Top 5 - Take 5 Midfielders (21.07.2026)

**Mark Duffield** (0:03)
Time for take five from last weekend's matches, and today we're dealing with the Fords. There's a good group today. Had to leave a couple of very well-performed Fords out of the group.

**SPEAKER_2** (0:14)
Big apologies group today, but number one this week?

**Mark Duffield** (0:17)
Number one, Greinmeier. So I think he's close to the best connector in the AFL, and he's been one of the parts of the, one of the missing parts of the puzzle at Geelong, because he had a partial tear in an anterior cruciate ligament, and not enough to have surgery, but they've been running him around in the VFL, trying to get his confidence in the injury back up. He returned to the team, and true to form, he was right on form. Three goals, 22 disposals, seven marks, 320 metres gained, four goal assists, 12 score involvements, and a key role in the win over St Kilda.

**SPEAKER_2** (0:51)
He's very good, but just medically, I'm not a doctor of course, but how that works does not make sense to me.

**Mark Duffield** (0:57)
Partially torn ACL.

**SPEAKER_2** (0:58)
And you've got to go and get a bit of confidence in it, because we want you to keep playing. Until you tear it or until whatever happens.

**Mark Duffield** (1:03)
No, no, it has happened before. It actually happened over here to Chris Waterman.

**SPEAKER_2** (1:09)
Right.

**Mark Duffield** (1:10)
I think it was 1996

**SPEAKER_2** (1:12)
Okay.

**Mark Duffield** (1:14)
Certainly, yeah, one of those years in the 90s where he did it, sort of went, oh, this is a bit clunky, ran off. They realised he'd partially torn the ACL, and they rehabbed him for a couple of months. And then they brought him back. And then, I can't remember whether he needed any surgery at all at the end of the season, but he certainly dodged the surgery initially.

**SPEAKER_2** (1:34)
Unbelievable. Number two.

**Mark Duffield** (1:36)
Number two, Jai Amis. Four goals, two, four marks, 246 metres gained, a goal assist, 10 score involvements. His confidence is back with his kicking. His confidence is up with his contested marking. He's a bigger, stronger boy, and he's really impacting games now.

**SPEAKER_2** (1:52)
Number three.

**Mark Duffield** (1:53)
Jakey Waterman. Finally got the radar going. Kick five straight against Brisbane. It was dangerous all day.
11 disposals, 138 metres gained, and eight score involvements.

**SPEAKER_2** (2:03)
Number four.

**Mark Duffield** (2:03)
Mitch Lewis.
They're talking about bringing Ben King in, which probably means they'll force Mitch Lewis out. I'm not sure why, because Mitch Lewis, I think, is a very good player. Five goals, two. 13 disposals, five marks, 274 metres gained, eight score involvements.

**SPEAKER_2** (2:19)
And a second run for this man at number five.

**Mark Duffield** (2:21)
Kyle Lowman, he's got a bit of swagger, a bit too much swagger, I reckon.

**SPEAKER_2** (2:26)
Dives.

**Mark Duffield** (2:27)
But he took... He does.

**SPEAKER_2** (2:32)
Okay.

**Mark Duffield** (2:33)
He took one of the marks of the year. You had him as one of your highlight of the week, the electric moment of the week.
Kick four goals, one. 18 disposals, eight marks. Five tackles, 372 metres gained, and 10 score involvements against West Coast.

**SPEAKER_2** (2:46)
Very good. And the apologies this week?

**Mark Duffield** (2:48)
So, Tom Papley was one of the reasons why Sydney remained in the game against Adelaide. He was absolutely brilliant. And I wondered whether they should have just isolated him at full forward and seen what he could do.
Matt Jefferson, who's a very athletic young forward from Melbourne, kicked four goals, one. He and Jacob Van Royen are really revitalising the D's attack. Nick Watson, the wizard, five goals, two against Richmond. That's why he gets discounted. It was only against Richmond. And Darcy Fogarty, four goals and three weeks against the Sydney Swans.