Player news from R1 of 2025: Melbourne vs Western Sydney

Max Gawn (127/134): Lead ruck
Gawn contributed with 24 disposals, 3 marks, 2 tackles, 46 ruck taps and booted 0.1.
Christian Salem (124/113): Starting at half back
Salem contributed with 30 disposals, 8 marks and 3 tackles.
Tom Sparrow (96/85): Starting forward
Sparrow contributed with 21 disposals, 4 grabs, 5 tackles and 1.1 on the scoreboard.
Christian Petracca (95/98): Tagged by Bedford then freed up in Q4… 27 possessions and 2 marks plus 3 tackles… 2.1 as well. Starting in midfield and rotating forward.

Xavier Lindsay (94/82): First game… 22 possessions and 3 marks plus 6 tackles… helped out by 5FF. Starting on a wing on Ward.

Jake Bowey (87/96): Starting at half back
Bowey contributed with 19 possessions, 3 marks, 4 tackles and booted 1.0.
Jake Lever (86/104): Loose in defence
Lever contributed with 22 disposals, 8 grabs and 2 tackles.
Clayton Oliver (84/94): Playing inside midfield
Oliver contributed with 25 disposals, 5 marks, 5 tackles and 4 frees against.
Trent Rivers (83/73): Playing midfield
Rivers added 24 possessions and 7 grabs.
Ed Langdon (83/73): Running off a wing on Wehr
Langdon contributed with 19 touches, 8 grabs and 2 tackles.
Jack Viney (82/58): In central midfield
Viney added 27 disposals and 4 marks.
Harrison Petty (76/86): Playing key defender on Cadman
Petty contributed with 16 disposals, 8 marks and 3 tackles.
Tom McDonald (67/107): Late replacement for Steven May… 18 possessions and 5 marks. In defence on Brown.

Caleb Windsor (55/57): Rotating on a wing
Windsor contributed with 16 possessions, 3 grabs and booted 1.0.
Kade Chandler (54/68): Playing a high forward role
Chandler contributed with 11 touches, 4 marks and 4 tackles.
Bayley Fritsch (50/56): Playing third tall forward on Buckley
Fritsch contributed with 12 disposals, 2 grabs and 3 tackles.
Jack Henderson (48/55): First game… 13 possessions and 3 tackles plus 1.0. Rotating in attack.

Harry Sharp (45/36): Running through midfield
Sharp contributed with 9 disposals, 2 tackles and 1.1.
Aidan Johnson (44/61): First game… 7 possessions including 5 kicks… also 5 tackles… and scored 1.2… conceded 4 FA. Playing forward with ruck support.
Johnson also had 6 hit outs.
Matthew Jefferson (33/37): First goal in first game… 2.0 from 5 possessions and 2 tackles. Playing key forward on Himmelberg.

Blake Howes (32/31): Subbed off in Q3 for Langford… 12 possessions. The big job on Greene.

Jacob van Rooyen (29/45): Playing key forward on Taylor
van Rooyen contributed with 6 disposals, 2 tackles and booted 1.0.
Harvey Langford (16/18): First game… on in Q3 for Howes… 5 possessions. Started as the sub.

Toby Greene (112/124): His Q4 turned the game… 3.3 from 23 possessions and 5 marks plus 4 tackles. Starting on a HFF on Howes… switched to mids in Q4.

Lachie Whitfield (111/124): Starting at half back
Whitfield contributed with 34 possessions, 5 marks, 4 tackles and 3 frees against.
Tom Green (100/106): Much better after HT… 35 possessions and 3 tackles plus 1.1. Starting in midfield.

Josh Kelly (98/91): Playing midfield
Kelly contributed with 23 disposals, 10 tackles and kicked 0.1.
Harry Himmelberg (96/110): In defence on Jefferson
Himmelberg contributed with 22 disposals, 9 grabs and 2 tackles.
Finn Callaghan (92/104): Running through midfield
Callaghan contributed with 31 disposals, 3 tackles and 0.1.
Stephen Coniglio (71/86): Mostly starting as half forward
Coniglio contributed with 13 disposals, 2 grabs, 3 tackles and 3.0 on the scoreboard.
Lachlan Keeffe (66/84): Kicked the winning goal with a minute to spare… 13 possessions including 10 kicks… also 6 tackles… and booted 1.0… conceded 6 FA. First ruck.
Keeffe also had 14 hit outs.
Callum M. Brown (65/83): Playing key forward on McDonald with ruck support
Brown contributed with 14 disposals, 5 tackles and 11 hit outs.
Jacob Wehr (63/64): Starting on a wing on Langdon
Wehr contributed with 16 touches, 4 tackles and managed 1.1.
Lachie Ash (63/79): Roaming from half back
Ash added 19 touches and 6 marks.
Toby Bedford (56/62): Tagging Petracca until Q4 when shifted forward
Bedford added 8 possessions and 9 tackles.
Xavier O’Halloran (55/38): Rotating at half forward
O’Halloran contributed with 16 disposals, 2 grabs, 2 tackles and managed 0.1.
Jack Buckley (48/77): At FB on Fritsch
Buckley contributed with 10 possessions, 4 marks and 3 tackles.
Sam Taylor (47/64): Standing van Rooyen
Taylor added 15 disposals and 4 marks.
Connor Idun (47/69): In defence
Idun added 12 disposals and 4 marks.
Callan Ward (46/60): Starting on a wing on Lindsay
Ward added 16 disposals and 2 marks.
Aaron Cadman (45/59): In attack on Petty
Cadman contributed with 9 disposals, 4 marks and 2.0.
Darcy Jones (44/43): Starting forward
Jones added 12 disposals and 4 tackles.
Conor Stone (43/42): Playing a forward role
Stone contributed with 12 touches, 2 marks and 2 tackles.
Brent Daniels (27/28): Left hip knock in a clash with McDonald in Q2… lined up for Q3 but could not run and quickley subbed off for Gruzewski… 8 possessions. Starting forward.

James Leake (14/12): Second game… 3 possessions. Playing forward.

Max Gruzewski (1/0): On in Q3 for Daniels. Started as the sub.
Gruzewski also had 0 disposals.