Top 5 - Take 5 Midfielders (13.07.2026)

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**Mark Duffield** (1:02)
Yes, welcome back. It is time for today's Take 5 And of course, it's Monday. So we are dealing with the midfielders. And boy, where there's some good midfielders over the weekend.

**SPEAKER_4** (1:11)
Enough for two teams today.

**Mark Duffield** (1:12)
Enough for two teams.

**SPEAKER_4** (1:13)
Yeah, number one.

**Mark Duffield** (1:14)
Number one, Andy Brayshaw, I thought was absolutely magnificent for Fremantle on Thursday night. There was a few guys that were really good. So it was hard to pick one out and leave a few out. And Sydney had a couple as well that were pretty good.
25 disposals, 5 tackles, 440 meters gain, 3 goal assists, 9 inside 50s, 10 score involvements, 12 contested possessions. I thought he really led the engine room. Number two, Nick Dacos, whether you love him or hate him, he's an exceptional player. 33 disposals, 6 tackles, 3 clearances, 631 meters gain, 2 goal assists, 8 score involvements, 4 inside 50s. And I think there was at least one goal in there as well, which I've left out on my list of things he did. Number three, Nisai Wanganee Miller. When he has games like this, this is the player we think, yeah, we understand what all the fuss is about. 32 disposals, 5 tackles, 744 meters gained, 2 goal assists, 8 score involvements, 4 intercept possessions, 6 inside 50s, and probably the major say in the outcome of a pretty tight game. Number 4, Kieran Briggs exposed Geelong's Darth in lead Ruckman and absolutely dominated the game and helped GWS come from 6 goals down to beat the Cats. 19 disposals, 4 tackles, 5 clearances, 51 hit outs, 5 score involvements, 3 intercept possessions, 13 contested possessions.
And number 5, The Bont, challenged by Harley Reid, challenged by Willem Dersma, managed to prevail in a Titanic struggle. 2 goals won, 25 disposals, 8 tackles, 12 clearances, 496 metres gained, a goal assist, 6 score involvements, 5 inside 50

**SPEAKER_4** (2:57)
Yeah, it's just absolutely stuffed the stat sheet there. Marcus, apologies this week to Locking Neal, Sean Manor, Murphy Reid, Isaac Rankin and Jack Steele.

**Mark Duffield** (3:05)
And a couple of others as well.