Keep updated on post-game press conferences throughout the 2022 AFL season.
ROUND 3
WESTERN BULLDOGS
Luke Beveridge on:
Josh Dunkley
AFL News on Twitter @aflratings
“To have 11 tackles and that much of the ball be a real staple in there with our midfield was really important tonight.”
“Josh was a mainstay and a really terrific contributor.”
Ryan Gardner
AFL News on Twitter @aflratings
“It’s just so pleasing to see Ryan Gardner play the top game that he did,”
“He’s played some really important games for us but I think no more important than tonight.”
Tim English
AFL News on Twitter @aflratings
“He’s had some games where he’s had some tremendous influence, but I thought he was dominant tonight.”
“And that’s important for him and us.”
“He’s been playing the turnover game pretty well or us and defensively.”
“He’s searching for his presence around the source.”
“He gave us stability, he won the hit out count which is terrific for him and for us.”
“Had a big influence on the game.”
“We’ve got to preserve him a little bit here and there, he needs a break for a reasonable period of time (in-game).”
“It’s encouraging for us and for him.”
Marcus Bontempelli
AFL News on Twitter @aflratings
“The message came through that it was one of those (Shoulder) stingers,”
“Hopefully that’s all that it is.”
“He’ll be okay, but I don’t think it’s anything too serious.”
SYDNEY
John Longmire on:
Tom Hickey
AFL News on Twitter @aflratings
“Suspected medial at the moment, so we’re not sure what the story is.”
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Joel Amartey
AFL News on Twitter @aflratings
“Joel’s first game (for the year), I thought he did some good things around the scramble and he’s still working back into full form and fitness.”
“He did some good things around the ball, he’s just a young player that needs a bit of flying hours.”
ESSENDON
Ben Rutten on:
Peter Wright
AFL News on Twitter @aflratings
“I thought Peter Wright again was a really big strong presence for us up ahead of the ball.”
“I think that some of the work he’s done over the last 3 weeks in building some real consistency for us is great,”
“He got a bit of reward from us just being able to move the ball a little bit better.”
Tex Wanganeen
AFL News on Twitter @aflratings
“I thought he was good, it was awesome to see that goal.”
“We really think he’s going to be a player for us,”
“He’s got great speed, he’s got a really strong work ethic.”
Jye Caldwell
AFL News on Twitter @aflratings
“Caldwell spent a bit more time on him (Clayton Oliver).”
“It was awesome experience for him to be able to play and spend some time on Oliver.”
Andrew McGrath
AFL News on Twitter @aflratings
“I thought Andy McGrath did a really good job on (Christian) Petracca as well for the majority of the night.”
“He had a bit of a role to be able to put a bit more attention into him and I thought he did that really well.”
Sam Draper
AFL News on Twitter @aflratings
“We played two rucks tonight as well to be able to help support Drapes (with centre clearances) a little bit through there.”
“I thought that was a good thing for us.”
“I think we competed pretty strongly around there.”
Nic Martin
AFL News on Twitter @aflratings
“He’s a great story.”
“Great to get him back.”
“He’s playing some really good footy for us.”
Sam Durham
AFL News on Twitter @aflratings
“I think he’s continually taking steps forward for us.”
MELBOURNE
Simon Goodwin on:
Sam Weideman
AFL News on Twitter @aflratings
“The opportunity presented tonight, I think you saw Sam at his best.”
“He looked really dominant in the air and gave us a great focal point without Browny (Ben Brown).”
Christian Petracca
AFL News on Twitter @aflratings
“He might have had a bit of a quieter night with possession but he certainly had a big impact for the team.”
“His team role, his selfless role for the team was outstanding.”
Ed Langdon
AFL News on Twitter @aflratings
“He does a power of work Ed, you can see his work rate back and once again in transition forward as well.”
“He does a power of work, he does an enormous amount of game time.”
“There’s games where he has low possession, there’s games like tonight where the ball spends a lot of time on the far side and he gets involved.”
“Hs ability to execute role is very important for us.”
Jake Lever
AFL News on Twitter @aflratings
“Looks like Jake Lever will be back next week.”
Harrison Petty
“Harrison Petty is playing his first game back at VFL next week.”
Michael Hibberd
AFL News on Twitter @aflratings
“Michael Hibberd is a couple of weeks away.”
Ben Brown
AFL News on Twitter @aflratings
“Obviously Browny will be available next week.”
PORT ADELAIDE
Ken Hinkley on:
Todd Marshall
AFL News on Twitter @aflratings
“I think Todd should feel proud about himself tonight.”
Sam Skinner
AFL News on Twitter @aflratings
“Ankle (subbed out)”
“We’ll wait and see (on his availability).”
