Andrew Welsh was one of the standouts for the Bombers in last night’s eight-point win over Fremantle in the opening round of the Wizard Cup in Darwin. And the statistics didn’t lie at the end of the game. Welsh collected a game-high 21 possessions. His night included three hard ball gets, five losse ball gets, three clearances at stoppoages and eight times he rebounded the ball outside the defensive 50m. It was an outstanding night out.

Other major stats winners included Matthew Lloyd and Sean Wellman who led the way in hard ball gets with four apiece. Adam McPhee took a game-high three contested marks - a good effort in difficult conditions. James Hird drilled the ball inside 50m on six occasions.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

Andrew Welsh: 15 kicks, 6 handballs, 3 marks

James Hird: 13, 6, 5

Mark Bullen: 10, 7, 3

Mark Bolton: 9, 6, 3

Scott Lucas: 12, 2, 2

Joe Misiti; 7, 7, 4

Mark Johnson: 8, 5, 4

Matthew Lloyd: 11, 1, 4

Mark Mercuri: 10, 2, 5

Adam McPhee: 11, 0, 5

Justin Murphy: 6, 5, 2

Damien Peverill: 6, 5, 1

Dustin Fletcher: 7, 2, 4

Jason Johnson: 5, 4, 0

Nathan Lovett-Murray: 6, 3, 1

Sean Wellman: 5, 4, 1

Brent Stanton: 7, 1, 0

Jobe Watson: 4, 4, 2

Jason Winderlich: 6, 1, 2

David Hille: 6, 0, 2 (14 hitouts)

Kepler Bradley: 2, 3, 1

Tristan Cartledge: 1, 4, 1

Ted Richards: 2, 3, 1

Darren Walsh: 1, 4, 0

Andrew Lovett: 1, 2, 1

James Davies: 1, 0, 1