2024 AFL Round 4: Port Adelaide v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 30 March 2024 between Port Adelaide and Melbourne during round 4 of the 2024 AFL season. Port Adelaide hosted Melbourne at Adelaide Oval. Connor Rozee captained the hosts. Max Gawn captained the visitors with Jack Viney as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Ken Hinkley and the visitors were coached by Simon Goodwin.

Port Adelaide
Back: A. Aliir, B. Zerk-Thatcher, E. Ratugolea
Half-back: L. Jones, D. Houston, K. Farrell
Centre: T. Boak, W. Drew, M. Bergman
Half-forward: J. McEntee, D. Byrne-Jones, J. Finlayson
Forward: W. Rioli, T. Marshall, C. Dixon
Follower: I. Soldo, Z. Butters, C. Rozee (capt.)
Int.: R. Burton, F. Evans, J. Mead, O. Wines
Sub.: J. Burgoyne

Melbourne
Back: J. McVee, T. McDonald, B. Howes
Half-back: T. Rivers, J. Lever, H. Petty
Centre: E. Langdon, C. Petracca, C. Windsor
Half-forward: B. Brown, B. Fritsch, K. Pickett
Forward: A. Neal-Bullen, J. van Rooyen, K. Chandler
Follower: M. Gawn (capt.), J. Viney (vice-capt.), C. Oliver
Int.: J. Billings, M. Hore, C. Salem, T. Sparrow
Sub.: T. Woewodin

Port Adelaide (13.11.89) were defeated by Melbourne (15.6.96).

Goalkickers
Port Adelaide: D. Byrne-Jones (2), J. Finlayson (2), W. Rioli (2), C. Dixon, F. Evans, D. Houston, T. Marshall, J. McEntee, C. Rozee, I. Soldo
Melbourne: B. Brown (3), B. Fritsch (2), A. Neal-Bullen (2), T. Sparrow (2), M. Gawn, E. Langdon, C. Oliver, K. Pickett, J. Viney, C. Windsor

As a result of this match, Port Adelaide were then 8th on the ladder (down from 3rd) and Melbourne were then 3rd on the ladder (up from 4th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2024 AFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Port Adelaide v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 30 March 2024
Time: 7:00 PM
Venue: Adelaide Oval
Attendance: 38,105

Match Results

Outcome: Port Adelaide def. by Melbourne
Score: 13.11.89 - 15.6.96

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Port Adelaide 4 . 1 7 . 3 10 . 8 13 . 11 13 . 11 (89)
Melbourne 3 . 2 7 . 3 10 . 4 15 . 6 15 . 6 (96)
Margin PADL by 5 level PADL by 4 MELB by 7 MELB by 7
Duration 32:18 32:10 32:57 34:30 2:11:55

Honour Roll

Coaches: Ken Hinkley (Port Adelaide), Simon Goodwin (Melbourne)
Captains: Connor Rozee (Port Adelaide), Max Gawn (Melbourne)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Port Adelaide), Jack Viney (Melbourne)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Christian Petracca MELB 5 3
Max Gawn MELB 11 2
Connor Rozee PADL 1 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Willem Drew PADL 28 8 ? ? ? 0 0
Max Gawn MELB 11 8 ? ? ? 0 0
Alex Neal-Bullen MELB 30 8 ? ? ? 0 0
Travis Boak PADL 10 2 0 0 0 1 0
Connor Rozee PADL 1 2 0 0 0 1 0
Dan Houston PADL 5 1 0 0 0 0 1
Trent Rivers MELB 24 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 98% 0 0 14 11 3 5 0 1 0 5 3 2 4 1
14 Bergman, Miles WR 75% 0 0 14 9 5 4 0 2 0 3 1 1 0 2
10 Boak, Travis WL 72% 0 0 24 11 13 4 0 2 4 2 1 1 1 4
7 Burgoyne, Jase SUB↑ 30% 0 0 6 1 5 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0
3 Burton, Ryan INT 78% 0 0 19 13 6 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 4 2
9 Butters, Zak RR 87% 0 0 26 10 16 2 0 3 3 2 2 1 1 3
33 Byrne-Jones, Darcy CHF 75% 2 1 11 8 3 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 2
22 Dixon, Charlie FPR 89% 1 2 12 7 5 6 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 2
28 Drew, Willem C 85% 0 0 25 13 12 2 0 11 10 6 0 3 2 9
31 Evans, Francis INT↓ 45% 1 0 4 2 2 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 0 0
6 Farrell, Kane HBFR 82% 0 0 11 11 0 3 0 1 0 3 0 2 5 3
11 Finlayson, Jeremy HFFR 80% 2 1 12 8 4 4 3 1 0 4 0 2 1 3
5 Houston, Dan CHB 87% 1 1 18 14 4 4 0 5 3 2 0 2 2 5
34 Jones, Lachie HBFL 69% 0 0 14 8 6 2 0 3 2 4 0 0 1 2
4 Marshall, Todd FF 79% 1 0 10 8 2 5 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 4
41 McEntee, Jed HFFL 78% 1 0 9 3 6 2 0 4 0 3 0 3 0 2
44 Mead, Jackson INT 74% 0 0 14 8 6 4 0 6 2 4 0 1 0 3
27 Ratugolea, Esava BPR 90% 0 0 17 10 7 9 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 2
15 Rioli, Willie FPL 86% 2 2 12 10 2 3 0 2 3 3 1 3 0 0
1 Rozee, Connor (c) RO 86% 1 1 26 16 10 1 0 4 5 4 5 0 1 4
13 Soldo, Ivan RU 91% 1 1 16 13 3 2 24 6 8 3 3 2 3 5
16 Wines, Ollie INT 69% 0 1 25 12 13 4 0 3 8 2 1 0 0 7
25 Zerk-Thatcher, Brandon FB 97% 0 0 12 5 7 3 0 3 1 0 1 0 2 1
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 13 11 351 211 140 72 30 67 52 61 24 25 30 66

