabs, 2 tackles and managed 2.3.
Errol Gulden (108/128): Playing a wing role
Gulden contributed with 26 touches, 7 marks, 2 tackles and managed 1.0.
Jake Lloyd (102/88): Stacked the stats in junk time… 24 touches including 18 kicks… also 7 marks and 4 tackles. Starting at half back.
Nick Blakey (93/103): Heavy collision with Draper in Q2… 26 disposals including 21 kicks… also 6 marks. Starting across half back.
Luke Parker (91/100): Playing inside midfield
Parker contributed with 23 disposals, 5 grabs, 2 tackles and 1.0 on the scoreboard.
James Rowbottom (85/90): Caught Merrett very high which might get a look… 22 possessions and 3 marks plus 4 tackles… helped out by 3FF. Starting in midfield.
Lance Franklin (78/115): Dominated early to set up the win… 2.4 from 16 disposals and 6 marks. Up forward on Laverde.
Isaac Heeney (75/90): Starting forward on Kelly with stints in midfield
Heeney contributed with 13 disposals, 5 grabs, 5 tackles and 1.2.
Oliver Florent (75/51): Playing central midfield
Florent added 20 possessions and 6 grabs.
Sam Wicks (72/80): First goal… 2.0 from 19 disposals and 4 marks with 2 tackles. Playing a half forward role.
Peter Ladhams (63/55): Tandem ruck with Hickey
Ladhams contributed with 12 possessions, 4 marks, 14 hit outs and 0.2 on the scoreboard.
James Bell (62/58): Starting forward
Bell contributed with 10 touches, 3 marks, 4 tackles and kicked 1.1.
Josh P. Kennedy (62/74): Playing midfield
Kennedy contributed with 18 disposals, 2 grabs and kicked 1.0.
Will Hayward (58/58): Starting at half forward
Hayward contributed with 12 disposals, 4 marks, 3 tackles, booted 2.2 and 4 frees against.
Justin McInerney (55/55): Starting on a wing
McInerney added 17 possessions and 4 marks.
Dane Rampe (55/68): In defence on Francis
Rampe added 12 disposals and 7 marks.
Paddy McCartin (55/68): In defence
McCartin added 15 possessions and 4 marks.
Tom McCartin (54/65): Taking Wright
McCartin added 12 disposals and 8 marks.
Tom Hickey (48/44): Tandem ruck with Ladhams
Hickey contributed with 9 disposals, 3 grabs, 2 tackles, 10 hit outs, booted 1.1 and 3 frees against.
Logan McDonald (40/45): Starting forward on Reid
McDonald contributed with 6 disposals, 5 marks, 2 tackles and managed 0.1.
Ryan Clarke (0/0): Started as the sub
Clarke also had 0 disposals.
Darcy Parish (87/107): Playing in central midfield
Parish added 31 possessions and 4 marks.
Jordan Ridley (78/106): In defence
Ridley contributed with 22 possessions, 3 marks and 0.2.
Andrew McGrath (78/81): Playing a midfield role
McGrath contributed with 22 touches, 3 grabs, 2 tackles and 0.1 on the scoreboard.
Zach Reid (74/65): In defence on McDonald
Reid contributed with 13 touches, 10 grabs and 2 tackles.
Dyson Heppell (73/68): Starting at half back
Heppell added 23 touches and 4 grabs.
Mason Redman (73/68): Lurking across half back
Redman added 19 touches and 6 grabs.
Tom Cutler (71/77): Playing an outside game
Cutler added 21 possessions and 4 marks.
Jayden Laverde (70/84): In defence on Franklin
Laverde added 18 touches and 7 grabs.
Nick Hind (68/79): Playing a half back role
Hind contributed with 18 disposals, 3 marks, 2 tackles and kicked 0.1.
Nicholas Martin (65/58): Playing a half forward role
Martin contributed with 15 touches, 5 grabs and managed 1.1.
Ben Hobbs (63/74): Rotating between midfield and forward
Hobbs contributed with 17 possessions, 5 marks and 1.1 on the scoreboard.
Archie Perkins (57/44): Starting on a HFF
Perkins contributed with 9 touches, 3 marks, 5 tackles and managed 1.0.
Zach Merrett (51/54): Playing inside midfield
Merrett added 14 possessions and 4 marks.
Dylan Shiel (50/64): Playing inside midfield
Shiel added 20 touches and 2 tackles.
Matt Guelfi (42/48): Playing a half forward role
Guelfi contributed with 13 touches, 2 marks, 2 tackles and booted 0.1.
Jye Caldwell (40/42): Ran into McCartin in Q3 and subbed at 3QT with concussion… 10 disposals and 2 marks with 3 tackles. Rotating in midfield.
Peter Wright (39/62): Up forward on McCartin
Wright added 8 touches and managed 2.0.
Sam Durham (38/27): Playing outside midfield
Durham contributed with 10 disposals, 5 grabs and 0.1 on the scoreboard.
Nick Bryan (32/30): Second game… 9 hit outs… also 6 possessions and 4 marks. First ruck.
Jake Kelly (31/43): In defence on Heeney
Kelly added 9 possessions and 4 marks.
Aaron Francis (27/36): Playing a key forward role on Rampe
Francis contributed with 5 disposals, 2 marks and 1.1.
Alec Waterman (24/17): On at 3QT for Caldwell… 5 possessions and 2 tackles. Started as the sub.
Sam Draper (17/9): Negative to QT… 16 hit outs… also 4 possessions… conceded 6 FA. In ruck.