2024 AFL Preliminary Final 1: Sydney v Port Adelaide

This is the match report for the match played on 20 September 2024 between Sydney and Port Adelaide in the first preliminary final of the 2024 AFL season. Sydney hosted Port Adelaide at SCG. Connor Rozee captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Longmire and the visitors were coached by Ken Hinkley.

Sydney
Back: D. Rampe, T. McCartin, N. Blakey
Half-back: J. Lloyd, H. Cunningham, L. Melican
Centre: J. Jordon, C. Warner, O. Florent
Half-forward: L. Parker, L. McDonald, E. Gulden
Forward: T. Papley, J. Amartey, W. Hayward
Follower: B. Grundy, I. Heeney, J. Rowbottom
Int.: B. Campbell, J. McInerney, H. McLean, M. Roberts
Sub.: R. Fox

Port Adelaide
Back: B. Zerk-Thatcher, A. Aliir, M. Bergman
Half-back: L. Jones, L. Evans, R. Burton
Centre: J. Burgoyne, W. Drew, T. Boak
Half-forward: W. Rioli, D. Byrne-Jones, J. Mead
Forward: M. Georgiades, E. Ratugolea, C. Dixon
Follower: J. Sweet, J. Horne-Francis, C. Rozee (capt.)
Int.: Z. Butters, Q. Narkle, J. Sinn, O. Wines
Sub.: F. Evans

Sydney (14.11.95) defeated Port Adelaide (8.11.59).

Goalkickers
Sydney: J. Amartey (3), T. Papley (3), I. Heeney (2), L. McDonald (2), C. Warner (2), J. Lloyd, H. McLean
Port Adelaide: C. Rozee (2), T. Boak, J. Burgoyne, R. Burton, C. Dixon, M. Georgiades, W. Rioli

As a result of this match, Sydney faced Brisbane Lions in the grand final and Port Adelaide were eliminated (finishing 3rd overall).

Match Details

Season: 2024 AFL Season
Round: Preliminary Final 1
Teams: Sydney v Port Adelaide
Date: Friday 20 September 2024
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 44,053

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. Port Adelaide
Score: 14.11.95 - 8.11.59

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 4 . 0 9 . 1 13 . 7 14 . 11 14 . 11 (95)
Port Adelaide 2 . 3 4 . 6 6 . 9 8 . 11 8 . 11 (59)
Margin SYDN by 9 SYDN by 25 SYDN by 40 SYDN by 36 SYDN by 36
Duration 31:21 32:52 29:48 28:17 2:02:18

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Longmire (Sydney), Ken Hinkley (Port Adelaide)
Captains: unknown (Sydney), Connor Rozee (Port Adelaide)

AFLCA Gary Ayres Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Isaac Heeney SYDN 5 10 2 0 0 0 0
Oliver Florent SYDN 13 6 0 ? ? ? 0
Chad Warner SYDN 1 6 0 ? ? ? 0
Errol Gulden SYDN 21 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Joel Amartey SYDN 36 2 0 0 0 ? ?
Nick Blakey SYDN 22 2 0 0 0 ? ?

