2024 AFL Season Round 23: Melbourne v Port Adelaide

This is the match report for the match played on 10 August 2024 between Melbourne and Port Adelaide during round twenty-three of the 2024 season of the Australian Football League. Melbourne hosted Port Adelaide at the MCG. Max Gawn captained the hosts with Jack Viney as vice-captain. Connor Rozee captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Simon Goodwin and the visitors were coached by Ken Hinkley.

Melbourne (7.9.51) were defeated by Port Adelaide (7.11.53).

Match Details

Season: 2024 AFL Season
Round: Round 23
Teams: Melbourne v Port Adelaide
Date: Saturday 10 August 2024
Time: 7:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 17,867

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Port Adelaide
Score: 7.9.51 - 7.11.53

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Melbourne	2	.	3	4	.	5	6	.	5	7	.	9	7	.	9	(51)
Port Adelaide	2	.	4	3	.	8	5	.	8	7	.	11	7	.	11	(53)
Margin	PADL by 1			MELB by 3			MELB by 3			PADL by 2			PADL by 2
Duration	28:23			27:39			29:02			31:15			1:56:19

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Max Gawn
Vice-Captain: Jack Viney
Coach: Simon Goodwin

Port Adelaide

Captain: Connor Rozee
Coach: Ken Hinkley

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Zak Butters	PADL	9	3
Kysaiah Pickett	MELB	36	2
Max Gawn	MELB	11	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Zak Butters	PADL	9	7	?	?	?	?	0
Jason Horne-Francis	PADL	18	7	?	?	?	?	0
Kysaiah Pickett	MELB	36	7	?	?	?	?	0
Max Gawn	MELB	11	6	?	?	?	?	?
Travis Boak	PADL	10	3	0	0	?	?	?

Player Statistics

Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
14	Billings, Jack	HFFL	81%	0	1	23	15	8	7	0	3	0	3	1	0	1	1
37	Chandler, Kade	HFFR	82%	0	0	14	8	6	3	0	5	1	3	0	2	0	5
31	Fritsch, Bayley	FF	83%	1	1	11	5	6	3	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	3
11	Gawn, Max (c)	RU	86%	0	0	22	14	8	5	30	2	6	2	7	0	6	3
27	Hore, Marty	INT	72%	0	0	7	7	0	7	0	1	0	1	0	0	4	0
22	Howes, Blake	HBFL	78%	0	0	11	7	4	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	5	0
15	Langdon, Ed	WL	100%	1	0	19	11	8	3	0	5	1	4	2	0	3	0
8	Lever, Jake	FB	92%	0	0	12	8	4	7	0	1	0	2	1	1	3	0
25	McDonald, Tom	CHB	100%	0	0	16	11	5	4	0	1	0	1	1	0	3	1
4	McVee, Judd	BPR	80%	0	0	20	15	5	2	0	1	2	4	3	0	2	3
18	Melksham, Jake	SUB↑	19%	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	Neal-Bullen, Alex	WR	81%	1	1	24	17	7	4	0	4	4	3	2	0	1	4
13	Oliver, Clayton	C	76%	0	0	16	5	11	1	0	2	4	8	1	2	1	1
35	Petty, Harry	CHF	77%	0	0	13	7	6	7	2	8	0	2	1	1	1	2
36	Pickett, Kysaiah	FPL	78%	4	1	21	18	3	4	0	6	2	6	2	4	1	4
24	Rivers, Trent	RO	73%	0	0	14	8	6	1	0	1	3	2	1	1	3	3
3	Salem, Christian	HBFR	79%	0	1	25	13	12	6	0	3	0	3	1	0	3	2
32	Sparrow, Tom	INT	69%	0	0	21	9	12	4	0	3	3	2	0	0	2	2
39	Tholstrup, Koltyn	INT	78%	0	1	13	7	6	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	2
20	Tomlinson, Adam	BPL	100%	0	0	13	9	4	4	0	1	0	1	0	1	4	0
42	Turner, Daniel	INT	72%	0	0	11	6	5	4	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	6
2	van Rooyen, Jacob	FPR↓	63%	0	0	8	5	3	3	0	0	0	4	0	1	1	2
7	Viney, Jack (vc)	RR	82%	0	1	23	7	16	3	0	8	2	3	0	1	1	4
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				7	9	358	213	145	86	32	60	31	60	24	15	47	48

