2016 AFL Round 3: Port Adelaide v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 8 April 2016 between Port Adelaide and Essendon during round 3 of the 2016 AFL season. Port Adelaide hosted Essendon at Adelaide Oval. Travis Boak captained the hosts. Brendon Goddard captained the visitors with Mark Baguley as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Ken Hinkley and the visitors were coached by John Worsfold.

Port Adelaide
Back: J. Hombsch, T. Jonas, J. Pittard
Half-back: J. Impey, J. Trengove, M. Broadbent
Centre: J. Toumpas, O. Wines, B. Ebert
Half-forward: J. Neade, C. Dixon, P. Stewart
Forward: R. Gray, J. Westhoff, J. Polec
Follower: M. Lobbe, T. Boak (capt.), A. Young
Int.: B. Ah Chee, K. Amon, D. Byrne-Jones, S. Gray

Essendon
Back: M. Dea, M. Brown, M. Baguley (vice-capt.)
Half-back: J. Gwilt, M. Hartley, A. McDonald-Tipungwuti
Centre: B. Goddard (capt.), D. Zaharakis, J. Merrett
Half-forward: Z. Merrett, K. Langford, A. Cooney
Forward: M. Stokes, J. Daniher, N. Kommer
Follower: M. Leuenberger, J. Kelly, R. Crowley
Int.: P. Ambrose, O. Fantasia, M. Gleeson, D. Parish

Port Adelaide (17.10.112) defeated Essendon (7.9.51).

Goalkickers
Port Adelaide: C. Dixon (3), A. Young (3), K. Amon (2), R. Gray (2), J. Westhoff (2), T. Boak, D. Byrne-Jones, B. Ebert, J. Polec, O. Wines
Essendon: J. Daniher (2), N. Kommer (2), P. Ambrose, B. Goddard, J. Merrett

As a result of this match, Port Adelaide were then 8th on the ladder (up from 12th) and Essendon were then 15th on the ladder (down from 13th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2016 AFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Port Adelaide v Essendon
Date: Friday 8 April 2016
Time: 7:20 PM
Venue: Adelaide Oval
Attendance: 43,663

Match Results

Outcome: Port Adelaide def. Essendon
Score: 17.10.112 - 7.9.51

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Port Adelaide 7 . 4 11 . 5 14 . 8 17 . 10 17 . 10 (112)
Essendon 1 . 4 4 . 6 4 . 7 7 . 9 7 . 9 (51)
Margin PADL by 36 PADL by 41 PADL by 61 PADL by 61 PADL by 61
Duration 31:27 29:23 29:29 30:24 2:00:43

