Player news from R22 of 2024: Melbourne vs Port Adelaide
Max Gawn (118/177): Lead ruck
Gawn contributed with 22 touches, 5 grabs, 2 tackles and 30 ruck taps.
Kysaiah Pickett (111/123): Started on ball with mid rotations
Pickett contributed with 21 disposals, 4 grabs, 6 tackles, booted 4.1 and 4 frees against.
Alex Neal-Bullen (102/95): Playing a HFF role
Neal-Bullen contributed with 24 touches, 4 grabs, 4 tackles and booted 1.1.
Jack Billings (96/80): Late replacement for Taj Woewoedin… 23 possessions and 7 marks plus 3 tackles… 0.1 as well. Playing a wing role on Boak.
Christian Salem (95/90): Starting at half back
Salem contributed with 25 possessions, 6 marks, 3 tackles and kicked 0.1. Jack Viney (89/87): Started forward
Viney contributed with 23 touches, 3 grabs, 8 tackles and 0.1 on the scoreboard.
Harrison Petty (86/84): Playing key forward on Zerk-Thatcher
Petty contributed with 13 disposals, 7 marks, 8 tackles and 2 hit outs. Ed Langdon (86/74): Running off a wing on Burgoyne
Langdon contributed with 19 touches, 3 grabs, 5 tackles and booted 1.0. Tom Sparrow (75/83): Starting forward
Sparrow contributed with 21 touches, 4 marks and 3 tackles.
Judd McVee (68/63): Left ankle restrapped in Q4… 20 possessions including 15 kicks… also 2 marks… helped out by 3FF. Playing half back.
Tom McDonald (60/87): In defence on Dixon
McDonald added 16 touches and 4 grabs. Kade Chandler (59/77): Playing a forward role
Chandler contributed with 14 possessions, 3 marks and 5 tackles. Jake Lever (55/48): In defence on Marshall then got Narkle in Q3 when Marshall was injured
Lever added 12 disposals and 7 marks. Adam Tomlinson (48/70): Playing tall defender on Ratugolea
Tomlinson added 13 touches and 4 marks. Marty Hore (46/54): In defence
Hore added 7 disposals and 7 marks.
Clayton Oliver (46/40): Drew on him… anonymous… 16 possessions and 2 tackles. Playing inside midfield.
Daniel Turner (45/41): In attack on Aliir
Turner added 11 possessions and 4 grabs.
Bayley Fritsch (44/50): First goal… 1.1 from 11 possessions and 3 marks. Playing third tall forward on Bergman.
Blake Howes (44/57): Late replacement for Jake Bowey… 11 possessions and 3 tackles. In defence.
Koltyn Tholstrup (43/58): Coming off a HFF
Tholstrup contributed with 13 touches, 3 grabs and managed 0.1. Trent Rivers (41/45): Playing midfield
Rivers also had 14 touches.
Jacob van Rooyen (27/25): Subbed off in Q4 for Melksham… 8 possessions and 3 marks. Playing a forward/ruck role.
Jake Melksham (3/4): On in Q4 for van Rooyen. Started as the sub.
Melksham also had 1 possessions. Jason Horne-Francis (138/144): Rotating midfield and attack
Horne-Francis contributed with 27 possessions, 13 grabs, 3 tackles and kicked 2.0. Travis Boak (118/121): Playing a wing role on Billings
Boak contributed with 29 possessions, 9 grabs and 3 tackles. Dan Houston (115/112): Starting at half back
Houston contributed with 28 touches, 7 grabs and 4 tackles. Connor Rozee (113/105): Playing pure midfield
Rozee contributed with 28 disposals, 4 grabs, 5 tackles and 0.1. Zak Butters (108/129): In midfield
Butters contributed with 30 possessions, 5 grabs, 3 tackles and 1.1 on the scoreboard. Jase Burgoyne (95/106): Starting on a wing on Langdon
Burgoyne contributed with 21 possessions, 7 marks and 5 tackles. Miles Bergman (84/87): Left hip knock in Q4… 18 possessions and 10 marks plus 2 tackles. Responsible for Fritsch.
Darcy Byrne-Jones (83/78): Playing small forward
Byrne-Jones contributed with 13 possessions, 6 marks, 5 tackles and kicked 1.1. Kane Farrell (81/79): Playing a HBF role
Farrell contributed with 17 touches, 7 marks and 4 tackles. Logan Evans (64/59): Rotating in defence
Evans added 16 disposals and 5 grabs. Ollie Wines (64/85): Playing inside midfield
Wines contributed with 18 touches, 2 grabs and 4 tackles. Willem Drew (62/70): Playing inside midfield on Oliver
Drew contributed with 16 touches, 2 marks and 5 tackles. Jordon Sweet (60/79): Playing ruck
Sweet contributed with 10 disposals, 3 marks, 4 tackles, 27 taps and 5 frees against. Brandon Zerk-Thatcher (54/85): At FB on Petty
Zerk-Thatcher contributed with 15 touches, 2 marks and 2 tackles. Charlie Dixon (53/49): At FF on McDonald
Dixon contributed with 10 disposals, 5 marks and 2.1 on the scoreboard. Lachie Jones (49/52): Started on ball
Jones added 16 touches and 2 grabs.
Aliir Aliir (49/73): In defence on Turner
Aliir added 14 touches and 5 marks.
Quinton Narkle (38/37): On after HT for Marshall to play defensive forward on Lever… key contributions in the last minute to secure a win… 4 possessions and 3 marks plus 3 tackles… 1.0 as well. Started as the sub.
Jackson Mead (33/37): Rotating at half forward
Mead added 10 touches and 2 tackles. Esava Ratugolea (31/38): In attack on Tomlinson
Ratugolea contributed with 9 possessions, 6 marks and 3 free kicks given away.
Todd Marshall (31/21): Came off for a concussion test in Q2 after a clash… subbed off at HT for Narkle… 0.1 from 8 possessions and 2 marks. Starting at CHF on Lever.
Francis Evans (25/19): Playing deep forward
Evans added 6 touches and 2 tackles. Willie Rioli (22/26): Starting forward
Rioli contributed with 6 touches, 2 tackles and kicked 0.1.