Player news from R4 of 2024: Port Adelaide vs Essendon
Connor Rozee (133/152): One of the more dominant displays of the season so far… 36 possessions and 5 marks plus 2 tackles… 3.2 as well. Playing pure midfield.
Jason Horne-Francis (111/132): Very impressive return… 31 disposals and 5 marks with 3 tackles. Rotating midfield and attack.
Zak Butters (106/119): In midfield
Butters contributed with 26 touches, 6 marks, 7 tackles and managed 0.1.
Jeremy Finlayson (100/68): Playing a forward/ruck role on Cox
Finlayson contributed with 19 disposals, 8 marks and managed 3.1.
Mitch Georgiades (86/95): Playing a new high half forward role
Georgiades contributed with 15 disposals, 8 marks, 3 tackles and 2.2.
Kane Farrell (75/56): Playing a HBF role
Farrell contributed with 16 touches, 7 grabs and 4 tackles.
Darcy Byrne-Jones (74/88): Two of his goals in Q4 junk time… 14 touches and 6 marks plus 3.0. Playing small forward on Martin.
Dan Houston (73/106): Floating from half back after starting on Hobbs
Houston added 22 possessions and 4 grabs.
Ryan Burton (72/71): Playing a HBF role
Burton added 19 touches and 6 grabs.
Willem Drew (70/103): Mostly on ball
Drew contributed with 18 possessions, 2 marks and 5 tackles.
Miles Bergman (68/58): Matched up on Duursma… 16 possessions and 5 marks plus 3 tackles. Mostly starting on a wing.
Aliir Aliir (65/82): In defence on Jones
Aliir contributed with 13 disposals, 7 grabs and 2 tackles.
Jackson Mead (60/54): Rotating at half forward
Mead contributed with 17 disposals, 6 grabs, 2 tackles and 3 free kicks given away.
Ivan Soldo (59/90): In ruck
Soldo contributed with 10 disposals, 23 hit outs and booted 1.0.
Esava Ratugolea (58/67): In defence on the resting ruck
Ratugolea contributed with 10 disposals, 6 marks and 2 tackles.
Brandon Zerk-Thatcher (51/42): Has Langford
Zerk-Thatcher added 10 possessions and 6 marks.
Jase Burgoyne (49/30): On in Q3 for Boak… 10 touches with 9 by foot… also 6 marks… and kicked 0.1. Started as the sub.
Jed McEntee (47/56): Playing a pressure forward role on Redman
McEntee contributed with 8 disposals, 5 tackles and booted 1.0.
Todd Marshall (46/45): Left hamstring tweak in Q2 had him off for a fiar bit of treatment… 1.0 from 9 possessions and 4 marks. Starting at CHF on Laverde.
Charlie Dixon (44/33): At FF on McKay
Dixon contributed with 10 touches, 7 grabs and kicked 0.1.
Willie Rioli (42/67): Starting forward
Rioli contributed with 11 touches, 3.0 and 4 free kicks given away.
Lachie Jones (37/41): Playing a half back role
Jones added 9 touches and 3 marks.
Travis Boak (23/29): Matched up on Kelly… hobbled off in Q2 with a back problem and subbed off in Q3 for Burgoyne… 5 handballs among 7 possessions. Playing a wing role.
Zach Merrett (135/136): Playing inside midfield
Merrett contributed with 36 disposals, 6 grabs, 5 tackles and 0.1.
Nic Martin (114/133): Roaming off half back with Byrne-Jones for company
Martin contributed with 35 touches, 7 grabs and 2 tackles.
Jye Caldwell (103/99): Started in the centre
Caldwell contributed with 24 touches, 5 marks and 8 tackles.
Xavier Duursma (99/115): Matched up on Bergman… 26 possessions and 5 marks plus 4 tackles… aided by 4FF. Playing an outside game.
Dyson Heppell (92/96): Playing half back
Heppell contributed with 25 possessions, 7 marks and 2 tackles.
Jake Kelly (81/85): Matched up on Boak… 20 possessions and 5 marks plus 4 tackles. Playing a wing role.
Will Setterfield (80/73): Doing jobs in midfield
Setterfield contributed with 19 touches, 2 marks and 7 tackles.
Ben McKay (70/95): At FB
McKay added 18 possessions and 6 marks.
Ben Hobbs (70/58): Playing a half forward role on Houston
Hobbs contributed with 13 possessions, 3 marks and 7 tackles.
Harrison Jones (67/61): Starting forward on Aliir
Jones contributed with 11 disposals, 9 marks and 1.0.
Darcy Parish (66/73): Will be better for the run… 21 possessions and 2 marks plus 3 tackles. Not getting many CBAs today.
Nik Cox (65/42): Has Finlayson
Cox added 16 touches and 5 grabs.
Archie Perkins (62/92): Right hamstring iced up halfway through Q4… 1.1 from 16 possessions and 2 tackles. Zoning up from a HFF to join mids.
Andrew McGrath (61/69): Playing half back
McGrath added 16 disposals and 4 tackles.
Mason Redman (57/55): Mostly across half back matched up on McEntee
Redman contributed with 15 possessions, 3 marks and 2 tackles.
Jade Gresham (52/58): First goal… 13 possessions and 3.0. Starting deep forward.
Sam Draper (49/15): First ruck
Draper contributed with 8 disposals, 2 tackles, 14 hit outs and 0.1 on the scoreboard.
Jayden Laverde (49/59): Caught high by Rioli in Q2 leaving him dazed… 10 possessions and 5 marks plus 2 tackles. On Marshall.
Todd Goldstein (44/53): First ruck
Goldstein added 8 possessions and 20 hit outs.
Kyle Langford (41/45): Playing tall forward on Zerk-Thatcher
Langford contributed with 9 disposals, 2 marks and 4 tackles.
Jake Stringer (39/57): Mostly forward with stints in midfield
Stringer contributed with 9 touches, 3 marks and managed 1.0.
Nick Hind (27/19): On in Q3 for Menzie… 5 touches and 0.1. Started as the sub.
Hind also had 2 marks.
Jye Menzie (17/26): Subbed off in Q3 for Hind… 0.1 from 4 disposals and 2 marks. Starting deep forward.