Tom Clurey
AFL News on Twitter @aflratings
“A couple of weeks probably.”
Aliir Aliir
AFL News on Twitter @aflratings
“Aliir in 2 or 3 weeks probably.”
Miles Bergman
AFL News on Twitter @aflratings
“Bergman got through another good game today.”
Adelaide
Matthew Nicks on:
Reilly O’Brien
AFL News on Twitter @aflratings
“Reilly O’Brien was kind of big in the ruck.”
Lachlan Murphy
AFL News on Twitter @aflratings
“Murphy came in ahead of the ball,”
“He’s an outstanding on field leader.”
“He’s in pretty good spirits (neck), we’ll have to keep an eye on that obviously.”
Luke Pedlar
AFL News on Twitter @aflratings
“Luke Pedlar today didn’t get on the ground and he’s an outstanding young footballer,”
“Early in his career, he’s going to be in time I’ve no doubt because he works hard he’s going to be a good footballer, great midfielder.”
“It’s hard when you’re coming in ahead of the ball (playing forward) getting limited opportunities.”
Taylor Walker
AFL News on Twitter @aflratings
“You’d think he comes into the team.”
“I think Tex is in really good nick.”
GWS GIANTS
Leon Cameron on:
Lachie Ash
AFL News on Twitter @aflratings
“I thought he played a really good selfless game on Miller.”
“So Ashy won’t always be like that (playing a cooler role), he’ll also be just a free flowing mid or used in another position.”
Braydon Preuss
AFL News on Twitter @aflratings
“I thought he gave us some really good confidence around stoppage.”
“Where we end up in the next month or so is going to be intriguing for us whether we need those two rucks.”
Stephen Coniglio
AFL News on Twitter @aflratings
“He played a little bit on ball but he also played forward as well and getting up around some stoppage work.”
“He’s done a mountain of work in the pre-season.”
“To put (Lachie) Ash in (to a midfield cooler role), we had to take someone out.”
“Stephen went to the forward line and played that role with some hit on ball.”
Jesse Hogan
AFL News on Twitter @aflratings
“Our goal is to try to get 18 games out of him this year.”
Jake Riccardi
AFL News on Twitter @aflratings
“He’s had a really good pre-season, I expect him to fight back (for a position in the team).”
Jarrod Brander
AFL News on Twitter @aflratings
“(He’s) working his way through best position.”
GOLD COAST
Stuart Dew on:
Touk Miller
AFL News on Twitter @aflratings
“Touk will learn from that (being tagged).”
“We trust he’ll bounce back.”
Levi Casboult
AFL News on Twitter @aflratings
“He just competes,”
“Gave us a great contest.”
“The boys have got real confidence in him.”
Jack Lukosius
AFL News on Twitter @aflratings
“A couple of times we put him up to the wing which was good,”
“He’s building again, it’s a new role for him (playing forward).”
“He did have an impact on the game today and use the ball well.”
“Our intent is to continue with this role.”
Mabior Chol
AFL News on Twitter @aflratings
“He finished well.”
“His confidence is building.”
“He’s a big part of our footy club.”
COLLINGWOOD
Craig McRae on:
Nick Daicos
AFL News on Twitter @aflratings
“We’re conscious of Nick’s workload.”
“He’s capable of playing multiple roles.”
“Futuristically he’ll probably play more mid/forward, we’re trying to look after him a little bit playing him a bit of half-back as well.”
Jordan Roughead
AFL News on Twitter @aflratings
“We’ll get Roughie back in a couple of weeks.”
Jack Ginnivan
AFL News on Twitter @aflratings
“I like what he’s bringing to the table right now.”
Steele Sidebottom
AFL News on Twitter @aflratings
“He’ll be fine (gastro during the week).”
GEELONG
Chris Scott on:
Sam DeKoning
AFL News on Twitter @aflratings
“It’s just fantastic for Sam DeKoning to go forward and give us a contest the way he did (late).”
Esava Ratugolea
AFL News on Twitter @aflratings
”The only feedback I’ve got was that he rolled his ankle and he couldn’t keep going.”
Tom Stewart
AFL News on Twitter @aflratings
“He’s a crucial player for us, I thought the opposition put a bit of work into him.”
Max Holmes
AFL News on Twitter @aflratings
“That’s our plan (for him to be a big part of the team this year).”
“The signs are good for Max.”
Sam Menegola
AFL News on Twitter @aflratings
“Head knock (VFL)”
Jon Ceglar
AFL News on Twitter @aflratings
“Foot issue where he couldn’t keep going (VFL).”
NTH MELBOURNE
David Noble on:
Ben McKay
AFL News on Twitter @aflratings
“It looks like it’s probably a corkie.”
