2025 AFL Round 9: Western Bulldogs v Port Adelaide

This is the match report for the match played on 3 May 2025 between Western Bulldogs and Port Adelaide during round 9 of the 2025 AFL season. Western Bulldogs hosted Port Adelaide at Mars Stadium. Marcus Bontempelli captained the hosts with Tom Liberatore as vice-captain. Connor Rozee captained the visitors with Zak Butters as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Luke Beveridge and the visitors were coached by Ken Hinkley.

Western Bulldogs
Back: L. Vandermeer, J. O'Donnell, L. Bramble
Half-back: J. Johannisen, R. Lobb, B. Dale
Centre: B. Williams, E. Richards, J. Freijah
Half-forward: J. Harmes, B. Khamis, M. Kennedy
Forward: A. Treloar, A. Naughton, R. West
Follower: T. English, M. Bontempelli (capt.), T. Liberatore (vice-capt.)
Int.: L. Cleary, S. Davidson, L. McNeil, R. Sanders
Sub.: J. Busslinger

Port Adelaide
Back: E. Ratugolea, A. Aliir, L. Jones
Half-back: M. Bergman, C. Rozee (capt.), K. Farrell
Centre: J. Burgoyne, W. Drew, W. Lorenz
Half-forward: D. Byrne-Jones, J. Richards, S. Powell-Pepper
Forward: W. Rioli, M. Georgiades, O. Lord
Follower: J. Sweet, Z. Butters (vice-capt.), J. Horne-Francis
Int.: J. Berry, L. Evans, J. Mead, O. Wines
Sub.: J. Finlayson

Western Bulldogs (20.11.131) defeated Port Adelaide (5.11.41).

Goalkickers
Western Bulldogs: M. Bontempelli (3), T. English (3), A. Naughton (3), B. Khamis (2), E. Richards (2), R. West (2), L. Cleary, J. Freijah, L. McNeil, R. Sanders, A. Treloar
Port Adelaide: W. Rioli (2), M. Georgiades, S. Powell-Pepper, J. Sweet

As a result of this match, Western Bulldogs were then 5th on the ladder (up from 8th) and Port Adelaide were then 12th on the ladder (down from 9th) by the end of the day.

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Western Bulldogs v Port Adelaide
Date: Saturday 3 May 2025
Time: 1:20 PM
Venue: Mars Stadium
Attendance: 4,814

Match Results

Outcome: Western Bulldogs def. Port Adelaide
Score: 20.11.131 - 5.11.41

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Western Bulldogs 2 . 1 8 . 3 15 . 6 20 . 11 20 . 11 (131)
Port Adelaide 2 . 4 3 . 7 5 . 8 5 . 11 5 . 11 (41)
Margin PADL by 3 WBUL by 26 WBUL by 58 WBUL by 90 WBUL by 90
Duration 32:07 33:05 34:01 31:47 2:11:00

Honour Roll

Coaches: Luke Beveridge (Western Bulldogs), Ken Hinkley (Port Adelaide)
Captains: Marcus Bontempelli (Western Bulldogs), Connor Rozee (Port Adelaide)
Vice-Captains: Tom Liberatore (Western Bulldogs), Zak Butters (Port Adelaide)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Marcus Bontempelli WBUL 4 3
Tim English WBUL 44 2
James Harmes WBUL 22 1

