2025 AFL Season Round 23: Port Adelaide v Fremantle

This is the match report for the match played on 9 August 2025 between Port Adelaide and Fremantle during round twenty-three of the 2025 season of the Australian Football League. Port Adelaide hosted Fremantle at Adelaide Oval. Connor Rozee captained the hosts with Zak Butters as vice-captain. Alex Pearce captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ken Hinkley and the visitors were coached by Justin Longmuir.

Port Adelaide (13.8.86) were defeated by Fremantle (13.14.92).

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFL Season
Round: Round 23
Teams: Port Adelaide v Fremantle
Date: Saturday 9 August 2025
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: Adelaide Oval
Attendance: 30,390

Match Results

Outcome: Port Adelaide def. by Fremantle
Score: 13.8.86 - 13.14.92

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Port Adelaide	0	.	4	8	.	5	11	.	8	13	.	8	13	.	8	(86)
Fremantle	4	.	5	7	.	9	9	.	12	13	.	14	13	.	14	(92)
Margin	FREM by 25			PADL by 2			PADL by 8			FREM by 6			FREM by 6
Duration	29:41			36:18			30:14			30:50			2:07:03

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 (Fremantle) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Port Adelaide

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

Fremantle

Captain: Alex Pearce
Coach: Justin Longmuir

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Caleb Serong	FREM	3	3
Luke Jackson	FREM	9	2
Zak Butters	PADL	9	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	FB	100%	1	0	22	18	4	17	0	1	0	3	1	2	3	2
5	Berry, Joe	INT	75%	1	0	13	7	6	3	0	5	1	2	1	0	1	1
10	Boak, Travis	RR	80%	0	0	22	11	11	10	0	5	0	3	1	1	1	3
9	Butters, Zak (vc)	RO	84%	0	1	29	20	9	8	0	4	5	0	3	0	5	7
33	Byrne-Jones, Darcy	INT	83%	0	0	19	12	7	7	0	3	0	3	2	1	5	2
28	Drew, Willem	C	85%	0	1	17	6	11	2	0	6	2	3	0	1	0	3
6	Farrell, Kane	CHB	86%	0	0	25	21	4	7	0	3	1	4	1	0	8	0
19	Georgiades, Mitch	FF	89%	2	1	12	10	2	9	0	0	0	5	2	2	0	3
50	Liddy, Mani	WR	89%	0	0	16	12	4	4	0	2	0	2	1	0	2	2
30	Lord, Ollie	FPL	82%	0	0	6	3	3	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
36	Lorenz, Will	INT	75%	0	1	20	11	9	4	0	0	1	3	2	0	1	0
12	Lukosius, Jack	CHF↓	57%	2	0	9	6	3	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4
41	McEntee, Jed	HFFR	76%	2	1	12	7	5	1	0	4	0	5	2	1	0	2
44	Mead, Jackson	HBFR	87%	0	0	14	7	7	2	0	2	0	5	0	1	2	1
31	Moraes, Christian	SUB↑	17%	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	Richards, Joe	WL	77%	1	1	13	10	3	2	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	2
15	Rioli, Willie	HFFL	84%	2	0	8	6	2	0	0	3	2	0	1	0	1	2
1	Rozee, Connor (c)	HBFL	80%	2	0	19	10	9	7	0	6	1	3	1	1	1	1
8	Sinn, Josh	BPR	65%	0	0	17	12	5	3	0	2	1	3	2	1	2	1
24	Sweet, Jordon	RU	87%	0	0	14	6	8	1	33	0	4	4	2	0	3	4
17	Whitlock, Jack	FPR	75%	0	1	7	3	4	1	1	3	1	1	2	0	1	0
16	Wines, Ollie	INT	69%	0	0	25	10	15	3	0	4	6	2	5	0	1	5
25	Zerk-Thatcher, Brandon	BPL	97%	0	0	11	10	1	6	0	1	0	3	0	1	2	1
Rushed					1
Total (23 players)				13	8	351	218	133	107	34	56	25	60	29	12	39	46

