2018 AFL Round 23: Port Adelaide v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 24 August 2018 between Port Adelaide and Essendon during round 23 of the 2018 AFL season. Port Adelaide hosted Essendon at Adelaide Oval. Travis Boak captained the hosts. Dyson Heppell captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ken Hinkley and the visitors were coached by John Worsfold.

Port Adelaide
Back: D. Howard, J. Hombsch, D. Houston
Half-back: J. Pittard, T. Jonas, D. Byrne-Jones
Centre: S. Motlop, O. Wines, J. Polec
Half-forward: J. Neade, J. Watts, C. Wingard
Forward: R. Gray, J. Westhoff, B. Frampton
Follower: P. Ryder, S. Powell-Pepper, T. Boak (capt.)
Int.: B. Ebert, K. Farrell, S. Gray, J. Lienert

Essendon
Back: M. Baguley, M. Hurley, A. McGrath
Half-back: A. Saad, C. McKenna, B. Goddard
Centre: D. Zaharakis, Z. Merrett, D. Heppell (capt.)
Half-forward: J. Stringer, M. Brown, M. Guelfi
Forward: A. McDonald-Tipungwuti, C. Hooker, D. Smith
Follower: M. Leuenberger, J. Laverde, D. Myers
Int.: T. Colyer, A. Francis, K. Langford, D. Parish

Port Adelaide (13.11.89) were defeated by Essendon (17.9.111).

Goalkickers
Port Adelaide: J. Westhoff (5), B. Ebert (2), T. Boak, K. Farrell, B. Frampton, R. Gray, J. Polec, P. Ryder
Essendon: M. Brown (3), K. Langford (3), J. Laverde (3), D. Heppell (2), A. McDonald-Tipungwuti (2), D. Zaharakis (2), M. Baguley, D. Myers

As a result of this match, Port Adelaide were then 10th on the ladder (down from 9th) and Essendon remained 11th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2018 AFL Season
Round: Round 23
Teams: Port Adelaide v Essendon
Date: Friday 24 August 2018
Time: 7:20 PM
Venue: Adelaide Oval
Attendance: 39,168

Match Results

Outcome: Port Adelaide def. by Essendon
Score: 13.11.89 - 17.9.111

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Port Adelaide 1 . 1 5 . 6 9 . 7 13 . 11 13 . 11 (89)
Essendon 6 . 4 9 . 7 15 . 8 17 . 9 17 . 9 (111)
Margin ESSE by 33 ESSE by 25 ESSE by 37 ESSE by 22 ESSE by 22
Duration 29:54 30:28 29:53 32:32 2:02:47

Honour Roll

Coaches: Ken Hinkley (Port Adelaide), John Worsfold (Essendon)
Captains: Travis Boak (Port Adelaide), Dyson Heppell (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: R. Findlay (#23), D. Margetts (#6), J. Mollison (#32)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Devon Smith ESSE 5 3
Jared Polec PADL 21 2
Brendon Goddard ESSE 9 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Mitch Brown ESSE 28 6 ? ? ? ? ?
Dyson Heppell ESSE 21 6 ? ? ? ? ?
Devon Smith ESSE 5 5 ? ? ? ? ?
Aaron Francis ESSE 10 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Kyle Langford ESSE 4 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Justin Westhoff PADL 39 4 0 ? ? ? ?
David Zaharakis ESSE 11 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
1 Boak, Travis (c) RO 87% 1 2 25 11 14 1 0 4 6 3 1 1 1 2
33 Byrne-Jones, Darcy HBFR 69% 0 0 11 7 4 2 0 3 1 2 1 0 3 2
7 Ebert, Brad INT 78% 2 0 18 8 10 4 0 6 2 3 1 3 0 3
24 Farrell, Kane INT 71% 1 0 11 8 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
14 Frampton, Billy FPR 80% 1 2 7 6 1 5 15 0 1 4 0 2 1 0
9 Gray, Robbie FPL 96% 1 0 19 8 11 2 0 0 5 3 0 0 0 5
46 Gray, Sam INT 73% 0 1 17 4 13 2 0 2 2 2 0 1 2 1
36 Hombsch, Jack FB 90% 0 0 4 4 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 1
43 Houston, Dan BPR 90% 0 0 14 7 7 4 0 2 1 2 0 0 1 2
32 Howard, Dougal BPL 90% 0 0 10 6 4 4 0 1 0 3 0 2 3 1
42 Jonas, Tom CHB 98% 0 0 16 9 7 7 0 1 0 0 2 0 6 0
40 Lienert, Jarrod INT 80% 0 0 14 11 3 4 0 2 0 2 1 1 4 0
6 Motlop, Steven WL 86% 0 0 19 10 9 2 0 3 2 5 0 1 3 2
3 Neade, Jake HFFL 63% 0 2 8 5 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 1
29 Pittard, Jasper HBFL 83% 0 0 20 14 6 5 0 4 2 1 0 0 2 1
21 Polec, Jared WR 90% 1 2 30 18 12 4 0 4 1 2 0 1 3 5
2 Powell-Pepper, Sam RR 64% 0 0 13 7 6 2 0 5 3 3 2 1 0 5
4 Ryder, Paddy RU 93% 1 1 16 12 4 8 46 0 3 1 0 0 0 6
23 Watts, Jack CHF 81% 0 0 17 7 10 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1
39 Westhoff, Justin FF 94% 5 0 20 13 7 8 5 2 2 0 1 0 2 1
16 Wines, Ollie C 69% 0 1 24 8 16 0 0 4 3 2 1 1 0 5
20 Wingard, Chad HFFR 75% 0 0 32 12 20 2 0 3 6 3 2 0 0 7
Rushed 0
Total (22 players) 13 11 365 195 170 77 66 50 40 47 14 19 32 54

