Player news from R8 of 2026: West Coast vs Richmond

Jake Waterman (116/106): Starting forward on Miller
Waterman contributed with 19 disposals, 11 marks, 2 tackles and 3.1.
Elliot Yeo (104/101): Starting on ball
Yeo contributed with 20 possessions, 11 tackles and kicked 1.1.
Tom McCarthy (98/108): Starting at half back with kick-in duties
McCarthy added 23 disposals and 10 grabs.
Tim Kelly (94/118): Has returned to central midfield
Kelly contributed with 30 possessions, 3 grabs, 2 tackles and 1.0 on the scoreboard.
Harley Reid (84/95): First goal… 26 possessions and 2 marks plus 4 tackles… 2.1 as well… conceded 5 FA. Starting on ball on Ross.

Ryan Maric (84/81): Floating off a wing
Maric contributed with 18 disposals, 6 grabs, 3 tackles and 1.0 on the scoreboard.
Liam Baker (75/77): Starting at half back
Baker contributed with 20 disposals, 3 marks and 3 tackles.
Willem Duursma (75/91): Starting on ball
Duursma contributed with 18 possessions, 5 tackles and booted 1.1.
Bailey J. Williams (73/86): First ruck
Williams contributed with 12 possessions, 5 tackles, 28 ruck taps, booted 1.0 and 4 frees against.
Matthew Owies (65/69): Playing small forward
Owies contributed with 12 possessions, 6 marks, 2 tackles and kicked 1.2.
Tylar Young (64/77): In defence on Faull
Young added 14 touches and 9 marks.
Liam Duggan (63/53): Coming off a HBF
Duggan contributed with 14 touches, 7 marks and 3 tackles.
Milan Murdock (61/60): Rotating in midfield and attack
Murdock added 16 possessions and 7 marks.
Josh Lindsay (60/69): Rotating in defence
Lindsay added 17 possessions and 4 grabs.
Cooper Duff-Tytler (59/48): Playing a forward/ruck role
Duff-Tytler contributed with 11 possessions, 7 tackles and 4 ruck taps.
Brady Hough (57/66): Starting in defence on Lefau
Hough contributed with 12 possessions, 6 marks and 2 tackles.
Reuben Ginbey (53/67): Playing key defender on Lynch
Ginbey contributed with 11 disposals, 3 marks and 4 tackles.
Hamish Davis (53/64): Starting on a wing on McAuliffe
Davis added 18 touches and 3 marks.
Harry Schoenberg (39/28): Playing a forward role
Schoenberg contributed with 12 disposals, 3 marks and 0.1 on the scoreboard.
Tom Cole (33/23): Right knee strapped after a knock in Q1… 5 marks and 7 possessions. Starting in defence.

Jobe Shanahan (31/46): Playing key forward on Gray
Shanahan contributed with 4 disposals, 4 marks and booted 1.1.
Malakai Champion (30/42): Playing small forward
Champion contributed with 8 possessions, 2 tackles and booted 1.0.
Elijah Hewett (21/28): Starting forward and joining mids
Hewett added 8 disposals and 2 tackles.
Noah Balta (117/147): Tandem ruck with Hayes-Brown
Balta contributed with 19 disposals, 6 grabs, 2 tackles, 20 taps and managed 3.0.
Jack Ross (103/132): Starting on ball on Harley Reid
Ross contributed with 29 possessions, 4 marks and 6 tackles.
Tom Brown (99/111): Off half back including kick ins
Brown added 23 touches and 10 marks.
Kane McAuliffe (99/115): Starting on a wing on Davis… shifted on ball in Q1 after Prestia got injured
McAuliffe contributed with 28 disposals, 3 grabs, 4 tackles and 1.0 on the scoreboard.
Seth Campbell (96/117): Rotating forward
Campbell contributed with 17 possessions, 4 grabs, 5 tackles and 3.2 on the scoreboard.
Sam Cumming (86/81): Second game… 23 possessions and 6 tackles. Rotating in midfield.

James Trezise (84/66): Rotating at half back
Trezise contributed with 18 disposals, 8 grabs and 3 tackles.
Jayden Short (82/87): Starting on a HBF
Short added 23 disposals and 6 marks.
Nick Vlastuin (79/74): Starting in defence
Vlastuin added 19 disposals and 9 marks.
Tyler Sonsie (68/84): Starting on a HFF
Sonsie contributed with 16 touches, 5 marks and managed 1.1.
Tom J. Lynch (61/69): Starting forward on Ginbey
Lynch contributed with 13 possessions, 4 marks, 2 tackles and 1.3.
Nathan Broad (61/72): In defence
Broad added 15 touches and 7 marks.
Jonty Faull (59/73): Playing key forward on Young
Faull contributed with 7 touches, 4 marks, 2 tackles and kicked 3.0.
Jacob Hopper (57/50): Starting in midfield
Hopper contributed with 20 disposals, 2 marks, 2 tackles and 3 frees against.
Mykelti Lefau (54/39): Playing key forward on Hough
Lefau contributed with 11 touches, 5 grabs and 1.2.
Steely Green (51/65): Playing half forward
Green contributed with 10 disposals, 3 marks, 2 tackles and 2.0.
Patrick Retschko (51/55): Rotating at half back
Retschko contributed with 9 possessions, 2 marks and 5 tackles.
Samuel Grlj (44/34): Rotating at half back
Grlj contributed with 9 possessions, 2 marks and 4 tackles.
Tom Burton (35/64): Second game… 15 possessions. Rotating in midfield.

Campbell Gray (35/61): Playing key defender on Shanahan
Gray added 9 possessions and 3 grabs.
Ben Miller (33/47): In defence on Waterman
Miller contributed with 6 possessions, 2 grabs and 3 tackles.
Oliver Hayes-Brown (28/32): Second game… 15 hit outs… also 8 possessions. Tandem ruck with Balta.

Dion Prestia (0/0): Yet another soft tissue injury early in Q1 with a calf tear. Playing inside midfield.
Prestia also had 0 touches.