2007 AFL Grand Final: Geelong v Port Adelaide

This is the match report for the match played on 29 September 2007 between Geelong and Port Adelaide in the grand final of the 2007 AFL season. Geelong hosted Port Adelaide at MCG. Tom Harley captained the hosts. Warren Tredrea captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Mark Thompson and the visitors were coached by Mark Williams.

Geelong
Back: T. Harley (capt.), M. Scarlett, J. Hunt
Half-back: A. Mackie, D. Milburn, M. Rooke
Centre: J. Corey, J. Bartel, C. Enright
Half-forward: S. Johnson, C. Mooney, J. Kelly
Forward: P. Chapman, N. Ablett, M. Stokes
Follower: B. Ottens, C. Ling, G. Ablett
Int.: S. Byrnes, S. King, J. Selwood, D. Wojcinski

Port Adelaide
Back: M. Pettigrew, T. Thurstans, D. Wakelin
Half-back: J. Surjan, T. Chaplin, P. Burgoyne
Centre: S. Salopek, K. Cornes, D. Cassisi
Half-forward: D. Motlop, W. Tredrea (capt.), D. Pearce
Forward: D. Rodan, J. Westhoff, B. Ebert
Follower: D. Brogan, C. Cornes, S. Burgoyne
Int.: T. Boak, B. Lade, T. Logan, B. Symes

Geelong (24.19.163) defeated Port Adelaide (6.8.44).

Goalkickers
Geelong: C. Mooney (5), P. Chapman (4), S. Johnson (4), N. Ablett (3), J. Bartel (2), G. Ablett, S. Byrnes, C. Ling, A. Mackie, B. Ottens, M. Rooke
Port Adelaide: S. Burgoyne (2), W. Tredrea (2), C. Cornes, T. Logan

As a result of this match, Geelong were the premiers and Port Adelaide were the runners-up.

Match Details

Season: 2007 AFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: Geelong v Port Adelaide
Date: Saturday 29 September 2007
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 97,302

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Port Adelaide
Score: 24.19.163 - 6.8.44

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 5 . 7 11 . 13 18 . 17 24 . 19 24 . 19 (163)
Port Adelaide 2 . 2 4 . 3 5 . 5 6 . 8 6 . 8 (44)
Margin GEEL by 23 GEEL by 52 GEEL by 90 GEEL by 119 GEEL by 119
Duration 33:35 31:00 32:28 30:10 2:07:13

Honour Roll

Coaches: Mark Thompson (Geelong), Mark Williams (Port Adelaide)
Captains: Tom Harley (Geelong), Warren Tredrea (Port Adelaide)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: S. McBurney (#3), S. McInerney (#30), S. McLaren (#11)
Goal Umpire: S. Axon, A. Black
Boundary Umpire: J. Bennison, G. Sinclair, D. Wilson

Norm Smith Votes

Player Team # Votes 3 2 1
Steve Johnson GEEL 20 13 3 2 0
Paul Chapman GEEL 35 10 2 1 2
Matthew Scarlett GEEL 30 7 0 2 3

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
29 Ablett, Gary RO 91% 1 0 19 9 10 3 0 8 3 3 2 0 3 3
23 Ablett, Nathan FF 80% 3 0 9 5 4 4 0 2 0 1 2 1 0 1
3 Bartel, Jimmy C 92% 2 0 28 16 12 5 2 5 3 1 1 1 2 2
17 Byrnes, Shannon INT 61% 1 1 14 6 8 4 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 2
35 Chapman, Paul FPL 76% 4 0 21 17 4 7 0 2 2 4 2 2 0 8
11 Corey, Joel WL 89% 0 0 25 13 12 6 1 8 1 3 2 1 1 4
44 Enright, Corey WR 87% 0 0 29 14 15 4 0 1 2 1 0 1 2 3
2 Harley, Tom (c) BPL 97% 0 0 13 7 6 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
8 Hunt, Josh BPR 93% 0 0 15 11 4 3 0 4 0 3 0 0 4 3
20 Johnson, Steve HFFL 86% 4 2 23 18 5 9 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 6
9 Kelly, James HFFR 88% 0 1 20 10 10 5 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 3
1 King, Steven INT 66% 0 1 14 5 9 5 10 4 3 6 2 5 1 1
45 Ling, Cameron RR 86% 1 1 25 8 17 4 0 1 1 0 3 0 2 3
4 Mackie, Andrew HBFL 90% 1 0 20 12 8 4 0 1 2 0 2 0 3 4
39 Milburn, Darren CHB 98% 0 0 22 16 6 9 0 3 1 1 0 0 2 3
21 Mooney, Cam CHF 81% 5 1 17 12 5 12 0 1 0 4 2 2 0 3
6 Ottens, Brad RU 72% 1 3 15 8 7 8 19 3 1 4 2 3 0 3
33 Rooke, Max HBFR 68% 1 1 9 7 2 3 1 6 1 2 1 2 2 2
30 Scarlett, Matthew FB 97% 0 2 29 17 12 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
14 Selwood, Joel INT 63% 0 1 17 10 7 5 0 3 5 1 4 0 1 7
27 Stokes, Mathew FPR 61% 0 2 18 9 9 6 0 2 1 1 2 1 2 4
40 Wojcinski, David INT 80% 0 0 15 7 8 6 0 2 0 3 0 3 1 0
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 24 19 417 237 180 127 33 63 30 44 27 25 29 69

