2021 AFL Season Preliminary Final 2: Port Adelaide v Western Bulldogs

This is the match report for the match played on 11 September 2021 between Port Adelaide and the Western Bulldogs in the second preliminary final of the 2021 season of the Australian Football League. Port Adelaide hosted the Western Bulldogs at Adelaide Oval. Tom Jonas captained the hosts. Marcus Bontempelli captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ken Hinkley and the visitors were coached by Luke Beveridge.

Port Adelaide (6.9.45) were defeated by the Western Bulldogs (17.14.116).

Match Details

Season: 2021 AFL Season
Round: Second Preliminary Final
Teams: Port Adelaide v Western Bulldogs
Date: Saturday 11 September 2021
Time: 7:10 PM
Venue: Adelaide Oval
Attendance: 26,400

Match Results

Outcome: Port Adelaide def. by Western Bulldogs
Score: 6.9.45 - 17.14.116

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Port Adelaide 1 . 1 3 . 4 5 . 8 6 . 9 6 . 9 (45)
Western Bulldogs 7 . 2 12 . 8 14 . 12 17 . 14 17 . 14 (116)
Margin WBUL by 37 WBUL by 58 WBUL by 58 WBUL by 71 WBUL by 71
Duration 33:12 32:28 32:38 28:32 2:06:50

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Port Adelaide) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Western Bulldogs) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Port Adelaide

Captain: Tom Jonas
Coach: Ken Hinkley

Western Bulldogs

Captain: Marcus Bontempelli
Coach: Luke Beveridge

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Findlay (#23)
B. Rosebury (#8)
M. Stevic (#9)
E: N. Williamson (#22)

Goal Umpires

S. Walsh
S. Williams
E: D. Benwell

Boundary Umpires

C. Bull
C. Gordon
M. Konetschka
B. MacDonald

AFLCA Gary Ayres Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Jack Macrae WBUL 11 9 1 1 0 0 0
Bailey Smith WBUL 6 9 1 1 0 0 0
Mitch Hannan WBUL 29 5 0 0 1 1 0
Marcus Bontempelli WBUL 4 3 0 0 1 0 0
Aaron Naughton WBUL 33 2 0 0 0 1 0
Josh Schache WBUL 13 1 0 0 0 0 1
Adam Treloar WBUL 1 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
21 Aliir, Aliir BPR 97% 0 0 15 11 4 7 0 1 1 5 1 0 3 1
15 Amon, Karl HFFL 81% 0 0 21 12 9 5 0 7 4 3 1 0 2 5
14 Bergman, Miles INT 78% 0 1 18 9 9 5 0 0 0 4 1 0 1 2
10 Boak, Travis RR 84% 0 2 24 10 14 4 0 3 5 2 2 1 0 4
26 Bonner, Riley INT 87% 1 0 32 25 7 10 0 1 0 2 0 0 6 4
3 Burton, Ryan BPL 70% 0 0 19 11 8 6 0 2 1 3 0 1 5 2
18 Butters, Zak HFFR 87% 0 0 18 11 7 3 0 2 3 2 0 0 1 3
33 Byrne-Jones, Darcy HBFR 78% 0 0 13 6 7 3 0 4 2 2 1 0 2 1
22 Dixon, Charlie FF 97% 2 1 11 9 2 4 5 4 0 3 1 1 0 0
28 Drew, Willem INT 67% 0 0 8 5 3 2 0 8 1 4 2 2 1 0
7 Duursma, Xavier WL 77% 0 0 16 5 11 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 1
13 Fantasia, Orazio RO 76% 0 1 6 6 0 2 0 2 0 4 0 1 0 2
9 Gray, Robbie FPL 80% 0 1 17 9 8 3 0 6 2 2 2 1 0 1
5 Houston, Dan WR 85% 1 0 22 14 8 5 0 2 2 7 1 2 4 5
1 Jonas, Tom (c) CHB 94% 0 0 13 12 1 4 0 2 0 4 1 1 5 0
38 Ladhams, Peter INT 74% 0 0 9 5 4 0 18 1 2 3 1 1 0 2
29 Lycett, Scott RU 74% 0 0 14 2 12 2 26 9 2 3 5 3 0 1
4 Marshall, Todd CHF↓ 64% 1 1 13 9 4 3 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 3
12 McKenzie, Trent FB 89% 0 0 12 11 1 5 0 2 0 1 0 0 6 0
6 Motlop, Steven HBFL 78% 0 0 6 4 2 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 3
2 Powell-Pepper, Sam SUB↑ 10% 0 0 6 1 5 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0
20 Rozee, Connor FPR 86% 0 0 18 7 11 2 0 4 2 5 1 1 0 2
16 Wines, Ollie C 76% 1 1 38 15 23 4 0 5 7 5 1 0 2 6
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 6 9 369 209 160 85 49 72 35 70 22 16 41 48

