2025 AFL Round 16: Port Adelaide v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 21 June 2025 between Port Adelaide and Sydney during round 16 of the 2025 AFL season. Port Adelaide hosted Sydney at Adelaide Oval. Connor Rozee captained the hosts with Zak Butters as vice-captain. Callum Mills captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ken Hinkley and the visitors were coached by Dean Cox.

Port Adelaide
Back: B. Zerk-Thatcher, E. Ratugolea, L. Jones
Half-back: J. Sinn, K. Farrell, C. Rozee (capt.)
Centre: J. Burgoyne, W. Drew, 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.: R. Burton, M. Liddy, C. Moraes, J. Richards
Sub.: J. Finlayson

Sydney
Back: H. Cunningham, T. McCartin, L. Melican
Half-back: M. Roberts, N. Blakey, S. Wicks
Centre: E. Gulden, C. Warner, C. Mills (capt.)
Half-forward: H. McLean, W. Hayward, J. McInerney
Forward: T. Papley, J. Amartey, J. Jordon
Follower: B. Grundy, I. Heeney, J. Rowbottom
Int.: B. Campbell, A. Francis, D. Rampe, A. Sheldrick
Sub.: R. Bice

Port Adelaide (7.10.52) were defeated by Sydney (9.17.71).

Goalkickers
Port Adelaide: Z. Butters, D. Byrne-Jones, M. Georgiades, J. Horne-Francis, S. Powell-Pepper, J. Richards, W. Rioli
Sydney: W. Hayward (3), I. Heeney (2), N. Blakey, B. Campbell, J. McInerney, H. McLean

As a result of this match, Port Adelaide were then 12th on the ladder (down from 11th) and Sydney were then 11th on the ladder (up from 13th) by the end of the day.

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Port Adelaide v Sydney
Date: Saturday 21 June 2025
Time: 3:45 PM
Venue: Adelaide Oval
Attendance: 33,576

Match Results

Outcome: Port Adelaide def. by Sydney
Score: 7.10.52 - 9.17.71

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Port Adelaide	0	.	2	2	.	4	4	.	6	7	.	10	7	.	10	(52)
Sydney	1	.	6	4	.	10	5	.	16	9	.	17	9	.	17	(71)
Margin	SYDN by 10			SYDN by 18			SYDN by 16			SYDN by 19			SYDN by 19
Duration	27:51			30:02			27:53			32:33			1:58:19

Honour Roll

Coaches: Ken Hinkley (Port Adelaide), Dean Cox (Sydney)
Captains: Connor Rozee (Port Adelaide), Callum Mills (Sydney)
Vice-Captains: Zak Butters (Port Adelaide), unknown (Sydney)

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Isaac Heeney	SYDN	5	3
Zak Butters	PADL	9	2
Brodie Grundy	SYDN	4	1

Player Statistics

Port Adelaide

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
14	Bergman, Miles	RR	82%	0	0	14	10	4	3	0	2	0	4	0	1	5	0
7	Burgoyne, Jase	WL	93%	0	0	20	10	10	7	0	4	2	2	0	0	1	1
3	Burton, Ryan	INT	81%	0	0	21	18	3	3	0	1	1	4	1	1	4	2
9	Butters, Zak (vc)	RO	81%	1	0	28	9	19	8	0	3	6	2	0	0	2	2
33	Byrne-Jones, Darcy	CHF	82%	1	0	13	11	2	6	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	3
28	Drew, Willem	C	77%	0	0	17	6	11	5	0	8	2	6	0	1	1	3
6	Farrell, Kane	CHB	84%	0	0	20	15	5	3	0	1	2	2	0	1	6	1
11	Finlayson, Jeremy	SUB↑	37%	0	0	3	1	2	1	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
19	Georgiades, Mitch	FF	96%	1	3	7	5	2	4	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0
18	Horne-Francis, Jason	FPL	70%	1	0	16	13	3	6	0	1	1	2	0	2	0	4
34	Jones, Lachie	BPR	79%	0	0	10	2	8	3	0	0	0	3	0	1	2	1
50	Liddy, Mani	INT	74%	0	0	17	14	3	5	0	3	1	3	2	1	3	2
44	Mead, Jackson	WR	64%	0	0	12	6	6	0	0	3	2	2	1	0	2	4
31	Moraes, Christian	INT	71%	0	0	11	5	6	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1
2	Powell-Pepper, Sam	HFFL	86%	1	1	20	10	10	6	0	3	2	4	1	0	1	5
27	Ratugolea, Esava	FB	92%	0	0	16	9	7	7	0	2	0	5	0	3	4	0
35	Richards, Joe	INT	78%	1	1	19	8	11	5	0	4	2	2	2	0	0	1
15	Rioli, Willie	HFFR	65%	1	1	7	6	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1
1	Rozee, Connor (c)	HBFR	90%	0	1	25	15	10	4	0	1	6	4	0	1	4	2
8	Sinn, Josh	HBFL	78%	0	0	15	9	6	6	0	4	1	1	0	0	2	0
24	Sweet, Jordon	FPR↓	54%	0	0	5	5	0	2	12	1	0	0	1	0	1	0
38	Visentini, Dante	RU	84%	0	1	5	2	3	1	15	2	3	2	2	1	0	1
25	Zerk-Thatcher, Brandon	BPL	100%	0	0	13	8	5	8	0	2	0	0	1	0	3	1
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				7	10	334	197	137	97	30	52	31	52	13	13	41	35