Player Statistics

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
36 Amartey, Joel FF 72% 3 2 16 11 5 5 0 2 0 5 4 2 0 1
22 Blakey, Nick BPR 83% 0 0 21 17 4 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 9 4
16 Campbell, Braeden INT 71% 0 0 8 6 2 3 0 6 0 4 1 0 1 3
7 Cunningham, Harry CHB 97% 0 0 13 11 2 10 0 5 0 0 0 0 3 2
13 Florent, Oliver WR 86% 0 2 23 17 6 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 5
42 Fox, Robbie SUB↑ 18% 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Grundy, Brodie RU 79% 0 0 15 5 10 4 28 2 5 7 1 6 0 0
21 Gulden, Errol HFFR 86% 0 0 27 20 7 6 0 3 4 6 2 0 2 7
9 Hayward, Will FPR 90% 0 1 15 9 6 8 0 5 1 2 3 1 1 0
5 Heeney, Isaac RR 81% 2 1 24 16 8 6 0 6 6 2 2 2 1 3
17 Jordon, James WL 80% 0 0 10 6 4 2 0 3 1 2 1 1 2 2
44 Lloyd, Jake HBFL 86% 1 0 20 11 9 9 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 0
30 McCartin, Tom FB 93% 0 0 15 12 3 8 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 3
6 McDonald, Logan CHF↓ 63% 2 1 10 10 0 7 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2
27 McInerney, Justin INT 74% 0 1 19 13 6 7 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 5
2 McLean, Hayden INT 74% 1 1 16 8 8 7 2 1 1 5 1 2 2 0
43 Melican, Lewis HBFR 84% 0 0 14 9 5 7 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0
11 Papley, Tom FPL 72% 3 0 8 6 2 3 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 2
26 Parker, Luke HFFL 96% 0 1 8 5 3 4 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1
24 Rampe, Dane BPL 77% 0 0 14 13 1 8 0 3 0 3 3 1 5 1
34 Roberts, Matt INT 75% 0 0 18 14 4 9 0 0 0 4 0 2 2 4
8 Rowbottom, James RO 78% 0 0 18 10 8 2 0 11 3 5 2 3 1 4
1 Warner, Chad C 81% 2 0 21 14 7 4 0 1 5 0 1 0 0 5
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 14 11 356 244 112 131 30 52 28 55 26 24 39 54

R. Fox replaced L. McDonald.

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 15 12 3 8 0 1 0 3 0 2 7 0
14 Bergman, Miles BPR 72% 0 0 15 5 10 5 0 1 0 5 1 3 4 2
10 Boak, Travis WR 79% 1 1 22 15 7 6 0 2 1 6 0 0 6 5
7 Burgoyne, Jase WL 93% 1 0 19 11 8 4 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 4
3 Burton, Ryan HBFR 88% 1 0 23 17 6 5 0 1 0 5 2 3 6 1
9 Butters, Zak INT 74% 0 0 20 10 10 5 0 2 2 4 1 2 0 6
33 Byrne-Jones, Darcy CHF 82% 0 0 6 3 3 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1
22 Dixon, Charlie FPR 77% 1 0 12 4 8 3 2 0 4 4 1 0 0 1
28 Drew, Willem C 78% 0 1 17 11 6 4 0 3 4 2 2 1 0 5
31 Evans, Francis SUB↑ 28% 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0
43 Evans, Logan CHB 87% 0 1 7 6 1 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 2 0
19 Georgiades, Mitch FPL 80% 1 1 8 8 0 4 0 4 0 4 1 2 0 2
18 Horne-Francis, Jason RR 79% 0 0 23 14 9 4 0 1 7 5 4 4 1 5
34 Jones, Lachie HBFL 83% 0 0 10 3 7 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1
44 Mead, Jackson HFFR↓ 53% 0 0 5 2 3 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
42 Narkle, Quinton INT 63% 0 0 7 6 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1
27 Ratugolea, Esava FF 87% 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 0
15 Rioli, Willie HFFL 94% 1 0 7 6 1 2 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 1
1 Rozee, Connor (c) RO 83% 2 0 17 12 5 1 0 4 2 4 1 1 4 8
8 Sinn, Josh INT 70% 0 0 11 9 2 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 1
24 Sweet, Jordon RU 82% 0 0 11 6 5 0 29 5 6 3 4 2 2 2
16 Wines, Ollie INT 73% 0 3 18 11 7 5 0 2 3 3 2 1 1 3
25 Zerk-Thatcher, Brandon BPL 97% 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 2 0 0
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 8 11 281 175 106 70 31 47 34 63 24 26 39 49

F. Evans replaced J. Mead.

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

Sydney Coach: John Longmire
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
25 B. Zerk-Thatcher 21 A. Aliir 14 M. Bergman 4 B. Grundy 16 B. Campbell
9 W. Hayward 36 J. Amartey 11 T. Papley 5 I. Heeney 27 J. McInerney
FORWARD 8 J. Rowbottom 2 H. McLean
HALF-BACK

