Player news from R9 of 2025: North Melbourne vs Brisbane

Tristan Xerri (116/186): First ruck
Xerri contributed with 19 touches, 2 marks, 8 tackles, 36 taps and 3 frees against.
Luke Parker (112/128): Mostly on ball
Parker contributed with 23 possessions, 4 marks, 8 tackles and kicked 1.1.
Harry Sheezel (103/100): Started at half back and floated high
Sheezel contributed with 29 touches, 7 marks and 3 tackles.
Luke Davies-Uniacke (98/96): Matched up on Dunkley… 32 possessions and 3 marks plus 2 tackles… 0.1 as well. Playing central midfield.

Charlie Comben (82/132): In defence on the resting ruck
Comben added 21 touches and 9 marks.
George Wardlaw (78/75): Playing inside midfield head to head with Neale
Wardlaw contributed with 19 possessions, 5 tackles and kicked 1.1.
Dylan Stephens (76/82): Starting on a wing against Berry who was injured then got Fletcher
Stephens contributed with 22 touches, 5 grabs and kicked 1.0.
Cameron Zurhaar (74/87): Mostly forward on Gardiner
Zurhaar contributed with 15 possessions, 5 marks, 2 tackles and managed 2.2.
Jacob Konstanty (67/66): Playing small forward
Konstanty contributed with 12 disposals, 4 grabs, 5 tackles and booted 1.0.
Riley Hardeman (64/59): Rotating in defence
Hardeman contributed with 15 disposals, 4 marks and 3 tackles.
Jy Simpkin (63/77): Started forward for the most part then switched to mids after HT
Simpkin contributed with 17 touches, 3 marks and 3 tackles.
Tom Powell (57/62): Rotating forward and midfield
Powell added 16 disposals and 4 tackles.
Caleb Daniel (57/51): Nose rearranged in Q3 but returned for Q4… 3 marks and 18 possessions. Starting at half back.

Jack Darling (53/69): Up forward on Lester then went to Andrews in Q3
Darling contributed with 9 possessions, 3 grabs, 2 taps and 2.2 on the scoreboard.
Aidan Corr (49/38): Playing key defender on Morris
Corr added 12 disposals and 4 marks.
Nick Larkey (46/57): Starting forward on Payne
Larkey contributed with 7 disposals, 5 marks and kicked 1.1.
Colby McKercher (44/40): Decent first half but barely touched it after HT… 13 possessions and 1.0. Floating about from a HFF.

Zane Duursma (32/18): Starting at half forward
Duursma contributed with 7 possessions, 3 marks and kicked 0.1.
Finn O’Sullivan (29/23): Rotating at half back
O’Sullivan also had 8 possessions.
Luke McDonald (28/50): Accidental headclash with Berry in Q1 left him with a split head but did not go off for a HIA… 9 possessions. Starting at half back.

Toby Pink (25/61): In defence on Hipwood
Pink added 6 touches and 2 tackles.
Finnbar Maley (20/18): Second game… subbed off in Q3 for Scott… 4 possessions and 2 tackles. Playing a forward role on Andrews.

Bailey Scott (15/23): On in Q3 for Maley… 3 possessions. Started as the sub.

Dayne Zorko (137/166): Almost dragged the Lions over the line to a win with a huge Q4… 39 possessions including 29 kicks… also 8 marks and 2 tackles. At half back.

Hugh McCluggage (115/119): Playing in midfield
McCluggage contributed with 28 possessions, 5 grabs and 9 tackles.
Josh Dunkley (111/133): Matched up on Davies-Uniacke… 27 possessions and 5 marks plus 8 tackles. Playing inside midfield.

Will Ashcroft (100/93): Playing central midfield
Ashcroft contributed with 26 disposals, 5 marks and 5 tackles.
Jaspa Fletcher (86/95): Starting on a HBF… switched to a wing in Q1 to cover a Berry injury
Fletcher added 25 touches and 5 marks.
Levi Ashcroft (84/76): First goal… great until 3QT but did nothing in Q4… 20 possessions including 15 kicks… also 6 marks… and booted 1.1. Rotating in midfield.

Ryan Lester (84/105): Third tall defender on Darling
Lester contributed with 20 disposals, 6 marks and 5 tackles.
Cam Rayner (81/75): Rotating from half forward to mids
Rayner contributed with 14 disposals, 5 marks, 2 tackles and 3.0.
Darcy Wilmot (78/85): Sprinting off half back
Wilmot contributed with 20 touches, 4 marks and 3 tackles.
Eric Hipwood (74/74): Up forward on Pink
Hipwood contributed with 9 disposals, 8 marks and 3.2 on the scoreboard.
Noah Answerth (72/69): Playing small defender
Answerth contributed with 17 touches, 4 marks and 3 tackles.
Jack Payne (66/79): Standing Larkey
Payne contributed with 13 touches, 8 grabs and 2 tackles.
Zac Bailey (64/77): Started on a wing
Bailey contributed with 16 possessions, 5 grabs and booted 1.1.
Lachie Neale (63/81): No tag but never got into the flow of the game… 17 possessions and 2 marks plus 5 tackles. Playing inside midfield head to head with Wardlaw.

Darcy Fort (63/51): Playing a forward/ruck role on Comben
Fort contributed with 11 possessions, 2 tackles and 24 ruck taps.
Harris Andrews (51/73): In defence on Maley then got Darling in Q3
Andrews added 14 possessions and 5 marks.
Oscar McInerney (50/52): First ruck
McInerney contributed with 5 possessions, 6 tackles and 16 taps.
Charlie Cameron (44/40): Starting forward
Cameron contributed with 9 disposals, 4 marks and kicked 1.2.
Kai Lohmann (43/41): Starting at half forward
Lohmann contributed with 8 touches, 3 marks, 3 tackles and managed 0.2.
Callum Ah Chee (35/28): Starting at half forward
Ah Chee contributed with 10 possessions, 2 marks, 2 tackles, kicked 1.0 and 3 frees against.
Darcy Gardiner (20/37): On in Q1 for Berry to play defence on Zurhaar… 2 marks and 7 possessions. Started as the sub.

Logan Morris (19/23): Playing a key forward role on Corr
Morris contributed with 3 possessions, 3 tackles and managed 0.1.
Jarrod Berry (5/2): Accidental headclash with McDonald in Q1 left him with a split head… subbed off for Gardiner… 2 possessions. Starting on a wing.