2023 AFL Semi Final 2: Port Adelaide v Greater Western Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 16 September 2023 between Port Adelaide and Greater Western Sydney in the second semi final of the 2023 AFL season. Port Adelaide hosted Greater Western Sydney at Adelaide Oval. The hosts were coached by Ken Hinkley and the visitors were coached by Adam Kingsley.

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

Greater Western Sydney
Back: J. Buckley, S. Taylor, C. Idun
Half-back: L. Ash, H. Himmelberg, L. Whitfield
Centre: I. Cumming, T. Green, J. Kelly
Half-forward: T. Bedford, J. Riccardi, B. Daniels
Forward: D. Lloyd, J. Hogan, T. Greene
Follower: K. Briggs, C. Ward, S. Coniglio
Int.: C. Brown, F. Callaghan, L. Keeffe, H. Perryman
Sub.: X. O'Halloran

Port Adelaide (9.16.70) were defeated by Greater Western Sydney (13.15.93).

Goalkickers
Port Adelaide: W. Rioli (3), T. Marshall (2), C. Dixon, W. Drew, J. Horne-Francis, O. Lord
Greater Western Sydney: J. Hogan (4), T. Greene (3), S. Coniglio (2), I. Cumming, B. Daniels, J. Kelly, J. Riccardi

As a result of this match, Greater Western Sydney faced Collingwood in the first preliminary final and Port Adelaide were eliminated (finishing 5th overall).

Match Details

Season: 2023 AFL Season
Round: Semi Final 2
Teams: Port Adelaide v Greater Western Sydney
Date: Saturday 16 September 2023
Time: 7:10 PM
Venue: Adelaide Oval
Attendance: 45,520

Match Results

Outcome: Port Adelaide def. by Greater Western Sydney
Score: 9.16.70 - 13.15.93

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Port Adelaide	4	.	1	5	.	6	8	.	7	9	.	16	9	.	16	(70)
Greater Western Sydney	4	.	4	9	.	11	11	.	15	13	.	15	13	.	15	(93)
Margin	GWSY by 3			GWSY by 29			GWSY by 26			GWSY by 23			GWSY by 23
Duration	33:26			34:13			28:43			31:21			2:07:43

Honour Roll

Coaches: Ken Hinkley (Port Adelaide), Adam Kingsley (Greater Western Sydney)
Captains: unknown (Port Adelaide), unknown (Greater Western Sydney)

AFLCA Gary Ayres Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Stephen Coniglio	GWSY	3	10	2	0	0	0	0
Jesse Hogan	GWSY	23	8	0	2	0	0	0
Tom Green	GWSY	12	5	0	0	1	1	0
Lachie Whitfield	GWSY	6	5	0	0	1	1	0
Jack Buckley	GWSY	44	1	0	0	0	0	1
Toby Greene	GWSY	4	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	100%	0	0	8	4	4	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	3	0
14	Bergman, Miles	CHB	92%	0	1	15	11	4	5	0	2	1	5	1	0	2	4
10	Boak, Travis	WL	81%	0	2	21	15	6	3	0	4	4	3	0	1	3	7
3	Burton, Ryan	HBFL	87%	0	0	16	13	3	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	6	2
9	Butters, Zak	C	81%	0	1	25	12	13	4	0	4	2	5	0	1	0	4
33	Byrne-Jones, Darcy	CHF	77%	0	1	9	5	4	1	0	2	0	3	1	0	0	1
22	Dixon, Charlie	FF	85%	1	0	6	4	2	3	7	2	1	7	0	4	2	2
28	Drew, Willem	WR	79%	1	0	18	7	11	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	3	1
7	Duursma, Xavier	INT	78%	0	0	7	3	4	2	0	3	0	2	1	0	1	1
6	Farrell, Kane	INT	72%	0	0	18	15	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	5	5
11	Finlayson, Jeremy	SUB↑	35%	0	0	4	2	2	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
18	Horne-Francis, Jason	RO	81%	1	1	20	12	8	3	0	2	4	3	0	1	0	6
5	Houston, Dan	HBFR	78%	0	0	22	16	6	6	0	7	6	1	2	0	6	4
34	Jones, Lachie	BPR	82%	0	0	8	7	1	3	0	1	0	4	0	1	4	1
30	Lord, Ollie	INT	84%	1	1	5	2	3	2	1	3	0	2	1	2	0	1
29	Lycett, Scott	RU↓	43%	0	0	6	3	3	1	13	1	1	1	0	1	0	2
4	Marshall, Todd	FPR	67%	2	1	7	4	3	3	0	3	0	4	1	1	0	0
41	McEntee, Jed	HFFL	76%	0	0	12	2	10	3	0	7	1	1	0	0	1	1
12	McKenzie, Trent	BPL	90%	0	0	8	7	1	3	0	0	0	3	0	3	4	0
2	Powell-Pepper, Sam	HFFR	89%	0	3	9	6	3	2	0	2	0	5	1	3	0	1
15	Rioli, Willie	FPL	95%	3	0	12	8	4	3	0	5	0	4	3	1	0	4
20	Rozee, Connor	INT	88%	0	1	17	10	7	3	0	1	0	4	1	0	2	3
16	Wines, Ollie	RR	61%	0	0	16	5	11	4	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	3
Rushed					4
Total (23 players)				9	16	289	173	116	63	22	57	29	63	14	19	42	53