J. Melksham replaced J. van Rooyen.

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	14	9	5	5	0	0	0	3	0	1	2	0
14	Bergman, Miles	CHB	75%	0	0	18	12	6	10	0	2	0	2	1	1	4	1
10	Boak, Travis	WR	81%	0	0	29	21	8	9	0	3	3	1	0	0	2	8
7	Burgoyne, Jase	WL	98%	0	0	21	14	7	7	0	5	2	1	1	1	5	2
9	Butters, Zak	RR	85%	1	1	30	20	10	5	0	3	5	4	0	2	5	5
33	Byrne-Jones, Darcy	CHF	73%	1	1	13	12	1	6	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	3
22	Dixon, Charlie	FPR	77%	2	1	10	7	3	5	2	0	1	3	0	1	0	2
28	Drew, Willem	RO	84%	0	0	16	9	7	2	0	5	2	3	1	2	0	2
31	Evans, Francis	INT	61%	0	0	6	4	2	1	0	2	0	1	1	1	0	1
43	Evans, Logan	INT	68%	0	0	16	11	5	5	0	1	2	1	2	0	0	5
6	Farrell, Kane	HBFR	83%	0	0	17	13	4	7	0	4	0	2	0	1	3	2
18	Horne-Francis, Jason	INT	75%	2	0	28	25	3	13	0	3	2	5	3	2	2	5
5	Houston, Dan	HBFL	90%	0	0	28	20	8	7	0	4	1	1	2	0	8	0
34	Jones, Lachie	BPR	83%	0	0	16	6	10	2	0	1	1	3	1	0	1	1
4	Marshall, Todd	HFFL↓	30%	0	1	8	6	2	2	0	1	0	3	1	1	0	3
44	Mead, Jackson	INT	78%	0	0	10	5	5	1	0	2	3	3	0	1	1	2
42	Narkle, Quinton	SUB↑	47%	1	0	4	3	1	3	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	1
27	Ratugolea, Esava	FF	94%	0	0	9	4	5	6	0	0	0	5	0	3	0	1
15	Rioli, Willie	FPL	86%	0	1	6	4	2	1	0	3	0	3	0	2	0	1
1	Rozee, Connor (c)	HFFR	83%	0	1	28	23	5	4	0	5	6	1	1	0	2	8
24	Sweet, Jordon	RU	83%	0	0	10	3	7	3	27	4	5	5	0	5	1	0
16	Wines, Ollie	C	67%	0	0	18	5	13	2	0	4	1	2	1	0	2	3
25	Zerk-Thatcher, Brandon	BPL	100%	0	0	15	10	5	2	0	2	1	2	0	0	3	0
Rushed					5
Total (23 players)				7	11	370	246	124	108	29	62	35	56	15	24	41	56

Q. Narkle replaced T. Marshall.

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

Melbourne							Coach: Simon Goodwin
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	25	B. Zerk-Thatcher	21	A. Aliir	34	L. Jones	11	M. Gawn (c)	27	M. Hore
	2	J. van Rooyen	31	B. Fritsch	36	K. Pickett	7	J. Viney (vc)	32	T. Sparrow
FORWARD							24	T. Rivers	39	K. Tholstrup
HALF-BACK									42	D. Turner
	5	D. Houston	14	M. Bergman	6	K. Farrell			18	J. Melksham
	37	K. Chandler	35	H. Petty	14	J. Billings
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	7	J. Burgoyne	16	O. Wines	10	T. Boak
	30	A. Neal-Bullen	13	C. Oliver	15	E. Langdon	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							24	J. Sweet	31	F. Evans
HALF-FORWARD							9	Z. Butters	43	L. Evans
	4	T. Marshall	33	D. Byrne-Jones	1	C. Rozee (c)	28	W. Drew	18	J. Horne-Francis
	3	C. Salem	25	T. McDonald	22	B. Howes			44	J. Mead
HALF-BACK									42	Q. Narkle
FORWARD
	15	W. Rioli	27	E. Ratugolea	22	C. Dixon
	4	J. McVee	8	J. Lever	20	A. Tomlinson
BACK
Port Adelaide							Coach: Ken Hinkley

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	PADL	Todd Marshall behind	0.0.0	-	0.1.1	02:30
	PADL	Connor Rozee behind	0.0.0	-	0.2.2	03:45
	MELB	Bayley Fritsch behind	0.1.1	-	0.2.2	08:16
	MELB	Kysaiah Pickett behind	0.2.2	-	0.2.2	08:46
	MELB	Bayley Fritsch goal	1.2.8	-	0.2.2	12:20
	PADL	Rushed behind	1.2.8	-	0.3.3	14:11
	MELB	Ed Langdon goal	2.2.14	-	0.3.3	16:35
	MELB	Alex Neal-Bullen behind	2.3.15	-	0.3.3	17:58
	PADL	Jason Horne-Francis goal	2.3.15	-	1.3.9	21:12
	PADL	Darcy Byrne-Jones goal	2.3.15	-	2.3.15	23:41
	PADL	Charlie Dixon behind	2.3.15	-	2.4.16	28:19
Q2	PADL	Rushed behind	2.3.15	-	2.5.17	01:16
	PADL	Jason Horne-Francis goal	2.3.15	-	3.5.23	02:37
	PADL	Darcy Byrne-Jones behind	2.3.15	-	3.6.24	03:46
	MELB	Kysaiah Pickett goal	3.3.21	-	3.6.24	05:07
	MELB	Kysaiah Pickett goal	4.3.27	-	3.6.24	12:40
	MELB	Christian Salem behind	4.4.28	-	3.6.24	15:54
	MELB	Jack Viney behind	4.5.29	-	3.6.24	17:34
	PADL	Zak Butters behind	4.5.29	-	3.7.25	20:37
	PADL	Willie Rioli behind	4.5.29	-	3.8.26	23:37
Q3	MELB	Kysaiah Pickett goal	5.5.35	-	3.8.26	02:59
	PADL	Charlie Dixon goal	5.5.35	-	4.8.32	08:07
	MELB	Alex Neal-Bullen goal	6.5.41	-	4.8.32	16:03
	PADL	Zak Butters goal	6.5.41	-	5.8.38	20:57
Q4	PADL	Charlie Dixon goal	6.5.41	-	6.8.44	00:47
	MELB	Rushed behind	6.6.42	-	6.8.44	03:52
	PADL	Rushed behind	6.6.42	-	6.9.45	06:51
	MELB	Kysaiah Pickett goal	7.6.48	-	6.9.45	11:23
	MELB	Jack Billings behind	7.7.49	-	6.9.45	15:23
	MELB	Koltyn Tholstrup behind	7.8.50	-	6.9.45	18:38
	MELB	Rushed behind	7.9.51	-	6.9.45	19:48
	PADL	Quinton Narkle goal	7.9.51	-	7.9.51	21:47
	PADL	Rushed behind	7.9.51	-	7.10.52	24:16
	PADL	Rushed behind	7.9.51	-	7.11.53	28:55

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