2024 AFL Season 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 season of the Australian Football League. Sydney hosted Port Adelaide at the SCG. Connor Rozee captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Longmire and the visitors were coached by Ken Hinkley.

Sydney (14.11.95) defeated Port Adelaide (8.11.59).

Match Details

Season: 2024 AFL Season
Round: First Preliminary Final
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

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Sydney) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Port Adelaide) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Sydney

Captain: unknown
Coach: John Longmire

Port Adelaide

Captain: Connor Rozee
Coach: Ken Hinkley

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

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