J. Finlayson replaced S. Lycett.

Greater Western Sydney

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
7	Ash, Lachie	HBFL	77%	0	0	20	7	13	3	0	3	0	4	0	0	5	0
14	Bedford, Toby	HFFL	81%	0	1	16	6	10	3	0	2	3	3	0	0	0	4
32	Briggs, Kieren	RU	66%	0	0	15	11	4	0	32	1	8	5	3	0	2	2
46	Brown, Callum	INT↓	74%	0	1	10	7	3	5	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	5
44	Buckley, Jack	BPL	100%	0	0	18	11	7	6	0	0	0	3	2	1	4	2
17	Callaghan, Finn	INT	68%	0	0	15	1	14	0	0	0	2	4	0	2	1	1
3	Coniglio, Stephen	RO	87%	2	1	30	20	10	4	0	3	7	2	2	0	0	5
13	Cumming, Isaac	WL	73%	1	0	11	9	2	4	0	8	2	1	1	0	1	2
16	Daniels, Brent	HFFR	86%	1	3	17	11	6	4	0	3	4	1	0	1	0	3
12	Green, Tom	C	85%	0	0	29	16	13	0	0	4	8	4	0	2	1	6
4	Greene, Toby	FPR	93%	3	2	15	11	4	6	0	1	2	2	0	1	0	7
27	Himmelberg, Harry	CHB	73%	0	0	24	18	6	4	0	0	1	7	0	3	10	2
23	Hogan, Jesse	FF	89%	4	4	17	14	3	9	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	0
39	Idun, Connor	BPR	91%	0	0	15	11	4	4	0	0	0	1	2	1	4	0
25	Keeffe, Lachie	INT	69%	0	0	8	3	5	5	10	1	2	2	0	0	0	0
22	Kelly, Josh	WR	84%	1	0	21	13	8	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	4
38	Lloyd, Daniel	FPL	86%	0	0	10	7	3	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	3
33	O'Halloran, Xavier	SUB↑	7%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	Perryman, Harry	INT	81%	0	0	15	9	6	4	0	2	0	3	1	1	5	0
26	Riccardi, Jake	CHF	77%	1	2	10	8	2	6	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	2
15	Taylor, Sam	FB	95%	0	0	11	6	5	6	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	0
8	Ward, Callan	RR	76%	0	0	24	14	10	4	0	3	6	1	1	0	4	5
6	Whitfield, Lachie	HBFR	84%	0	0	33	19	14	6	0	5	0	1	2	0	4	2
Rushed					1
Total (23 players)				13	15	384	232	152	88	43	46	45	50	19	14	44	55

X. O'Halloran replaced C. Brown.

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
	44	J. Buckley	15	S. Taylor	39	C. Idun	29	S. Lycett	7	X. Duursma
	4	T. Marshall	22	C. Dixon	15	W. Rioli	16	O. Wines	6	K. Farrell
FORWARD							18	J. Horne-Francis	30	O. Lord
HALF-BACK									20	C. Rozee
	7	L. Ash	27	H. Himmelberg	6	L. Whitfield			11	J. Finlayson
	2	S. Powell-Pepper	33	D. Byrne-Jones	41	J. McEntee
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	13	I. Cumming	12	T. Green	22	J. Kelly
	28	W. Drew	9	Z. Butters	10	T. Boak	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							32	K. Briggs	46	C. Brown
HALF-FORWARD							8	C. Ward	17	F. Callaghan
	14	T. Bedford	26	J. Riccardi	16	B. Daniels	3	S. Coniglio	25	L. Keeffe
	5	D. Houston	14	M. Bergman	3	R. Burton			36	H. Perryman
HALF-BACK									33	X. O'Halloran
FORWARD
	38	D. Lloyd	23	J. Hogan	4	T. Greene
	34	L. Jones	21	A. Aliir	12	T. McKenzie
BACK
Greater Western Sydney							Coach: Adam Kingsley

