AFL Round 12 Team of the Week
B: Jacob Weitering (Carlton), Ben McKay (North Melbourne), Ben Long (Gold Coast)
HB: Tom Stewart (Geelong), Jake Lever (Melbourne), Nick Daicos (Collingwood)
C: Connor Rozee (Port Adelaide), Zach Merrett (Essendon, captain), Jack Lukosius (Gold Coast)
HF: Jack Macrae (Western Bulldogs), Jeremy Finlayson (Port Adelaide), Nic Martin (Essendon)
FF: Jack Riewoldt (Richmond), Mitch Lewis (Hawthorn), Kyle Langford (Essendon)
Foll: Tim English (Western Bulldogs), Christian Petracca (Melbourne Demons), Zak Butters (Port Adelaide)
Int: Noah Anderson (Gold Coast), Matt Rowell (Gold Coast), Dom Sheed (West Coast), Caleb Daniel (Western Bulldogs)
Sub: Massimo D’Ambrosio (Essendon)
AFL Team of the Week- Team by Team
Adelaide Crows: (0)
Brisbane Lions: Bye
Carlton Blues: Jacob Weitering (1)
Collingwood Magpies: Nick Daicos (1)
Essendon Bombers: Massimo D’Ambrosio (sub), Kyle Langford, Nic Martin, Zach Merrett (captain) (4)
Fremantle Dockers: Bye
Geelong Cats: Tom Stewart (1)
Gold Coast Suns: Noah Anderson, Ben Long, Jack Lukosius, Matt Rowell (4)
Greater Western Sydney Giants: (0)
Hawthorn Hawks: Mitch Lewis (1)
Melbourne Demons: Jake Lever, Christian Petracca (2)
North Melbourne Kangaroos: Ben Mckay (1)
Port Adelaide Power: Zak Butters, Jeremy Finlayson, Connor Rozee (3)
Richmond Tigers: Jack Riewoldt (1)
St Kilda Saints: Bye
Sydney Swans: Bye
West Coast Eagles: Dom Sheed (1)
Western Bulldogs: Caleb Daniel, Tim English, Jack Macrae (3)
Backs
Jacob Weitering of the Blues was arguably their best player.
Ben McKay played a great game for the Kangaroos.
Ben Long of the Suns played well.
Half-backs
Tom Stewart of the Cats was outstanding.
Jake Lever had 12 intercept possessions for the Demons.
Nick Daicos of the Magpies kicked three goals to go with his 30 disposals.
Centres
Connor Rozee of the Power had a good game.
Zach Merrett led from the front for the Bombers.
Jack Lukosius of the Suns kicked five goals.
Half-forwards
Jack Macrae of the Western Bulldogs played well.
Jeremy Finlayson of the Power kicked four goals.
Nic Martin of the Bombers is starting to play to his potential.
Forwards
Jack Riewoldt of the Tigers kicked five goals.
Mitch Lewis of the Hawks finished with 13 score involvements.
Kyle Langford of the Bombers kicked four goals.
Followers
Tim English of the Bulldogs showed why he could be the All-Australian ruckman.
Christian Petracca polled ten Coaches’ votes; the Demons midfielder stepped up in the absence of Clayton Oliver.
Zak Butters of the Power played well.
Interchange
Noah Anderson of the Suns displayed his talent in a crucial win for his team.
Matt Rowell never stopped working hard for the Suns.
Dom Sheed of the Eagles finished with 43 disposals.
Caleb Daniel polled five Coaches votes; the Bulldogs utility showed great endeavour throughout the game.
Sub
Massimo D’Ambrosio of the Bombers kicked what proved to be the winning goal.