VFL and development coach, Craig McRae provides a summary of how the Tigers’ players performed in last Saturday's Round 8 win over Essendon at the Swinburne Centre.
Fraser Turner
25 disposals, nine handball receives, six inside-50s & three rebound-50s
“Continues his good form at VFL level—25 disposals, 10 contested (possessions) which is a real highlight, six inside-50s. He’s playing great footy; I think he’s looking more like an AFL player every week.”
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Mabior Chol
23 disposals, 18 contested possessions, 12 clearances, six centre clearances, 22 hit-outs, seven marks, four tackles & one goal
“His best game for the footy club. He played as a ruck and a little bit of forward, he had to step-up with ‘CJ’ (Callum Coleman-Jones) getting his AFL opportunity. It’s as good as ‘Marbs’ has played for us and it was really significant in the result.”
Patrick Naish
23 disposals, nine handball receives, four clearances & three tackles
“23 disposals, 21 kicks and two handballs, he’s playing to his strengths. He’s another who’s really playing AFL football at VFL level.”
Dan Butler
20 disposals, nine handball receives, five tackles, four inside-50s & one goal
“Again, played with us this week, he kicked 1.3 this week as opposed to 3.1 last week, but his speed and his contested and contest-to-contest work is really standing out. He looks ready to play AFL footy again.”
Derek Eggmolesse-Smith
17 disposals, seven handball receives, four rebound-50s & two tackles
“His one-on-one contest work stood-out, he’s really looking like a much-improved player for us.”
Jack Graham
18 disposals, seven handball receives, two goals, three tackles & three clearances
“Returned from injury and played three quarters of the game. He kicked two critical goals, one from a really nice mark in the third quarter. 18 disposals with nine contested is a good return for him.”
Jacob Townsend
16 disposals, six marks, five tackles, one goal & five inside-50s
“Played forward and inside ‘mid’, kicked 1.2…he was really tough around the clinches and was important in the result as well.”
Jake Aarts
15 disposals, five marks, four tackles & two goals
“Played forward... he fought the game out well which was really important, particularly late, getting a critical clearance and setting up a goal for us.”
Riley Collier-Dawkins
13 disposals, four tackles & three clearances
“He came back after being a carry-over (player) last week and played as an inside ‘mid’, good around the contest, eight contested possessions of his 13 (disposals), three clearances. We just need to get him to spread to the outside to get involved in that part of the game.”
Oleg Markov
13 disposals, five marks, two tackles, two inside-50s & two rebound-50s
“He was physically ill on the day but won the ball back really well off half-back and there were a couple of patches in the third quarter in particular where he just continually rebounded for us. He looked like his ran on top of the ground even though he was unwell.”
Ben Miller
Four disposals, 23 hit-outs & one goal
“Played key forward and ruck, a low possession game for him. He took a nice mark and kicked a goal in the second quarter which was important. He played second ruck and had 23 hit-outs on the day which was a highlight.”
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Jacob Ballard
15 disposals, six handball receives, five tackles & four clearances
“Played multiple roles, 15 disposals, nine contested (possessions), his five tackles led the team and four clearances, he continues his great form.”
Hugh Beasley
15 disposals, four spoils, four tackles & seven rebound-50s
“Continued his awesome form at this level, seven rebound-50s of his 15 disposals, he’s just setting the game up from behind the play really well. He’s really hard to play on.”
Daniel Coffield
13 disposals, eight spoils, four marks & three rebound-50s
“Playing great footy—eight spoils was a real feature for him. A really significant role player for us, his intercept marking was a feature as well.”
James Fletcher
13 disposals, five handball receives, two inside-50s & two rebound-50s
“Played his best game for the year. He was really disciplined in his role—half-back/wing, He set the ground up and had really sharp hands today and defended well. It was a good performance.”
Charlie Thompson
10 disposals, three marks, three inside-50s & two score assists
“A small forward, was getting to the front of the packs and had some good moments around the contest. He had two critical score assists.”
Steve Morris
11 disposals, three marks, two clearances & two inside-50s
“Unfortunately hurt himself in third quarter, but he was having a big impact in the game and will be sorely missed in the coming weeks.”
Shaun Mannagh
Nine disposals, three marks, three tackles & one clearance
“Returned having been out for a week, he played multiple roles, wing and inside ‘mid’, his speed and his ball use is something that we desperately need in the team.”
Billy Coates
Seven disposals, two marks & one goal
“Played as a key forward, kicked a nice goal from the pocket early in the game. He was really disciplined in his role, brought the ball to ground really well and I was really happy with his performance.”
Lachlan Street
Eight disposals, two tackles, one goal, one clearance
“Our 23rd player, in and under, he looked like he had a lot of energy late in the game, he played a bit more forward this week just through circumstance, kicked a nice goal out of the pack. He looks like a likely VFL player for us.”
Tom Silvestro
Eight disposals, three tackles & two handball receives
“A tackle machine, just turns up, contest to contest. It was a real inside game, which suited ‘Silver’ and getting back and helping in the backline was a real highlight.”
Blake Grewar
Seven disposals, two rebound-50s & one clearance
“Played as a forward and inside ‘mid’, again, low numbers, but his role was critical.”
Brenton Credlin
Five disposals, two marks & three spoils
“Was critical also, looked like he stepped in and played a real team system down back.”
