2024 AFL 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 23 of the 2024 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Port Adelaide at 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
Back: A. Tomlinson, J. Lever, J. McVee
Half-back: B. Howes, T. McDonald, C. Salem
Centre: E. Langdon, C. Oliver, A. Neal-Bullen
Half-forward: J. Billings, H. Petty, K. Chandler
Forward: K. Pickett, B. Fritsch, J. van Rooyen
Follower: M. Gawn (capt.), J. Viney (vice-capt.), T. Rivers
Int.: M. Hore, T. Sparrow, K. Tholstrup, D. Turner
Sub.: J. Melksham

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

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

Goalkickers
Melbourne: K. Pickett (4), B. Fritsch, E. Langdon, A. Neal-Bullen
Port Adelaide: C. Dixon (2), J. Horne-Francis (2), Z. Butters, D. Byrne-Jones, Q. Narkle

As a result of this match, Melbourne were then 13th on the ladder (down from 12th) and Port Adelaide were then 2nd on the ladder (up from 3rd) by the end of the round.

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

Honour Roll

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

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