34 M. Roberts
34 L. Jones 43 L. Evans 3 R. Burton

42 R. Fox
21 E. Gulden 6 L. McDonald 26 L. Parker



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



7 J. Burgoyne 28 W. Drew 10 T. Boak



13 O. Florent 1 C. Warner 17 J. Jordon FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 24 J. Sweet 9 Z. Butters
HALF-FORWARD 18 J. Horne-Francis 42 Q. Narkle
15 W. Rioli 33 D. Byrne-Jones 44 J. Mead 1 C. Rozee (c) 8 J. Sinn
43 L. Melican 7 H. Cunningham 44 J. Lloyd

16 O. Wines
HALF-BACK

31 F. Evans
FORWARD



19 M. Georgiades 27 E. Ratugolea 22 C. Dixon



22 N. Blakey 30 T. McCartin 24 D. Rampe



BACK



Port Adelaide Coach: Ken Hinkley

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 PADL Jase Burgoyne goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 01:08
SYDN Jake Lloyd goal 1.0.6 - 1.0.6 10:00
SYDN Joel Amartey goal 2.0.12 - 1.0.6 12:11
PADL Rushed behind 2.0.12 - 1.1.7 15:46
SYDN Logan McDonald goal 3.0.18 - 1.1.7 16:36
PADL Ryan Burton goal 3.0.18 - 2.1.13 19:29
PADL Esava Ratugolea behind 3.0.18 - 2.2.14 24:35
PADL Willem Drew behind 3.0.18 - 2.3.15 29:45
SYDN Tom Papley goal 4.0.24 - 2.3.15 31:14
Q2 SYDN Isaac Heeney behind 4.1.25 - 2.3.15 02:16
PADL Mitch Georgiades behind 4.1.25 - 2.4.16 03:44
SYDN Logan McDonald goal 5.1.31 - 2.4.16 06:36
PADL Connor Rozee goal 5.1.31 - 3.4.22 08:10
SYDN Joel Amartey goal 6.1.37 - 3.4.22 10:59
SYDN Isaac Heeney goal 7.1.43 - 3.4.22 13:21
SYDN Tom Papley goal 8.1.49 - 3.4.22 17:00
SYDN Hayden McLean goal 9.1.55 - 3.4.22 19:42
PADL Ollie Wines behind 9.1.55 - 3.5.23 21:17
PADL Willie Rioli goal 9.1.55 - 4.5.29 28:07
PADL Rushed behind 9.1.55 - 4.6.30 32:50
Q3 SYDN Chad Warner goal 10.1.61 - 4.6.30 00:47
SYDN Rushed behind 10.2.62 - 4.6.30 02:43
PADL Ollie Wines behind 10.2.62 - 4.7.31 03:49
PADL Travis Boak behind 10.2.62 - 4.8.32 06:45
PADL Rushed behind 10.2.62 - 4.9.33 07:57
SYDN Luke Parker behind 10.3.63 - 4.9.33 09:48
SYDN Joel Amartey goal 11.3.69 - 4.9.33 11:30
SYDN Justin McInerney behind 11.4.70 - 4.9.33 13:51
PADL Mitch Georgiades goal 11.4.70 - 5.9.39 15:03
SYDN Tom Papley goal 12.4.76 - 5.9.39 18:26
SYDN Will Hayward behind 12.5.77 - 5.9.39 20:31
SYDN Oliver Florent behind 12.6.78 - 5.9.39 21:00
PADL Charlie Dixon goal 12.6.78 - 6.9.45 21:56
SYDN Oliver Florent behind 12.7.79 - 6.9.45 24:05
SYDN Chad Warner goal 13.7.85 - 6.9.45 26:18
Q4 PADL Logan Evans behind 13.7.85 - 6.10.46 00:40
SYDN Logan McDonald behind 13.8.86 - 6.10.46 02:20
PADL Ollie Wines behind 13.8.86 - 6.11.47 05:50
SYDN Isaac Heeney goal 14.8.92 - 6.11.47 07:55
PADL Travis Boak goal 14.8.92 - 7.11.53 11:28
SYDN Joel Amartey behind 14.9.93 - 7.11.53 13:10
PADL Connor Rozee goal 14.9.93 - 8.11.59 14:11
SYDN Joel Amartey behind 14.10.94 - 8.11.59 17:14
SYDN Hayden McLean behind 14.11.95 - 8.11.59 19:58