Player news from R3 of 2021: Western Sydney vs Melbourne

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Tim Taranto (123/112): Starting in midfield
Taranto contributed with 32 possessions, 5 grabs and 5 tackles.
Toby Greene (101/114): Rotating from a HFF to midfield
Greene contributed with 17 possessions, 4 marks, 3 tackles and booted 5.2.
Lachlan Ash (91/86): Rotating in defence
Ash contributed with 24 touches, 6 marks and 2 tackles.
Isaac Cumming (88/94): Playing at half back
Cumming added 28 disposals and 5 marks.
Josh Kelly (87/91): Playing midfield
Kelly contributed with 22 possessions, 3 marks, 3 tackles and managed 2.0.
Sam Taylor (79/104): At CHB on McDonald
Taylor contributed with 18 disposals, 7 marks and 3 tackles.
Jacob Hopper (79/88): Starting in midfield
Hopper contributed with 25 possessions, 6 tackles, 1.0 on the scoreboard and 5 frees against.
Matthew Flynn (78/90): In ruck
Flynn contributed with 13 touches, 4 marks, 3 tackles and 24 hit outs.
Connor Idun (74/83): In defence on Fritsch
Idun contributed with 16 touches, 8 marks and 2 tackles.
Jack Buckley (68/98): Starting in defence
Buckley contributed with 17 possessions, 5 grabs and 4 tackles.
Nick Haynes (64/62): Guarding space at half back
Haynes added 18 disposals and 4 marks.
Callan Ward (59/68): Donuts in Q1… 20 touches and 3 marks. Leading the inside midfield.

Harrison Himmelberg (59/54): Starting forward on May
Himmelberg contributed with 13 disposals, 5 marks and kicked 1.0.
Matthew Buntine (53/65): Rotating in defence
Buntine contributed with 12 possessions, 5 marks and 2 tackles.
Tom Green (52/64): Rotating in midfield
Green contributed with 15 touches, 2 marks, 3 tackles and kicked 1.0.
Nicholas Shipley (51/34): Started as the medical sub… on in Q2… 12 disposals and 5 marks with 2 tackles. Rotating in midfield.

Xavier O’Halloran (49/57): Rotating in midfield
O’Halloran contributed with 12 touches, 2 grabs, 2 tackles and managed 1.0.
Matthew de Boer (40/28): Left hamstring injury in Q3… 10 disposals and 2 marks with 3 tackles. Tagging Oliver.

Lachlan Keeffe (36/35): Limped off in Q3 but returned… also a rib knock in Q4… 5 disposals and 2 marks with 3 tackles. Up forward on Lever.
Keeffe also had 8 ruck taps.
Brent Daniels (35/44): Right ankle knock in Q2… restrapped… 13 touches. Starting in the middle.

Ian Hill (28/21): Starting at half forward
Hill also had 7 disposals.
Stephen Coniglio (26/26): Right ankle injury in Q2 and carried off… did not return… 7 touches. Playing midfield then rotating forward.

Phil Davis (8/13): Left ankle injury in Q2… subbed out of the game… 2 possessions. In defence on Jackson.

Max Gawn (135/163): First ruck
Gawn contributed with 24 possessions, 9 marks, 28 taps and 2.2.
Ed Langdon (110/111): Running off a wing
Langdon contributed with 27 disposals, 9 marks and 2 tackles.
Jack Viney (106/103): Doing jobs in midfield
Viney contributed with 25 touches, 3 grabs, 8 tackles and kicked 0.1.
Christian Petracca (106/83): Starting in midfield
Petracca contributed with 29 possessions, 8 grabs, 2 tackles and kicked 1.0.
Jake Lever (96/111): In defence on Keeffe
Lever contributed with 23 possessions, 8 grabs and 2 tackles.
Jayden Hunt (93/92): Starting at half forward
Hunt contributed with 25 touches, 5 grabs and 3 tackles.
Angus Brayshaw (92/84): Playing in midfield
Brayshaw contributed with 23 possessions, 4 marks, 4 tackles and 1.0.
James Jordon (80/57): Rotating in midfield
Jordon contributed with 16 touches, 6 marks, 4 tackles and 1.0 on the scoreboard.
Christian Salem (80/94): Coming off a HBF
Salem contributed with 22 possessions, 5 grabs and 2 tackles.
Clayton Oliver (80/67): Tagged by de Boer until Q3 when de Boer was injured… 23 touches and 4 marks plus 3 tackles… 0.2 as well… umps paid him 3FF. Playing inside midfield… switched forward in Q2.

Kysaiah Pickett (75/121): Rotating forward
Pickett contributed with 13 possessions, 2 grabs, 2 tackles and booted 4.1.
Adam Tomlinson (71/65): Third tall defender
Tomlinson contributed with 13 disposals, 8 marks and 2 tackles.
Trent Rivers (69/79): Playing a half back role
Rivers contributed with 16 touches, 6 marks and 3 tackles.
Luke Jackson (68/84): Playing a ruck/forward role on Davis
Jackson contributed with 15 touches, 3 grabs, 3 tackles, 10 ruck taps and managed 1.0.
Alex Neal-Bullen (65/64): First goal… 11 possessions with 10 by foot… also 6 tackles… and kicked 1.1. Playing outside midfield.
Neal-Bullen also had 2 marks.
Bayley Fritsch (62/79): Starting forward on Idun
Fritsch contributed with 6 disposals, 4 marks, 4 tackles and managed 3.1.
Steven May (62/78): In defence on Himmelberg
May contributed with 20 touches, 4 marks and 3 frees against.
Charlie Spargo (50/57): Starting forward
Spargo contributed with 12 touches, 2 tackles and kicked 1.1.
Tom McDonald (48/50): Up forward on Taylor
McDonald contributed with 8 possessions, 3 marks, 5 tackles, 3 hit outs, kicked 0.1 and 3 frees against.
Nathan Jones (42/39): Playing a HFF role
Jones added 15 disposals and booted 0.1.
Tom Sparrow (29/44): Rotating in midfield
Sparrow added 4 possessions and 4 tackles.
Neville Jetta (26/42): Playing small defender
Jetta also had 9 possessions.
Jake Melksham (0/0): Started as the medical sub
Melksham also had 0 possessions.