2023 AFL Round 16: Essendon v Port Adelaide

This is the match report for the match played on 1 July 2023 between Essendon and Port Adelaide during round 16 of the 2023 AFL season. Essendon hosted Port Adelaide at MCG. Zach Merrett captained the hosts with Andrew McGrath as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Brad Scott and the visitors were coached by Ken Hinkley.

Essendon
Back: J. Ridley, B. Zerk-Thatcher, J. Kelly
Half-back: M. Redman, J. Laverde, A. McGrath (vice-capt.)
Centre: W. Snelling, Z. Merrett (capt.), N. Martin
Half-forward: A. Perkins, J. Stringer, S. Durham
Forward: K. Langford, P. Wright, J. Menzie
Follower: A. Phillips, D. Parish, J. Caldwell
Int.: M. Guelfi, D. Heppell, B. Hobbs, S. Weideman
Sub.: D. Shiel

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

Essendon (10.14.74) were defeated by Port Adelaide (11.12.78).

Goalkickers
Essendon: K. Langford (3), J. Caldwell (2), M. Guelfi (2), J. Laverde, N. Martin, J. Stringer
Port Adelaide: C. Rozee (3), R. Burton, Z. Butters, D. Byrne-Jones, C. Dixon, K. Farrell, J. Finlayson, D. Houston, Q. Narkle

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 8th on the ladder (down from 6th) and Port Adelaide remained 2nd on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2023 AFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Essendon v Port Adelaide
Date: Saturday 1 July 2023
Time: 7:25 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 38,957

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Port Adelaide
Score: 10.14.74 - 11.12.78

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 2 4 . 8 7 . 12 10 . 14 10 . 14 (74)
Port Adelaide 2 . 7 5 . 8 6 . 9 11 . 12 11 . 12 (78)
Margin PADL by 5 PADL by 6 ESSE by 9 PADL by 4 PADL by 4
Duration 28:21 30:14 28:50 32:39 2:00:04

Honour Roll

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

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Dan Houston PADL 5 3
Connor Rozee PADL 20 2
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Dan Houston PADL 5 10 2 0 0 0 0
Connor Rozee PADL 20 5 0 ? ? ? ?
Jye Caldwell ESSE 6 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Kane Farrell PADL 6 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Andrew Phillips ESSE 34 3 0 0 ? ? ?

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
6 Caldwell, Jye RO 76% 2 1 24 12 12 6 0 3 3 2 1 1 2 6
22 Durham, Sam HFFR 82% 0 0 14 7 7 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 2
35 Guelfi, Matt INT 81% 2 0 8 4 4 2 0 4 0 6 1 2 0 0
21 Heppell, Dyson INT 81% 0 0 20 12 8 8 0 2 0 3 1 0 1 3
8 Hobbs, Ben INT 68% 0 1 23 11 12 1 0 4 4 2 2 2 0 6
29 Kelly, Jake BPR 90% 0 0 13 8 5 5 0 3 1 1 1 1 1 1
4 Langford, Kyle FPL 91% 3 1 16 11 5 7 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1
15 Laverde, Jayden CHB 85% 1 0 15 8 7 3 0 5 1 0 2 0 5 1
37 Martin, Nic WR 88% 1 0 16 9 7 4 0 2 2 3 0 1 3 2
1 McGrath, Andrew (vc) HBFR 85% 0 0 20 12 8 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 6 0
47 Menzie, Jye FPR↓ 57% 0 0 8 4 4 3 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1
7 Merrett, Zach (c) C 82% 0 0 31 16 15 6 0 4 3 2 2 0 5 2
3 Parish, Darcy RR 84% 0 4 29 16 13 7 0 7 5 3 1 1 3 4
16 Perkins, Archie HFFL 71% 0 1 12 8 4 2 0 3 2 2 0 0 1 2
34 Phillips, Andrew RU 78% 0 0 12 7 5 4 33 5 5 2 1 0 0 2
27 Redman, Mason HBFL 79% 0 1 21 19 2 7 0 0 0 5 3 2 6 7
14 Ridley, Jordan BPL 96% 0 0 16 13 3 3 0 0 0 3 1 1 6 1
9 Shiel, Dylan SUB↑ 23% 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Snelling, Will WL 80% 0 0 14 9 5 2 0 2 1 4 0 0 0 2
25 Stringer, Jake CHF 81% 1 2 13 9 4 4 0 6 0 1 1 0 1 4
10 Weideman, Sam INT 71% 0 1 9 7 2 5 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 3
20 Wright, Peter FF 82% 0 0 6 4 2 1 3 1 0 1 1 0 2 0
30 Zerk-Thatcher, Brandon FB 88% 0 0 9 2 7 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 10 14 351 209 142 86 40 61 30 48 21 13 44 50