Player Statistics

Western Bulldogs

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
4 Bontempelli, Marcus (c) RR 82% 3 1 23 15 8 4 0 8 1 2 2 0 3 4
29 Bramble, Lachie BPR 75% 0 0 15 8 7 4 0 4 4 1 1 0 5 2
5 Busslinger, Jedd SUB↑ 13% 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 Cleary, Luke INT 81% 1 0 13 7 6 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0
31 Dale, Bailey HBFR 83% 0 0 31 22 9 4 0 1 0 2 1 1 8 2
42 Davidson, Sam INT↓ 67% 0 2 14 10 4 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 3
44 English, Tim RU 82% 3 1 27 15 12 6 30 2 4 2 4 1 2 4
27 Freijah, Joel WR 85% 1 0 19 13 6 5 0 4 5 2 0 1 2 7
22 Harmes, James HFFL 78% 0 1 20 13 7 6 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 3
39 Johannisen, Jason HBFL 81% 0 0 17 13 4 3 0 4 1 3 0 0 1 5
8 Kennedy, Matthew HFFR 81% 0 1 26 12 14 5 0 8 11 3 2 1 1 4
24 Khamis, Buku CHF 77% 2 0 8 4 4 4 5 1 1 0 1 0 1 0
21 Liberatore, Tom (vc) RO 81% 0 0 19 6 13 2 0 2 5 2 0 2 1 2
7 Lobb, Rory CHB 100% 0 0 11 5 6 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 1
30 McNeil, Lachlan INT 80% 1 1 16 8 8 4 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 2
33 Naughton, Aaron FF 84% 3 1 19 12 7 7 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 3
18 O'Donnell, James FB 93% 0 0 10 7 3 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0
20 Richards, Ed C 82% 2 1 30 17 13 5 0 3 5 1 2 0 1 11
9 Sanders, Ryley INT 81% 1 0 17 2 15 0 0 2 2 2 1 0 0 2
1 Treloar, Adam FPL 71% 1 0 27 14 13 2 0 2 3 3 2 0 0 7
23 Vandermeer, Laitham BPL 73% 0 1 15 6 9 4 0 3 0 6 1 3 0 1
14 West, Rhylee FPR 83% 2 0 15 5 10 1 0 2 1 4 0 2 0 3
34 Williams, Bailey WL 89% 0 0 21 10 11 8 0 1 1 2 0 1 3 1
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 20 11 415 225 190 87 35 57 49 45 22 15 35 67

J. Busslinger replaced S. Davidson.

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 7 5 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 1
14 Bergman, Miles HBFL 90% 0 0 14 11 3 6 0 1 0 4 0 2 5 2
5 Berry, Joe INT↓ 36% 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1
7 Burgoyne, Jase WL 91% 0 0 21 10 11 4 0 4 0 5 0 1 3 3
9 Butters, Zak (vc) RR 84% 0 0 24 12 12 3 0 9 6 4 0 0 3 7
33 Byrne-Jones, Darcy HFFL 83% 0 0 10 4 6 3 0 4 0 2 1 0 0 1
28 Drew, Willem C 86% 0 1 16 4 12 0 0 4 5 2 0 0 1 2
22 Evans, Logan INT 78% 0 0 14 7 7 1 0 4 0 0 1 0 6 1
6 Farrell, Kane HBFR 75% 0 0 15 15 0 3 0 3 0 3 1 1 6 1
11 Finlayson, Jeremy SUB↑ 46% 0 0 6 5 1 4 6 0 1 3 0 1 2 2
19 Georgiades, Mitch FF 94% 1 2 11 6 5 2 0 2 0 3 1 2 0 0
18 Horne-Francis, Jason RO 68% 0 2 22 14 8 4 0 3 7 4 2 1 2 4
34 Jones, Lachie BPR 69% 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1
30 Lord, Ollie FPR 86% 0 0 7 4 3 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0
36 Lorenz, Will WR 80% 0 0 15 7 8 2 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 2
44 Mead, Jackson INT 79% 0 0 7 2 5 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
2 Powell-Pepper, Sam HFFR 78% 1 1 18 6 12 2 0 3 3 4 1 1 1 3
27 Ratugolea, Esava BPL 97% 0 0 11 4 7 3 0 4 1 3 0 1 2 0
35 Richards, Joe CHF 78% 0 2 13 7 6 3 0 5 1 1 1 1 0 2
15 Rioli, Willie FPL 77% 2 0 6 4 2 2 0 5 1 2 0 2 0 2
1 Rozee, Connor (c) CHB 82% 0 0 29 17 12 3 0 1 3 4 2 1 7 3
24 Sweet, Jordon RU 76% 1 0 9 3 6 2 46 4 3 6 1 3 0 1
16 Wines, Ollie INT 66% 0 1 22 10 12 1 3 3 3 5 1 1 4 2
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 5 11 305 162 143 57 55 65 35 61 15 22 47 41

