Top 5 - Take 5 Midfielders (03.08.2026)

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**Mark Duffield** (1:03)
Yes, we always finish off with something a little bit jazzy, and we're talking about the midfielders today, and we've got a good group to talk to you about. There's a couple of usual names that we see in here, but there's a couple that we don't as well. So we'll start at the top, number one. Oli Dempsey. I think this guy is all Australian-bound, and he was best player on the ground when Geelong beat Collingwood on Thursday night. Was it Thursday night?
So that means he was better than Nick Dacos. So there you go.

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That's a pretty good game.

**Mark Duffield** (1:35)
So he just runs the wing like no other, and he gets sneaky forward and bobs up and takes marks and kicks goals in attack. So two goals, 29 disposals, 10 marks, three tackles, four clearances, 421 meters gain, 6 score involvements, 5 intercept possessions. A beautifully balanced game off his wing, and as I say, best of field honors against the Pies. Number 2, the man. Chad Warner. So when Will Edwards breaks his leg, and there's a long stop to the game, and Sydney has it all to do, at the first stoppage after the restart of play, Chad Warner just takes control and gets Sydney forward. They kick a goal, they surge, they win the game, and they keep themselves in second spot. He is an absolute jet. Two goals won, 25 disposals, three tackles, six clearances, 587 meters gained, six score involvements, four intercept possessions for the Chad. Not bad. Number 3 John Ucombe was the best player of field in Launceston when Hawthorne beat North Melbourne. And always say Launceston, by the way. Never say Launceston. Okay. You'll get into trouble.

**SPEAKER_1** (2:45)
I say Lonnie.

**Mark Duffield** (2:46)
Yeah, Lonnie.
You can get away with Lonnie. That's fine.
So 34 disposals, 6 marks, 12 clearances, 646 metres gain, 9 inside 50s, 11 score involvements, 21 contested possessions. He's had himself a game. Yep. And a lot of Jagger talk today, but he's back again at number 4 Yep. Same set of stats as before. I haven't made up anything different here. But he was probably best man on the ground in the Romp, the 76 point win that Carlton had over the Brisbane Lions. Two goals, 29 disposals, 330 meters gain, 12 score involvements, 5 inside 50s. And number 5 Max Gorn. So we talk about Luke Jackson, but the numbers that Max Gorn runs up as a Ruckman are quite remarkable. And he probably is going to be a nine times all Australian. He's probably got 10 in him really, hasn't he? At the end of this season. So 25 disposals, 10 marks, 33 hit outs, 9 clearances, 282 meters gained, 8 score involvements, 5 intercept possessions. A major say in Melbourne's win over Gold Coast. I like that we're not doing apologies anymore. It's good. No one has to be on the fringes and just sort of hanging on. Let's be unapologetic.

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All right.