 He played his first match of the year in the 148-point loss against at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in round two and played the next four matches before missing four weeks due to a shoulder injury.He returned to the side for the eighty-three point loss against in the annual Queen's Birthday clash in round eleven.He did not miss a match for the remainder of the season to finish with seventeen matches for the year and a tenth-place finish in Melbourne's best and fairest count.