S. Powell-Pepper replaced T. Marshall.

Western Bulldogs

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
4 Bontempelli, Marcus (c) RO 73% 2 0 20 11 9 1 0 3 7 3 0 1 1 10
12 Cordy, Zaine CHB 98% 0 0 6 3 3 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 2 1
31 Dale, Bailey HBFR 83% 0 0 24 18 6 3 0 0 1 5 0 2 8 0
35 Daniel, Caleb HBFL 80% 0 0 22 16 6 4 0 0 2 3 0 0 7 3
5 Dunkley, Josh INT 78% 0 0 22 11 11 4 0 8 4 2 2 0 1 2
15 Duryea, Taylor BPR 74% 0 0 13 8 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
44 English, Tim FF 83% 0 0 13 6 7 2 11 2 4 2 2 1 0 2
43 Gardner, Ryan FB 100% 0 0 7 6 1 2 0 1 0 4 1 1 2 0
29 Hannan, Mitch FPR 84% 3 2 14 13 1 5 0 3 0 3 0 2 1 4
7 Hunter, Lachie WR 87% 0 1 22 16 6 6 0 2 3 1 1 0 0 8
39 Johannisen, Jason FPL 80% 1 1 13 8 5 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4
21 Liberatore, Tom C 75% 0 0 19 8 11 3 0 2 4 3 1 1 4 2
11 Macrae, Jack RR 84% 0 0 36 22 14 3 0 6 4 8 2 2 2 7
8 Martin, Stefan RU 68% 0 0 9 3 6 1 13 3 3 5 1 5 0 0
33 Naughton, Aaron CHF 84% 2 2 11 8 3 9 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
13 Schache, Josh INT 82% 1 3 10 7 3 6 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 Scott, Anthony SUB↑ 19% 1 0 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
6 Smith, Bailey WL 84% 4 0 23 16 7 1 0 3 3 2 1 1 2 6
37 Smith, Roarke INT 81% 1 1 15 9 6 2 0 2 1 3 0 0 2 1
1 Treloar, Adam HFFR 79% 1 2 23 13 10 2 0 9 5 5 2 2 2 4
23 Vandermeer, Laitham HFFL↓ 59% 1 0 6 2 4 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2
34 Williams, Bailey INT 87% 0 0 19 16 3 8 0 4 0 2 1 1 1 2
10 Wood, Easton BPL 78% 0 0 16 12 4 4 0 2 0 4 1 0 3 1
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 17 14 367 234 133 78 24 58 41 62 16 22 40 60

A. Scott replaced L. Vandermeer.

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
10 E. Wood 43 R. Gardner 15 T. Duryea 29 S. Lycett 14 M. Bergman
20 C. Rozee 22 C. Dixon 9 R. Gray 10 T. Boak 26 R. Bonner
FORWARD 13 O. Fantasia 28 W. Drew
HALF-BACK

38 P. Ladhams
35 C. Daniel 12 Z. Cordy 31 B. Dale

2 S. Powell-Pepper
18 Z. Butters 4 T. Marshall 15 K. Amon



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



6 B. Smith 21 T. Liberatore 7 L. Hunter



5 D. Houston 16 O. Wines 7 X. Duursma FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 8 S. Martin 5 J. Dunkley
HALF-FORWARD 11 J. Macrae 13 J. Schache
23 L. Vandermeer 33 A. Naughton 1 A. Treloar 4 M. Bontempelli (c) 37 R. Smith
33 D. Byrne-Jones 1 T. Jonas (c) 6 S. Motlop

