2025 AFL Round 15: Port Adelaide v Melbourne
This is the match report for the match played on 15 June 2025 between Port Adelaide and Melbourne during round 15 of the 2025 AFL season.
Port Adelaide hosted Melbourne at Adelaide Oval.
Connor Rozee captained the hosts with Zak Butters as vice-captain.
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:
B. Zerk-Thatcher, E. Ratugolea, R. Burton
Half-back:
A. Aliir, K. Farrell, C. Rozee (capt.)
Centre:
J. Burgoyne, O. Wines, J. Mead
Half-forward:
S. Powell-Pepper, D. Byrne-Jones, W. Rioli
Forward:
J. Horne-Francis, M. Georgiades, J. Sweet
Follower:
D. Visentini, M. Bergman, Z. Butters (vice-capt.)
Int.:
W. Drew, M. Liddy, J. Richards, J. Sinn
Sub.:
H. Jackson
Melbourne
Back:
J. Bowey, S. May, C. Salem
Half-back:
J. McVee, J. Lever, D. Turner
Centre:
E. Langdon, C. Petracca, C. Windsor
Half-forward:
H. Langford, B. Fritsch, T. Sparrow
Forward:
J. Melksham, H. Petty, K. Pickett
Follower:
M. Gawn (capt.), C. Oliver, J. Viney (vice-capt.)
Int.:
K. Chandler, B. Howes, T. Rivers, J. van Rooyen
Sub.:
X. Lindsay
Port Adelaide (14.9.93) defeated Melbourne (9.14.68).
Goalkickers
Port Adelaide: M. Georgiades (7), D. Byrne-Jones (2), M. Bergman, J. Burgoyne, J. Horne-Francis, S. Powell-Pepper, W. Rioli
Melbourne: K. Pickett (3), B. Fritsch (2), J. van Rooyen (2), H. Petty, D. Turner
As a result of this match, Port Adelaide were then 11th on the ladder (up from 15th) and Melbourne were then 15th on the ladder (down from 13th) by the end of the day.
Match Details
Season:
2025 AFL Season
Round:
Round 15
Teams:
Port Adelaide
v
Melbourne
Date:
Sunday 15 June 2025
Time:
2:50 PM
Venue:
Adelaide Oval
Attendance:
30,144
Match Results
Outcome:
Port Adelaide
def.
Melbourne
Score:
14.9.93 - 9.14.68
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
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| Port Adelaide | 4 | . | 4 | 9 | . | 6 | 11 | . | 8 | 14 | . | 9 | 14 | . | 9 | (93) |
| Melbourne | 3 | . | 4 | 5 | . | 6 | 8 | . | 11 | 9 | . | 14 | 9 | . | 14 | (68) |
| Margin | PADL by 6 | PADL by 24 | PADL by 15 | PADL by 25 | PADL by 25 | |||||||||||
| Duration | 32:13 | 32:01 | 30:28 | 30:13 | 2:04:55 | |||||||||||
Honour Roll
Coaches:
Ken Hinkley
(Port Adelaide),
Simon Goodwin
(Melbourne)
Captains:
Connor Rozee
(Port Adelaide),
Max Gawn
(Melbourne)
Vice-Captains:
Zak Butters
(Port Adelaide),
Jack Viney
(Melbourne)
Brownlow Votes
| Player | Team | # | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mitch Georgiades | PADL | 19 | 3 |
| Connor Rozee | PADL | 1 | 2 |
| Esava Ratugolea | PADL | 27 | 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 | HBFL↓ | 68% | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Bergman, Miles | RR | 86% | 1 | 0 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | Burgoyne, Jase | WL | 95% | 1 | 0 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 3 | Burton, Ryan | BPR | 78% | 0 | 0 | 26 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| 9 | Butters, Zak (vc) | RO | 75% | 0 | 0 | 27 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 33 | Byrne-Jones, Darcy | CHF | 79% | 2 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 28 | Drew, Willem | INT | 77% | 0 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 6 | Farrell, Kane | CHB | 75% | 0 | 0 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| 19 | Georgiades, Mitch | FF | 97% | 7 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 18 | Horne-Francis, Jason | FPL | 67% | 1 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 39 | Jackson, Hugh | SUB↑ | 24% | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | Liddy, Mani | INT | 71% | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 44 | Mead, Jackson | WR | 79% | 0 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Powell-Pepper, Sam | HFFL | 88% | 1 | 0 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 27 | Ratugolea, Esava | FB | 96% | 0 | 0 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 35 | Richards, Joe | INT | 72% | 0 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 15 | Rioli, Willie | HFFR | 90% | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | Rozee, Connor (c) | HBFR | 93% | 0 | 0 | 32 | 25 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 1 |
| 8 | Sinn, Josh | INT | 73% | 0 | 0 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | Sweet, Jordon | FPR | 80% | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 38 | Visentini, Dante | RU | 79% | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | Wines, Ollie | C | 65% | 0 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 25 | Zerk-Thatcher, Brandon | BPL | 92% | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Rushed | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total (23 players) | 14 | 9 | 374 | 228 | 146 | 123 | 35 | 61 | 32 | 51 | 13 | 21 | 45 | 48 | |||