Honour Roll

Coaches: Ken Hinkley (Port Adelaide), John Worsfold (Essendon)
Captains: Travis Boak (Port Adelaide), Brendon Goddard (Essendon)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Port Adelaide), Mark Baguley (Essendon)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Robbie Gray PADL 9 3
Jared Polec PADL 21 2
Jasper Pittard PADL 29 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Robbie Gray PADL 9 10 2 0 0 0 0
Matthew Broadbent PADL 5 7 0 1 1 0 0
Jasper Pittard PADL 29 4 0 1 0 0 0
Jimmy Toumpas PADL 18 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Ollie Wines PADL 16 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Jared Polec PADL 21 2 0 0 0 1 0
Brad Ebert PADL 7 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Port Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
41 Ah Chee, Brendon INT 70% 0 0 20 5 15 3 2 4 4 3 1 2 0 1
15 Amon, Karl INT 69% 2 0 13 11 2 5 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 4
1 Boak, Travis (c) RR 78% 1 1 22 9 13 2 0 4 2 3 2 2 0 5
5 Broadbent, Matthew HBFR 90% 0 0 27 14 13 8 0 1 1 5 0 1 6 3
33 Byrne-Jones, Darcy INT 73% 1 0 14 7 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2
22 Dixon, Charlie CHF 92% 3 2 12 10 2 5 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 4
7 Ebert, Brad WR 82% 1 2 18 9 9 4 7 6 3 5 1 4 0 2
9 Gray, Robbie FPL 86% 2 1 30 11 19 1 0 2 12 4 1 1 2 7
46 Gray, Sam INT 73% 0 0 20 12 8 6 0 5 0 5 2 3 0 3
36 Hombsch, Jack BPL 91% 0 0 11 8 3 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3
24 Impey, Jarman HBFL 73% 0 0 14 5 9 3 0 1 0 3 0 2 2 2
42 Jonas, Tom FB 89% 0 0 16 8 8 5 0 5 0 2 0 0 2 1
23 Lobbe, Matthew RU 87% 0 0 7 5 2 2 27 4 3 2 2 0 1 2
3 Neade, Jake HFFL 88% 0 1 15 5 10 2 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 5
29 Pittard, Jasper BPR 92% 0 0 29 20 9 9 0 2 0 4 0 1 1 2
21 Polec, Jared FPR 82% 1 0 23 13 10 4 0 6 1 1 2 0 2 1
14 Stewart, Paul HFFR 68% 0 0 10 3 7 2 0 4 0 4 1 0 0 1
18 Toumpas, Jimmy WL 89% 0 1 28 12 16 5 0 1 3 4 0 0 2 7
12 Trengove, Jackson CHB 92% 0 0 7 3 4 2 0 0 0 3 1 2 2 1
39 Westhoff, Justin FF 87% 2 1 14 9 5 7 4 2 2 1 1 1 3 1
16 Wines, Ollie C 70% 1 0 25 4 21 1 3 9 6 8 0 4 2 3
40 Young, Aaron RO 81% 3 1 18 9 9 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 1
Rushed 0
Total (22 players) 17 10 393 192 201 87 43 64 38 60 18 24 31 61

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
29 Ambrose, Patrick INT 88% 1 1 16 9 7 9 2 3 0 1 0 0 2 3
12 Baguley, Mark (vc) BPR 86% 0 0 16 8 8 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
28 Brown, Mitch FB 82% 0 0 9 5 4 2 0 5 0 2 0 1 0 0
17 Cooney, Adam HFFR 74% 0 1 26 15 11 4 0 3 7 3 0 1 1 1
51 Crowley, Ryan RO 85% 0 1 14 9 5 4 0 1 1 3 1 0 1 2
6 Daniher, Joe FF 86% 2 1 11 8 3 6 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 2
49 Dea, Matt BPL 83% 0 0 20 10 10 4 0 4 0 1 2 0 4 3
13 Fantasia, Orazio INT 71% 0 1 23 9 14 5 1 7 5 3 0 0 1 4
8 Gleeson, Martin INT 84% 0 0 17 8 9 5 0 4 1 3 3 2 5 1
9 Goddard, Brendon (c) WL 89% 1 0 22 10 12 4 3 8 4 1 2 1 2 4
42 Gwilt, James HBFL 87% 0 0 20 13 7 3 0 2 0 5 2 1 3 1
36 Hartley, Michael CHB 89% 0 0 11 5 6 2 0 4 0 3 0 1 4 1
47 Kelly, James RR 93% 0 0 29 15 14 6 0 2 1 3 2 0 6 4
38 Kommer, Nick FPR 78% 2 0 8 3 5 3 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1
30 Langford, Kyle CHF 77% 0 0 14 7 7 6 0 7 2 1 0 0 1 2
22 Leuenberger, Matthew RU 82% 0 0 11 4 7 3 33 4 2 5 1 4 0 1
43 McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony HBFR 82% 0 0 16 6 10 3 0 8 0 3 0 1 2 0
20 Merrett, Jackson WR 81% 1 0 7 1 6 0 0 2 1 4 1 3 0 0
7 Merrett, Zach HFFL 78% 0 0 28 15 13 9 0 8 3 6 1 1 3 5
3 Parish, Darcy INT 66% 0 0 21 5 16 1 0 4 2 0 1 0 1 2
48 Stokes, Mathew FPL 79% 0 1 19 9 10 3 0 2 1 3 1 1 1 2
11 Zaharakis, David C 80% 0 0 27 16 11 4 0 7 8 3 2 0 2 2
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 7 9 385 190 195 91 40 87 38 56 24 18 42 41

