2020 AFL Round 17: Port Adelaide v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 12 September 2020 between Port Adelaide and Essendon during round 17 of the 2020 AFL season. Port Adelaide hosted Essendon at Adelaide Oval. Tom Jonas captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Ken Hinkley and the visitors were coached by John Worsfold.

Port Adelaide
Back: T. Clurey, T. McKenzie, D. Houston
Half-back: T. Jonas (capt.), D. Byrne-Jones, R. Bonner
Centre: K. Amon, T. Rockliff, X. Duursma
Half-forward: C. Rozee, K. Farrell, B. Ebert
Forward: T. Marshall, R. Gray, C. Dixon
Follower: S. Lycett, O. Wines, S. Powell-Pepper
Int.: T. Boak, H. Hartlett, P. Ladhams, S. Motlop

Essendon
Back: J. Ridley, B. Zerk-Thatcher, M. Gleeson
Half-back: A. Saad, D. Smith, M. Hibberd
Centre: T. Cutler, Z. Merrett, D. Parish
Half-forward: J. Stringer, J. Daniher, B. Ham
Forward: W. Snelling, J. Stewart, A. McDonald-Tipungwuti
Follower: S. Draper, D. Shiel, A. Phillips
Int.: D. Clarke, M. Guelfi, K. Langford, J. Townsend

Port Adelaide (11.13.79) defeated Essendon (4.5.29).

Goalkickers
Port Adelaide: C. Dixon (2), T. Boak, X. Duursma, B. Ebert, R. Gray, P. Ladhams, S. Motlop, S. Powell-Pepper, T. Rockliff, O. Wines
Essendon: D. Clarke, T. Cutler, B. Ham, D. Parish

As a result of this match, Port Adelaide remained 1st on the ladder and Essendon were then 13th on the ladder (down from 12th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2020 AFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Port Adelaide v Essendon
Date: Saturday 12 September 2020
Time: 4:35 PM
Venue: Adelaide Oval
Attendance: 17,482

Match Results

Outcome: Port Adelaide def. Essendon
Score: 11.13.79 - 4.5.29

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Port Adelaide 1 . 2 6 . 7 7 . 13 11 . 13 11 . 13 (79)
Essendon 2 . 1 2 . 3 3 . 3 4 . 5 4 . 5 (29)
Margin ESSE by 5 PADL by 28 PADL by 34 PADL by 50 PADL by 50
Duration 23:57 27:27 23:21 27:56 1:42:41

Honour Roll

Coaches: Ken Hinkley (Port Adelaide), John Worsfold (Essendon)
Captains: Tom Jonas (Port Adelaide), unknown (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: C. Deboy (#11), L. Haussen (#5), J. Howorth (#17)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Travis Boak PADL 10 3
Ollie Wines PADL 16 2
Brad Ebert PADL 7 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Tom Rockliff PADL 11 10 2 0 0 0 0
Travis Boak PADL 10 6 0 1 0 1 0
Ollie Wines PADL 16 5 0 1 0 0 1
Dan Houston PADL 5 3 0 0 1 0 0
Scott Lycett PADL 29 3 0 0 1 0 0
Hamish Hartlett PADL 8 2 0 0 0 1 0
Connor Rozee PADL 20 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
15 Amon, Karl WL 81% 0 1 21 9 12 1 0 5 3 5 0 1 0 2
10 Boak, Travis INT 74% 1 0 25 9 16 0 0 4 4 1 0 0 1 4
26 Bonner, Riley HBFR 76% 0 0 19 16 3 6 0 2 0 3 0 1 5 2
33 Byrne-Jones, Darcy CHB 89% 0 0 19 15 4 3 0 5 4 4 4 1 1 3
17 Clurey, Tom BPL 69% 0 0 7 4 3 1 0 1 0 3 2 2 1 3
22 Dixon, Charlie FPR 100% 2 3 10 10 0 6 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1
21 Duursma, Xavier WR 83% 1 0 11 7 4 3 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 2
7 Ebert, Brad HFFR 87% 1 0 19 8 11 4 0 3 1 5 1 0 1 1
24 Farrell, Kane CHF 75% 0 0 4 1 3 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1
9 Gray, Robbie FF 89% 1 0 15 8 7 1 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 2
8 Hartlett, Hamish INT 86% 0 0 17 10 7 3 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 2
5 Houston, Dan BPR 78% 0 0 17 15 2 8 0 3 0 2 3 1 3 2
1 Jonas, Tom (c) HBFL 96% 0 0 9 8 1 6 0 2 0 2 0 2 4 0
38 Ladhams, Peter INT 84% 1 0 8 3 5 0 10 2 3 1 1 1 1 2
29 Lycett, Scott RU 80% 0 1 12 5 7 1 22 3 2 2 4 1 2 1
4 Marshall, Todd FPL 79% 0 1 10 9 1 3 0 4 0 3 1 0 1 3
12 McKenzie, Trent FB 90% 0 1 14 13 1 6 0 2 1 0 1 0 4 1
6 Motlop, Steven INT 77% 1 0 13 4 9 2 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 1
2 Powell-Pepper, Sam RO 74% 1 0 12 3 9 2 0 4 2 5 0 3 0 3
11 Rockliff, Tom C 88% 1 1 31 20 11 4 0 6 1 4 0 1 0 5
20 Rozee, Connor HFFL 75% 0 2 18 6 12 3 0 6 2 4 1 0 0 2
16 Wines, Ollie RR 70% 1 0 28 13 15 1 0 2 5 2 0 0 1 2
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 11 13 339 196 143 66 32 65 34 54 21 15 27 45

