Player news from R1 of 2024: Port Adelaide vs West Coast

News snippets for Port Adelaide vs West Coast, R1 of 2024

Connor Rozee (111/115): Playing pure midfield
Rozee contributed with 27 disposals, 10 grabs and managed 2.0.
Zak Butters (107/118): Started forward but mostly ran through midfield
Butters contributed with 27 disposals, 8 marks, 2 tackles and kicked 1.0.
Ivan Soldo (98/126): In ruck
Soldo contributed with 14 disposals, 4 marks, 2 tackles, 28 hit outs and 2.0.
Miles Bergman (97/88): Rotating on a wing
Bergman contributed with 21 possessions, 3 marks, 7 tackles and kicked 0.3.
Willem Drew (94/84): Mostly playing outside
Drew contributed with 16 disposals, 8 grabs, 3 tackles and kicked 2.1.
Jason Horne-Francis (87/112): Rotating midfield and attack
Horne-Francis contributed with 20 possessions, 5 marks, 3 tackles and managed 2.0.
Ryan Burton (82/95): Playing a HBF role
Burton contributed with 22 touches, 5 marks and 0.1.
Kane Farrell (81/105): Playing a HBF role
Farrell contributed with 17 possessions, 5 grabs, 2 tackles and managed 2.1.
Travis Boak (79/90): Playing a wing role
Boak contributed with 16 possessions, 6 marks, 5 tackles and 0.2 on the scoreboard.
Charlie Dixon (75/111): First goal… 3.3 from 13 touches and 4 marks. At FF on Barrass.
Dixon also had 7 hit outs.
Dan Houston (75/114): Starting at half back
Houston contributed with 18 possessions, 6 marks and 0.1.
Todd Marshall (74/106): Starting at CHF on McGovern
Marshall contributed with 15 possessions, 10 grabs and kicked 0.3.
Ollie Wines (72/94): Playing inside midfield
Wines contributed with 23 disposals, 2 marks and 3 tackles.
Jeremy Finlayson (69/70): Playing a forward/ruck role on Jamieson
Finlayson contributed with 15 touches, 6 grabs, 2 tackles, 3 taps, booted 0.4 and 3 frees against.
Brandon Zerk-Thatcher (67/90): At FB on Allen
Zerk-Thatcher added 15 touches and 8 marks.
Aliir Aliir (62/79): In defence on the resting ruck
Aliir contributed with 13 possessions, 6 grabs and 2 tackles.
Darcy Byrne-Jones (62/76): Playing small forward on Hough
Byrne-Jones contributed with 13 disposals, 3 grabs, 4 tackles and managed 1.1.
Jackson Mead (60/47): Rotating at half forward
Mead contributed with 13 disposals, 7 marks and 0.1.
Willie Rioli (55/82): Starting forward
Rioli contributed with 13 disposals, 3 marks and kicked 1.2.
Lachie Jones (49/63): Playing a half back role
Jones added 12 disposals and 5 marks.
Esava Ratugolea (37/39): In defence on Darling
Ratugolea contributed with 10 possessions, 6 marks and 3 frees against.
Jed McEntee (10/11): Head hit the ground after clashing mid-air with Williams in Q3 in a marking contest… subbed off immediately for Evans. Playing a pressure forward role.
McEntee also had 1 touches.
Francis Evans (9/10): On in Q3 for McEntee… 2 disposals. Started as the sub.

Jeremy McGovern (85/109): Huge shot to the right ribs in a Butters bump just before QT left him sore… 19 disposals including 16 kicks… also 7 marks and 2 tackles. Holding down CHB on Marshall.

Elliot Yeo (70/96): Starting in midfield
Yeo added 20 touches and 6 tackles.
Jayden Hunt (68/94): Starting at half back
Hunt added 20 disposals and 4 marks.
Liam Duggan (67/46): Playing a fair bit on ball
Duggan contributed with 17 touches, 4 grabs, 3 tackles, kicked 1.0 and 3 frees against.
Brady Hough (65/53): Minding Byrne-Jones
Hough added 15 disposals and 8 marks.
Bailey J. Williams (64/93): First ruck
Williams contributed with 13 touches, 15 hit outs and kicked 1.1.
Jamie Cripps (63/85): Starting at half forward
Cripps contributed with 14 touches, 7 grabs and booted 1.0.
Alex Witherden (62/53): In defence
Witherden added 18 possessions and 3 marks.
Jake Waterman (60/73): Starting forward
Waterman contributed with 12 possessions, 5 marks and 2.1 on the scoreboard.
Reuben Ginbey (58/63): Rotating in midfield
Ginbey contributed with 12 possessions, 2 marks, 5 tackles and booted 0.1.
Tom Cole (58/57): Starting in defence
Cole contributed with 16 touches, 3 marks and 3 tackles.
Tim Kelly (57/84): Started forward at first bounce but quickly joined mids
Kelly added 16 disposals and 5 tackles.
Harley Reid (55/78): First game… 16 possessions and 2 marks plus 2 tackles… helped out by 3FF. Rotating from midfield to attack.

Jack Petruccelle (48/52): Playing a high HFF role joining mids
Petruccelle contributed with 8 possessions, 3 grabs and 3.2.
Callum Jamieson (48/63): Responsible for Finlayson and follows him into ruck
Jamieson contributed with 11 disposals, 3 grabs, 2 tackles and 4 ruck taps.
Luke Edwards (46/50): Playing an outside game
Edwards added 16 possessions and 2 marks.
Oscar Allen (39/41): Lacking energy after suffering gastro during the week… 0.3 from 9 touches and 4 marks. At FF on Zerk-Thatcher.

Tyler Brockman (33/41): Starting forward
Brockman added 9 touches and 2 marks.
Campbell Chesser (33/37): On in Q3 for Gaff… 7 kicks among 8 disposals… and kicked 1.0. Started as the sub.

Noah Long (33/39): Playing a deep forward pressure role
Long contributed with 10 disposals, 2 grabs and 0.1 on the scoreboard.
Jack Darling (25/29): Up forward on Ratugolea
Darling contributed with 4 disposals, 2 marks and managed 1.0.
Andrew Gaff (17/13): Subbed off in Q3 for Chesser… 4 possessions and 2 marks. Playing a wing role.

Tom Barrass (8/27): At FB on Dixon
Barrass also had 4 touches.