34 B. Williams
HALF-BACK

28 A. Scott
FORWARD



39 J. Johannisen 44 T. English 29 M. Hannan



21 A. Aliir 12 T. McKenzie 3 R. Burton



BACK



Western Bulldogs Coach: Luke Beveridge

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 WBUL Bailey Smith goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 00:50
WBUL Aaron Naughton behind 0.0.0 - 1.1.7 04:04
WBUL Laitham Vandermeer goal 0.0.0 - 2.1.13 05:03
WBUL Aaron Naughton goal 0.0.0 - 3.1.19 07:40
WBUL Mitch Hannan goal 0.0.0 - 4.1.25 11:03
WBUL Marcus Bontempelli goal 0.0.0 - 5.1.31 14:44
WBUL Rushed behind 0.0.0 - 5.2.32 16:54
PADL Ollie Wines goal 1.0.6 - 5.2.32 20:41
PADL Travis Boak behind 1.1.7 - 5.2.32 25:16
WBUL Bailey Smith goal 1.1.7 - 6.2.38 30:05
WBUL Mitch Hannan goal 1.1.7 - 7.2.44 32:10
Q2 PADL Charlie Dixon behind 1.2.8 - 7.2.44 00:51
PADL Dan Houston goal 2.2.14 - 7.2.44 02:41
WBUL Aaron Naughton goal 2.2.14 - 8.2.50 04:28
WBUL Josh Schache behind 2.2.14 - 8.3.51 06:46
WBUL Josh Schache behind 2.2.14 - 8.4.52 07:46
WBUL Lachie Hunter behind 2.2.14 - 8.5.53 09:58
WBUL Adam Treloar behind 2.2.14 - 8.6.54 12:10
WBUL Jason Johannisen goal 2.2.14 - 9.6.60 12:37
WBUL Mitch Hannan goal 2.2.14 - 10.6.66 15:07
PADL Travis Boak behind 2.3.15 - 10.6.66 16:32
PADL Riley Bonner goal 3.3.21 - 10.6.66 17:38
WBUL Roarke Smith behind 3.3.21 - 10.7.67 19:20
WBUL Mitch Hannan behind 3.3.21 - 10.8.68 24:19
WBUL Roarke Smith goal 3.3.21 - 11.8.74 27:46
WBUL Marcus Bontempelli goal 3.3.21 - 12.8.80 30:14
PADL Orazio Fantasia behind 3.4.22 - 12.8.80 32:25
Q3 PADL Charlie Dixon goal 4.4.28 - 12.8.80 02:40
PADL Todd Marshall goal 5.4.34 - 12.8.80 05:26
PADL Todd Marshall behind 5.5.35 - 12.8.80 08:50
PADL Rushed behind 5.6.36 - 12.8.80 13:04
WBUL Adam Treloar behind 5.6.36 - 12.9.81 18:28
PADL Ollie Wines behind 5.7.37 - 12.9.81 21:10
WBUL Rushed behind 5.7.37 - 12.10.82 25:36
WBUL Josh Schache goal 5.7.37 - 13.10.88 26:35
PADL Miles Bergman behind 5.8.38 - 13.10.88 28:28
WBUL Adam Treloar goal 5.8.38 - 14.10.94 29:19
WBUL Mitch Hannan behind 5.8.38 - 14.11.95 30:41
WBUL Josh Schache behind 5.8.38 - 14.12.96 32:36
Q4 WBUL Anthony Scott goal 5.8.38 - 15.12.102 00:44
WBUL Bailey Smith goal 5.8.38 - 16.12.108 08:08
PADL Charlie Dixon goal 6.8.44 - 16.12.108 12:56
PADL Robbie Gray behind 6.9.45 - 16.12.108 15:50
WBUL Aaron Naughton behind 6.9.45 - 16.13.109 19:19
WBUL Bailey Smith goal 6.9.45 - 17.13.115 21:49
WBUL Jason Johannisen behind 6.9.45 - 17.14.116 24:04