2002 AFL Semi Final 1: Port Adelaide v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 13 September 2002 between Port Adelaide and Essendon in the first semi final of the 2002 AFL season. Port Adelaide hosted Essendon at AAMI Stadium. Matthew Primus captained the hosts. James Hird captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Mark Williams and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Port Adelaide
Back: J. Poulton, S. Paxman, A. Kingsley
Half-back: B. Montgomery, M. Bishop, D. Hardwick
Centre: R. James, J. Carr, J. Schofield
Half-forward: S. Dew, W. Tredrea, G. Wanganeen
Forward: S. Burgoyne, C. Cornes, P. Burgoyne
Follower: M. Primus (capt.), N. Stevens, J. Francou
Int.: C. Cockatoo-Collins, K. Cornes, B. French, B. Lade

Essendon
J. Hird (capt.), S. Alessio, P. Barnard, J. Blumfield, M. Bolton, B. Caracella, R. Forster-Knight, C. Heffernan, D. Jacobs, J. Johnson, M. Johnson, S. Lucas, C. McGrath, M. McVeigh, J. Misiti, G. Moorcroft, D. Peverill, A. Ramanauskas, D. Rioli, P. Salmon, S. Wellman, A. Welsh

Port Adelaide (11.17.83) defeated Essendon (8.11.59).

Goalkickers
Port Adelaide: S. Dew (3), P. Burgoyne (2), N. Stevens (2), W. Tredrea (2), C. Cockatoo-Collins, C. Cornes
Essendon: P. Barnard (2), S. Alessio, B. Caracella, J. Johnson, M. Johnson, A. Ramanauskas, D. Rioli

As a result of this match, Port Adelaide faced Brisbane Lions in the second preliminary final and Essendon were eliminated (finishing 5th overall).

Match Details

Season: 2002 AFL Season
Round: Semi Final 1
Teams: Port Adelaide v Essendon
Date: Friday 13 September 2002
Time: 7:30 PM
Venue: AAMI Stadium
Attendance: 27,661

Match Results

Outcome: Port Adelaide def. Essendon
Score: 11.17.83 - 8.11.59

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Port Adelaide 3 . 5 3 . 8 9 . 12 11 . 17 11 . 17 (83)
Essendon 3 . 4 5 . 8 6 . 8 8 . 11 8 . 11 (59)
Margin PADL by 1 ESSE by 12 PADL by 22 PADL by 24 PADL by 24
Duration 31:10 25:21 30:13 27:01 1:53:45

Honour Roll

Coaches: Mark Williams (Port Adelaide), Kevin Sheedy (Essendon)
Captains: Matthew Primus (Port Adelaide), James Hird (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: B. Allen (#10), G. Dore (#19), S. McBurney

Player Statistics

Port Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
19 Bishop, Matthew CHB ? 0 0 17 13 4 7 0 0 0 3 1 2 4 1
7 Burgoyne, Peter FPR ? 2 1 6 5 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
8 Burgoyne, Shaun FPL ? 0 1 10 6 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 1
9 Carr, Josh C ? 0 0 18 14 4 1 0 7 2 2 1 1 2 3
12 Cockatoo-Collins, Che INT ? 1 2 12 11 1 7 0 3 0 1 3 0 0 5
35 Cornes, Chad FF ? 1 2 23 17 6 13 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 5
18 Cornes, Kane INT ? 0 1 24 18 6 8 1 2 3 0 0 0 1 4
17 Dew, Stuart HFFL ? 3 2 17 14 3 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 2
10 Francou, Josh RO ? 0 0 17 9 8 3 0 2 5 3 0 2 0 5
31 French, Barnaby INT ? 0 0 9 3 6 4 4 1 1 1 1 0 2 1
11 Hardwick, Damien HBFR ? 0 1 9 5 4 3 0 2 0 2 2 1 1 0
38 James, Roger WL ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
29 Kingsley, Adam BPR ? 0 0 9 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
5 Lade, Brendon INT ? 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0
3 Montgomery, Brett HBFL ? 0 0 15 8 7 5 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 3
14 Paxman, Stephen FB ? 0 1 9 7 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0
27 Poulton, Jared BPL ? 0 1 8 7 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
1 Primus, Matthew (c) RU ? 0 1 16 7 9 4 17 2 3 1 2 1 1 2
6 Schofield, Jarrad WR ? 0 0 21 15 6 7 0 3 1 3 0 0 0 7
36 Stevens, Nick RR ? 2 0 27 19 8 3 0 2 4 1 0 0 3 7
16 Tredrea, Warren CHF ? 2 2 21 13 8 10 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 3
4 Wanganeen, Gavin HFFR ? 0 1 21 19 2 6 0 2 2 1 2 0 3 1
Rushed 0
Total (22 players) 11 17 311 218 93 103 22 36 24 28 17 11 27 55

