Essendon midfielder urged to have a “meaningful impact” in must-win Friday night clash
The heat has been placed on Essendon’s Darcy Parish ahead of his club’s crunch clash with the Western Bulldogs at Marvel Stadium on Friday night. While Parish is a consistent performer in terms of the volume of disposals he accumulates, averaging more than 30 in each of the last three seasons, he lacks impact forward of centre in the eyes of Kane Cornes. Parish returned from a minor hamstring injury in Round 3 against St Kilda to pick up 26 touches in a narrow win before dropping away to 21 in last...