D. Shiel replaced J. Menzie.

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 11 7 4 3 0 2 0 4 0 2 6 0
14 Bergman, Miles BPR 85% 0 0 7 5 2 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
10 Boak, Travis WL 84% 0 0 8 2 6 0 0 6 0 3 0 0 1 0
26 Bonner, Riley WR 69% 0 0 14 10 4 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 2
36 Burgoyne, Jase SUB↑ 27% 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Burton, Ryan HBFR 79% 1 0 16 11 5 4 0 4 1 5 1 3 4 2
9 Butters, Zak INT 80% 1 0 25 14 11 8 0 3 2 4 2 2 1 7
33 Byrne-Jones, Darcy CHF 75% 1 2 8 6 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3
22 Dixon, Charlie FPR 92% 1 1 13 10 3 7 8 2 0 3 1 1 0 2
28 Drew, Willem RO 76% 0 0 18 9 9 3 0 7 3 3 0 1 0 4
6 Farrell, Kane HBFL 86% 1 0 25 16 9 7 0 1 2 0 1 0 5 3
11 Finlayson, Jeremy FPL 93% 1 1 14 8 6 3 7 0 2 3 1 1 0 4
18 Horne-Francis, Jason C 80% 0 0 10 7 3 1 0 3 3 2 0 1 1 2
5 Houston, Dan CHB 87% 1 0 32 20 12 7 0 3 4 3 1 0 4 5
4 Marshall, Todd FF 89% 0 1 8 6 2 4 0 4 0 1 1 1 0 1
41 McEntee, Jed HFFL 78% 0 0 6 2 4 3 0 1 0 3 1 2 0 2
12 McKenzie, Trent FB 90% 0 0 10 8 2 4 0 1 1 2 0 0 5 1
47 Narkle, Quinton INT 72% 1 0 12 7 5 4 0 1 0 5 1 1 1 2
2 Powell-Pepper, Sam HFFR 84% 0 3 12 6 6 3 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 1
20 Rozee, Connor RR 87% 3 0 23 17 6 9 0 9 3 2 1 0 1 7
38 Visentini, Dante RU↓ 41% 0 0 4 0 4 0 2 1 1 3 1 2 0 0
23 Williams, Dylan INT 73% 0 0 22 16 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4
16 Wines, Ollie INT 75% 0 0 13 7 6 0 0 2 3 3 1 2 2 3
Rushed 4
Total (23 players) 11 12 313 195 118 81 17 57 28 54 13 21 39 55

J. Burgoyne replaced D. Visentini.

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

Essendon Coach: Brad Scott
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
21 A. Aliir 12 T. McKenzie 14 M. Bergman 34 A. Phillips 35 M. Guelfi
47 J. Menzie 20 P. Wright 4 K. Langford 3 D. Parish 21 D. Heppell
FORWARD 6 J. Caldwell 8 B. Hobbs
HALF-BACK

10 S. Weideman
6 K. Farrell 5 D. Houston 3 R. Burton

9 D. Shiel
22 S. Durham 25 J. Stringer 16 A. Perkins



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



10 T. Boak 18 J. Horne-Francis 26 R. Bonner



37 N. Martin 7 Z. Merrett (c) 11 W. Snelling FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 38 D. Visentini 9 Z. Butters
HALF-FORWARD 20 C. Rozee 47 Q. Narkle
41 J. McEntee 33 D. Byrne-Jones 2 S. Powell-Pepper 28 W. Drew 23 D. Williams
1 A. McGrath (vc) 15 J. Laverde 27 M. Redman

