Player news from R3 of 2025: Essendon vs Port Adelaide

Xavier Duursma (112/118): Playing an outside game
Duursma contributed with 29 touches, 8 marks, 3 tackles and 0.1 on the scoreboard.
Zach Merrett (108/106): Playing inside midfield
Merrett contributed with 34 touches, 5 marks, 2 tackles and 0.2.
Jye Caldwell (100/83): Playing inside midfield
Caldwell contributed with 23 disposals, 7 grabs, 5 tackles and managed 0.1.
Sam Durham (95/108): Kickstarted the win with some bullocking half forward work… 28 possessions and 4 marks plus 3 tackles. Playing central midfield with forward rotations.

Jade Gresham (95/100): Playing wing on Boak
Gresham contributed with 20 touches, 4 grabs, 7 tackles and booted 1.0.
Mason Redman (95/111): Across half back
Redman contributed with 22 disposals, 3 marks, 4 tackles and 1.0 on the scoreboard.
Archie Roberts (94/95): Floating about on the outside
Roberts contributed with 21 possessions, 6 grabs, 4 tackles and 1.0.
Dylan Shiel (93/90): Returned to midfield today
Shiel contributed with 25 touches, 5 grabs and 4 tackles.
Zach Reid (83/86): On the resting ruck… shifted to Georgiades in Q1
Reid contributed with 16 touches, 10 marks and 2 tackles.
Nic Martin (73/86): Roaming off a wing
Martin contributed with 20 touches, 4 grabs and 1.0.
Jordan Ridley (72/85): In defence
Ridley contributed with 22 possessions, 5 grabs and 0.1.
Jaxon Prior (72/77): Playing a half back role
Prior added 19 disposals and 6 marks.
Nick Bryan (69/78): First ruck with support by Draper
Bryan contributed with 12 disposals, 2 grabs, 2 tackles and 23 hit outs.
Nate Caddy (69/84): Starting forward on Aliir
Caddy contributed with 13 touches, 2 marks, 3 tackles and booted 2.2.
Ben Hobbs (65/70): Playing a half forward role and joining mids a lot
Hobbs added 21 touches and 4 tackles.
Sam Draper (59/68): Starting forward on Ratugolea with ruck support
Draper contributed with 9 touches, 2 grabs, 2 tackles, 10 taps and booted 2.0.
Harrison Jones (57/62): Starting at FF
Jones contributed with 13 disposals, 5 grabs, 2 tackles and managed 0.1.
Jye Menzie (43/62): Starting deep forward
Menzie contributed with 10 disposals, 3 marks, 2 tackles and kicked 1.1.
Ben McKay (41/39): At FB on Georgiades… dragged off in him in Q1 to take the resting ruck
McKay added 10 possessions and 5 marks.
Isaac Kako (40/61): Playing small forward
Kako added 10 touches and 3 tackles.
Andrew McGrath (35/34): Playing half back
McGrath added 9 possessions and 3 marks.
Thomas Edwards (22/10): Subbed off at 3QT for El-Hawli… 6 possessions and 2 marks plus 0.1. Playing third tall forward on Bergman.

Saad El-Hawli (17/15): First game… on in Q4 for Edwards to play wing… 7 possessions. Started as the sub.

Jase Burgoyne (112/120): Starting at half back
Burgoyne contributed with 27 possessions, 10 grabs and 3 tackles.
Miles Bergman (104/87): Playing tall defender on Edwards
Bergman added 26 disposals and 10 grabs.
Ollie Wines (100/103): Playing inside midfield
Wines contributed with 31 disposals, 4 grabs, 3 tackles and managed 1.0.
Jordon Sweet (94/95): Playing ruck
Sweet contributed with 14 touches, 5 grabs, 5 tackles and 25 taps.
Christian Moraes (93/93): Second game… 27 possessions and 7 marks. Starting on a wing.

Connor Rozee (84/63): Much of the game suited endurance runners and not his kind of burst athletes… 22 possessions and 5 marks plus 4 tackles… 0.1 as well. Playing pure midfield.

Travis Boak (82/74): Playing a wing role on Gresham
Boak contributed with 18 touches, 6 grabs, 3 tackles and booted 1.0.
Jason Horne-Francis (74/82): Not enough stoppages and too much running for the Hornet… 22 possessions and 4 marks plus 1.1. Rotating midfield and attack.

Darcy Byrne-Jones (74/72): Playing small forward
Byrne-Jones contributed with 15 possessions, 4 marks, 2 tackles and booted 2.0.
Josh Sinn (69/79): Rotating at half back
Sinn contributed with 18 touches, 4 marks and kicked 0.1.
Sam Powell-Pepper (68/47): Came off for treatment just before HT after a heavy knock… returned in Q3… 0.1 from 14 possessions and 6 marks plus 4 tackles. Playing a forward role.

Mitch Georgiades (62/80): First goal… 2.2 from 13 possessions and 6 marks. Playing key forward on McKay… smashed him then got Reid in Q1.

Aliir Aliir (62/72): In defence on Caddy
Aliir added 15 disposals and 8 grabs.
Kane Farrell (61/85): Trudged off in Q3 after a heavy clash from behind by Draper but returned soon after… 18 possessions including 15 kicks… also 2 marks. Playing a HBF role.

Joe Richards (61/61): Playing a forward role
Richards contributed with 13 disposals, 6 grabs and booted 1.0.
Joe Berry (57/33): Rotating forward
Berry contributed with 15 possessions, 5 marks and managed 0.1.
Jackson Mead (56/54): Rotating at half forward with some starts at wing
Mead contributed with 15 disposals, 3 marks and 3 tackles.
Willem Drew (54/64): Mostly on ball
Drew contributed with 15 touches, 3 marks, 4 tackles and 3 free kicks given away.
Esava Ratugolea (54/60): In defence on the resting ruck which is mostly Draper
Ratugolea added 12 disposals and 8 marks.
Willie Rioli (53/36): Starting forward with centre rotations
Rioli contributed with 16 touches, 4 marks, 2 tackles, 0.1 and 4 free kicks given away.
Logan Evans (36/41): Rotating in defence
Evans contributed with 10 disposals, 3 marks, 2 tackles and 3 free kicks given away.
Ivan Soldo (26/34): Subbed off at 3QT for Cochrane… 9 hit outs… also 5 possessions. Playing a forward/ruck role on Reid then got McKay in Q1.

Tom Cochrane (13/9): First game… on in Q4 for Soldo to play key forward… 0.1 from 2 possessions and 2 marks. Started as the sub.