2023 AFL Round 8: Port Adelaide v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 7 May 2023 between Port Adelaide and Essendon during round 8 of the 2023 AFL season. Port Adelaide hosted Essendon at Adelaide Oval. Zach Merrett captained the visitors with Andrew McGrath as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Ken Hinkley and the visitors were coached by Brad Scott.

Port Adelaide
Back: A. Aliir, T. McKenzie, T. Jonas
Half-back: M. Bergman, R. Burton, D. Houston
Centre: T. Boak, W. Drew, R. Bonner
Half-forward: J. McEntee, D. Byrne-Jones, S. Powell-Pepper
Forward: W. Rioli, T. Marshall, C. Dixon
Follower: B. Teakle, C. Rozee, J. Horne-Francis
Int.: Z. Butters, J. Finlayson, D. Williams, O. Wines
Sub.: F. Evans

Essendon
Back: J. Kelly, B. Zerk-Thatcher, M. Redman
Half-back: A. McGrath (vice-capt.), J. Ridley, K. Langford
Centre: D. Shiel, D. Parish, N. Martin
Half-forward: B. Hobbs, S. Weideman, J. Caldwell
Forward: N. Hind, J. Stringer, A. McDonald-Tipungwuti
Follower: S. Draper, Z. Merrett (capt.), W. Setterfield
Int.: A. Davey, D. Heppell, A. Perkins, A. Phillips
Sub.: J. Menzie

Port Adelaide (12.20.92) defeated Essendon (13.9.87).

Goalkickers
Port Adelaide: D. Byrne-Jones (2), C. Dixon (2), W. Rioli (2), T. Boak, J. Finlayson, T. Marshall, J. McEntee, S. Powell-Pepper, C. Rozee
Essendon: K. Langford (2), A. Perkins (2), J. Stringer (2), S. Weideman (2), J. Caldwell, B. Hobbs, A. McDonald-Tipungwuti, J. Menzie, Z. Merrett

As a result of this match, Port Adelaide remained 5th on the ladder and Essendon remained 9th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2023 AFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Port Adelaide v Essendon
Date: Sunday 7 May 2023
Time: 12:40 PM
Venue: Adelaide Oval
Attendance: 36,247

Match Results

Outcome: Port Adelaide def. Essendon
Score: 12.20.92 - 13.9.87

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Port Adelaide 3 . 4 5 . 11 9 . 16 12 . 20 12 . 20 (92)
Essendon 6 . 1 9 . 1 11 . 3 13 . 9 13 . 9 (87)
Margin ESSE by 15 ESSE by 14 PADL by 1 PADL by 5 PADL by 5
Duration 31:24 30:56 29:38 31:22 2:03:20

Honour Roll

Coaches: Ken Hinkley (Port Adelaide), Brad Scott (Essendon)
Captains: unknown (Port Adelaide), Zach Merrett (Essendon)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Port Adelaide), Andrew McGrath (Essendon)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Darcy Parish ESSE 3 3
Connor Rozee PADL 20 2
Jason Horne-Francis PADL 18 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Zak Butters PADL 9 10 2 0 0 0 0
Connor Rozee PADL 20 6 0 1 0 1 0
Miles Bergman PADL 14 4 0 1 0 0 0
Sam Draper ESSE 2 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Darcy Parish ESSE 3 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Dan Houston PADL 5 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 BPL 100% 0 0 9 5 4 4 0 1 0 5 0 2 3 0
14 Bergman, Miles HBFL 86% 0 0 15 12 3 7 0 2 1 2 1 0 5 2
10 Boak, Travis WL 81% 1 1 21 9 12 5 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1
26 Bonner, Riley WR 82% 0 2 20 13 7 4 0 4 2 1 0 0 1 2
3 Burton, Ryan CHB 80% 0 0 20 17 3 6 0 1 1 4 0 1 7 3
9 Butters, Zak INT 71% 0 0 28 16 12 5 0 6 6 2 3 1 1 6
33 Byrne-Jones, Darcy CHF 85% 2 1 14 11 3 3 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 3
22 Dixon, Charlie FPR 100% 2 2 13 7 6 6 9 1 1 2 1 0 0 2
28 Drew, Willem C 67% 0 0 22 10 12 5 0 8 4 1 1 0 0 4
31 Evans, Francis SUB↑ 30% 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Finlayson, Jeremy INT 73% 1 4 17 13 4 6 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 6
18 Horne-Francis, Jason RO 78% 0 1 20 17 3 6 0 5 5 2 3 1 0 5
5 Houston, Dan HBFR 84% 0 1 25 20 5 6 0 3 1 2 1 1 4 7
1 Jonas, Tom BPR↓ 53% 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0
4 Marshall, Todd FF 82% 1 1 13 11 2 7 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 3
41 McEntee, Jed HFFL 77% 1 0 9 5 4 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3
12 McKenzie, Trent FB 91% 0 0 6 5 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
2 Powell-Pepper, Sam HFFR 82% 1 1 7 2 5 2 0 5 1 2 0 2 0 0
15 Rioli, Willie FPL 82% 2 3 14 9 5 2 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 4
20 Rozee, Connor RR 85% 1 0 29 11 18 5 0 3 4 6 0 2 1 5
27 Teakle, Brynn RU 81% 0 0 7 2 5 3 14 3 0 2 0 1 3 0
23 Williams, Dylan INT 79% 0 0 24 17 7 8 0 0 0 4 3 0 4 5
16 Wines, Ollie INT 71% 0 0 21 5 16 5 0 2 2 2 0 0 1 3
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 12 20 361 221 140 101 23 55 35 48 16 12 33 65