Port Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
10 Boak, Travis INT 58% 0 1 11 4 7 2 0 2 1 3 1 1 0 2
20 Brogan, Dean RU 65% 0 0 13 2 11 2 11 4 4 3 4 3 0 0
7 Burgoyne, Peter HBFR 90% 0 0 36 21 15 5 0 6 5 4 4 1 8 4
8 Burgoyne, Shaun RO 88% 2 0 19 8 11 0 0 7 6 4 2 2 0 2
25 Cassisi, Dom WR 87% 0 0 18 7 11 2 0 1 1 4 1 2 1 1
30 Chaplin, Troy CHB 88% 0 0 25 8 17 6 0 2 2 3 0 0 4 1
35 Cornes, Chad RR 90% 1 0 32 18 14 6 3 5 3 5 2 3 9 6
18 Cornes, Kane C 90% 0 0 37 16 21 10 0 2 4 4 1 2 1 2
33 Ebert, Brett FPR 83% 0 2 8 8 0 4 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1
5 Lade, Brendon INT 66% 0 0 9 6 3 4 14 1 2 0 1 0 2 1
44 Logan, Tom INT 62% 1 0 8 4 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
4 Motlop, Daniel HFFL 80% 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1
16 Pearce, Danyle HFFR 81% 0 0 13 7 6 2 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 5
36 Pettigrew, Michael BPL 92% 0 0 12 8 4 6 0 1 0 6 0 5 2 3
15 Rodan, David FPL 87% 0 1 7 2 5 1 0 5 1 0 0 0 1 0
3 Salopek, Steven WL 85% 0 0 18 10 8 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 4
9 Surjan, Jacob HBFL 98% 0 0 9 3 6 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 2 0
23 Symes, Brad INT 66% 0 0 16 5 11 2 0 3 1 3 1 3 2 1
28 Thurstans, Toby FB 92% 0 0 20 6 14 4 2 1 1 3 1 2 3 0
1 Tredrea, Warren (c) CHF 79% 2 1 14 9 5 8 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1
2 Wakelin, Darryl BPR 95% 0 0 14 9 5 3 0 2 0 2 2 2 4 0
39 Westhoff, Justin FF 77% 0 1 7 4 3 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 6 8 350 168 182 75 31 50 34 55 25 27 41 38

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

Geelong Coach: Mark Thompson
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
36 M. Pettigrew 28 T. Thurstans 2 D. Wakelin 6 B. Ottens 17 S. Byrnes
27 M. Stokes 23 N. Ablett 35 P. Chapman 45 C. Ling 1 S. King
FORWARD 29 G. Ablett 14 J. Selwood
HALF-BACK

40 D. Wojcinski
9 J. Surjan 30 T. Chaplin 7 P. Burgoyne



9 J. Kelly 21 C. Mooney 20 S. Johnson



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



3 S. Salopek 18 K. Cornes 25 D. Cassisi



44 C. Enright 3 J. Bartel 11 J. Corey FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 20 D. Brogan 10 T. Boak
HALF-FORWARD 35 C. Cornes 5 B. Lade
4 D. Motlop 1 W. Tredrea (c) 16 D. Pearce 8 S. Burgoyne 44 T. Logan
33 M. Rooke 39 D. Milburn 4 A. Mackie