J. Burgoyne replaced F. Evans.

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
14 Billings, Jack INT↓ 58% 0 0 8 4 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
50 Brown, Ben HFFL 75% 3 0 9 6 3 5 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 3
37 Chandler, Kade FPR 71% 0 1 20 11 9 5 0 3 3 1 2 0 3 4
31 Fritsch, Bayley CHF 90% 2 1 7 4 3 1 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 1
11 Gawn, Max (c) RU 88% 1 1 20 14 6 6 50 5 6 6 3 2 3 1
27 Hore, Marty INT 74% 0 0 12 10 2 6 0 1 1 3 0 2 2 1
22 Howes, Blake BPR 72% 0 0 7 4 3 1 0 1 0 3 1 1 4 0
15 Langdon, Ed WL 92% 1 0 15 6 9 3 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
8 Lever, Jake CHB 100% 0 0 15 13 2 9 0 2 0 3 2 2 10 1
25 McDonald, Tom FB 100% 0 0 7 3 4 1 0 3 0 0 3 0 1 0
4 McVee, Judd BPL 82% 0 0 10 8 2 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 6 0
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex FPL 79% 2 0 24 11 13 3 0 6 1 3 1 0 1 5
13 Oliver, Clayton RO 75% 1 0 25 14 11 2 0 5 6 4 1 1 1 7
5 Petracca, Christian C 79% 0 0 23 10 13 4 0 5 7 5 1 2 0 3
35 Petty, Harry HBFR 92% 0 0 10 6 4 5 0 4 0 4 0 3 3 1
36 Pickett, Kysaiah HFFR 89% 1 1 8 5 3 1 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 1
24 Rivers, Trent HBFL 83% 0 0 27 19 8 4 0 1 2 3 1 1 7 5
3 Salem, Christian INT 76% 0 0 11 8 3 3 0 3 1 0 1 0 2 3
32 Sparrow, Tom INT 68% 2 0 12 8 4 3 0 4 1 4 0 2 1 3
2 van Rooyen, Jacob FF 77% 0 0 8 4 4 2 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
7 Viney, Jack (vc) RR 80% 1 0 21 13 8 0 0 8 6 5 4 2 4 3
6 Windsor, Caleb WR 83% 1 0 12 4 8 2 0 0 1 4 1 1 1 1
40 Woewodin, Taj SUB↑ 18% 0 0 4 3 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 15 6 315 188 127 70 55 57 37 61 25 24 50 45

T. Woewodin replaced J. Billings.

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
4 J. McVee 25 T. McDonald 22 B. Howes 13 I. Soldo 3 R. Burton
22 C. Dixon 4 T. Marshall 15 W. Rioli 9 Z. Butters 31 F. Evans
FORWARD 1 C. Rozee (c) 44 J. Mead
HALF-BACK

