18 of Parkers possessions were contested, and he was also able to gain seven clearances, lay five tackles and send the ball inside 50 on four occasions in a performance that caught the attention of both John Longmire and Mark Thompson.
Defender Heath Grundy was the next best player on the ground and polled his first votes of the year for his effort on dangerous Essendon spearhead Jake Carlisle. Grundy limited Carlisle to just the one goal, while picking up 22 touches, seven marks, seven rebound 50s and six one-percenters himself.
Ben McGlynn (25 touches at 80 per cent, five clearances, two goals) and Essendon’s Michael Hurley (29 disposals, seven marks) were the next best performers on the night with six and five votes, respectively.
Josh Kennedy polled for the 13th time this season as he picked up two votes, moving him into second place on the overall leaderboard, but 15 votes behind Fremantle’s Nat Fyfe who picked up another ten votes in the Dockers’ win over Carlton.
Sydney Swans v Essendon
10 Luke Parker (Syd)
7 Heath Grundy (Syd)
6 Ben McGlynn (Syd)
5 Michael Hurley (Ess)
2 Josh Kennedy (Syd)
Round 19 Leaderboard
93 Nathan Fyfe (Fremantle)
78 Josh Kennedy (Sydney Swans)
76 Robbie Gray (Port Adelaide)
72 Gary Ablett (Gold Coast)
65 Scott Pendlebury (Collingwood)
64 Joel Selwood (Geelong)
62 Matt Priddis (West Coast)
60 Lance Franklin (Sydney Swans)
57 Travis Boak (Port Adelaide)
52 Tom Liberatore (Western Bulldogs)
Swans Leaderboard
78 Josh Kennedy (polled in 13 games)
60 Lance Franklin (9)
50 Luke Parker (10)
35 Kieren Jack (8)
31 Dan Hannebery (4)
29 Ben McGlynn (7)
17 Nick Malceski (4)
17 Jarrad McVeigh (5)
10 Craig Bird (3)
7 Rhyce Shaw (3)
7 Heath Grundy (1)
6 Kurt Tippett (1)
5 Sam Reid (1)
5 Lewis Jetta (1)
6 Dane Rampe (3)
5 Nick Smith (3)
2 Harry Cunningham (2)