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
12 Baguley, Mark BPL 91% 1 0 12 7 5 4 0 4 1 2 1 1 0 3
28 Brown, Mitch CHF 100% 3 0 21 15 6 10 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 4
32 Colyer, Travis INT 77% 0 0 14 7 7 5 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 2
10 Francis, Aaron INT 76% 0 0 19 15 4 11 0 4 0 5 1 3 4 1
9 Goddard, Brendon HBFR 83% 0 0 27 17 10 12 0 2 0 1 1 0 6 1
35 Guelfi, Matt HFFR 82% 0 0 13 7 6 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 1
21 Heppell, Dyson (c) WR 89% 2 0 26 11 15 1 0 2 7 3 1 3 1 2
26 Hooker, Cale FF 93% 0 0 19 12 7 8 0 2 0 1 1 0 4 1
18 Hurley, Michael FB 94% 0 0 17 9 8 9 0 1 0 2 2 0 3 0
4 Langford, Kyle INT 75% 3 0 15 13 2 5 0 11 3 1 2 1 1 5
33 Laverde, Jayden RR 85% 3 3 17 10 7 3 0 3 0 4 0 2 0 2
22 Leuenberger, Matthew RU 39% 0 0 3 1 2 1 22 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
43 McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony FPL 75% 2 0 12 7 5 2 0 3 4 2 1 1 0 3
1 McGrath, Andrew BPR 78% 0 0 13 4 9 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 1 1
45 McKenna, Conor CHB 76% 0 0 18 12 6 7 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 4
7 Merrett, Zach C 80% 0 0 29 13 16 3 0 8 1 2 1 0 2 3
23 Myers, David RO 71% 1 0 16 6 10 1 0 3 5 2 0 0 0 1
3 Parish, Darcy INT 75% 0 0 22 13 9 5 0 5 3 2 1 1 1 2
42 Saad, Adam HBFL 96% 0 0 19 13 6 6 0 3 0 1 0 0 3 1
5 Smith, Devon FPR 85% 0 1 29 17 12 6 0 12 4 4 0 0 4 3
25 Stringer, Jake HFFL 88% 0 3 9 8 1 2 4 3 1 2 1 0 0 3
11 Zaharakis, David WL 91% 2 0 25 14 11 7 0 3 3 0 3 0 3 7
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 17 9 395 231 164 110 27 83 33 42 19 14 37 50

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: Ken Hinkley
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
12 M. Baguley 18 M. Hurley 1 A. McGrath 4 P. Ryder 7 B. Ebert
14 B. Frampton 39 J. Westhoff 9 R. Gray 2 S. Powell-Pepper 24 K. Farrell
FORWARD 1 T. Boak (c) 46 S. Gray
HALF-BACK

