Player news from R20 of 2024: Melbourne vs Western Sydney

Clayton Oliver (100/92): Head to head with Green… 26 possessions and 4 marks plus 5 tackles. Playing inside midfield.

Trent Rivers (89/89): 13 of his touches in Q1 to lead the Melbourne surge… 25 possessions and 5 marks plus 2 tackles. Playing midfield.

Alex Neal-Bullen (88/80): Playing a HFF role on Whitfield
Neal-Bullen contributed with 15 possessions, 2 marks, 11 tackles and 1.0.
Ed Langdon (85/63): Running off a wing on O’Halloran
Langdon contributed with 22 disposals, 6 marks and 1.0.
Steven May (79/99): Playing CHB on Riccardi
May contributed with 19 possessions, 5 marks and 2 tackles.
Max Gawn (79/93): Lead ruck
Gawn contributed with 16 touches, 3 grabs, 24 ruck taps and 1.0.
Jack Viney (78/105): In central midfield
Viney contributed with 23 possessions, 5 tackles and kicked 1.0.
Judd McVee (77/79): Responsible for Greene
McVee added 19 touches and 7 marks.
Jake Lever (71/87): In defence on Cadman
Lever added 18 disposals and 7 marks.
Jake Bowey (70/53): Starting at half back
Bowey added 16 touches and 8 marks.
Kysaiah Pickett (69/62): Starting forward on Perryman and largely staying there
Pickett contributed with 8 disposals, 2 marks, 8 tackles and 1.2.
Bailey Laurie (69/75): Starting on ball
Laurie contributed with 19 possessions, 4 marks and 3 tackles.
Kade Chandler (68/82): First goal… 2.1 from 13 possessions and 3 marks plus 3 tackles. Playing a high forward role.

Harrison Petty (63/64): Playing key forward on Buckley
Petty contributed with 10 possessions, 6 marks, 3 tackles and 1.1 on the scoreboard.
Tom McDonald (59/60): Playing FB on Hogan
McDonald added 13 touches and 6 marks.
Jake Melksham (50/59): Starting at half forward on Taylor
Melksham contributed with 11 possessions, 3 marks and managed 1.1.
Bayley Fritsch (46/36): Playing key forward on Idun
Fritsch contributed with 8 possessions, 4 grabs and 2.0.
Caleb Windsor (44/45): Starting on a wing on Ward
Windsor contributed with 6 possessions, 4 marks, 4 tackles and 0.1.
Andy Moniz-Wakefield (43/49): Rotating forward
Moniz-Wakefield added 12 possessions and 2 marks.
Jack Billings (41/28): Subbed off at 3QT for Turner… 12 possessions and 3 marks. Playing a high HFF role.

Jacob van Rooyen (40/36): Playing a forward/ruck role
van Rooyen contributed with 9 disposals, 2 tackles, 4 hit outs and booted 1.1.
Taj Woewodin (33/41): Coming off half back
Woewodin added 9 touches and 3 marks.
Daniel Turner (3/4): On after 3QT for Billings… 2 possessions. Started as the sub.

James Peatling (133/134): Massive efforts late in Q4 to secure the win… 28 possessions and 5 marks plus 11 tackles… umps paid him 3FF. Rotating in midfield.

Lachie Whitfield (127/134): Starting at half back on Neal-Bullen
Whitfield contributed with 35 possessions, 6 grabs and 5 tackles.
Finn Callaghan (121/123): Had an excellent Q2 to lift the Giants back into it… 36 possessions and 6 marks plus 3 tackles… 0.1 as well. Running through midfield.

Brent Daniels (116/133): His outside run was pivotal… 2.0 from 17 possessions and 8 marks plus 8 tackles. Starting forward.

Tom Green (105/103): Head to head with Oliver… 33 possessions and 5 marks plus 1.0. Starting in midfield.

Toby Greene (103/107): Starting on a HFF on McVee
Greene contributed with 16 touches, 6 grabs, 4 tackles and 3.2.
Kieren Briggs (99/112): Right shoulder tweak in Q3 but soldiered on… 36 hit outs… also 17 possessions and 3 marks plus 4 tackles… 0.1 as well. In ruck.

Harry Himmelberg (95/105): Copped a stray boot by Whitfield to the right shin in Q3 but played on… 21 possessions including 15 kicks… also 7 marks and 4 tackles. In defence.

Toby Bedford (81/73): Playing defensive midfield
Bedford contributed with 17 possessions, 3 grabs, 6 tackles and 1.0.
Callan Ward (77/113): Starting on a wing on Windsor
Ward contributed with 23 possessions, 5 marks and kicked 1.0.
Lachie Ash (73/66): Roaming from half back
Ash contributed with 22 disposals, 3 grabs and 2 tackles.
Connor Idun (71/89): In defence on Fritsch
Idun contributed with 15 touches, 6 marks and 4 tackles.
Jesse Hogan (70/95): Starting at FF on McDonald
Hogan contributed with 11 disposals, 6 marks and 4.0 on the scoreboard.
Harry Perryman (62/75): Minding Pickett
Perryman added 17 possessions and 5 marks.
Jack Buckley (59/99): Mostly on Petty
Buckley added 16 touches and 6 marks.
Harvey Thomas (56/58): Rotating forward
Thomas contributed with 14 possessions, 3 marks and 3 tackles.
Toby McMullin (51/49): Rotating forward
McMullin contributed with 11 possessions, 3 marks, 2 tackles and 1.0 on the scoreboard.
Jake Riccardi (43/24): Starting forward on May with ruck support
Riccardi contributed with 9 possessions, 4 marks, 2 tackles, 2 hit outs and managed 0.1.
Xavier O’Halloran (36/48): Starting on a wing on Langdon
O’Halloran also had 12 touches.
Sam Taylor (35/35): Standing Melksham
Taylor also had 11 disposals.
Darcy Jones (35/39): Starting forward
Jones also had 12 touches.
Aaron Cadman (8/3): Playing key forward on Lever
Cadman also had 3 touches.
Joe Fonti (0/0): Started as the sub
Fonti also had 0 possessions.