2021 AFL Season Round 2: Port Adelaide v Essendon
This is the match report for the match played on 27 March 2021 between Port Adelaide and Essendon during round two of the 2021 season of the Australian Football League.
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 Ben Rutten.
Port Adelaide (18.11.119) defeated Essendon (9.11.65).
Match Details
Season:
2021 AFL Season
Round:
Round 2
Teams:
Port Adelaide
v
Essendon
Date:
Saturday 27 March 2021
Time:
4:05 PM
Venue:
Adelaide Oval
Attendance:
29,978
Match Results
Outcome:
Port Adelaide
def.
Essendon
Score:
18.11.119 - 9.11.65
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
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| Port Adelaide | 6 | . | 1 | 11 | . | 6 | 15 | . | 10 | 18 | . | 11 | 18 | . | 11 | (119) |
| Essendon | 1 | . | 4 | 4 | . | 7 | 6 | . | 8 | 9 | . | 11 | 9 | . | 11 | (65) |
| Margin | PADL by 27 | PADL by 41 | PADL by 56 | PADL by 54 | PADL by 54 | |||||||||||
| Duration | 31:33 | 30:56 | 28:53 | 30:10 | 2:01:32 | |||||||||||
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 (Essendon) are in the lead.
Honour Roll
Port Adelaide
Captain: Tom JonasCoach: Ken Hinkley
Essendon
Captain: unknownCoach: Ben Rutten
Match Umpires
Field Umpires
A. Gianfagna (#27)B. Hosking (#16)
B. Rosebury (#8)
E: T. Bryce (#46)
Goal Umpires
S. AxonP. Challen
E: D. Hoskin
Boundary Umpires
S. BurtonM. Konetschka
J. Moore
M. Thomson
Brownlow Votes
| Player | Team | # | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ollie Wines | PADL | 16 | 3 |
| Dan Houston | PADL | 5 | 2 |
| Zak Butters | PADL | 18 | 1 |
AFLCA Champion Votes
| Player | Team | # | Votes | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zak Butters | PADL | 18 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dan Houston | PADL | 5 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Lycett | PADL | 29 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Ollie Wines | PADL | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Travis Boak | PADL | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Darcy Byrne-Jones | PADL | 33 | 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 | FB | 95% | 0 | 0 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 15 | Amon, Karl | WR | 79% | 1 | 1 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 14 | Bergman, Miles | INT | 71% | 0 | 0 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 10 | Boak, Travis | RO | 75% | 0 | 1 | 30 | 14 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Burton, Ryan | HBFL | 79% | 0 | 0 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | Butters, Zak | RR | 79% | 1 | 0 | 36 | 12 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 33 | Byrne-Jones, Darcy | CHB | 85% | 0 | 0 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 17 | Clurey, Tom | INT | 89% | 0 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 22 | Dixon, Charlie | FPR | 94% | 4 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Drew, Willem | INT | 71% | 0 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | Duursma, Xavier | WL | 83% | 0 | 0 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 13 | Fantasia, Orazio | CHF | 88% | 2 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 24 | Farrell, Kane | HFFR | 83% | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 19 | Georgiades, Mitch | INT | 75% | 4 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Gray, Robbie | FF | 84% | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Hartlett, Hamish | BPR | 80% | 0 | 1 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | Houston, Dan | HBFR | 78% | 1 | 0 | 25 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| 1 | Jonas, Tom (c) | BPL | 97% | 0 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 38 | Ladhams, Peter | FPL | 90% | 2 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 29 | Lycett, Scott | RU | 75% | 1 | 0 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | Motlop, Steven | HFFL | 80% | 2 | 0 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Rockliff, Tom | SUB | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Wines, Ollie | C | 71% | 0 | 0 | 38 | 17 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Rushed | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total (23 players) | 18 | 11 | 433 | 242 | 191 | 103 | 36 | 50 | 39 | 70 | 23 | 20 | 29 | 62 | |||