16 O. Wines
24 T. Rivers 8 J. Lever 35 H. Petty

7 J. Burgoyne
11 J. Finlayson 33 D. Byrne-Jones 41 J. McEntee



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



15 E. Langdon 5 C. Petracca 6 C. Windsor



14 M. Bergman 28 W. Drew 10 T. Boak FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 11 M. Gawn (c) 14 J. Billings
HALF-FORWARD 7 J. Viney (vc) 27 M. Hore
50 B. Brown 31 B. Fritsch 36 K. Pickett 13 C. Oliver 3 C. Salem
6 K. Farrell 5 D. Houston 34 L. Jones

32 T. Sparrow
HALF-BACK

40 T. Woewodin
FORWARD



30 A. Neal-Bullen 2 J. van Rooyen 37 K. Chandler



27 E. Ratugolea 25 B. Zerk-Thatcher 21 A. Aliir



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Simon Goodwin

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 PADL Darcy Byrne-Jones goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 00:18
MELB Kade Chandler behind 1.0.6 - 0.1.1 02:16
PADL Jed McEntee goal 2.0.12 - 0.1.1 02:52
PADL Francis Evans goal 3.0.18 - 0.1.1 15:06
PADL Ivan Soldo behind 3.1.19 - 0.1.1 18:20
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 3.1.19 - 1.1.7 20:38
MELB Clayton Oliver goal 3.1.19 - 2.1.13 24:05
MELB Max Gawn behind 3.1.19 - 2.2.14 26:48
MELB Ben Brown goal 3.1.19 - 3.2.20 28:27
PADL Charlie Dixon goal 4.1.25 - 3.2.20 32:15
Q2 MELB Tom Sparrow goal 4.1.25 - 4.2.26 00:16
MELB Ed Langdon goal 4.1.25 - 5.2.32 04:28
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 4.1.25 - 6.2.38 08:09
PADL Willie Rioli goal 5.1.31 - 6.2.38 12:39
MELB Kysaiah Pickett behind 5.1.31 - 6.3.39 13:59
PADL Rushed behind 5.2.32 - 6.3.39 16:01
PADL Darcy Byrne-Jones goal 6.2.38 - 6.3.39 19:38
PADL Darcy Byrne-Jones behind 6.3.39 - 6.3.39 20:51
PADL Dan Houston goal 7.3.45 - 6.3.39 24:54
MELB Jack Viney goal 7.3.45 - 7.3.45 28:47
Q3 PADL Willie Rioli goal 8.3.51 - 7.3.45 07:01
PADL Willie Rioli behind 8.4.52 - 7.3.45 10:19
PADL Charlie Dixon behind 8.5.53 - 7.3.45 11:46
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen goal 8.5.53 - 8.3.51 16:28
PADL Dan Houston behind 8.6.54 - 8.3.51 19:29
MELB Rushed behind 8.6.54 - 8.4.52 22:54
PADL Ollie Wines behind 8.7.55 - 8.4.52 24:21
PADL Ivan Soldo goal 9.7.61 - 8.4.52 25:26
PADL Todd Marshall goal 10.7.67 - 8.4.52 27:11
PADL Connor Rozee behind 10.8.68 - 8.4.52 28:43
MELB Ben Brown goal 10.8.68 - 9.4.58 30:07
MELB Max Gawn goal 10.8.68 - 10.4.64 32:55
Q4 MELB Alex Neal-Bullen goal 10.8.68 - 11.4.70 02:29
MELB Tom Sparrow goal 10.8.68 - 12.4.76 05:20
MELB Rushed behind 10.8.68 - 12.5.77 06:46
PADL Charlie Dixon behind 10.9.69 - 12.5.77 09:36
MELB Caleb Windsor goal 10.9.69 - 13.5.83 10:57
PADL Willie Rioli behind 10.10.70 - 13.5.83 12:59
PADL Jeremy Finlayson goal 11.10.76 - 13.5.83 14:11
PADL Jeremy Finlayson behind 11.11.77 - 13.5.83 16:19
PADL Connor Rozee goal 12.11.83 - 13.5.83 17:36
MELB Ben Brown goal 12.11.83 - 14.5.89 22:08
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 12.11.83 - 15.5.95 29:07
MELB Bayley Fritsch behind 12.11.83 - 15.6.96 32:29
PADL Jeremy Finlayson goal 13.11.89 - 15.6.96 33:27