Player news from R8 of 2024: West Coast vs Essendon

Tim Kelly (100/127): Much more prolific after HT… 29 touches and 2 marks plus 4 tackles. Playing midfield.

Liam Duggan (98/83): Coming off a HBF to join midfield
Duggan contributed with 26 touches, 6 marks and 2 tackles.
Tom Barrass (83/122): At FB on Wright
Barrass added 22 possessions and 8 marks.
Jake Waterman (82/89): Starting forward on Laverde
Waterman contributed with 11 disposals, 8 grabs, 2 tackles and kicked 3.1.
Bailey J. Williams (81/88): First ruck
Williams contributed with 17 disposals, 4 marks, 18 hit outs and 1.0.
Jack Williams (76/99): Playing a forward/ruck role on Redman
Williams contributed with 15 possessions, 3 grabs, 2 tackles, 4 ruck taps and managed 3.1.
Alex Witherden (73/69): Coming off a HBF
Witherden contributed with 20 possessions, 4 marks and 3 tackles.
Jamie Cripps (67/90): His dumb reversal denied Waterman a crucial goal late in Q4… 0.1 from 20 possessions and 4 marks plus 3 tackles. Starting at half forward.

Jeremy McGovern (64/101): Has Jones
McGovern contributed with 16 possessions, 4 grabs, 2 tackles and 2 taps.
Elliot Yeo (62/80): Matched up on Caldwell… iced up in Q4 with a groin injury… 13 disposals and 2 marks with 4 tackles… 1.0 as well. Starting in midfield.

Tom Cole (57/58): Starting in defence
Cole added 13 disposals and 5 tackles.
Reuben Ginbey (55/62): Starting at half back
Ginbey added 16 touches and 4 grabs.
Harley Reid (55/59): Pulled up with a right hamstring problem late in Q4 but returned… 14 possessions and 5 tackles. Rotating from midfield to attack.

Jack Petruccelle (52/55): Starting forward on Jake Kelly
Petruccelle contributed with 12 touches, 2 marks and 3 tackles.
Jack Darling (52/46): Up forward on McKay
Darling contributed with 11 touches, 3 marks, 4 ruck taps and managed 2.0.
Brady Hough (50/50): Starting in defence on Stringer
Hough added 15 possessions and 3 grabs.
Josh Rotham (50/38): In defence on Langford
Rotham added 10 touches and 8 marks.
Campbell Chesser (47/50): Matched up on big Cox… 12 touches and 3 marks plus 1.1. Playing an outside game.

Dom Sheed (46/44): Late replacement for Ryan Maric… 14 disposals and 2 tackles. Starting on a wing on Duursma.

Luke Edwards (45/35): Playing a HFF role
Edwards contributed with 11 possessions, 5 grabs and 2 tackles.
Noah Long (35/40): Limped off favouring left knee in Q3 after having it twisted nastily in a Guelfi tackle… subbed off at 3QT for Johnston… 9 touches and 3 marks plus 0.1. Playing a deep forward pressure role.

Liam Ryan (28/19): Severely lacking match fitness… 7 possessions and 3 marks. Starting deep forward.

Harvey Johnston (10/15): First game… on after 3QT for Long… 4 possessions. Started as the sub.

Darcy Parish (143/151): Playing in central midfield
Parish contributed with 36 disposals, 11 marks and 4 tackles.
Nic Martin (119/120): Roaming off half back
Martin contributed with 32 touches, 8 marks and 2 tackles.
Zach Merrett (110/126): Playing inside midfield
Merrett contributed with 29 possessions, 4 grabs, 3 tackles and 3.1.
Xavier Duursma (98/114): Matched up on Sheed… 22 disposals and 5 marks with 5 tackles… 1.0 as well. Playing an outside game.

Jake Kelly (83/95): In defence on Petruccelle
Kelly contributed with 19 touches, 8 marks and 2 tackles.
Ben McKay (82/92): At FB on Darling
McKay contributed with 18 possessions, 7 marks, 4 tackles and 4 ruck taps.
Todd Goldstein (82/81): First ruck
Goldstein contributed with 12 possessions, 3 marks, 5 tackles, 31 hit outs and 3 frees against.
Kyle Langford (77/99): Playing tall forward on Rotham
Langford contributed with 12 possessions, 4 grabs, 4 tackles, 2 ruck taps and kicked 3.3.
Archie Perkins (76/76): Mostly starting forward
Perkins contributed with 17 disposals, 4 marks and 5 tackles.
Andrew McGrath (76/90): Playing half back
McGrath contributed with 22 touches, 4 grabs and 4 tackles.
Sam Durham (72/95): Playing central midfield
Durham contributed with 25 touches, 2 grabs, 3 tackles, 1.0 and 4 frees against.
Peter Wright (71/83): First goal… 2.0 from 8 possessions and 4 marks plus 2 tackles. Up forward on Barrass.
Wright also had 16 taps.
Mason Redman (68/91): On the resting ruck
Redman contributed with 20 touches, 4 grabs and 0.1.
Jayden Laverde (67/77): Starting in defence on Waterman
Laverde contributed with 15 touches, 5 marks and 2 tackles.
Dyson Heppell (66/69): Playing half back
Heppell contributed with 14 possessions, 3 marks and 5 tackles.
Jye Caldwell (61/59): Matched up on Yeo… subbed off in Q3 for Hobbs with left calf tightness… 15 possessions including 11 handballs… also 4 tackles and 3 marks… and kicked 0.1. Playing midfield.

Nik Cox (58/53): Matched up on Chesser… 15 touches and 4 marks plus 2 tackles. Roaming the flanks and wings.

Matt Guelfi (50/61): Playing a forward role
Guelfi contributed with 10 disposals, 3 marks, 4 tackles and managed 0.2.
Jade Gresham (48/47): Playing high half forward
Gresham added 11 touches and 5 marks.
Jake Stringer (43/39): Starting forward on Hough
Stringer contributed with 9 touches, 2 grabs, 2 tackles and booted 1.2.
Harrison Jones (22/19): Off in Q1 with a knock… 6 touches and 2 marks. Starting forward on McGovern.

Ben Hobbs (20/27): On in Q3 for Caldwell… 7 touches including 5 handballs. Started as the sub.

Alwyn Davey Jnr (14/8): Rotating forward
Davey Jnr also had 4 possessions.