H. Jackson replaced A. Aliir.
Melbourne
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | TA | CL | CR | FF | FA | RF | IF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | Bowey, Jake | BPL | 79% | 0 | 0 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| 37 | Chandler, Kade | INT | 80% | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 31 | Fritsch, Bayley | CHF | 84% | 2 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Gawn, Max (c) | RU | 88% | 0 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 36 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 22 | Howes, Blake | INT | 77% | 0 | 0 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | Langdon, Ed | WL | 78% | 0 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 19 | Langford, Harvey | HFFL | 83% | 0 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Lever, Jake | CHB | 100% | 0 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | Lindsay, Xavier | SUB↑ | 24% | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | May, Steven | FB | 100% | 0 | 0 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | McVee, Judd | HBFL | 78% | 0 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 18 | Melksham, Jake | FPL | 79% | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | Oliver, Clayton | RR | 75% | 0 | 1 | 26 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Petracca, Christian | C | 86% | 0 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 35 | Petty, Harry | FF | 80% | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 36 | Pickett, Kysaiah | FPR | 77% | 3 | 0 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 24 | Rivers, Trent | INT↓ | 54% | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Salem, Christian | BPR | 86% | 0 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 32 | Sparrow, Tom | HFFR | 83% | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Turner, Daniel | HBFR | 78% | 1 | 0 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 2 | van Rooyen, Jacob | INT | 67% | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Viney, Jack (vc) | RO | 85% | 0 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Windsor, Caleb | WR | 79% | 0 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Rushed | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total (23 players) | 9 | 14 | 346 | 201 | 145 | 89 | 38 | 61 | 37 | 53 | 21 | 13 | 34 | 54 | |||
X. Lindsay replaced T. Rivers.
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 50sPlayer Line-Up
| Port Adelaide | Coach: Ken Hinkley | ||||||||||||||
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| 17 | J. Bowey | 1 | S. May | 3 | C. Salem | 38 | D. Visentini | 28 | W. Drew | ||||||
| 24 | J. Sweet | 19 | M. Georgiades | 18 | J. Horne-Francis | 14 | M. Bergman | 50 | M. Liddy | ||||||
| FORWARD | 9 | Z. Butters (vc) | 35 | J. Richards | |||||||||||
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| 4 | J. McVee | 8 | J. Lever | 10 | D. Turner |
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| 15 | E. Langdon | 5 | C. Petracca | 6 | C. Windsor |
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| 44 | J. Mead | 16 | O. Wines | 7 | J. Burgoyne | FOLLOWER | INTERCHANGE | ||||||||
| CENTRE | 11 | M. Gawn (c) | 37 | K. Chandler | |||||||||||
