Player news from R21 of 2024: Essendon vs Fremantle

News snippets for Essendon vs Fremantle, R21 of 2024

Zach Merrett (118/115): Playing inside midfield
Merrett contributed with 29 possessions, 6 grabs and 7 tackles.
Jye Caldwell (116/112): Playing inside midfield
Caldwell contributed with 32 touches, 5 grabs, 6 tackles and booted 0.1.
Darcy Parish (107/107): Playing in central midfield
Parish contributed with 34 touches, 6 marks and 2 tackles.
Sam Durham (100/104): Playing central midfield
Durham contributed with 25 disposals, 6 marks, 5 tackles and 0.1.
Mason Redman (93/116): Playing a half back role
Redman added 27 touches and 8 marks.
Jake Stringer (92/87): In attack on Ryan
Stringer contributed with 8 disposals, 3 grabs, 10 tackles and 4.0 on the scoreboard.
Sam Draper (86/93): Tandem ruck with Bryan
Draper contributed with 9 touches, 4 marks, 5 tackles, 21 taps and 1.1.
Nic Martin (86/102): Roaming off half back
Martin contributed with 25 possessions, 3 grabs and kicked 2.0.
Archie Roberts (80/46): First game… 18 possessions and 5 marks plus 4 tackles. Running on the outside.

Kyle Langford (80/88): Playing tall forward on Chapman
Langford contributed with 14 possessions, 5 grabs, 3 tackles and managed 2.1.
Andrew McGrath (71/94): Playing half back
McGrath added 20 possessions and 6 marks.
Nick Bryan (69/61): Subbed off in Q4 for Davey… 19 hit outs… also 8 possessions and 4 tackles… umps paid him 3FF. Tandem ruck with Sam Draper.
Bryan also had 3 marks.
Dylan Shiel (67/85): Rotating in midfield
Shiel added 20 possessions and 4 tackles.
Harrison Jones (60/55): Starting forward and has Josh Draper
Jones contributed with 13 disposals, 8 grabs and 0.1.
Jye Menzie (59/36): Starting deep forward
Menzie contributed with 14 disposals, 5 marks and 3 tackles.
Jake Kelly (55/56): In defence
Kelly added 13 touches and 7 marks.
Nate Caddy (51/50): Rotating forward
Caddy contributed with 9 possessions, 5 grabs and 1.1.
Jade Gresham (48/74): Playing high half forward
Gresham contributed with 10 disposals, 2 marks and 3.1 on the scoreboard.
Xavier Duursma (47/52): Playing an outside game
Duursma contributed with 11 possessions, 3 marks and 2 tackles.
Ben McKay (42/48): At FB on Treacy
McKay added 11 possessions and 5 marks.
Nik Cox (40/45): In defence on Jackson
Cox contributed with 7 disposals, 2 marks and 3 tackles.
Jayden Laverde (36/38): Starting in defence on Amiss
Laverde contributed with 14 possessions, 4 marks and 4 frees against.
Alwyn Davey Jnr (7/7): Subbed on in Q4. Started as the sub.
Davey Jnr also had 1 disposals.
Luke Ryan (121/127): In defence on Stringer
Ryan contributed with 30 touches, 9 marks and 3 tackles.
Andrew Brayshaw (109/138): Playing in midfield
Brayshaw contributed with 33 touches, 6 marks, 5 tackles and 3 frees against.
Hayden Young (108/127): First goal… 28 possessions and 7 tackles plus 2.1. Doing jobs in midfield.

Jordan Clark (93/111): Starting at half back
Clark added 29 disposals and 6 marks.
Caleb Serong (92/102): In central midfield
Serong contributed with 32 possessions, 2 grabs and 3 tackles.
Brennan Cox (74/86): Taking the resting ruck
Cox contributed with 11 disposals, 5 marks and 7 tackles.
Sam Sturt (71/59): Rotating at half forward
Sturt contributed with 13 touches, 7 grabs and 2.0.
Bailey Banfield (69/67): Playing a defensive forward role
Banfield contributed with 18 disposals, 3 marks and 3 tackles.
Sam Switkowski (68/66): Playing a high half forward role
Switkowski contributed with 16 disposals, 5 marks, 3 tackles and 0.1 on the scoreboard.
Sean Darcy (64/71): First ruck with support from Jackson
Darcy contributed with 12 disposals, 2 marks, 33 hit outs and booted 0.1.
Brandon Walker (63/91): Playing back pocket
Walker contributed with 16 possessions, 4 marks and 3 tackles.
Jye Amiss (63/82): Starting at FF on Laverde
Amiss contributed with 7 touches, 5 marks and managed 4.0.
Josh Treacy (60/74): Limped off in Q4 following a heavy collision… Booted 3.0 from 5 grabs and 9 possessions. Playing key forward on McKay.

Jeremy Sharp (59/52): Starting on a wing
Sharp contributed with 16 disposals, 3 marks, 2 tackles and kicked 0.1.
Corey Wagner (59/62): Rotating at half back
Wagner contributed with 16 touches, 2 marks and 2 tackles.
Jaeger O’Meara (52/47): Starting on a wing
O’Meara contributed with 16 possessions, 2 grabs and 3 tackles.
Neil Erasmus (48/47): Subbed off in Q3 for Aish… 13 possessions and 2 marks plus 3 tackles. Rotating in midfield.

Luke Jackson (45/48): Playing a ruck/forward role on Nik Cox
Jackson contributed with 10 disposals, 3 grabs, 3 taps and booted 2.0.
Joshua Draper (39/46): Standing Jones
Draper added 11 touches and 5 grabs.
Heath Chapman (36/54): In defence on Langford
Chapman added 10 touches and 2 grabs.
James Aish (29/21): Subbed on in Q3… 6 possessions and 3 tackles. Started as the sub.

Tom Emmett (15/15): Donuts in Q1… 0.1 from 4 possessions and 2 marks. Rotating forward.

Michael Frederick (15/31): Running off a HFF
Frederick added 5 disposals and 1.0 on the scoreboard.