Player news from R4 of 2025: North Melbourne vs Sydney
Harry Sheezel (125/144): Starting at times in any of three thirds of the ground
Sheezel contributed with 34 possessions, 9 marks, 3 tackles and kicked 0.1.
Luke Parker (113/120): Tagging Heeney
Parker contributed with 27 possessions, 3 marks, 8 tackles and kicked 2.0.
Luke Davies-Uniacke (99/104): Tagged by Jordon… left hip problem in Q2… 25 possessions and 6 marks plus 5 tackles. Playing central midfield.
Tom Powell (92/86): Playing pure midfield
Powell contributed with 22 possessions, 6 grabs and 5 tackles.
Paul Curtis (88/124): Playing a small forward role on Rampe
Curtis contributed with 14 possessions, 6 marks, 5 tackles and kicked 2.0.
Caleb Daniel (88/92): Starting at half back
Daniel contributed with 25 possessions, 5 marks and 2 tackles.
Jy Simpkin (85/62): Left knee twisted nastily under a Cleary tackle in Q3 but returned in Q4… 22 possessions and 4 marks plus 4 tackles. Often starting forward with mid rotations.
Colby McKercher (79/79): Floating about
McKercher contributed with 22 touches, 4 marks and managed 1.0.
Tristan Xerri (78/94): First ruck
Xerri contributed with 18 disposals, 2 marks, 3 tackles, 23 hit outs and 3 free kicks given away.
Darcy Tucker (78/84): Starting on a HBF on Campbell
Tucker added 20 touches and 8 grabs.
Aidan Corr (73/81): Playing key defender on McLean
Corr contributed with 18 touches, 5 grabs and 3 tackles.
Luke McDonald (72/78): Starting at half back
McDonald added 18 disposals and 7 marks.
Dylan Stephens (67/72): Starting on a wing against Florent
Stephens added 18 disposals and 7 grabs.
Griffin Logue (64/74): In defence on Amartey
Logue contributed with 13 possessions, 7 marks and 2 tackles.
Cameron Zurhaar (57/50): Mostly forward on Blakey
Zurhaar contributed with 12 disposals, 8 marks and booted 1.0.
Jacob Konstanty (55/56): Playing small forward
Konstanty contributed with 16 disposals, 4 marks and managed 0.2.
Charlie Comben (48/63): In defence on the resting ruck
Comben added 15 disposals and 3 marks.
Nick Larkey (45/45): Donuts in Q1… all his goals in late Q4 garbage time… 9 possessions including 5 handballs. Starting forward on McCartin then got Hamling in Q2.
Larkey added 3 grabs and 2.0.
Bailey Scott (41/25): Starting on a wing on Lloyd
Scott added 12 touches and 4 marks.
Matt Whitlock (36/29): First game… subbed off in Q3 for Hardeman… 3 marks and 10 possessions. Rotating in defence.
Robert Hansen (35/15): Donuts in Q1… 7 possessions including 6 kicks… also 5 marks. Rotating forward.
Riley Hardeman (24/25): On in Q3 for Whitlock… 10 possessions including 6 handballs. Started as the sub.
Jack Darling (13/30): Up forward on Hamling with ruck support… then got a hobbled McCartin in Q2
Darling contributed with 6 possessions, 3 marks and 5 free kicks given away.
Riley Bice (125/123): Playing half back
Bice contributed with 26 disposals, 15 marks and 2 tackles.
Jake Lloyd (114/99): Starting on a wing on Scott
Lloyd contributed with 24 possessions, 12 marks, 2 tackles and booted 0.1.
Will Hayward (95/114): Starting at half forward
Hayward contributed with 15 disposals, 6 marks, 3 tackles and 4.1.
Oliver Florent (91/83): Coming off a wing against Stephens
Florent contributed with 18 touches, 12 marks and managed 1.0.
James Rowbottom (86/74): Doing jobs in midfield
Rowbottom contributed with 20 disposals, 3 marks and 6 tackles.
Brodie Grundy (83/113): Off-the-ball incident with Xerri in Q1 will be looked at… 21 hit outs… also 20 possessions and 4 tackles… umps paid him 4FF… not helped by 3 FA. Lead ruck.
Matt Roberts (78/77): Starting at half back
Roberts contributed with 20 touches, 6 grabs and managed 1.0.
Isaac Heeney (76/93): Tagged by Parker… 19 possessions including 14 kicks… also 4 marks and 3 tackles. Playing pure midfield.
James Jordon (69/70): Tagging Davies-Uniacke
Jordon contributed with 16 possessions, 5 grabs, 3 tackles and kicked 0.1.
Caiden Cleary (68/66): Playing a deep forward role
Cleary contributed with 12 disposals, 3 grabs, 6 tackles and managed 0.2.
Joel Amartey (67/85): Playing FF on Logue
Amartey contributed with 8 disposals, 5 marks, 2 tackles and booted 4.1.
Dane Rampe (67/62): Minding Curtis
Rampe contributed with 13 touches, 6 marks and 3 tackles.
Braeden Campbell (65/74): Playing a HFF role on Tucker
Campbell contributed with 15 possessions, 4 marks, 2 tackles and 1.1 on the scoreboard.
Tom Hanily (65/57): Rotating forward
Hanily contributed with 13 touches, 5 marks and 2.1 on the scoreboard.
Peter Ladhams (64/40): Playing a forward/ruck role on Comben
Ladhams contributed with 14 touches, 4 marks, 7 hit outs and booted 1.0.
Nick Blakey (60/81): In defence on Zurhaar
Blakey added 14 possessions and 5 grabs.
Tom McCartin (58/56): Copped a knock in Q2… 12 possessions including 10 kicks… also 9 marks. In defence on Larkey then shifted to Darling in Q2 after his knock.
Sam Wicks (51/64): Playing half back
Wicks contributed with 14 disposals, 2 marks, 3 tackles and 3 frees against.
Angus Sheldrick (51/21): On in Q4 for Chad Warner… 12 possessions and 3 marks plus 1.0. Started as the sub.
Corey Warner (42/35): Starting on a wing
Warner contributed with 11 disposals, 2 grabs, 2 tackles and 0.1 on the scoreboard.
Hayden McLean (41/52): First goal… 1.0 from 8 possessions and 3 marks. Playing a forward role on Corr.
McLean also had 2 taps.
Chad Warner (41/53): Subbed off in Q4 for Sheldrick… 10 possessions and 2 marks plus 2.0. Starting in midfield then resting forward.
Joel Hamling (35/54): In defence on Darling then shifted to Larkey in Q2
Hamling contributed with 7 possessions, 3 grabs and 2 tackles.