Player news from R15 of 2024: Port Adelaide vs Brisbane

News snippets for Port Adelaide vs Brisbane, R15 of 2024

Zak Butters (124/123): Head to head with Neale… came off in Q3 holding left arm wincing in pain after tackling Berry… returned after ten minutes… 35 possessions and 6 marks plus 6 tackles… 1.0 as well. In midfield.

Connor Rozee (115/112): Huge amount of work in Q1… 28 possessions and 8 marks plus 7 tackles. Playing pure midfield.

Jason Horne-Francis (95/85): Rotating midfield and attack
Horne-Francis contributed with 21 possessions, 4 marks, 7 tackles and managed 0.3.
Kane Farrell (84/89): Playing a HBF role
Farrell contributed with 24 disposals, 5 marks and 2 tackles.
Miles Bergman (83/48): Minding Cameron
Bergman contributed with 22 possessions, 8 grabs and 0.1.
Ollie Wines (78/60): Playing inside midfield
Wines contributed with 17 disposals, 3 grabs and 7 tackles.
Dan Houston (78/103): Matched up on Ah Chee
Houston contributed with 21 disposals, 2 marks, 5 tackles and booted 0.1.
Jordon Sweet (77/55): Copped a stray Dunkley knee to the forehead in Q4… 32 hit outs… also 9 possessions and 6 tackles… conceded 3 FA. Playing ruck.
Sweet also had 3 marks.
Aliir Aliir (76/79): In defence on Morris… moved to Hipwood in Q3
Aliir contributed with 16 possessions, 7 marks and 3 tackles.
Logan Evans (75/68): First game… 20 possessions and 5 marks plus 2 tackles… 0.1 as well. Starting in defence on Lohmann.

Jeremy Finlayson (71/75): First goal… 6 hit outs… also 16 possessions and 4 marks… and kicked 1.1. Playing a forward/ruck role on Starcevich.

Willem Drew (68/66): Tagged McCluggage in the first half
Drew contributed with 16 possessions, 4 marks and 6 tackles.
Jase Burgoyne (67/64): Matched up on Fletcher… 14 possessions and 5 tackles… umps paid him 3FF. Rotating in defence.
Burgoyne also had 3 grabs.
Jackson Mead (66/71): Rotating at half forward
Mead contributed with 15 possessions, 6 marks and 3 tackles.
Mitch Georgiades (66/54): Most of his goals in Q4 junk time… 3.1 from 9 possessions and 6 marks plus 2 tackles. In attack on Lester.

Esava Ratugolea (57/56): In defence on Daniher
Ratugolea contributed with 13 touches, 4 marks and 3 tackles.
Todd Marshall (53/51): Starting forward on Payne
Marshall contributed with 9 disposals, 5 marks and booted 1.1.
Josh Sinn (45/50): Playing a wing role… switched back in Q3
Sinn contributed with 10 disposals, 2 tackles and 1.0.
Quinton Narkle (44/25): On after HT for Zerk-Thatcher to play half forward… 10 possessions including 7 kicks… also 4 marks. Late replacement for Willie Rioli… started as the sub.
Narkle also had 0.1 on the scoreboard.
Ollie Lord (43/47): Playing key forward on Andrews
Lord contributed with 7 disposals, 2 marks and managed 2.1.
Jed McEntee (36/30): Playing a pressure forward role on Zorko
McEntee contributed with 8 disposals, 2 marks and 1.0 on the scoreboard.
Brandon Zerk-Thatcher (31/45): Subbed off at HT for Narkle… 6 possessions and 4 tackles. Following Hipwood.

Darcy Byrne-Jones (31/28): Playing small forward… switched back in Q4
Byrne-Jones contributed with 8 possessions, 3 marks and 0.1.
Lachie Neale (135/148): Head to head with Butters… big cut over left eye from a wayward Sweet elbow in Q2… 37 possessions and 7 marks plus 6 tackles… helped out by 3FF. Playing inside midfield.

Oscar McInerney (125/126): Had a huge Q2 with two bonus goals… 31 hit outs… also 18 possessions and 4 marks plus 3 tackles… 3.0 as well… helped out by 3FF. First ruck.

Josh Dunkley (118/142): Playing inside midfield
Dunkley contributed with 32 possessions, 6 marks and 7 tackles.
Eric Hipwood (114/110): Up forward on Zerk-Thatcher
Hipwood contributed with 16 touches, 10 grabs, 2 tackles and managed 5.1.
Joe Daniher (109/104): Playing a forward/ruck role on Ratugolea
Daniher contributed with 21 disposals, 8 marks, 3 tackles, 2 hit outs and managed 3.3.
Darcy Wilmot (102/94): Sprinting off half back
Wilmot contributed with 24 disposals, 8 marks and 3 tackles.
Callum Ah Chee (94/101): Starting at half forward on Houston
Ah Chee contributed with 20 possessions, 9 marks and 2.0 on the scoreboard.
Zac Bailey (92/110): Rotating from mids to attack
Bailey contributed with 26 touches, 4 marks, 2 tackles and booted 1.1.
Dayne Zorko (91/103): At half back on McEntee
Zorko contributed with 25 touches, 5 marks and 2 tackles.
Cam Rayner (87/90): Rotating from mids to half forward
Rayner contributed with 20 disposals, 5 marks, 2 tackles and kicked 1.2.
Hugh McCluggage (82/64): Tagged by Drew then freed up after HT… 18 possessions including 13 kicks… also 6 marks… and booted 2.1. Playing in midfield.

Conor McKenna (79/53): Running from half back
McKenna added 20 disposals and 7 marks.
Jarrod Berry (69/73): Twisted left ankle under himself nastily in a contest with Butters in Q2 but played on… 17 possessions and 3 marks plus 5 tackles. Doing jobs in midfield.

Bruce Reville (66/61): Starting at half back
Reville contributed with 17 touches, 3 tackles and 2.0.
Charlie Cameron (60/65): Starting forward on Bergman
Cameron contributed with 10 possessions, 3 marks, 2 tackles and 2.2.
Ryan Lester (59/59): Third tall defender on Georgiades
Lester contributed with 12 possessions, 7 marks and 2 tackles.
Harris Andrews (56/52): In defence on Lord
Andrews added 13 possessions and 8 marks.
Jaspa Fletcher (51/58): Matched up on Burgoyne… 17 possessions and 5 marks. Rotating on a wing.

Logan Morris (51/68): Playing a key forward role on Aliir
Morris contributed with 9 possessions, 3 marks, 2 tackles and managed 2.0.
Brandon Starcevich (45/45): Copped a heavy Andrews knee in the right ribs in Q2… 10 possessions including 8 kicks… also 6 marks. Has Finlayson.

Kai Lohmann (37/42): Heavily corked left thigh from a knee by Ratugolea in Q3… subbed off at 3QT for Brain… 8 possessions and 3 marks plus 3 tackles. Starting at half forward on Logan Evans.

Jack Payne (36/48): In defence on Marshall
Payne added 6 possessions and 5 grabs.
Shadeau Brain (8/3): On in Q4 for Lohmann. Started as the sub.
Brain also had 2 disposals.