Essendon
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | TA | CL | CR | FF | FA | RF | IF |
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| 28 | Cahill, Ned | INT | 71% | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Caldwell, Jye | INT↓ | 42% | 0 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | Cox, Nik | RO | 79% | 1 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | Cutler, Tom | SUB↑ | 27% | 0 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | Draper, Sam | RU | 65% | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Francis, Aaron | FB | 93% | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | Gleeson, Martin | HBFR | 86% | 0 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 33 | Ham, Brayden | FPL | 79% | 0 | 1 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 19 | Hind, Nick | HBFL | 85% | 0 | 0 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 26 | Hooker, Cale | INT | 85% | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Jones, Harry | CHF | 79% | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Langford, Kyle | INT | 73% | 1 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Laverde, Jayden | BPL | 91% | 0 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 43 | McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony | FPR | 79% | 3 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | McGrath, Andrew | WL | 89% | 0 | 0 | 24 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Merrett, Zach | C | 89% | 0 | 0 | 28 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 3 | Parish, Darcy | WR | 84% | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 27 | Redman, Mason | BPR | 85% | 0 | 0 | 24 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| 14 | Ridley, Jordan | CHB | 100% | 0 | 0 | 32 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 9 | Shiel, Dylan | HFFL | 64% | 0 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Smith, Devon | RR | 84% | 0 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 40 | Snelling, Will | HFFR | 84% | 1 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 20 | Wright, Peter | FF | 86% | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Rushed | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total (23 players) | 9 | 11 | 341 | 198 | 143 | 82 | 26 | 55 | 28 | 62 | 20 | 23 | 44 | 39 | |||
T. Cutler replaced J. Caldwell during the third quarter.
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 50sPlayer Line-Up
| Port Adelaide | Coach: Ken Hinkley | ||||||||||||||
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| 15 | J. Laverde | 10 | A. Francis | 27 | M. Redman | 29 | S. Lycett | 14 | M. Bergman | ||||||
| 22 | C. Dixon | 9 | R. Gray | 38 | P. Ladhams | 18 | Z. Butters | 17 | T. Clurey | ||||||
| FORWARD | 10 | T. Boak | 28 | W. Drew | |||||||||||
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| 19 | N. Hind | 14 | J. Ridley | 8 | M. Gleeson |
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| 24 | K. Farrell | 13 | O. Fantasia | 6 | S. Motlop |
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| 1 | A. McGrath | 7 | Z. Merrett | 3 | D. Parish |
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| 15 | K. Amon | 16 | O. Wines | 7 | X. Duursma | FOLLOWER | INTERCHANGE | ||||||||