F. Evans replaced T. Jonas.

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
6 Caldwell, Jye HFFR 80% 1 0 17 8 9 3 0 5 1 1 0 0 1 4
33 Davey, Alwyn INT 63% 0 0 9 3 6 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0
2 Draper, Sam RU 78% 0 1 16 11 5 2 24 3 4 1 1 1 1 5
21 Heppell, Dyson INT 86% 0 0 18 10 8 5 0 2 0 0 1 0 4 0
19 Hind, Nick FPL 78% 0 0 11 7 4 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2
8 Hobbs, Ben HFFL 69% 1 0 15 7 8 1 0 5 3 4 1 2 2 1
29 Kelly, Jake BPL 93% 0 0 14 10 4 6 0 2 0 1 0 1 3 2
4 Langford, Kyle HBFR 100% 2 1 19 14 5 10 0 2 0 2 1 1 5 2
37 Martin, Nic WR 95% 0 0 19 8 11 3 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 1
43 McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony FPR 77% 1 0 13 6 7 2 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 0
1 McGrath, Andrew (vc) HBFL 79% 0 0 19 15 4 4 0 2 0 1 2 0 10 0
47 Menzie, Jye SUB↑ 43% 1 0 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0
7 Merrett, Zach (c) RR 84% 1 1 28 16 12 2 0 10 4 6 1 2 4 5
3 Parish, Darcy C 86% 0 0 37 13 24 4 0 5 9 8 1 1 3 4
16 Perkins, Archie INT 78% 2 1 13 8 5 1 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 5
34 Phillips, Andrew INT 64% 0 1 9 6 3 4 21 1 2 4 0 1 1 1
27 Redman, Mason BPR 70% 0 0 21 14 7 5 0 1 0 3 0 1 6 2
14 Ridley, Jordan CHB↓ 36% 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
12 Setterfield, Will RO 88% 0 0 16 10 6 5 0 4 0 3 0 1 2 4
9 Shiel, Dylan WL 84% 0 0 19 7 12 3 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 1
25 Stringer, Jake FF 77% 2 1 18 8 10 0 0 2 6 4 0 1 0 4
10 Weideman, Sam CHF 94% 2 1 9 6 3 5 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 4
30 Zerk-Thatcher, Brandon FB 100% 0 0 13 8 5 3 0 1 2 6 0 1 6 0
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 13 9 360 198 162 73 45 62 35 56 12 16 52 47

J. Menzie replaced J. Ridley.

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. Kelly 30 B. Zerk-Thatcher 27 M. Redman 27 B. Teakle 9 Z. Butters
22 C. Dixon 4 T. Marshall 15 W. Rioli 20 C. Rozee 11 J. Finlayson
FORWARD 18 J. Horne-Francis 23 D. Williams
HALF-BACK

16 O. Wines
1 A. McGrath (vc) 14 J. Ridley 4 K. Langford

31 F. Evans
2 S. Powell-Pepper 33 D. Byrne-Jones 41 J. McEntee



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



9 D. Shiel 3 D. Parish 37 N. Martin



26 R. Bonner 28 W. Drew 10 T. Boak FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 2 S. Draper 33 A. Davey
HALF-FORWARD 7 Z. Merrett (c) 21 D. Heppell
8 B. Hobbs 10 S. Weideman 6 J. Caldwell 12 W. Setterfield 16 A. Perkins
5 D. Houston 3 R. Burton 14 M. Bergman

