Player news from R2 of 2025: Essendon vs Adelaide
Zach Merrett (138/144): Playing inside midfield
Merrett contributed with 36 possessions, 2 marks, 3 tackles and managed 4.1.
Jye Caldwell (97/117): Playing inside midfield
Caldwell contributed with 27 possessions, 5 marks, 3 tackles and kicked 1.0.
Nick Bryan (72/76): First ruck
Bryan contributed with 14 disposals, 2 tackles, 23 hit outs and 0.1 on the scoreboard.
Nic Martin (72/90): Roaming off half back… spent time at half forward in second half junk time
Martin contributed with 20 touches, 5 marks and managed 1.1.
Elijah Tsatas (71/78): Big number of clearances… 25 possessions and 0.1. On ball all day.
Archie Roberts (68/51): Running on the outside… spent a lot of time at half back
Roberts contributed with 19 disposals, 3 marks and 2 tackles.
Sam Draper (67/70): First goal… 15 hit outs… also 10 possessions and 3 marks… and scored 3.0. Playing a forward/ruck role on Keane.
Archie Perkins (63/52): Starting at half forward
Perkins contributed with 17 possessions, 2 grabs and 4 tackles.
Mason Redman (63/65): Left thigh corked in Q1… 18 possessions including 15 kicks… also 5 marks. Playing tall defender on Walker.
Jaxon Prior (61/56): Playing a half back role
Prior added 17 touches and 3 marks.
Dylan Shiel (61/60): Playing half back
Shiel added 21 disposals and 2 tackles.
Sam Durham (60/77): Playing central midfield
Durham contributed with 21 touches, 2 marks, 4 tackles and 3 frees against.
Thomas Edwards (58/47): First game… 8 possessions including 6 kicks… also 3 tackles and 2 marks… and scored 3.1. Playing third tall forward on Worrell.
Andrew McGrath (58/65): Playing half back
McGrath added 19 touches and 3 marks.
Jade Gresham (55/59): Playing high half forward
Gresham contributed with 11 disposals, 2 grabs, 3 tackles and managed 1.2.
Zach Reid (51/35): Well beaten on the day… 10 possessions and 4 marks plus 3 tackles. Following Fogarty.
Harrison Jones (49/36): Had no impact… 9 possessions and 2 marks plus 6 tackles. Starting on a wing on Cumming.
Xavier Duursma (47/53): Playing an outside game on Sholl
Duursma contributed with 13 possessions, 5 marks, 2 tackles and 3 free kicks given away.
Isaac Kako (44/33): Second game… 9 possessions and 2 marks plus 2 tackles… 2.0 as well. Playing small forward on Michalanney.
Ben Hobbs (36/44): Playing a half forward role
Hobbs also had 14 touches.
Ben McKay (28/48): Little support but did not give much either… 5 possessions and 2 marks plus 2 tackles. Deep in defence on Thilthorpe.
Nate Caddy (26/25): Subbed off in Q4 for Menzie… 0.1 from 5 possessions and 2 marks. Starting forward on Murray.
Jye Menzie (12/4): On in Q4 for Caddy… 0.1 from 3 possessions. Started as the sub.
Jordan Dawson (134/124): Starting in midfield
Dawson contributed with 33 disposals, 8 grabs and 6 tackles.
Ben Keays (132/135): Mostly starting forward
Keays contributed with 22 touches, 11 marks, 3 tackles and managed 4.2.
Matt Crouch (131/143): Playing inside midfield
Crouch contributed with 32 touches, 7 marks and 8 tackles.
Jake Soligo (98/105): Playing central midfield
Soligo contributed with 26 possessions, 6 marks, 2 tackles and 2.0.
Josh Rachele (96/87): Rotating forward and midfield
Rachele contributed with 16 disposals, 8 grabs and managed 4.2.
Riley Thilthorpe (91/97): Right shin taped up after a knock in Q2… 3.1 from 16 possessions and 7 marks plus 2 tackles… umps paid him 3FF. Playing a forward/ruck role on McKay.
Alex Neal-Bullen (88/80): Playing a HFF role
Neal-Bullen contributed with 19 touches, 5 grabs, 4 tackles and 2.0 on the scoreboard.
Josh Worrell (84/69): Playing key defender on Edwards
Worrell contributed with 18 disposals, 8 grabs and 3 tackles.
Rory Laird (83/89): Has returned to half back
Laird contributed with 23 disposals, 5 marks and 2 tackles.
Lachlan Sholl (82/76): Roaming off a wing on Duursma
Sholl contributed with 19 disposals, 9 grabs and kicked 1.0.
Taylor Walker (82/105): In attack on Redman
Walker contributed with 13 possessions, 10 grabs, 2 tackles and 1.1.
Darcy Fogarty (82/72): Starting forward on Reid
Fogarty contributed with 14 disposals, 9 marks and kicked 3.1.
Wayne Milera (78/85): Floating across half back
Milera contributed with 18 touches, 6 marks and kicked 1.1.
Mitchell Hinge (74/89): Rotating in defence
Hinge contributed with 16 disposals, 5 tackles and 1.0.
Reilly O’Brien (74/77): First ruck
O’Brien contributed with 10 touches, 2 marks, 3 tackles and 32 taps.
Daniel Curtin (73/82): Starting at half forward
Curtin contributed with 13 possessions, 5 marks, 4 tackles and booted 1.0.
Max Michalanney (72/69): Minding Kako
Michalanney added 15 possessions and 8 marks.
Izak Rankine (70/96): Subbed off in Q3 for Sid Draper… 2.1 from 15 possessions and 5 marks. Rotating from mids to attack.
Nick Murray (56/65): In defence on Caddy
Murray contributed with 13 touches, 5 marks and 3 tackles.
James Peatling (41/46): Playing a pressure forward role with centre rotations
Peatling contributed with 13 touches, 2 marks, 3 tackles and 3 frees against.
Sid Draper (38/20): Second game… on in Q3 for Rankine… limped off early in Q4 favouring right leg after a clash with Caldwell but returned… 9 possessions and 4 tackles plus 0.1. Started as the sub.
Isaac Cumming (28/50): Coming off a wing on Jones
Cumming added 9 disposals and 2 tackles.
Mark Keane (26/32): In defence on the resting ruck which is mostly Draper
Keane also had 10 possessions.