J. Finlayson replaced J. Sweet.

Sydney

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
36	Amartey, Joel	FF	83%	0	6	15	11	4	8	0	3	0	3	2	1	0	0
26	Bice, Riley	SUB↑	28%	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
22	Blakey, Nick	CHB	80%	1	0	22	19	3	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	5
16	Campbell, Braeden	INT	75%	1	1	15	9	6	6	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	4
7	Cunningham, Harry	BPL	80%	0	0	10	7	3	3	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	1
10	Francis, Aaron	INT↓	54%	0	0	5	3	2	3	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	1
4	Grundy, Brodie	RU	81%	0	0	22	11	11	8	34	4	6	3	1	3	0	3
21	Gulden, Errol	WL	74%	0	0	18	17	1	0	0	5	2	4	1	1	3	4
9	Hayward, Will	CHF	87%	3	0	11	7	4	4	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0
5	Heeney, Isaac	RR	84%	2	1	28	12	16	4	0	4	5	2	2	0	0	3
17	Jordon, James	FPR	89%	0	0	16	5	11	0	0	5	6	1	1	0	1	2
30	McCartin, Tom	FB	100%	0	0	11	6	5	6	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	0
27	McInerney, Justin	HFFR	84%	1	0	22	10	12	5	0	4	3	3	1	0	1	3
2	McLean, Hayden	HFFL	72%	1	1	6	3	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
43	Melican, Lewis	BPR	85%	0	0	11	9	2	7	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	0
14	Mills, Callum (c)	WR	90%	0	1	27	16	11	8	0	1	1	2	0	1	5	5
11	Papley, Tom	FPL	68%	0	2	16	14	2	5	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	5
24	Rampe, Dane	INT	83%	0	0	9	5	4	4	0	2	0	2	0	0	2	1
34	Roberts, Matt	HBFL	92%	0	0	19	14	5	6	0	2	3	2	1	1	3	2
8	Rowbottom, James	RO	77%	0	0	14	5	9	1	0	5	4	0	1	0	1	3
12	Sheldrick, Angus	INT	71%	0	2	21	9	12	3	0	2	4	1	0	0	0	3
1	Warner, Chad	C	83%	0	2	17	12	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	4
15	Wicks, Sam	HBFR	80%	0	0	7	5	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0
Rushed					1
Total (23 players)				9	17	344	211	133	95	35	49	36	37	13	13	27	51

R. Bice replaced A. Francis.

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
	7	H. Cunningham	30	T. McCartin	43	L. Melican	38	D. Visentini	3	R. Burton
	24	J. Sweet	19	M. Georgiades	18	J. Horne-Francis	14	M. Bergman	50	M. Liddy
FORWARD							9	Z. Butters (vc)	31	C. Moraes
HALF-BACK									35	J. Richards
	34	M. Roberts	22	N. Blakey	15	S. Wicks			11	J. Finlayson
	15	W. Rioli	33	D. Byrne-Jones	2	S. Powell-Pepper
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	21	E. Gulden	1	C. Warner	14	C. Mills (c)
	44	J. Mead	28	W. Drew	7	J. Burgoyne	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							4	B. Grundy	16	B. Campbell
HALF-FORWARD							5	I. Heeney	10	A. Francis
	2	H. McLean	9	W. Hayward	27	J. McInerney	8	J. Rowbottom	24	D. Rampe
	1	C. Rozee (c)	6	K. Farrell	8	J. Sinn			12	A. Sheldrick
HALF-BACK									26	R. Bice
FORWARD
	11	T. Papley	36	J. Amartey	17	J. Jordon
	34	L. Jones	27	E. Ratugolea	25	B. Zerk-Thatcher
BACK
Sydney							Coach: Dean Cox

