Who impressed...

Jeremy McGovern

McGovern produced a masterful display of marking in defence. He was courageous, often backing into the path of the forwards, and that sent a clear reminder about why other clubs are keen to sign him as a free agent. McGovern took 13 marks for the night and five of those were contested. He made life extremely difficult for the Suns midfield because they had to find way around him to get the ball inside 50.

Elliot Yeo

Yeo made an emphatic return to form. After struggling to find the footy against Geelong last week, he dominated the Suns. Playing in the midfield, Yeo went to half-time with the most disposals (19), the most metres gained (362) and the most contested marks (three). He also showed dash with running bounces to break the game open. By the end he had 33 disposals and a whopping 702 metres gained.

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Jamie Cripps

Cripps showed how damaging he can be with three goals during the second quarter. The 25-year-old had scored only one goal leading into the match but led the team for goal assists with five for the season. He received his own reward tonight. His first goal came from a 50m penalty, the second from a beautiful piece of crumbing and the third from a free kick for holding the ball. Cripps followed that with a fourth goal during the third term.

Josh Kennedy

The big forward would be happy with his return from an ankle injury. To kick five goals in his first game of the season was a positive start. It wasn’t a standard five goals from a key forward because two came from handballs over the top from teammates to allow him to kick goals from metres out. But he moved well, ran out the game strongly and looks ready to have another strong year. It was a clear statement of intent.

Who didn’t...

Willie Rioli

He’ll always remember his first AFL goal but he should remember to pass the ball in the future. Rioli was greedy when he elected to snap the ball and bounce it through from beyond 50m even though he saw Mark LeCras running into oodles of space inside 50. Given there were multiple examples of teammates passing to players in better positions, you’d think he’d get the message. The ends doesn’t always justify the means.