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
27 Alessio, Steven ? ? 1 0 4 1 3 0 11 2 0 2 2 2 0 0
16 Barnard, Paul ? ? 2 1 11 7 4 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 2
32 Blumfield, Justin ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 2 1 3 0 2 0 1 2 1
23 Bolton, Mark ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 3 0 0 0 4 1 2 0 3
33 Caracella, Blake ? ? 1 2 21 13 8 6 0 1 1 3 0 0 1 3
15 Forster-Knight, Robert ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
26 Heffernan, Chris ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 2 0 8 2 1 2 1 0 2
5 Hird, James (c) ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 0 0 3 3 2 0 1 0 3
21 Jacobs, Danny ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 4 0 3 0 2 1 1 2 3
14 Johnson, Jason ? ? 1 0 23 15 8 3 0 4 9 1 1 0 3 1
1 Johnson, Mark ? ? 1 1 23 11 12 7 2 8 2 2 0 0 5 1
25 Lucas, Scott ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 3
28 McGrath, Cory ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 3 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 3
10 McVeigh, Mark ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 0
24 Misiti, Joe ? ? 0 0 23 12 11 7 0 4 5 1 0 0 2 2
29 Moorcroft, Gary ? ? 0 1 3 2 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
11 Peverill, Damien ? ? 0 0 26 8 18 3 0 1 1 2 0 1 4 1
9 Ramanauskas, Adam ? ? 1 2 20 18 2 9 0 2 0 2 2 1 3 3
43 Rioli, Dean ? ? 1 3 15 10 5 5 1 1 4 1 0 1 1 2
4 Salmon, Paul ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 2 13 1 1 3 0 2 0 2
6 Wellman, Sean ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 6 0 1 1 3 0 2 3 2
41 Welsh, Andrew ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 4
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 8 11 292 182 110 79 28 50 31 39 11 17 35 42

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s

Player Line-Up

Port Adelaide Coach: Mark Williams
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE






1 M. Primus (c) 12 C. Cockatoo-Collins
7 P. Burgoyne 35 C. Cornes 8 S. Burgoyne 36 N. Stevens 18 K. Cornes
FORWARD 10 J. Francou 31 B. French
HALF-BACK

5 B. Lade










4 G. Wanganeen 16 W. Tredrea 17 S. Dew



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE













6 J. Schofield 9 J. Carr 38 R. James FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE



HALF-FORWARD













11 D. Hardwick 19 M. Bishop 3 B. Montgomery



HALF-BACK



FORWARD













29 A. Kingsley 14 S. Paxman 27 J. Poulton



BACK



Essendon Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Adam Ramanauskas behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 03:59
ESSE Gary Moorcroft behind 0.0.0 - 0.2.2 05:02
ESSE Dean Rioli behind 0.0.0 - 0.3.3 06:23
PADL Peter Burgoyne goal 1.0.6 - 0.3.3 08:01
PADL Peter Burgoyne goal 2.0.12 - 0.3.3 10:32
PADL Stuart Dew goal 3.0.18 - 0.3.3 11:31
ESSE Steven Alessio goal 3.0.18 - 1.3.9 13:42
PADL Warren Tredrea behind 3.1.19 - 1.3.9 17:02
ESSE Dean Rioli behind 3.1.19 - 1.4.10 18:37
PADL Brendon Lade behind 3.2.20 - 1.4.10 20:31
PADL Stuart Dew behind 3.3.21 - 1.4.10 21:43
PADL Matthew Primus behind 3.4.22 - 1.4.10 22:28
ESSE Paul Barnard goal 3.4.22 - 2.4.16 25:59
ESSE Jason Johnson goal 3.4.22 - 3.4.22 27:27
PADL Che Cockatoo-Collins behind 3.5.23 - 3.4.22 30:23
Q2 PADL Shaun Burgoyne behind 3.6.24 - 3.4.22 02:55
PADL Peter Burgoyne behind 3.7.25 - 3.4.22 04:59
ESSE Rushed behind 3.7.25 - 3.5.23 06:28
ESSE Blake Caracella goal 3.7.25 - 4.5.29 12:44
ESSE Dean Rioli behind 3.7.25 - 4.6.30 14:22
ESSE Adam Ramanauskas behind 3.7.25 - 4.7.31 15:33
ESSE Mark Johnson behind 3.7.25 - 4.8.32 21:35
PADL Chad Cornes behind 3.8.26 - 4.8.32 23:09
ESSE Dean Rioli goal 3.8.26 - 5.8.38 24:41
Q3 PADL Stuart Dew goal 4.8.32 - 5.8.38 02:17
PADL Stephen Paxman behind 4.9.33 - 5.8.38 06:58
PADL Che Cockatoo-Collins behind 4.10.34 - 5.8.38 07:39
ESSE Paul Barnard goal 4.10.34 - 6.8.44 10:04
PADL Kane Cornes behind 4.11.35 - 6.8.44 12:29
PADL Stuart Dew goal 5.11.41 - 6.8.44 13:35
PADL Warren Tredrea goal 6.11.47 - 6.8.44 21:33
PADL Nick Stevens goal 7.11.53 - 6.8.44 22:34
PADL Nick Stevens goal 8.11.59 - 6.8.44 24:43
PADL Chad Cornes goal 9.11.65 - 6.8.44 26:32
PADL Chad Cornes behind 9.12.66 - 6.8.44 28:09
Q4 PADL Stuart Dew behind 9.13.67 - 6.8.44 00:47
ESSE Adam Ramanauskas goal 9.13.67 - 7.8.50 02:06
PADL Warren Tredrea behind 9.14.68 - 7.8.50 04:09
PADL Gavin Wanganeen behind 9.15.69 - 7.8.50 08:25
ESSE Mark Johnson goal 9.15.69 - 8.8.56 09:42
PADL Jared Poulton behind 9.16.70 - 8.8.56 12:25
ESSE Blake Caracella behind 9.16.70 - 8.9.57 13:43
ESSE Blake Caracella behind 9.16.70 - 8.10.58 14:07
PADL Che Cockatoo-Collins goal 10.16.76 - 8.10.58 16:45
PADL Warren Tredrea goal 11.16.82 - 8.10.58 19:28
ESSE Paul Barnard behind 11.16.82 - 8.11.59 21:41
PADL Damien Hardwick behind 11.17.83 - 8.11.59 26:55