Essendon Player Reports

Jake Long
Second game... 10 disposals and 3 marks with 4 tackles. Playing midfield.

Mark Jamar
Starting forward on Roarke Smith with stints in ruck
Jamar contributed with 8 possessions, 3 marks, 2 tackles, 17 taps and 3 frees against.

Matt Dea
Third tall defender on Dickson
Dea added 14 touches and 5 grabs.

David Zaharakis
Leading the inside midfield
Zaharakis contributed with 31 touches, 8 marks and 10 tackles.

Zach Merrett
Playing inside midfield
Merrett contributed with 35 disposals, 5 marks, 8 tackles and 1.1 on the scoreboard.

Patrick Ambrose
Playing FB on Tom Boyd
Ambrose contributed with 14 disposals, 6 marks and 0.1.

Craig Bird
Doing jobs in midfield
Bird contributed with 19 touches, 2 marks and 7 tackles.

Mathew Stokes
Starting deep forward
Stokes contributed with 31 touches, 9 grabs, 3 tackles and 0.1.

Martin Gleeson
Starting at halfback
Gleeson added 13 disposals and 5 marks.

Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti
Starting at halfback
McDonald-Tipungwuti contributed with 10 possessions, 2 grabs and 2 tackles.

Adam Cooney
Playing in midfield
Cooney contributed with 22 touches, 6 marks, 3 tackles and managed 1.1.

Darcy Parish
Playing in midfield
Parish contributed with 19 possessions, 2 marks and 2 tackles.

Kyle Langford
Starting on a HFF
Langford contributed with 13 possessions, 5 marks, 4 tackles and booted 0.1.

Jayden Laverde
Starting forward
Laverde contributed with 8 touches, 4 marks, 7 tackles and managed 0.1.

Jackson Merrett
Starting in a FP
Merrett contributed with 15 possessions, 9 grabs and kicked 1.1.

James Kelly
Seventh defender
Kelly added 30 touches and 11 grabs.

Matthew Leuenberger
First ruck
Leuenberger contributed with 13 touches, 24 taps and 1.0.

Western Bulldogs Player Reports

Easton Wood
Collapsed clutching his left ankle in Q3 after landing heavily... did not return... 10 disposals and 5 marks plus 1.0. Floating defender.

Roarke Smith
Second game... 12 possessions and 5 marks. Third tall defender on Jamar.

Tory Dickson
Playing third tall forward on Dea
Dickson contributed with 12 touches, 4 grabs and 3.1.

Lin Jong
Rotating midfield and forward
Jong contributed with 20 disposals, 4 marks, 7 tackles and 1.0.

Marcus Bontempelli
Leading the inside midfield
Bontempelli contributed with 27 touches, 5 marks, 6 tackles, 5 hit outs and 3 free kicks given away.

Jason Johannisen
Running off the backline
Johannisen contributed with 31 touches, 12 grabs, 4 tackles and managed 0.2.

Caleb Daniel
Playing outside midfield
Daniel contributed with 23 touches, 5 grabs, 3 tackles and managed 2.0.

Lukas Webb
Playing inside midfield
Webb added 14 disposals and 3 tackles.

Matthew Boyd
Playing across halfback
Boyd contributed with 30 possessions, 9 marks and 3 tackles.

Liam Picken
Doing jobs in midfield
Picken contributed with 33 disposals, 7 grabs, 8 tackles and managed 1.0.

Toby McLean
Playing small forward
McLean contributed with 19 disposals, 4 marks, 7 tackles and managed 1.2.

Shane Biggs
Coming off halfback
Biggs contributed with 22 possessions, 4 grabs and 3 tackles.

Clay Smith
Playing a FP role
Smith contributed with 15 disposals, 6 marks, 2 tackles, 1.1 and 4 free kicks given away.

Tom Boyd
At FF on Ambrose
Boyd contributed with 13 disposals, 6 grabs, 2 tackles, 13 hit outs and booted 1.1.

Fletcher Roberts
At FB on Daniher
Roberts added 8 touches and 4 grabs.