| HALF-FORWARD | 13 | C. Oliver | 22 | B. Howes | |||||||||||
| 19 | H. Langford | 31 | B. Fritsch | 32 | T. Sparrow | 7 | J. Viney (vc) | 24 | T. Rivers | ||||||
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| Melbourne | Coach: Simon Goodwin | ||||||||||||||
Score Timeline
| Quarter | Team | Scoring Event | Score | Time | ||
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| Q1 | MELB | Rushed behind | 0.0.0 | - | 0.1.1 | 00:32 |
| PADL | Jason Horne-Francis behind | 0.1.1 | - | 0.1.1 | 01:37 | |
| MELB | Bayley Fritsch behind | 0.1.1 | - | 0.2.2 | 03:46 | |
| MELB | Ed Langdon behind | 0.1.1 | - | 0.3.3 | 05:48 | |
| PADL | Mitch Georgiades goal | 1.1.7 | - | 0.3.3 | 07:33 | |
| MELB | Jacob van Rooyen goal | 1.1.7 | - | 1.3.9 | 09:47 | |
| MELB | Kysaiah Pickett goal | 1.1.7 | - | 2.3.15 | 12:42 | |
| PADL | Mitch Georgiades behind | 1.2.8 | - | 2.3.15 | 15:54 | |
| MELB | Rushed behind | 1.2.8 | - | 2.4.16 | 16:33 | |
| PADL | Jason Horne-Francis behind | 1.3.9 | - | 2.4.16 | 19:26 | |
| PADL | Jason Horne-Francis behind | 1.4.10 | - | 2.4.16 | 20:44 | |
| PADL | Darcy Byrne-Jones goal | 2.4.16 | - | 2.4.16 | 21:28 | |
| PADL | Miles Bergman goal | 3.4.22 | - | 2.4.16 | 24:19 | |
| MELB | Jacob van Rooyen goal | 3.4.22 | - | 3.4.22 | 29:37 | |
| PADL | Jase Burgoyne goal | 4.4.28 | - | 3.4.22 | 32:06 | |
| Q2 | PADL | Mitch Georgiades goal | 5.4.34 | - | 3.4.22 | 02:30 |
| PADL | Mitch Georgiades behind | 5.5.35 | - | 3.4.22 | 05:23 | |
| MELB | Kysaiah Pickett goal | 5.5.35 | - | 4.4.28 | 06:33 | |
| MELB | Kysaiah Pickett goal | 5.5.35 | - | 5.4.34 | 08:05 | |
| PADL | Willie Rioli goal | 6.5.41 | - | 5.4.34 | 13:29 | |
| PADL | Mitch Georgiades goal | 7.5.47 | - | 5.4.34 | 14:29 | |
| MELB | Rushed behind | 7.5.47 | - | 5.5.35 | 16:13 | |
| MELB | Rushed behind | 7.5.47 | - | 5.6.36 | 17:30 | |
| PADL | Rushed behind | 7.6.48 | - | 5.6.36 | 23:59 | |
| PADL | Jason Horne-Francis goal | 8.6.54 | - | 5.6.36 | 28:50 | |
| PADL | Mitch Georgiades goal | 9.6.60 | - | 5.6.36 | 31:54 | |
| Q3 | MELB | Bayley Fritsch goal | 9.6.60 | - | 6.6.42 | 00:48 |
| MELB | Max Gawn behind | 9.6.60 | - | 6.7.43 | 04:33 | |
| MELB | Daniel Turner goal | 9.6.60 | - | 7.7.49 | 06:22 | |
| MELB | Max Gawn behind | 9.6.60 | - | 7.8.50 | 07:35 | |
| PADL | Mitch Georgiades behind | 9.7.61 | - | 7.8.50 | 10:28 | |
| MELB | Jack Viney behind | 9.7.61 | - | 7.9.51 | 14:59 | |
| PADL | Mitch Georgiades behind | 9.8.62 | - | 7.9.51 | 16:31 | |
| MELB | Bayley Fritsch goal | 9.8.62 | - | 8.9.57 | 20:12 | |
| PADL | Mitch Georgiades goal | 10.8.68 | - | 8.9.57 | 22:04 | |
| MELB | Tom Sparrow behind | 10.8.68 | - | 8.10.58 | 25:10 | |
| MELB | Harry Petty behind | 10.8.68 | - | 8.11.59 | 27:01 | |
| PADL | Sam Powell-Pepper goal | 11.8.74 | - | 8.11.59 | 30:24 | |
| Q4 | MELB | Clayton Oliver behind | 11.8.74 | - | 8.12.60 | 03:36 |
| MELB | Bayley Fritsch behind | 11.8.74 | - | 8.13.61 | 07:22 | |
| PADL | Darcy Byrne-Jones goal | 12.8.80 | - | 8.13.61 | 09:41 | |
| PADL | Mitch Georgiades goal | 13.8.86 | - | 8.13.61 | 17:08 | |
| PADL | Mitch Georgiades goal | 14.8.92 | - | 8.13.61 | 19:01 | |
| MELB | Bayley Fritsch behind | 14.8.92 | - | 8.14.62 | 23:43 | |
| MELB | Harry Petty goal | 14.8.92 | - | 9.14.68 | 27:52 | |
| PADL | Jackson Mead behind | 14.9.93 | - | 9.14.68 | 29:57 | |