| CENTRE | 2 | S. Draper | 28 | N. Cahill | |||||||||||
| HALF-FORWARD | 5 | D. Smith | 6 | J. Caldwell | |||||||||||
| 9 | D. Shiel | 23 | H. Jones | 40 | W. Snelling | 13 | N. Cox | 26 | C. Hooker | ||||||
| 5 | D. Houston | 33 | D. Byrne-Jones | 3 | R. Burton |
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| 8 | H. Hartlett | 21 | A. Aliir | 1 | T. Jonas (c) |
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| Essendon | Coach: Ben Rutten | ||||||||||||||
Score Timeline
| Quarter | Team | Scoring Event | Score | Time | ||
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| Q1 | PADL | Charlie Dixon goal | 1.0.6 | - | 0.0.0 | 01:06 |
| PADL | Zak Butters goal | 2.0.12 | - | 0.0.0 | 04:20 | |
| PADL | Orazio Fantasia behind | 2.1.13 | - | 0.0.0 | 11:08 | |
| PADL | Mitch Georgiades goal | 3.1.19 | - | 0.0.0 | 13:01 | |
| PADL | Mitch Georgiades goal | 4.1.25 | - | 0.0.0 | 15:09 | |
| PADL | Peter Ladhams goal | 5.1.31 | - | 0.0.0 | 16:29 | |
| ESSE | Cale Hooker goal | 5.1.31 | - | 1.0.6 | 18:29 | |
| ESSE | Peter Wright behind | 5.1.31 | - | 1.1.7 | 20:22 | |
| ESSE | Dylan Shiel behind | 5.1.31 | - | 1.2.8 | 21:58 | |
| PADL | Charlie Dixon goal | 6.1.37 | - | 1.2.8 | 26:03 | |
| ESSE | Dylan Shiel behind | 6.1.37 | - | 1.3.9 | 29:57 | |
| ESSE | Rushed behind | 6.1.37 | - | 1.4.10 | 31:06 | |
| Q2 | PADL | Rushed behind | 6.2.38 | - | 1.4.10 | 01:17 |
| PADL | Travis Boak behind | 6.3.39 | - | 1.4.10 | 04:17 | |
| PADL | Karl Amon goal | 7.3.45 | - | 1.4.10 | 05:58 | |
| ESSE | Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal | 7.3.45 | - | 2.4.16 | 07:17 | |
| PADL | Charlie Dixon goal | 8.3.51 | - | 2.4.16 | 08:56 | |
| PADL | Willem Drew behind | 8.4.52 | - | 2.4.16 | 11:09 | |
| ESSE | Rushed behind | 8.4.52 | - | 2.5.17 | 13:13 | |
| PADL | Peter Ladhams goal | 9.4.58 | - | 2.5.17 | 14:21 | |
| PADL | Orazio Fantasia behind | 9.5.59 | - | 2.5.17 | 15:30 | |
| PADL | Rushed behind | 9.6.60 | - | 2.5.17 | 16:11 | |
| PADL | Steven Motlop goal | 10.6.66 | - | 2.5.17 | 17:32 | |
| ESSE | Cale Hooker goal | 10.6.66 | - | 3.5.23 | 19:49 | |
| ESSE | Kyle Langford goal | 10.6.66 | - | 4.5.29 | 23:56 | |
| ESSE | Rushed behind | 10.6.66 | - | 4.6.30 | 26:00 | |
| PADL | Steven Motlop goal | 11.6.72 | - | 4.6.30 | 27:12 | |
| ESSE | Brayden Ham behind | 11.6.72 | - | 4.7.31 | 30:22 | |
| Q3 | PADL | Hamish Hartlett behind | 11.7.73 | - | 4.7.31 | 02:50 |
| ESSE | Cale Hooker behind | 11.7.73 | - | 4.8.32 | 05:48 | |
| PADL | Mitch Georgiades goal | 12.7.79 | - | 4.8.32 | 07:10 | |
| PADL | Orazio Fantasia goal | 13.7.85 | - | 4.8.32 | 09:42 | |
| ESSE | Cale Hooker goal | 13.7.85 | - | 5.8.38 | 12:23 | |
| PADL | Karl Amon behind | 13.8.86 | - | 5.8.38 | 14:10 | |
| ESSE | Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal | 13.8.86 | - | 6.8.44 | 14:52 | |
| PADL | Charlie Dixon goal | 14.8.92 | - | 6.8.44 | 17:21 | |
| PADL | Mitch Georgiades goal | 15.8.98 | - | 6.8.44 | 20:16 | |
| PADL | Charlie Dixon behind | 15.9.99 | - | 6.8.44 | 22:47 | |
| PADL | Orazio Fantasia behind | 15.10.100 | - | 6.8.44 | 25:01 | |
| Q4 | ESSE | Will Snelling goal | 15.10.100 | - | 7.8.50 | 00:56 |
| ESSE | Nik Cox goal | 15.10.100 | - | 8.8.56 | 02:50 | |
| ESSE | Devon Smith behind | 15.10.100 | - | 8.9.57 | 04:17 | |
| PADL | Dan Houston goal | 16.10.106 | - | 8.9.57 | 07:18 | |
| ESSE | Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal | 16.10.106 | - | 9.9.63 | 10:44 | |
| PADL | Scott Lycett goal | 17.10.112 | - | 9.9.63 | 12:35 | |
| PADL | Orazio Fantasia goal | 18.10.118 | - | 9.9.63 | 19:10 | |
| ESSE | Rushed behind | 18.10.118 | - | 9.10.64 | 22:48 | |
| ESSE | Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti behind | 18.10.118 | - | 9.11.65 | 25:03 | |
| PADL | Charlie Dixon behind | 18.11.119 | - | 9.11.65 | 29:11 | |