Darcy Parish has become part of the A rotation in the Essendon midfield alongside Dylan Shiel and Zach Merrett, after an apprenticeship spent at half back and then running on the outside. Shiel's injury last week means they will lean more heavily on his inside skills, which for a player with a barrel chest like him are perhaps not as great as they could be at this still-early stage of his development. He will certainly get a chance now to show us the full range of his powers at the coalface, as the Bombers are going to need him in there with no Dyson Heppell to fill in either.
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