2021 AFL 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 Western Bulldogs in the second preliminary final of the 2021 AFL season. Port Adelaide hosted 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
Back: R. Burton, T. McKenzie, A. Aliir
Half-back: S. Motlop, T. Jonas (capt.), D. Byrne-Jones
Centre: X. Duursma, O. Wines, D. Houston
Half-forward: K. Amon, T. Marshall, Z. Butters
Forward: R. Gray, C. Dixon, C. Rozee
Follower: S. Lycett, T. Boak, O. Fantasia
Int.: M. Bergman, R. Bonner, W. Drew, P. Ladhams
Sub.: S. Powell-Pepper

Western Bulldogs
Back: E. Wood, R. Gardner, T. Duryea
Half-back: C. Daniel, Z. Cordy, B. Dale
Centre: B. Smith, T. Liberatore, L. Hunter
Half-forward: L. Vandermeer, A. Naughton, A. Treloar
Forward: J. Johannisen, T. English, M. Hannan
Follower: S. Martin, J. Macrae, M. Bontempelli (capt.)
Int.: J. Dunkley, J. Schache, R. Smith, B. Williams
Sub.: A. Scott

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

Goalkickers
Port Adelaide: C. Dixon (2), R. Bonner, D. Houston, T. Marshall, O. Wines
Western Bulldogs: B. Smith (4), M. Hannan (3), M. Bontempelli (2), A. Naughton (2), J. Johannisen, J. Schache, A. Scott, R. Smith, A. Treloar, L. Vandermeer

As a result of this match, Western Bulldogs faced Melbourne in the grand final and Port Adelaide were eliminated (finishing 3rd overall).

Match Details

Season: 2021 AFL Season
Round: Preliminary Final 2
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

Honour Roll

Coaches: Ken Hinkley (Port Adelaide), Luke Beveridge (Western Bulldogs)
Captains: Tom Jonas (Port Adelaide), Marcus Bontempelli (Western Bulldogs)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: R. Findlay (#23), B. Rosebury (#8), M. Stevic (#9), E: N. Williamson (#22)
Goal Umpire: S. Walsh, S. Williams, E: D. Benwell
Boundary Umpire: 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

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