2021 AFL Round 17: Port Adelaide v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 8 July 2021 between Port Adelaide and Melbourne during round 17 of the 2021 AFL season. Port Adelaide hosted Melbourne at Adelaide Oval. Tom Jonas captained the hosts. Max Gawn captained the visitors with Jack Viney as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Ken Hinkley and the visitors were coached by Simon Goodwin.

Port Adelaide
Back: T. Jonas (capt.), T. McKenzie, A. Aliir
Half-back: R. Burton, D. Byrne-Jones, J. Lienert
Centre: K. Amon, O. Wines, D. Houston
Half-forward: Z. Butters, S. Motlop, C. Rozee
Forward: T. Marshall, C. Dixon, M. Georgiades
Follower: S. Lycett, T. Boak, W. Drew
Int.: M. Bergman, T. Clurey, S. Mayes, S. Powell-Pepper
Sub.: M. Frederick

Melbourne
Back: J. Hunt, S. May, J. Lever
Half-back: M. Hibberd, H. Petty, C. Salem
Centre: J. Jordon, C. Petracca, E. Langdon
Half-forward: K. Pickett, T. McDonald, A. Brayshaw
Forward: A. Neal-Bullen, B. Brown, B. Fritsch
Follower: M. Gawn (capt.), C. Oliver, J. Viney (vice-capt.)
Int.: J. Harmes, L. Jackson, T. Rivers, C. Spargo
Sub.: T. Sparrow

Port Adelaide (8.7.55) were defeated by Melbourne (12.14.86).

Goalkickers
Port Adelaide: C. Dixon (2), M. Georgiades (2), K. Amon, T. McKenzie, C. Rozee, O. Wines
Melbourne: T. McDonald (3), C. Petracca (3), K. Pickett (3), B. Fritsch, L. Jackson, C. Spargo

As a result of this match, Port Adelaide were then 5th on the ladder (down from 4th) and Melbourne were then 1st on the ladder (up from 2nd) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2021 AFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Port Adelaide v Melbourne
Date: Thursday 8 July 2021
Time: 7:10 PM
Venue: Adelaide Oval
Attendance: 30,908

Match Results

Outcome: Port Adelaide def. by Melbourne
Score: 8.7.55 - 12.14.86

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Port Adelaide 2 . 2 5 . 3 7 . 5 8 . 7 8 . 7 (55)
Melbourne 3 . 2 8 . 4 10 . 9 12 . 14 12 . 14 (86)
Margin MELB by 6 MELB by 19 MELB by 22 MELB by 31 MELB by 31
Duration 28:50 34:38 31:27 28:54 2:03:49

Honour Roll

Coaches: Ken Hinkley (Port Adelaide), Simon Goodwin (Melbourne)
Captains: Tom Jonas (Port Adelaide), Max Gawn (Melbourne)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Port Adelaide), Jack Viney (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: A. Gianfagna (#27), S. Meredith (#21), J. Mollison (#32), E: T. Bryce (#46)
Goal Umpire: P. Challen, D. Hoskin, E: S. Axon
Boundary Umpire: C. Bull, S. Burton, M. Konetschka, M. Thomson