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	SYDN	Justin McInerney goal	0.0.0	-	1.0.6	00:51
	SYDN	Isaac Heeney behind	0.0.0	-	1.1.7	05:37
	PADL	Willie Rioli behind	0.1.1	-	1.1.7	10:22
	SYDN	Rushed behind	0.1.1	-	1.2.8	11:40
	SYDN	Chad Warner behind	0.1.1	-	1.3.9	13:29
	PADL	Mitch Georgiades behind	0.2.2	-	1.3.9	15:21
	SYDN	Chad Warner behind	0.2.2	-	1.4.10	18:47
	SYDN	Joel Amartey behind	0.2.2	-	1.5.11	20:51
	SYDN	Callum Mills behind	0.2.2	-	1.6.12	25:28
Q2	PADL	Zak Butters goal	1.2.8	-	1.6.12	01:10
	SYDN	Nick Blakey goal	1.2.8	-	2.6.18	02:33
	PADL	Jason Horne-Francis goal	2.2.14	-	2.6.18	04:24
	PADL	Dante Visentini behind	2.3.15	-	2.6.18	06:34
	SYDN	Braeden Campbell behind	2.3.15	-	2.7.19	10:35
	SYDN	Angus Sheldrick behind	2.3.15	-	2.8.20	13:46
	SYDN	Joel Amartey behind	2.3.15	-	2.9.21	15:20
	SYDN	Will Hayward goal	2.3.15	-	3.9.27	16:48
	SYDN	Will Hayward goal	2.3.15	-	4.9.33	17:57
	SYDN	Joel Amartey behind	2.3.15	-	4.10.34	28:06
	PADL	Sam Powell-Pepper behind	2.4.16	-	4.10.34	29:25
Q3	SYDN	Tom Papley behind	2.4.16	-	4.11.35	01:10
	SYDN	Joel Amartey behind	2.4.16	-	4.12.36	03:14
	SYDN	Tom Papley behind	2.4.16	-	4.13.37	06:35
	SYDN	Isaac Heeney goal	2.4.16	-	5.13.43	07:21
	PADL	Willie Rioli goal	3.4.22	-	5.13.43	13:37
	SYDN	Joel Amartey behind	3.4.22	-	5.14.44	15:18
	PADL	Mitch Georgiades goal	4.4.28	-	5.14.44	16:52
	PADL	Connor Rozee behind	4.5.29	-	5.14.44	18:47
	SYDN	Angus Sheldrick behind	4.5.29	-	5.15.45	21:46
	SYDN	Hayden McLean behind	4.5.29	-	5.16.46	25:53
	PADL	Joe Richards behind	4.6.30	-	5.16.46	27:22
Q4	SYDN	Isaac Heeney goal	4.6.30	-	6.16.52	03:52
	PADL	Mitch Georgiades behind	4.7.31	-	6.16.52	05:50
	SYDN	Will Hayward goal	4.7.31	-	7.16.58	07:24
	PADL	Rushed behind	4.8.32	-	7.16.58	09:46
	SYDN	Joel Amartey behind	4.8.32	-	7.17.59	17:57
	PADL	Rushed behind	4.9.33	-	7.17.59	19:11
	SYDN	Hayden McLean goal	4.9.33	-	8.17.65	21:10
	PADL	Mitch Georgiades behind	4.10.34	-	8.17.65	23:10
	SYDN	Braeden Campbell goal	4.10.34	-	9.17.71	24:26
	PADL	Darcy Byrne-Jones goal	5.10.40	-	9.17.71	25:59
	PADL	Sam Powell-Pepper goal	6.10.46	-	9.17.71	27:08
	PADL	Joe Richards goal	7.10.52	-	9.17.71	32:29

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