C. Moraes replaced J. Lukosius.

Fremantle

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
24	Amiss, Jye	FPR	84%	0	0	5	3	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1
41	Banfield, Bailey	INT	74%	0	0	15	9	6	0	0	1	0	6	0	3	2	1
15	Bolton, Shai	HFFR	86%	2	2	19	11	8	6	0	3	3	1	0	0	0	3
8	Brayshaw, Andrew	RO	81%	0	0	23	8	15	2	0	5	9	2	2	2	0	2
5	Chapman, Heath	HBFL	79%	0	0	10	8	2	4	0	1	0	2	1	2	2	1
6	Clark, Jordan	HBFR	91%	0	0	20	9	11	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	4	4
36	Cox, Brennan	FB	93%	0	0	7	5	2	2	0	2	1	3	1	1	4	0
4	Darcy, Sean	RU	67%	0	0	15	10	5	4	15	1	4	6	1	4	1	3
43	Dudley, Isaiah	INT↓	47%	0	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0
28	Erasmus, Neil	WL	78%	0	0	26	12	14	6	0	3	6	1	1	0	3	3
32	Frederick, Michael	FPL	79%	2	2	17	13	4	5	0	2	1	1	1	1	1	3
7	Fyfe, Nat	SUB↑	26%	0	0	7	2	5	0	0	0	3	2	0	1	0	1
9	Jackson, Luke	C	83%	0	1	23	12	11	9	8	3	0	3	1	1	0	3
30	O'Driscoll, Nathan	WR	84%	0	0	12	6	6	3	0	2	1	4	0	2	2	2
2	O'Meara, Jaeger	INT	83%	0	0	26	17	9	4	0	2	5	9	0	5	1	9
25	Pearce, Alex (c)	BPR	81%	1	0	9	5	4	5	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
16	Reid, Murphy	INT	72%	2	1	14	6	8	2	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	1
13	Ryan, Luke	BPL	95%	0	0	17	14	3	6	0	3	0	2	0	1	6	0
3	Serong, Caleb	RR	81%	1	1	28	15	13	2	0	2	7	4	1	0	2	7
39	Switkowski, Sam	HFFL	80%	0	1	12	5	7	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	2
35	Treacy, Josh	FF	92%	2	0	10	4	6	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	2
20	Voss, Patrick	CHF	78%	3	0	10	7	3	5	0	1	0	3	2	2	0	4
23	Worner, Karl	CHB	86%	0	2	15	8	7	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Rushed					3
Total (23 players)				13	14	342	190	152	76	23	39	43	59	12	29	31	54

N. Fyfe replaced I. Dudley.

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
	13	L. Ryan	36	B. Cox	25	A. Pearce (c)	24	J. Sweet	5	J. Berry
	17	J. Whitlock	19	M. Georgiades	30	O. Lord	10	T. Boak	33	D. Byrne-Jones
FORWARD							9	Z. Butters (vc)	36	W. Lorenz
HALF-BACK									16	O. Wines
	5	H. Chapman	23	K. Worner	6	J. Clark			31	C. Moraes
	41	J. McEntee	12	J. Lukosius	15	W. Rioli
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	28	N. Erasmus	9	L. Jackson	30	N. O'Driscoll
	50	M. Liddy	28	W. Drew	35	J. Richards	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							4	S. Darcy	41	B. Banfield
HALF-FORWARD							3	C. Serong	43	I. Dudley
	39	S. Switkowski	20	P. Voss	15	S. Bolton	8	A. Brayshaw	2	J. O'Meara
	44	J. Mead	6	K. Farrell	1	C. Rozee (c)			16	M. Reid
HALF-BACK									7	N. Fyfe
FORWARD
	32	M. Frederick	35	J. Treacy	24	J. Amiss
	8	J. Sinn	21	A. Aliir	25	B. Zerk-Thatcher
BACK
Fremantle							Coach: Justin Longmuir