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Christian Petracca MELB 5 3
Tom McDonald MELB 25 2
Clayton Oliver MELB 13 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Christian Petracca MELB 5 10 2 0 0 0 0
Clayton Oliver MELB 13 8 0 2 0 0 0
Tom McDonald MELB 25 6 0 0 2 0 0
Max Gawn MELB 11 2 0 0 0 1 0
Steven May MELB 1 2 0 0 0 1 0
Kysaiah Pickett MELB 36 1 0 0 0 0 1
Christian Salem MELB 3 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 83% 0 0 10 7 3 5 5 1 1 1 1 1 3 0
15 Amon, Karl WL 87% 1 0 28 22 6 8 0 5 2 6 2 0 3 8
14 Bergman, Miles INT 82% 0 0 15 9 6 8 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 1
10 Boak, Travis RR 80% 0 0 25 10 15 4 0 6 8 3 3 2 0 4
3 Burton, Ryan HBFL 64% 0 0 14 11 3 9 0 1 0 1 0 0 5 1
18 Butters, Zak HFFL↓ 50% 0 0 10 6 4 4 0 3 2 3 1 1 0 1
33 Byrne-Jones, Darcy CHB 81% 0 0 13 5 8 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 1
17 Clurey, Tom INT 80% 0 0 10 7 3 3 0 4 0 3 0 2 1 0
22 Dixon, Charlie FF 100% 2 0 14 9 5 6 4 1 1 2 1 0 0 2
28 Drew, Willem RO 88% 0 0 21 11 10 4 0 6 2 4 1 1 1 4
45 Frederick, Martin SUB↑ 23% 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
19 Georgiades, Mitch FPR 77% 2 1 7 7 0 5 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 3
5 Houston, Dan WR 84% 0 0 14 10 4 5 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 1
1 Jonas, Tom (c) BPL 98% 0 0 12 10 2 3 0 1 0 1 2 0 2 2
40 Lienert, Jarrod HBFR 77% 0 0 15 12 3 3 0 2 0 2 0 1 5 3
29 Lycett, Scott RU 81% 0 0 15 5 10 1 21 7 4 3 1 2 1 2
4 Marshall, Todd FPL 79% 0 0 7 6 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 2
32 Mayes, Sam INT 75% 0 0 9 3 6 1 0 5 1 3 0 1 0 1
12 McKenzie, Trent FB 83% 1 0 14 13 1 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 2
6 Motlop, Steven CHF 85% 0 1 15 7 8 1 0 6 0 2 2 1 0 2
2 Powell-Pepper, Sam INT 66% 0 1 18 10 8 3 0 3 5 4 2 4 0 2
20 Rozee, Connor HFFR 93% 1 1 6 3 3 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2
16 Wines, Ollie C 87% 1 1 33 14 19 3 0 2 5 2 1 0 1 3
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 8 7 327 198 129 87 30 61 33 49 19 18 32 48

M. Frederick replaced Z. Butters during the third quarter.

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
10 Brayshaw, Angus HFFR 89% 0 0 16 6 10 2 0 5 3 5 0 2 4 1
50 Brown, Ben FF 75% 0 0 10 10 0 4 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 5
31 Fritsch, Bayley FPR 86% 1 1 8 3 5 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4
11 Gawn, Max (c) RU 87% 0 2 18 15 3 5 31 2 4 1 1 0 1 5
4 Harmes, James INT 69% 0 0 15 3 12 2 0 7 2 5 1 2 0 2
14 Hibberd, Michael HBFL 97% 0 0 14 8 6 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 0
29 Hunt, Jayden BPL 65% 0 1 9 9 0 1 0 3 1 2 2 2 2 3
6 Jackson, Luke INT 67% 1 0 8 2 6 1 9 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
23 Jordon, James WL 75% 0 0 21 11 10 2 0 4 2 1 1 0 1 3
15 Langdon, Ed WR 89% 0 2 24 16 8 6 0 1 1 3 1 1 4 2
8 Lever, Jake BPR 100% 0 0 10 6 4 6 0 3 0 1 1 0 3 0
1 May, Steven FB 100% 0 1 21 19 2 9 0 0 0 2 0 1 4 1
25 McDonald, Tom CHF 86% 3 2 19 12 7 8 2 3 1 4 1 3 0 1
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex FPL 67% 0 0 11 5 6 0 0 4 1 1 1 1 0 4
13 Oliver, Clayton RR 90% 0 1 31 14 17 4 0 4 12 4 2 3 3 1
5 Petracca, Christian C 91% 3 1 33 22 11 8 0 6 7 3 1 1 1 6
35 Petty, Harry CHB 91% 0 0 12 10 2 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0
36 Pickett, Kysaiah HFFL 74% 3 0 9 6 3 3 0 9 1 2 0 0 0 2
24 Rivers, Trent INT 62% 0 0 9 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Salem, Christian HBFR 86% 0 0 26 21 5 8 0 2 1 3 3 0 8 2
9 Spargo, Charlie INT 68% 1 0 13 9 4 4 0 1 0 3 1 2 0 2
32 Sparrow, Tom SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Viney, Jack (vc) RO 89% 0 0 18 8 10 0 0 10 1 5 0 1 1 1
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 12 14 355 220 135 88 42 69 37 48 18 19 39 45

