Player news from R2 of 2024: Sydney vs Essendon
Tom Papley (128/155): Two goals and plenty of footy in Q2… 4.1 from 24 touches and 10 marks plus 2 tackles. Rotating from attack to midfield.
Errol Gulden (117/150): Starting on ball
Gulden contributed with 24 disposals, 9 marks, 5 tackles, booted 2.0 and 3 frees against.
Isaac Heeney (117/129): Pucnh to the moosh of Hind off the ball in Q2 will be assessed… 1.1 from 32 possessions and 6 marks plus 4 tackles. Playing central midfield… copped a Caldwell tag in Q3.
Chad Warner (112/104): Two goals in late Q4 junk time to add to a good night of work… 28 possessions and 6 marks plus 3 tackles… 2.1 as well. Rotating from midfield to attack.
Brodie Grundy (90/99): Lead ruck
Grundy contributed with 19 possessions, 2 grabs, 3 tackles, 30 ruck taps and 3 frees against.
Matt Roberts (85/93): Rotating at half back
Roberts contributed with 19 possessions, 8 grabs and 3 tackles.
Oliver Florent (82/88): Coming off half back
Florent contributed with 20 disposals, 4 marks, 4 tackles and booted 0.1.
Will Hayward (77/73): Starting at half forward
Hayward contributed with 9 possessions, 4 marks, 5 tackles and managed 3.1.
Hayden McLean (76/76): Playing a forward/ruck role on Cox
McLean contributed with 15 possessions, 7 marks, 4 hit outs and 2.2.
James Jordon (76/89): Starting mostly at half forward today
Jordon contributed with 18 disposals, 3 marks, 4 tackles and 1.0.
Justin McInerney (72/82): Playing a half back role on Durham
McInerney added 22 disposals and 5 grabs.
Nick Blakey (69/86): In defence with Caldwell to start then mostly on the resting ruck
Blakey contributed with 18 possessions, 4 marks and 1.1 on the scoreboard.
Jake Lloyd (65/82): Matched up on Cox… 22 possessions and 3 marks plus 0.1. Starting on a wing this year.
James Rowbottom (62/51): Starting at half forward
Rowbottom added 10 disposals and 9 tackles.
Braeden Campbell (58/75): Matched up on Tsatas… 14 possessions and 4 tackles plus 0.1. Playing a wing role.
Sam Wicks (45/63): Rotating forward
Wicks contributed with 11 possessions, 2 marks and 3 tackles.
Dane Rampe (45/35): Starting at half back on Stringer
Rampe contributed with 9 disposals, 4 marks and 2 tackles.
Logan McDonald (44/53): Starting forward on McKay
McDonald contributed with 7 possessions, 4 marks and 1.1.
Tom McCartin (41/67): Following Wright
McCartin added 11 disposals and 4 marks.
Lewis Melican (35/50): In defence on Langford
Melican added 9 touches and 4 marks.
Joel Amartey (34/52): Playing FF on Laverde
Amartey contributed with 5 disposals, 2 grabs and 2.0.
Corey Warner (34/40): On very early in Q1 for Cunningham to play forward… 11 possessions and 0.3. Started as the sub.
Harry Cunningham (0/0): Caught heavily and high by Wright in Q1… stretchered off. Playing a half back role.
Cunningham also had 0 disposals.
Zach Merrett (122/129): Playing inside midfield
Merrett contributed with 32 disposals, 2 marks, 6 tackles and 2.0 on the scoreboard.
Will Setterfield (115/127): Doing jobs in midfield
Setterfield contributed with 29 touches, 5 marks and 7 tackles.
Nic Martin (105/95): Roaming off half back
Martin contributed with 32 possessions, 4 grabs and 2 tackles.
Jade Gresham (95/117): First goal… 23 touches and 4 marks plus 2 tackles… 3.1 as well. Starting deep forward.
Andrew McGrath (80/94): Playing half back
McGrath added 25 disposals and 3 marks.
Dyson Heppell (79/86): Playing half back
Heppell added 21 possessions and 8 marks.
Kyle Langford (78/77): Playing third tall forward on Melican
Langford contributed with 14 possessions, 7 marks, 2 tackles and 2.1.
Sam Durham (76/85): Playing a HFF role on McInerney
Durham contributed with 18 disposals, 4 marks and 6 tackles.
Jake Stringer (76/50): Most of his scoring in late junk time… 3.1 from 14 disposals and 7 marks. Mostly forward on Rampe.
Archie Perkins (65/73): In midfield again today
Perkins added 21 possessions and 3 tackles.
Jye Caldwell (64/73): Started in a half forward role on Blakey… shifted to mids in Q3 to tag Heeney
Caldwell contributed with 16 disposals, 3 grabs and 4 tackles.
Sam Draper (56/55): Subbed off in Q4 for Davey jnr… 10 hit outs… also 12 disposals and 2 marks… and scored 1.1. Tandem ruck with Goldstein.
Peter Wright (53/63): A high bump on Cunningham that saw the Swan subbed will be closely scrutinised by the MRP… 2.0 from 9 possessions and 4 marks plus 2 tackles. Up forward on McCartin.
Wright also had 2 hit outs.
Xavier Duursma (52/61): Playing an outside game
Duursma added 15 possessions and 3 tackles.
Ben Hobbs (47/43): Coming from half forward to join mids at times
Hobbs contributed with 16 possessions, 3 marks and managed 0.1.
Elijah Tsatas (47/42): Matched up on Campbell… 14 touches and 3 marks plus 0.1. Rotating on a wing.
Todd Goldstein (47/48): Tandem ruck with Draper
Goldstein contributed with 7 disposals, 2 marks, 19 ruck taps and kicked 1.0.
Jayden Laverde (41/55): At FB on Amartey
Laverde added 12 touches and 4 marks.
Nik Cox (38/44): Matched up on Lloyd… 12 disposals and 1.1. Starting on a wing.
Nick Hind (36/34): At half back
Hind added 10 possessions and 3 tackles.
Jye Menzie (33/22): Starting deep forward
Menzie contributed with 6 touches, 3 tackles and booted 0.1.
Ben McKay (19/31): Starting in defence on McDonald
McKay also had 9 disposals.
Alwyn Davey Jnr (7/4): On in Q4 for Draper. Started as the sub.
Davey Jnr also had 1 touches.