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	FREM	Shai Bolton goal	0.0.0	-	1.0.6	00:57
	PADL	Jack Whitlock behind	0.1.1	-	1.0.6	02:56
	FREM	Karl Worner behind	0.1.1	-	1.1.7	05:35
	PADL	Rushed behind	0.2.2	-	1.1.7	07:49
	FREM	Shai Bolton goal	0.2.2	-	2.1.13	11:38
	FREM	Shai Bolton behind	0.2.2	-	2.2.14	13:14
	FREM	Karl Worner behind	0.2.2	-	2.3.15	14:56
	PADL	Jed McEntee behind	0.3.3	-	2.3.15	17:14
	FREM	Josh Treacy goal	0.3.3	-	3.3.21	18:59
	FREM	Michael Frederick goal	0.3.3	-	4.3.27	21:26
	FREM	Isaiah Dudley behind	0.3.3	-	4.4.28	22:37
	PADL	Joe Richards behind	0.4.4	-	4.4.28	25:11
	FREM	Murphy Reid behind	0.4.4	-	4.5.29	29:23
Q2	PADL	Zak Butters behind	0.5.5	-	4.5.29	01:51
	FREM	Rushed behind	0.5.5	-	4.6.30	04:31
	FREM	Caleb Serong behind	0.5.5	-	4.7.31	05:04
	PADL	Mitch Georgiades goal	1.5.11	-	4.7.31	07:08
	PADL	Joe Richards goal	2.5.17	-	4.7.31	08:33
	PADL	Mitch Georgiades goal	3.5.23	-	4.7.31	11:18
	PADL	Jed McEntee goal	4.5.29	-	4.7.31	13:18
	FREM	Caleb Serong goal	4.5.29	-	5.7.37	14:40
	PADL	Jack Lukosius goal	5.5.35	-	5.7.37	18:01
	PADL	Connor Rozee goal	6.5.41	-	5.7.37	19:59
	PADL	Willie Rioli goal	7.5.47	-	5.7.37	22:34
	FREM	Josh Treacy goal	7.5.47	-	6.7.43	24:33
	FREM	Rushed behind	7.5.47	-	6.8.44	26:38
	FREM	Patrick Voss goal	7.5.47	-	7.8.50	28:25
	PADL	Aliir Aliir goal	8.5.53	-	7.8.50	32:19
	FREM	Michael Frederick behind	8.5.53	-	7.9.51	35:51
Q3	PADL	Mitch Georgiades behind	8.6.54	-	7.9.51	01:39
	PADL	Joe Berry goal	9.6.60	-	7.9.51	02:03
	PADL	Will Lorenz behind	9.7.61	-	7.9.51	05:55
	FREM	Michael Frederick behind	9.7.61	-	7.10.52	06:38
	PADL	Jed McEntee goal	10.7.67	-	7.10.52	08:49
	FREM	Murphy Reid goal	10.7.67	-	8.10.58	10:56
	PADL	Jack Lukosius goal	11.7.73	-	8.10.58	12:35
	FREM	Murphy Reid goal	11.7.73	-	9.10.64	17:05
	PADL	Willem Drew behind	11.8.74	-	9.10.64	21:04
	FREM	Luke Jackson behind	11.8.74	-	9.11.65	27:05
	FREM	Shai Bolton behind	11.8.74	-	9.12.66	28:28
Q4	PADL	Willie Rioli goal	12.8.80	-	9.12.66	03:33
	FREM	Michael Frederick goal	12.8.80	-	10.12.72	04:46
	FREM	Patrick Voss goal	12.8.80	-	11.12.78	07:39
	FREM	Sam Switkowski behind	12.8.80	-	11.13.79	13:54
	FREM	Patrick Voss goal	12.8.80	-	12.13.85	16:08
	PADL	Connor Rozee goal	13.8.86	-	12.13.85	26:01
	FREM	Rushed behind	13.8.86	-	12.14.86	27:26
	FREM	Alex Pearce goal	13.8.86	-	13.14.92	28:47

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