16 O. Wines
HALF-BACK

36 J. Burgoyne
FORWARD



11 J. Finlayson 4 T. Marshall 22 C. Dixon



29 J. Kelly 30 B. Zerk-Thatcher 14 J. Ridley



BACK



Port Adelaide Coach: Ken Hinkley

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 PADL Connor Rozee goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 03:28
PADL Sam Powell-Pepper behind 0.0.0 - 1.1.7 05:59
PADL Charlie Dixon goal 0.0.0 - 2.1.13 07:45
PADL Todd Marshall behind 0.0.0 - 2.2.14 10:02
ESSE Jayden Laverde goal 1.0.6 - 2.2.14 11:34
PADL Charlie Dixon behind 1.0.6 - 2.3.15 13:45
PADL Jeremy Finlayson behind 1.0.6 - 2.4.16 16:42
PADL Rushed behind 1.0.6 - 2.5.17 18:29
PADL Rushed behind 1.0.6 - 2.6.18 20:43
PADL Darcy Byrne-Jones behind 1.0.6 - 2.7.19 22:46
ESSE Mason Redman behind 1.1.7 - 2.7.19 23:50
ESSE Matt Guelfi goal 2.1.13 - 2.7.19 25:03
ESSE Jake Stringer behind 2.2.14 - 2.7.19 27:30
Q2 PADL Rushed behind 2.2.14 - 2.8.20 02:44
ESSE Ben Hobbs behind 2.3.15 - 2.8.20 04:01
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 3.3.21 - 2.8.20 04:58
ESSE Rushed behind 3.4.22 - 2.8.20 07:18
PADL Kane Farrell goal 3.4.22 - 3.8.26 07:59
ESSE Nic Martin goal 4.4.28 - 3.8.26 12:34
PADL Connor Rozee goal 4.4.28 - 4.8.32 14:28
ESSE Archie Perkins behind 4.5.29 - 4.8.32 15:49
ESSE Rushed behind 4.6.30 - 4.8.32 16:12
PADL Quinton Narkle goal 4.6.30 - 5.8.38 19:13
ESSE Darcy Parish behind 4.7.31 - 5.8.38 22:58
ESSE Darcy Parish behind 4.8.32 - 5.8.38 28:16
Q3 ESSE Matt Guelfi goal 5.8.38 - 5.8.38 01:39
ESSE Jye Caldwell behind 5.9.39 - 5.8.38 05:51
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 6.9.45 - 5.8.38 07:00
PADL Rushed behind 6.9.45 - 5.9.39 13:32
PADL Zak Butters goal 6.9.45 - 6.9.45 16:03
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 7.9.51 - 6.9.45 17:53
ESSE Jake Stringer behind 7.10.52 - 6.9.45 19:51
ESSE Darcy Parish behind 7.11.53 - 6.9.45 21:33
ESSE Kyle Langford behind 7.12.54 - 6.9.45 24:54
Q4 PADL Jeremy Finlayson goal 7.12.54 - 7.9.51 01:40
PADL Ryan Burton goal 7.12.54 - 8.9.57 05:36
ESSE Sam Weideman behind 7.13.55 - 8.9.57 09:40
PADL Darcy Byrne-Jones behind 7.13.55 - 8.10.58 10:47
PADL Sam Powell-Pepper behind 7.13.55 - 8.11.59 12:03
PADL Connor Rozee goal 7.13.55 - 9.11.65 15:26
PADL Darcy Byrne-Jones goal 7.13.55 - 10.11.71 17:22
PADL Sam Powell-Pepper behind 7.13.55 - 10.12.72 19:34
ESSE Jye Caldwell goal 8.13.61 - 10.12.72 20:37
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 9.13.67 - 10.12.72 22:34
ESSE Jye Caldwell goal 10.13.73 - 10.12.72 28:47
ESSE Darcy Parish behind 10.14.74 - 10.12.72 29:53
PADL Dan Houston goal 10.14.74 - 11.12.78 32:34