Player news from R15 of 2024: Melbourne vs North Melbourne

Trent Rivers (110/130): Starting in midfield
Rivers contributed with 21 possessions, 6 marks, 6 tackles and 1.0.
Max Gawn (97/113): His late Q4 stoppage dominance helped seal the game… 29 hit outs… also 18 possessions and 3 marks… and booted 1.0… umps paid him 3FF. Lead ruck.

Jack Viney (96/108): In central midfield
Viney contributed with 25 disposals, 3 marks and 6 tackles.
Alex Neal-Bullen (83/98): Playing a HFF role
Neal-Bullen contributed with 15 disposals, 3 marks, 9 tackles and kicked 1.0.
Steven May (76/93): Playing FB on Larkey
May added 18 possessions and 8 marks.
Koltyn Tholstrup (72/75): Second game… 10 possessions including 8 kicks… also 7 tackles and 5 marks. Coming off a HFF.

Tom Sparrow (72/68): Starting forward with centre rotations
Sparrow contributed with 16 possessions, 4 tackles and kicked 1.1.
Ed Langdon (67/73): Matched up on Scott then got Stephens in Q3… 20 possessions and 3 marks plus 3 tackles. Running off a wing.

Tom McDonald (61/90): In defence on Teakle
McDonald contributed with 11 possessions, 6 grabs, 2 tackles and 1.0.
Kade Chandler (58/53): Playing a high forward role
Chandler contributed with 7 possessions, 8 tackles and 1.0.
Adam Tomlinson (57/68): Playing tall defender on Pink
Tomlinson contributed with 13 touches, 4 grabs and 3 tackles.
Christian Salem (53/65): Subbed off in Q4 for Kynan Brown… 13 possessions and 4 marks plus 3 tackles. Starting at half back.

Kysaiah Pickett (52/62): First goal… 1.1 from 10 possessions and 3 marks plus 2 tackles. Starting forward with mid rotations.

Harrison Petty (49/44): Playing key forward on Comben
Petty contributed with 11 disposals, 6 grabs, managed 1.1 and 3 frees against.
Jacob van Rooyen (48/47): Playing a forward/ruck role
van Rooyen contributed with 4 touches, 3 marks, 4 tackles, 5 hit outs and booted 1.0.
Judd McVee (45/88): Playing half back
McVee added 14 disposals and 2 marks.
Caleb Windsor (44/34): Matched up on Shiels… 10 possessions and 6 tackles. Rotating on a wing.

Blake Howes (39/35): Rotating at half back
Howes added 10 touches and 6 marks.
Daniel Turner (37/49): In attack on McDonald
Turner contributed with 6 touches, 4 marks and kicked 2.0.
Jake Bowey (36/35): Starting at half back
Bowey also had 13 possessions.
Clayton Oliver (26/32): Tagged by Phillips… 14 possessions… gave away 5 FA. Playing inside midfield.

Bayley Fritsch (11/23): Donuts in Q1 and did nothing all night… 6 possessions. Playing third tall forward on Archer.

Kynan Brown (8/21): First game… on in Q4 for Salem. Started as the sub.
Brown also had 1 touches.
Harry Sheezel (115/123): Mostly on ball
Sheezel contributed with 27 possessions, 7 grabs, 3 tackles and booted 2.0.
Tristan Xerri (100/118): First ruck
Xerri contributed with 17 possessions, 2 marks, 10 tackles, 21 ruck taps and 4 frees against.
George Wardlaw (97/122): Rotating in midfield
Wardlaw contributed with 23 disposals, 3 grabs, 8 tackles and kicked 0.1.
Luke Davies-Uniacke (94/143): Playing central midfield
Davies-Uniacke contributed with 31 touches, 4 marks, 3 tackles, kicked 1.0 and 4 free kicks given away.
Zac Fisher (88/108): Starting on a HBF
Fisher added 23 disposals and 6 marks.
Eddie Ford (81/72): Playing small forward
Ford contributed with 17 disposals, 7 marks, 2 tackles and kicked 2.1.
Jy Simpkin (81/113): Often starting forward with mid rotations
Simpkin contributed with 25 possessions, 3 marks and 1.0.
Liam Shiels (74/85): Matched up on Windsor… 16 possessions including 12 kicks… also 4 tackles and 3 marks… helped out by 5FF. Playing a wing role.

Cameron Zurhaar (70/85): Mostly forward with centre rotations
Zurhaar contributed with 12 touches, 4 marks, 2 tackles, 4.1 on the scoreboard and 3 frees against.
Curtis Taylor (69/76): Starting at half forward
Taylor contributed with 14 disposals, 7 grabs and 2 tackles.
Charlie Comben (68/109): In defence on Petty
Comben contributed with 15 touches, 6 marks and 2 tackles.
Aidan Corr (68/82): Playing key defender on Turner
Corr contributed with 12 disposals, 8 grabs and 2 tackles.
Luke McDonald (63/86): Starting at half back
McDonald contributed with 11 touches, 3 grabs and 6 tackles.
Paul Curtis (61/57): Playing a small forward role
Curtis contributed with 11 touches, 4 marks and 6 tackles.
Bailey Scott (60/61): Matched up on Langdon… 17 possessions including 15 kicks… also 2 tackles. Starting on a wing… switched to half back in Q3.

Tom Powell (59/77): Starting on a HBF
Powell contributed with 18 disposals, 2 marks and 2 tackles.
Will Phillips (59/62): Tagging Oliver
Phillips added 12 disposals and 8 tackles.
Brynn Teakle (52/55): Playing a forward/ruck role on McDonald
Teakle contributed with 10 touches, 4 marks, 10 ruck taps and 0.1 on the scoreboard.
Dylan Stephens (49/18): On in Q3 for Pink to play wing on Langdon… 14 possessions including 11 kicks… also 3 marks. Started as the sub.

Darcy Tucker (43/39): Playing a HBF role
Tucker added 12 touches and 3 grabs.
Jackson Archer (32/41): Responsible for Fritsch
Archer added 8 possessions and 4 marks.
Nick Larkey (26/33): His hot run of form is over… 0.1 from 6 possessions and 3 marks. Starting forward on May.

Toby Pink (25/28): Right ankle rolled in Q3… subbed off in Q3 for Stephens… 0.1 from 6 possessions and 2 marks. Playing a key forward role on Tomlinson.