BRISBANE
Chris Fagan on:
Dayne Zorko
AFL News on Twitter @aflratings
“He was better again this week (Calf) recovering from the game, so hopefully the same thing happens again this week.”
“He’s adapted very quickly (playing across half-back).”
HAWTHORN
Sam Mitchell on:
Jack Scrimshaw
AFL News on Twitter @aflratings
“Shoulder blade injury.”
“Probably more unlikely than likely (next week) with him unfortunately.”
CARLTON
Michael Voss on:
Jack Silvagni
AFL News on Twitter @aflratings
“He’s been really good.”
“He sort of floats in as the 3rd player down there (forward).”
“He’s got another trick in there that he can go into the ruck if he’s needed, but we haven’t had to do that so far.”
Marc Pittonet
AFL News on Twitter @aflratings
“Just sort of managing his back throughout the game, got a bit too much at the end so we had to make the sub (late).”
“We’ll assess it.”
“He got through most of the game, so you’d think it would be okay (next week).”
Jordan Boyd and Lewis Young
AFL News on Twitter @aflratings
“To be fair he was right up there in terms of round one selection and so was Youngy.”
“The fact that we have that depth (in defence) is important.”
Jacob Weitering
AFL News on Twitter @aflratings
“I thought he was huge in the last period.”
“He’s been an impressive leader for us.”
ST KILDA
Brett Ratten on:
Max King
AFL News on Twitter @aflratings
“He’s still growing but he’s pretty exciting when he launches at the ball.”
Jack Higgins
AFL News on Twitter @aflratings
“We’ll look after him and hopefully he’s back pretty soon (Concussion).”
Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera
AFL News on Twitter @aflratings
“Nasiah just rolled his ankle but he was fine, got re-strapped.”
Jack Hayes
AFL News on Twitter @aflratings
“Haysey didn’t do a lot of ruck work this week, we’ll have a look at that to work out which way go.”
“It’s great we’ve exposed the taller men to play together.”
Jack Billings
AFL News on Twitter @aflratings
“Jack’s had a bit of a setback Thursday it was (hamstring), we’ll wait to find out exactly where it sits with him.”
“I’m tipping he’ll be more 2-3 than a week away.”
RICHMOND
Damien Hardwick on:
Dylan Grimes
AFL News on Twitter @aflratings
“It’s obviously a hamstring.”
“He’ll miss some time, what that is we’re not too sure.”
Jack Riewoldt
AFL News on Twitter @aflratings
“He put his hand up to play.”
“At the end of the day I just didn’t think he was right, so I gave him another week (off).”
“He’ll come into the side next week.”
Matthew Parker
AFL News on Twitter @aflratings
“He was good Parks.”
“He wins the ball, he’s quite dynamic, he’s hard to play on too because he’s quite capable t ground level but also quite explosive in the air.”
FREMANTLE
Jaymie Graham on:
Darcy Tucker
AFL News on Twitter @aflratings
“We were quite concerned for his health,”
“He said everything is fine.”
Alex Pearce
AFL News on Twitter @aflratings
“He got through fine, just had a little tweak in his ankle.”
“We’re thinking that he’s going to be fine.”
Michael Walters
AFL News on Twitter @aflratings
“The last few weeks he has been brining defensive intent,”
Lachie Schultz
AFL News on Twitter @aflratings
“He brings the same effort each week.”
Neil Erasmus
AFL News on Twitter @aflratings
“We were happy with the way he played and the way he connected with his team mates.”
Nathan O’Driscoll
AFL News on Twitter @aflratings
“He was a little bit out on the wing and inside (midfield).”
Sean Darcy
AFL News on Twitter @aflratings
“I think Darcy was pretty close to getting up this week.”
Caleb Serong
AFL News on Twitter @aflratings
“It’s a matter of getting him on the track and seeing how he goes really, he didn’t do a lot this week.”
WEST COAST
Adam Simpson on:
Jamaine Jones
AFL News on Twitter @aflratings
“His hammy’s got quite tight, one of them in particular.”
Jeremy McGovern and Shannon Hurn
AFL News on Twitter @aflratings
“Stood up really well under adversity”
Tim Kelly
AFL News on Twitter @aflratings
“He’s probably a week or two away.”
“He’ll be unavailable next week definitely.”
Jackson Nelson
AFL News on Twitter @aflratings
“He did a tremendous job (on Andrew Brayshaw) early.”
“We know he can do the job if we need him.”
Tom Barrass
AFL News on Twitter @aflratings
“Hopefully he’ll be right this week.”
Elliot Yeo
AFL News on Twitter @aflratings
“I don’t think he’ll be available this week, I’d say 2 weeks away hopefully.”
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