23 B. Symes
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



15 D. Rodan 39 J. Westhoff 33 B. Ebert



8 J. Hunt 30 M. Scarlett 2 T. Harley (c)



BACK



Port Adelaide Coach: Mark Williams

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 GEEL Rushed behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 04:17
PADL Rushed behind 0.1.1 - 0.1.1 05:18
PADL Brett Ebert behind 0.1.1 - 0.2.2 05:34
GEEL Cam Mooney goal 1.1.7 - 0.2.2 08:02
GEEL Steve Johnson goal 2.1.13 - 0.2.2 11:22
GEEL Matthew Scarlett behind 2.2.14 - 0.2.2 14:25
PADL Warren Tredrea goal 2.2.14 - 1.2.8 17:07
GEEL Steve Johnson behind 2.3.15 - 1.2.8 18:35
GEEL Gary Ablett goal 3.3.21 - 1.2.8 18:54
PADL Shaun Burgoyne goal 3.3.21 - 2.2.14 20:38
GEEL Steve Johnson goal 4.3.27 - 2.2.14 22:55
GEEL Joel Selwood behind 4.4.28 - 2.2.14 27:44
GEEL Cameron Ling behind 4.5.29 - 2.2.14 28:50
GEEL Mathew Stokes behind 4.6.30 - 2.2.14 30:12
GEEL Jimmy Bartel goal 5.6.36 - 2.2.14 31:14
GEEL James Kelly behind 5.7.37 - 2.2.14 33:29
Q2 GEEL Steve Johnson goal 6.7.43 - 2.2.14 03:40
GEEL Max Rooke goal 7.7.49 - 2.2.14 05:00
GEEL Paul Chapman goal 8.7.55 - 2.2.14 07:54
GEEL Nathan Ablett goal 9.7.61 - 2.2.14 10:16
GEEL Nathan Ablett goal 10.7.67 - 2.2.14 11:43
PADL Chad Cornes goal 10.7.67 - 3.2.20 13:22
GEEL Matthew Scarlett behind 10.8.68 - 3.2.20 15:58
GEEL Brad Ottens behind 10.9.69 - 3.2.20 17:53
GEEL Max Rooke behind 10.10.70 - 3.2.20 19:07
PADL Tom Logan goal 10.10.70 - 4.2.26 20:05
GEEL Brad Ottens behind 10.11.71 - 4.2.26 24:50
GEEL Paul Chapman goal 11.11.77 - 4.2.26 26:26
PADL Warren Tredrea behind 11.11.77 - 4.3.27 28:08
GEEL Steve Johnson behind 11.12.78 - 4.3.27 29:22
GEEL Rushed behind 11.13.79 - 4.3.27 30:36
Q3 GEEL Cam Mooney goal 12.13.85 - 4.3.27 00:56
GEEL Rushed behind 12.14.86 - 4.3.27 03:33
GEEL Jimmy Bartel goal 13.14.92 - 4.3.27 05:04
PADL David Rodan behind 13.14.92 - 4.4.28 07:14
GEEL Shannon Byrnes goal 14.14.98 - 4.4.28 15:32
PADL Warren Tredrea goal 14.14.98 - 5.4.34 16:56
GEEL Brad Ottens behind 14.15.99 - 5.4.34 18:49
GEEL Brad Ottens goal 15.15.105 - 5.4.34 20:17
GEEL Paul Chapman goal 16.15.111 - 5.4.34 21:23
GEEL Steven King behind 16.16.112 - 5.4.34 23:25
GEEL Nathan Ablett goal 17.16.118 - 5.4.34 26:19
GEEL Cam Mooney goal 18.16.124 - 5.4.34 29:32
GEEL Cam Mooney behind 18.17.125 - 5.4.34 31:18
PADL Brett Ebert behind 18.17.125 - 5.5.35 32:22
Q4 GEEL Cam Mooney goal 19.17.131 - 5.5.35 04:40
GEEL Cameron Ling goal 20.17.137 - 5.5.35 06:57
GEEL Paul Chapman goal 21.17.143 - 5.5.35 08:46
GEEL Mathew Stokes behind 21.18.144 - 5.5.35 10:18
GEEL Steve Johnson goal 22.18.150 - 5.5.35 11:05
GEEL Shannon Byrnes behind 22.19.151 - 5.5.35 13:46
GEEL Cam Mooney goal 23.19.157 - 5.5.35 15:24
GEEL Andrew Mackie goal 24.19.163 - 5.5.35 18:25
PADL Rushed behind 24.19.163 - 5.6.36 20:29
PADL Travis Boak behind 24.19.163 - 5.7.37 21:58
PADL Justin Westhoff behind 24.19.163 - 5.8.38 23:49
PADL Shaun Burgoyne goal 24.19.163 - 6.8.44 27:18