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	PADL	Willie Rioli goal	1.0.6	-	0.0.0	03:34
	GWSY	Toby Greene goal	1.0.6	-	1.0.6	07:20
	PADL	Sam Powell-Pepper behind	1.1.7	-	1.0.6	11:31
	PADL	Jason Horne-Francis goal	2.1.13	-	1.0.6	13:32
	GWSY	Callum Brown behind	2.1.13	-	1.1.7	17:39
	GWSY	Toby Greene goal	2.1.13	-	2.1.13	18:51
	PADL	Willie Rioli goal	3.1.19	-	2.1.13	20:40
	GWSY	Brent Daniels goal	3.1.19	-	3.1.19	21:50
	GWSY	Jake Riccardi behind	3.1.19	-	3.2.20	24:39
	GWSY	Rushed behind	3.1.19	-	3.3.21	27:13
	PADL	Todd Marshall goal	4.1.25	-	3.3.21	28:37
	GWSY	Jesse Hogan goal	4.1.25	-	4.3.27	30:37
	GWSY	Toby Greene behind	4.1.25	-	4.4.28	33:22
Q2	PADL	Willem Drew goal	5.1.31	-	4.4.28	02:25
	GWSY	Jesse Hogan goal	5.1.31	-	5.4.34	04:07
	GWSY	Josh Kelly goal	5.1.31	-	6.4.40	06:24
	GWSY	Stephen Coniglio goal	5.1.31	-	7.4.46	07:49
	GWSY	Brent Daniels behind	5.1.31	-	7.5.47	09:08
	GWSY	Jesse Hogan goal	5.1.31	-	8.5.53	11:15
	GWSY	Isaac Cumming goal	5.1.31	-	9.5.59	14:30
	PADL	Travis Boak behind	5.2.32	-	9.5.59	16:54
	GWSY	Stephen Coniglio behind	5.2.32	-	9.6.60	18:36
	GWSY	Jesse Hogan behind	5.2.32	-	9.7.61	19:49
	GWSY	Jesse Hogan behind	5.2.32	-	9.8.62	21:00
	GWSY	Toby Greene behind	5.2.32	-	9.9.63	22:44
	GWSY	Brent Daniels behind	5.2.32	-	9.10.64	24:26
	GWSY	Jake Riccardi behind	5.2.32	-	9.11.65	27:01
	PADL	Todd Marshall behind	5.3.33	-	9.11.65	29:38
	PADL	Zak Butters behind	5.4.34	-	9.11.65	30:40
	PADL	Connor Rozee behind	5.5.35	-	9.11.65	32:04
	PADL	Sam Powell-Pepper behind	5.6.36	-	9.11.65	32:47
Q3	PADL	Willie Rioli goal	6.6.42	-	9.11.65	01:10
	GWSY	Jesse Hogan goal	6.6.42	-	10.11.71	04:55
	GWSY	Jesse Hogan behind	6.6.42	-	10.12.72	07:59
	PADL	Ollie Lord goal	7.6.48	-	10.12.72	11:18
	PADL	Todd Marshall goal	8.6.54	-	10.12.72	14:46
	PADL	Ollie Lord behind	8.7.55	-	10.12.72	17:41
	GWSY	Stephen Coniglio goal	8.7.55	-	11.12.78	19:28
	GWSY	Jesse Hogan behind	8.7.55	-	11.13.79	25:41
	GWSY	Brent Daniels behind	8.7.55	-	11.14.80	26:38
	GWSY	Toby Bedford behind	8.7.55	-	11.15.81	28:19
Q4	PADL	Charlie Dixon goal	9.7.61	-	11.15.81	01:07
	PADL	Miles Bergman behind	9.8.62	-	11.15.81	04:55
	PADL	Rushed behind	9.9.63	-	11.15.81	06:00
	PADL	Travis Boak behind	9.10.64	-	11.15.81	07:38
	PADL	Jason Horne-Francis behind	9.11.65	-	11.15.81	15:36
	GWSY	Jake Riccardi goal	9.11.65	-	12.15.87	17:22
	PADL	Sam Powell-Pepper behind	9.12.66	-	12.15.87	19:05
	GWSY	Toby Greene goal	9.12.66	-	13.15.93	22:18
	PADL	Rushed behind	9.13.67	-	13.15.93	24:48
	PADL	Rushed behind	9.14.68	-	13.15.93	25:20
	PADL	Darcy Byrne-Jones behind	9.15.69	-	13.15.93	26:22
	PADL	Rushed behind	9.16.70	-	13.15.93	27:59

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