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
29 J. Hunt 1 S. May 8 J. Lever 29 S. Lycett 14 M. Bergman
19 M. Georgiades 22 C. Dixon 4 T. Marshall 10 T. Boak 17 T. Clurey
FORWARD 28 W. Drew 32 S. Mayes
HALF-BACK

2 S. Powell-Pepper
14 M. Hibberd 35 H. Petty 3 C. Salem

45 M. Frederick
20 C. Rozee 6 S. Motlop 18 Z. Butters



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



23 J. Jordon 5 C. Petracca 15 E. Langdon



5 D. Houston 16 O. Wines 15 K. Amon FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 11 M. Gawn (c) 4 J. Harmes
HALF-FORWARD 13 C. Oliver 6 L. Jackson
36 K. Pickett 25 T. McDonald 10 A. Brayshaw 7 J. Viney (vc) 24 T. Rivers
40 J. Lienert 33 D. Byrne-Jones 3 R. Burton

9 C. Spargo
HALF-BACK

32 T. Sparrow
FORWARD



30 A. Neal-Bullen 50 B. Brown 31 B. Fritsch



21 A. Aliir 12 T. McKenzie 1 T. Jonas (c)



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Simon Goodwin

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 PADL Ollie Wines behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 00:47
MELB Rushed behind 0.1.1 - 0.1.1 02:30
PADL Steven Motlop behind 0.2.2 - 0.1.1 05:49
MELB Luke Jackson goal 0.2.2 - 1.1.7 11:20
MELB Max Gawn behind 0.2.2 - 1.2.8 16:50
PADL Karl Amon goal 1.2.8 - 1.2.8 19:00
PADL Ollie Wines goal 2.2.14 - 1.2.8 23:39
MELB Charlie Spargo goal 2.2.14 - 2.2.14 25:25
MELB Tom McDonald goal 2.2.14 - 3.2.20 26:39
Q2 MELB Rushed behind 2.2.14 - 3.3.21 03:01
PADL Connor Rozee goal 3.2.20 - 3.3.21 04:44
MELB Christian Petracca goal 3.2.20 - 4.3.27 07:42
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 3.2.20 - 5.3.33 10:28
MELB Steven May behind 3.2.20 - 5.4.34 16:25
MELB Christian Petracca goal 3.2.20 - 6.4.40 17:11
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 3.2.20 - 7.4.46 21:59
PADL Trent McKenzie goal 4.2.26 - 7.4.46 28:22
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 4.2.26 - 8.4.52 31:13
PADL Rushed behind 4.3.27 - 8.4.52 33:04
PADL Charlie Dixon goal 5.3.33 - 8.4.52 34:31
Q3 PADL Mitch Georgiades behind 5.4.34 - 8.4.52 02:24
PADL Mitch Georgiades goal 6.4.40 - 8.4.52 05:23
MELB Rushed behind 6.4.40 - 8.5.53 11:07
MELB Jayden Hunt behind 6.4.40 - 8.6.54 13:26
PADL Rushed behind 6.5.41 - 8.6.54 14:34
MELB Max Gawn behind 6.5.41 - 8.7.55 18:30
MELB Tom McDonald behind 6.5.41 - 8.8.56 20:19
PADL Mitch Georgiades goal 7.5.47 - 8.8.56 21:41
MELB Tom McDonald goal 7.5.47 - 9.8.62 23:23
MELB Ed Langdon behind 7.5.47 - 9.9.63 24:52
MELB Tom McDonald goal 7.5.47 - 10.9.69 26:36
Q4 MELB Ed Langdon behind 7.5.47 - 10.10.70 01:54
MELB Tom McDonald behind 7.5.47 - 10.11.71 05:45
PADL Connor Rozee behind 7.6.48 - 10.11.71 06:32
MELB Christian Petracca goal 7.6.48 - 11.11.77 07:33
MELB Clayton Oliver behind 7.6.48 - 11.12.78 10:16
PADL Sam Powell-Pepper behind 7.7.49 - 11.12.78 15:38
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 7.7.49 - 12.12.84 16:51
MELB Bayley Fritsch behind 7.7.49 - 12.13.85 20:32
MELB Christian Petracca behind 7.7.49 - 12.14.86 26:48
PADL Charlie Dixon goal 8.7.55 - 12.14.86 28:46