2025 AFL Season 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 fifteen of the 2025 season of the Australian Football League. 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 (14.9.93) defeated Melbourne (9.14.68).

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
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

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Port Adelaide

Captain: Connor Rozee
Vice-Captain: Zak Butters
Coach: Ken Hinkley

Melbourne

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

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Mitch Georgiades PADL 19 3
Connor Rozee PADL 1 2
Esava Ratugolea PADL 27 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 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 50s

Player Line-Up

Port Adelaide Coach: Ken Hinkley
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
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
HALF-BACK

8 J. Sinn
4 J. McVee 8 J. Lever 10 D. Turner

39 H. Jackson
15 W. Rioli 33 D. Byrne-Jones 2 S. Powell-Pepper



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



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



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
1 C. Rozee (c) 6 K. Farrell 21 A. Aliir

2 J. van Rooyen
HALF-BACK

20 X. Lindsay
FORWARD



18 J. Melksham 35 H. Petty 36 K. Pickett



3 R. Burton 27 E. Ratugolea 25 B. Zerk-Thatcher



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Simon Goodwin

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
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