J. Finlayson replaced J. Berry.

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

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 PADL Willie Rioli goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 02:01
PADL Rushed behind 0.0.0 - 1.1.7 04:20
PADL Willem Drew behind 0.0.0 - 1.2.8 10:59
PADL Sam Powell-Pepper behind 0.0.0 - 1.3.9 11:46
PADL Joe Richards behind 0.0.0 - 1.4.10 14:46
WBUL Buku Khamis goal 1.0.6 - 1.4.10 17:40
PADL Willie Rioli goal 1.0.6 - 2.4.16 19:20
WBUL Rhylee West goal 2.0.12 - 2.4.16 22:18
WBUL Sam Davidson behind 2.1.13 - 2.4.16 24:06
Q2 WBUL Ed Richards goal 3.1.19 - 2.4.16 02:32
WBUL Marcus Bontempelli behind 3.2.20 - 2.4.16 04:38
WBUL Buku Khamis goal 4.2.26 - 2.4.16 06:59
WBUL Ryley Sanders goal 5.2.32 - 2.4.16 09:45
WBUL Aaron Naughton behind 5.3.33 - 2.4.16 11:25
WBUL Aaron Naughton goal 6.3.39 - 2.4.16 12:28
WBUL Luke Cleary goal 7.3.45 - 2.4.16 19:04
PADL Jordon Sweet goal 7.3.45 - 3.4.22 23:05
PADL Mitch Georgiades behind 7.3.45 - 3.5.23 28:06
PADL Jason Horne-Francis behind 7.3.45 - 3.6.24 29:35
WBUL Aaron Naughton goal 8.3.51 - 3.6.24 30:36
PADL Mitch Georgiades behind 8.3.51 - 3.7.25 32:59
Q3 PADL Joe Richards behind 8.3.51 - 3.8.26 02:23
WBUL Tim English goal 9.3.57 - 3.8.26 03:40
WBUL Tim English behind 9.4.58 - 3.8.26 05:45
WBUL Ed Richards goal 10.4.64 - 3.8.26 07:42
WBUL Rushed behind 10.5.65 - 3.8.26 09:16
PADL Mitch Georgiades goal 10.5.65 - 4.8.32 09:49
PADL Sam Powell-Pepper goal 10.5.65 - 5.8.38 14:28
WBUL Joel Freijah goal 11.5.71 - 5.8.38 16:04
WBUL Marcus Bontempelli goal 12.5.77 - 5.8.38 17:26
WBUL Marcus Bontempelli goal 13.5.83 - 5.8.38 21:36
WBUL Tim English goal 14.5.89 - 5.8.38 25:09
WBUL Aaron Naughton goal 15.5.95 - 5.8.38 28:11
WBUL James Harmes behind 15.6.96 - 5.8.38 33:36
Q4 WBUL Lachlan McNeil behind 15.7.97 - 5.8.38 00:48
WBUL Matthew Kennedy behind 15.8.98 - 5.8.38 01:53
WBUL Lachlan McNeil goal 16.8.104 - 5.8.38 06:36
PADL Ollie Wines behind 16.8.104 - 5.9.39 08:25
WBUL Tim English goal 17.8.110 - 5.9.39 09:38
WBUL Sam Davidson behind 17.9.111 - 5.9.39 12:08
PADL Rushed behind 17.9.111 - 5.10.40 14:00
PADL Jason Horne-Francis behind 17.9.111 - 5.11.41 16:08
WBUL Marcus Bontempelli goal 18.9.117 - 5.11.41 17:39
WBUL Adam Treloar goal 19.9.123 - 5.11.41 21:22
WBUL Ed Richards behind 19.10.124 - 5.11.41 26:12
WBUL Rhylee West goal 20.10.130 - 5.11.41 28:35
WBUL Laitham Vandermeer behind 20.11.131 - 5.11.41 31:22