40 J. Lienert
42 A. Saad 45 C. McKenna 9 B. Goddard



20 C. Wingard 23 J. Watts 3 J. Neade



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



11 D. Zaharakis 7 Z. Merrett 21 D. Heppell (c)



21 J. Polec 16 O. Wines 6 S. Motlop FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 22 M. Leuenberger 32 T. Colyer
HALF-FORWARD 33 J. Laverde 10 A. Francis
25 J. Stringer 28 M. Brown 35 M. Guelfi 23 D. Myers 4 K. Langford
33 D. Byrne-Jones 42 T. Jonas 29 J. Pittard

3 D. Parish
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



43 A. McDonald-Tipungwuti 26 C. Hooker 5 D. Smith



43 D. Houston 36 J. Hombsch 32 D. Howard



BACK



Essendon Coach: John Worsfold

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Jake Stringer behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 01:16
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal 0.0.0 - 1.1.7 03:42
ESSE Jayden Laverde goal 0.0.0 - 2.1.13 07:54
ESSE Jayden Laverde goal 0.0.0 - 3.1.19 09:12
PADL Jared Polec behind 0.1.1 - 3.1.19 11:34
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 0.1.1 - 4.1.25 14:38
ESSE Rushed behind 0.1.1 - 4.2.26 17:58
ESSE Jake Stringer behind 0.1.1 - 4.3.27 19:03
PADL Kane Farrell goal 1.1.7 - 4.3.27 20:20
ESSE Jayden Laverde goal 1.1.7 - 5.3.33 22:05
ESSE Mark Baguley goal 1.1.7 - 6.3.39 23:48
ESSE Jayden Laverde behind 1.1.7 - 6.4.40 25:18
Q2 PADL Justin Westhoff goal 2.1.13 - 6.4.40 00:43
PADL Jake Neade behind 2.2.14 - 6.4.40 02:28
ESSE Jake Stringer behind 2.2.14 - 6.5.41 04:19
PADL Brad Ebert goal 3.2.20 - 6.5.41 06:27
PADL Travis Boak behind 3.3.21 - 6.5.41 08:22
PADL Paddy Ryder behind 3.4.22 - 6.5.41 09:48
ESSE Jayden Laverde behind 3.4.22 - 6.6.42 11:43
PADL Robbie Gray goal 4.4.28 - 6.6.42 14:09
ESSE Rushed behind 4.4.28 - 6.7.43 20:28
PADL Jared Polec goal 5.4.34 - 6.7.43 21:23
ESSE Dyson Heppell goal 5.4.34 - 7.7.49 22:39
ESSE David Zaharakis goal 5.4.34 - 8.7.55 23:50
ESSE Mitch Brown goal 5.4.34 - 9.7.61 26:31
PADL Billy Frampton behind 5.5.35 - 9.7.61 28:17
PADL Sam Gray behind 5.6.36 - 9.7.61 29:06
Q3 ESSE Mitch Brown goal 5.6.36 - 10.7.67 02:51
ESSE Devon Smith behind 5.6.36 - 10.8.68 04:10
PADL Billy Frampton goal 6.6.42 - 10.8.68 06:34
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 6.6.42 - 11.8.74 09:48
PADL Justin Westhoff goal 7.6.48 - 11.8.74 13:31
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal 7.6.48 - 12.8.80 18:07
ESSE Dyson Heppell goal 7.6.48 - 13.8.86 19:47
ESSE David Myers goal 7.6.48 - 14.8.92 21:28
PADL Ollie Wines behind 7.7.49 - 14.8.92 22:48
PADL Brad Ebert goal 8.7.55 - 14.8.92 25:45
ESSE Mitch Brown goal 8.7.55 - 15.8.98 28:06
PADL Justin Westhoff goal 9.7.61 - 15.8.98 29:04
Q4 PADL Billy Frampton behind 9.8.62 - 15.8.98 00:52
PADL Justin Westhoff goal 10.8.68 - 15.8.98 07:18
PADL Travis Boak behind 10.9.69 - 15.8.98 09:16
PADL Justin Westhoff goal 11.9.75 - 15.8.98 12:34
PADL Paddy Ryder goal 12.9.81 - 15.8.98 14:32
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 12.9.81 - 16.8.104 18:41
PADL Travis Boak goal 13.9.87 - 16.8.104 21:23
ESSE Jayden Laverde behind 13.9.87 - 16.9.105 22:59
ESSE David Zaharakis goal 13.9.87 - 17.9.111 23:26
PADL Jake Neade behind 13.10.88 - 17.9.111 26:16
PADL Jared Polec behind 13.11.89 - 17.9.111 31:49