Player news from R7 of 2024: Essendon vs Collingwood
Andrew McGrath (123/146): Playing half back
McGrath contributed with 31 possessions, 8 marks and 3 tackles.
Zach Merrett (121/124): Won the Anzac Day medal… 31 possessions and 3 marks plus 8 tackles… 0.1 as well… aided by 3FF. Playing inside midfield.
Nic Martin (113/124): Roaming off half back
Martin contributed with 30 touches, 4 marks, 4 tackles and kicked 1.0.
Darcy Parish (107/126): Playing in central midfield
Parish contributed with 25 touches, 6 marks, 5 tackles and 1.0 on the scoreboard.
Dyson Heppell (103/106): Playing half back
Heppell added 27 touches and 10 marks.
Kyle Langford (83/106): First goal… 14 touches and 7 marks plus 4.2. Playing tall forward on Howe.
Nik Cox (79/67): Roaming the flanks and wings
Cox contributed with 17 disposals, 7 grabs and 3 tackles.
Jake Stringer (77/95): Starting forward on Maynard
Stringer contributed with 19 possessions, 3 grabs, 2 tackles and booted 1.3.
Sam Durham (73/81): Playing central midfield
Durham contributed with 22 possessions, 5 marks and 2 tackles.
Xavier Duursma (72/85): Matched up on Josh Daicos… 20 touches and 5 marks. Playing an outside game.
Duursma also had 2 tackles.
Jye Caldwell (67/99): Playing a half forward role
Caldwell contributed with 24 possessions, 2 grabs and 2 tackles.
Jake Kelly (65/59): In defence on McCreery
Kelly contributed with 15 possessions, 5 marks and 3 tackles.
Sam Draper (63/71): First ruck
Draper contributed with 11 touches, 5 marks, 2 tackles, 12 taps and managed 1.0.
Peter Wright (56/60): Up forward on Frampton
Wright contributed with 8 possessions, 5 marks and booted 2.1.
Mason Redman (53/65): On Hoskin-Elliott
Redman added 16 touches and 2 marks.
Harrison Jones (52/49): Subbed off in Q4 for Hind after a badly broken nose… 1.3 from 11 disposals and 4 marks. Starting forward on Moore.
Jade Gresham (52/65): Starting deep forward
Gresham contributed with 16 disposals, 2 grabs, 2 tackles and booted 0.1.
Jayden Laverde (50/55): Starting in defence on Mihocek
Laverde added 12 possessions and 7 grabs.
Ben Hobbs (47/50): Playing a half forward role
Hobbs added 14 disposals and 4 tackles.
Ben McKay (45/53): At FB and has big Cox
McKay contributed with 11 touches, 6 grabs, 2 tackles and 3 frees against.
Alwyn Davey Jnr (32/19): Rotating forward
Davey Jnr added 10 disposals and 1.0.
Todd Goldstein (31/30): First ruck
Goldstein contributed with 7 touches, 2 marks, 18 hit outs and 3 free kicks given away.
Nick Hind (21/31): On in Q4 for Jones. Started as the sub.
Hind added 6 disposals and 2 marks.
Nick Daicos (100/129): Starting in midfield
Daicos contributed with 28 disposals, 2 marks, 4 tackles and booted 1.0.
Scott Pendlebury (98/103): Leading the inside midfield
Pendlebury contributed with 23 possessions, 6 marks and 5 tackles.
Brody Mihocek (85/61): Playing CHF on Laverde
Mihocek contributed with 15 disposals, 7 marks and managed 3.3.
Jordan De Goey (84/75): Playing in midfield
De Goey contributed with 23 touches, 4 marks, 6 tackles, booted 0.1 and 3 frees against.
Darcy Moore (81/104): In defence on Jones
Moore added 23 possessions and 8 marks.
John Noble (74/92): Running off smalls
Noble contributed with 19 possessions, 3 marks and 4 tackles.
Josh Daicos (71/64): Matched up on Duursma… 16 possessions with 12 by foot… also 3 marks and 3 tackles… and kicked 1.0. Starting on a wing.
Lachie Schultz (70/48): Playing a half forward role
Schultz contributed with 13 disposals, 4 marks, 4 tackles and kicked 1.1.
Darcy Cameron (69/54): In ruck
Cameron contributed with 15 disposals, 3 marks, 4 tackles, 16 hit outs and 4 free kicks given away.
Brayden Maynard (68/81): Starting at half back on Stringer
Maynard contributed with 15 disposals, 7 grabs and 2 tackles.
Patrick Lipinski (64/68): Starting at half forward
Lipinski contributed with 13 disposals, 3 marks, 5 tackles and managed 1.0.
Jeremy Howe (63/92): In defence on Langford
Howe added 18 touches and 4 grabs.
Jamie Elliott (60/61): Starting forward
Elliott contributed with 10 disposals, 2 marks, 4 tackles and 2.1.
Tom Mitchell (58/49): Subbed off at 3QT for Harrison… 19 touches including 14 handballs… also 3 tackles. Rotating midfield and forward.
Jack Crisp (56/70): Mostly at half back
Crisp added 10 possessions and 8 tackles.
Beau McCreery (52/62): Starting at half forward on Kelly
McCreery contributed with 7 possessions, 6 tackles and kicked 1.1.
Bobby Hill (48/46): Playing small forward
Hill contributed with 9 touches, 5 grabs and booted 0.3.
Mason Cox (43/47): Playing a ruck/forward role on McKay
Cox contributed with 6 disposals, 3 grabs and 9 hit outs.
Isaac Quaynor (32/47): Playing back pocket
Quaynor contributed with 11 possessions, 2 grabs, 2 tackles and 3 frees against.
Will Hoskin-Elliott (32/25): Starting forward on Redman
Hoskin-Elliott contributed with 3 possessions, 3 grabs, 2 tackles and 1.0 on the scoreboard.
Harvey Harrison (30/47): On in Q4 for Mitchell… 1.0 from 7 disposals. Started as the sub.
Harrison also had 2 grabs.
Billy Frampton (30/56): In defence on Wright
Frampton contributed with 7 possessions, 3 grabs and managed 0.1.
Steele Sidebottom (29/46): Starting on a wing
Sidebottom contributed with 7 possessions, 2 marks and 2 tackles.