34 A. Phillips
HALF-BACK

47 J. Menzie
FORWARD



19 N. Hind 25 J. Stringer 43 A. McDonald-Tipungwuti



1 T. Jonas 12 T. McKenzie 21 A. Aliir



BACK



Essendon Coach: Brad Scott

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Kyle Langford goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 02:14
ESSE Sam Weideman goal 0.0.0 - 2.0.12 04:16
PADL Darcy Byrne-Jones goal 1.0.6 - 2.0.12 07:15
ESSE Archie Perkins goal 1.0.6 - 3.0.18 08:51
PADL Jed McEntee goal 2.0.12 - 3.0.18 11:09
ESSE Jye Caldwell goal 2.0.12 - 4.0.24 15:53
PADL Jason Horne-Francis behind 2.1.13 - 4.0.24 18:21
PADL Darcy Byrne-Jones behind 2.2.14 - 4.0.24 19:50
PADL Willie Rioli goal 3.2.20 - 4.0.24 21:00
ESSE Archie Perkins behind 3.2.20 - 4.1.25 23:20
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal 3.2.20 - 5.1.31 24:09
ESSE Ben Hobbs goal 3.2.20 - 6.1.37 25:19
PADL Jeremy Finlayson behind 3.3.21 - 6.1.37 28:01
PADL Willie Rioli behind 3.4.22 - 6.1.37 30:23
Q2 ESSE Kyle Langford goal 3.4.22 - 7.1.43 01:42
PADL Todd Marshall goal 4.4.28 - 7.1.43 05:03
PADL Sam Powell-Pepper behind 4.5.29 - 7.1.43 08:03
PADL Jeremy Finlayson behind 4.6.30 - 7.1.43 10:41
ESSE Sam Weideman goal 4.6.30 - 8.1.49 13:10
PADL Darcy Byrne-Jones goal 5.6.36 - 8.1.49 19:11
PADL Charlie Dixon behind 5.7.37 - 8.1.49 20:56
PADL Rushed behind 5.8.38 - 8.1.49 21:51
ESSE Zach Merrett goal 5.8.38 - 9.1.55 22:33
PADL Rushed behind 5.9.39 - 9.1.55 24:19
PADL Dan Houston behind 5.10.40 - 9.1.55 26:07
PADL Travis Boak behind 5.11.41 - 9.1.55 30:27
Q3 PADL Charlie Dixon behind 5.12.42 - 9.1.55 00:53
PADL Riley Bonner behind 5.13.43 - 9.1.55 03:31
PADL Sam Powell-Pepper goal 6.13.49 - 9.1.55 05:52
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 6.13.49 - 10.1.61 09:20
PADL Jeremy Finlayson behind 6.14.50 - 10.1.61 10:37
PADL Travis Boak goal 7.14.56 - 10.1.61 12:17
PADL Rushed behind 7.15.57 - 10.1.61 13:49
PADL Todd Marshall behind 7.16.58 - 10.1.61 16:39
PADL Charlie Dixon goal 8.16.64 - 10.1.61 21:13
PADL Charlie Dixon goal 9.16.70 - 10.1.61 23:09
ESSE Zach Merrett behind 9.16.70 - 10.2.62 24:17
ESSE Jye Menzie goal 9.16.70 - 11.2.68 27:12
ESSE Sam Weideman behind 9.16.70 - 11.3.69 29:33
Q4 ESSE Archie Perkins goal 9.16.70 - 12.3.75 02:30
ESSE Jake Stringer behind 9.16.70 - 12.4.76 03:38
PADL Jeremy Finlayson goal 10.16.76 - 12.4.76 06:19
ESSE Sam Draper behind 10.16.76 - 12.5.77 07:58
PADL Riley Bonner behind 10.17.77 - 12.5.77 10:23
PADL Jeremy Finlayson behind 10.18.78 - 12.5.77 12:35
PADL Connor Rozee goal 11.18.84 - 12.5.77 13:25
PADL Willie Rioli goal 12.18.90 - 12.5.77 16:02
ESSE Rushed behind 12.18.90 - 12.6.78 19:42
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 12.18.90 - 13.6.84 21:18
ESSE Kyle Langford behind 12.18.90 - 13.7.85 23:49
PADL Willie Rioli behind 12.19.91 - 13.7.85 26:36
PADL Willie Rioli behind 12.20.92 - 13.7.85 27:18
ESSE Rushed behind 12.20.92 - 13.8.86 28:16
ESSE Andrew Phillips behind 12.20.92 - 13.9.87 30:34