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

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Ryan Crowley behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 01:17
ESSE Rushed behind 0.0.0 - 0.2.2 02:22
PADL Travis Boak goal 1.0.6 - 0.2.2 04:50
PADL Charlie Dixon goal 2.0.12 - 0.2.2 07:07
PADL Charlie Dixon behind 2.1.13 - 0.2.2 09:38
PADL Justin Westhoff behind 2.2.14 - 0.2.2 10:40
PADL Aaron Young goal 3.2.20 - 0.2.2 12:11
PADL Charlie Dixon goal 4.2.26 - 0.2.2 13:46
ESSE Rushed behind 4.2.26 - 0.3.3 15:59
PADL Robbie Gray goal 5.2.32 - 0.3.3 18:33
ESSE Joe Daniher goal 5.2.32 - 1.3.9 19:42
PADL Aaron Young behind 5.3.33 - 1.3.9 20:39
PADL Brad Ebert goal 6.3.39 - 1.3.9 21:17
ESSE Patrick Ambrose behind 6.3.39 - 1.4.10 23:56
PADL Karl Amon goal 7.3.45 - 1.4.10 29:39
PADL Jimmy Toumpas behind 7.4.46 - 1.4.10 31:22
Q2 PADL Jared Polec goal 8.4.52 - 1.4.10 01:49
PADL Brad Ebert behind 8.5.53 - 1.4.10 04:18
PADL Aaron Young goal 9.5.59 - 1.4.10 05:13
ESSE Mathew Stokes behind 9.5.59 - 1.5.11 08:42
ESSE Joe Daniher goal 9.5.59 - 2.5.17 09:33
PADL Justin Westhoff goal 10.5.65 - 2.5.17 12:31
ESSE Nick Kommer goal 10.5.65 - 3.5.23 16:56
ESSE Joe Daniher behind 10.5.65 - 3.6.24 22:42
ESSE Patrick Ambrose goal 10.5.65 - 4.6.30 23:47
PADL Aaron Young goal 11.5.71 - 4.6.30 26:47
Q3 PADL Karl Amon goal 12.5.77 - 4.6.30 01:01
PADL Charlie Dixon goal 13.5.83 - 4.6.30 03:59
PADL Brad Ebert behind 13.6.84 - 4.6.30 14:23
PADL Charlie Dixon behind 13.7.85 - 4.6.30 20:08
ESSE Orazio Fantasia behind 13.7.85 - 4.7.31 23:15
PADL Travis Boak behind 13.8.86 - 4.7.31 25:25
PADL Darcy Byrne-Jones goal 14.8.92 - 4.7.31 27:13
Q4 PADL Robbie Gray behind 14.9.93 - 4.7.31 00:46
ESSE Adam Cooney behind 14.9.93 - 4.8.32 02:24
PADL Robbie Gray goal 15.9.99 - 4.8.32 06:54
PADL Jake Neade behind 15.10.100 - 4.8.32 08:20
ESSE Brendon Goddard goal 15.10.100 - 5.8.38 11:14
PADL Justin Westhoff goal 16.10.106 - 5.8.38 13:18
ESSE Jackson Merrett goal 16.10.106 - 6.8.44 16:26
ESSE Nick Kommer goal 16.10.106 - 7.8.50 21:55
ESSE Rushed behind 16.10.106 - 7.9.51 26:21
PADL Ollie Wines goal 17.10.112 - 7.9.51 27:25