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
37 Clarke, Dylan INT 73% 1 0 10 5 5 2 0 4 1 2 2 1 0 2
12 Cutler, Tom WL 87% 1 0 8 5 3 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 1
6 Daniher, Joe CHF 87% 0 0 9 5 4 3 0 0 0 7 2 4 0 2
38 Draper, Sam RU 75% 0 0 7 3 4 2 18 1 2 3 1 1 0 2
8 Gleeson, Martin BPR 81% 0 0 8 3 5 3 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 1
35 Guelfi, Matt INT 83% 0 0 16 12 4 2 0 3 0 4 1 0 2 0
33 Ham, Brayden HFFR 86% 1 0 9 6 3 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 3
46 Hibberd, Mitchell HBFR 86% 0 0 17 5 12 1 0 6 5 4 0 2 0 0
4 Langford, Kyle INT 78% 0 0 17 10 7 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 1 3
43 McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony FPR 75% 0 1 5 5 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Merrett, Zach C 84% 0 0 24 16 8 4 0 5 5 1 1 0 1 5
3 Parish, Darcy WR 75% 1 0 22 13 9 0 0 1 9 7 1 1 3 2
34 Phillips, Andrew RO 73% 0 0 3 0 3 0 17 1 2 2 0 2 0 0
14 Ridley, Jordan BPL 92% 0 0 23 16 7 4 0 1 0 3 0 2 10 1
42 Saad, Adam HBFL 73% 0 0 19 12 7 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 6 1
9 Shiel, Dylan RR 76% 0 1 24 15 9 4 0 5 5 3 0 0 2 2
5 Smith, Devon CHB 87% 0 0 26 13 13 2 0 7 0 0 1 0 3 0
40 Snelling, Will FPL 86% 0 0 8 4 4 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 1
17 Stewart, James FF 83% 0 0 11 7 4 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 1
25 Stringer, Jake HFFL 77% 0 2 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 2
20 Townsend, Jacob INT 83% 0 0 7 5 2 1 0 3 0 3 3 2 0 2
30 Zerk-Thatcher, Brandon FB 100% 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 4 5 282 165 117 44 35 53 33 51 15 21 34 32

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
14 J. Ridley 30 B. Zerk-Thatcher 8 M. Gleeson 29 S. Lycett 10 T. Boak
22 C. Dixon 9 R. Gray 4 T. Marshall 16 O. Wines 8 H. Hartlett
FORWARD 2 S. Powell-Pepper 38 P. Ladhams
HALF-BACK

6 S. Motlop
42 A. Saad 5 D. Smith 46 M. Hibberd



7 B. Ebert 24 K. Farrell 20 C. Rozee



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



12 T. Cutler 7 Z. Merrett 3 D. Parish



21 X. Duursma 11 T. Rockliff 15 K. Amon FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 38 S. Draper 37 D. Clarke
HALF-FORWARD 9 D. Shiel 35 M. Guelfi
25 J. Stringer 6 J. Daniher 33 B. Ham 34 A. Phillips 4 K. Langford
26 R. Bonner 33 D. Byrne-Jones 1 T. Jonas (c)

20 J. Townsend
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



40 W. Snelling 17 J. Stewart 43 A. McDonald-Tipungwuti



5 D. Houston 12 T. McKenzie 17 T. Clurey



BACK



Essendon Coach: John Worsfold

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 PADL Charlie Dixon behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 04:27
PADL Charlie Dixon goal 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 05:17
ESSE Darcy Parish goal 1.1.7 - 1.0.6 07:32
PADL Charlie Dixon behind 1.2.8 - 1.0.6 13:33
ESSE Dylan Clarke goal 1.2.8 - 2.0.12 16:50
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti behind 1.2.8 - 2.1.13 21:20
Q2 PADL Karl Amon behind 1.3.9 - 2.1.13 00:54
PADL Charlie Dixon goal 2.3.15 - 2.1.13 01:57
PADL Todd Marshall behind 2.4.16 - 2.1.13 04:16
PADL Peter Ladhams goal 3.4.22 - 2.1.13 07:17
ESSE Jake Stringer behind 3.4.22 - 2.2.14 09:37
PADL Charlie Dixon behind 3.5.23 - 2.2.14 10:45
PADL Sam Powell-Pepper goal 4.5.29 - 2.2.14 14:50
PADL Scott Lycett behind 4.6.30 - 2.2.14 16:43
PADL Brad Ebert goal 5.6.36 - 2.2.14 18:02
ESSE Rushed behind 5.6.36 - 2.3.15 20:23
PADL Robbie Gray goal 6.6.42 - 2.3.15 21:21
PADL Rushed behind 6.7.43 - 2.3.15 23:43
Q3 PADL Rushed behind 6.8.44 - 2.3.15 00:46
PADL Trent McKenzie behind 6.9.45 - 2.3.15 01:28
PADL Connor Rozee behind 6.10.46 - 2.3.15 11:43
PADL Tom Rockliff behind 6.11.47 - 2.3.15 12:30
PADL Rushed behind 6.12.48 - 2.3.15 14:13
PADL Connor Rozee behind 6.13.49 - 2.3.15 16:08
ESSE Tom Cutler goal 6.13.49 - 3.3.21 17:56
PADL Tom Rockliff goal 7.13.55 - 3.3.21 21:37
Q4 PADL Ollie Wines goal 8.13.61 - 3.3.21 02:35
ESSE Jake Stringer behind 8.13.61 - 3.4.22 05:37
ESSE Brayden Ham goal 8.13.61 - 4.4.28 08:56
PADL Travis Boak goal 9.13.67 - 4.4.28 11:10
ESSE Dylan Shiel behind 9.13.67 - 4.5.29 14:08
PADL Xavier Duursma goal 10.13.73 - 4.5.29 15:22
PADL Steven Motlop goal 11.13.79 - 4.5.29 26:01