2026 AFL Season Round 3: Port Adelaide v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 22 March 2026 between Port Adelaide and Essendon during round three of the 2026 season of the Australian Football League. Port Adelaide hosted Essendon at Adelaide Oval. Connor Rozee captained the hosts. Andrew McGrath captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Josh Carr and the visitors were coached by Brad Scott.

Port Adelaide (20.13.133) defeated Essendon (10.10.70).

Match Details

Season: 2026 AFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Port Adelaide v Essendon
Date: Sunday 22 March 2026
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Adelaide Oval
Attendance: 36,049

Match Results

Outcome: Port Adelaide def. Essendon
Score: 20.13.133 - 10.10.70

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Port Adelaide 6 . 5 10 . 7 15 . 10 20 . 13 20 . 13 (133)
Essendon 1 . 3 2 . 6 5 . 8 10 . 10 10 . 10 (70)
Margin PADL by 32 PADL by 49 PADL by 62 PADL by 63 PADL by 63
Duration 30:49 31:33 32:50 31:47 2:06:59

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 (Essendon) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Port Adelaide

Captain: Connor Rozee
Coach: Josh Carr

Essendon

Captain: Andrew McGrath
Coach: Brad Scott

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Zak Butters PADL 9 3
Jason Horne-Francis PADL 18 2
Aliir Aliir PADL 21 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 CHB 97% 0 0 21 21 0 19 0 1 0 1 0 1 4 1
14 Bergman, Miles HBFL 74% 1 0 10 7 3 6 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0
5 Berry, Joe INT 77% 2 1 19 10 9 6 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 5
7 Burgoyne, Jase WL 82% 1 0 22 11 11 4 0 4 1 1 3 0 0 4
9 Butters, Zak RR 82% 0 2 36 26 10 7 0 6 7 3 2 1 1 9
33 Byrne-Jones, Darcy INT 58% 1 1 12 10 2 3 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0
28 Drew, Willem RO 78% 1 1 21 9 12 4 0 5 8 1 2 0 0 2
44 Durdin, Corey FPL 79% 2 0 7 5 2 5 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0
22 Evans, Logan INT 86% 0 0 22 18 4 11 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2
6 Farrell, Kane HBFR 83% 0 0 17 15 2 9 0 5 1 0 0 0 3 2
19 Georgiades, Mitch CHF 78% 2 2 14 8 6 9 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0
18 Horne-Francis, Jason HFFL 73% 3 2 26 21 5 10 0 2 2 3 0 1 1 4
12 Lukosius, Jack HFFR 79% 3 1 16 11 5 10 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 3
31 MacKinlay, Ewan WR 89% 0 1 18 16 2 7 0 0 2 2 0 0 3 4
4 Marshall, Todd BPR 80% 0 0 15 15 0 11 0 1 0 1 0 0 6 2
3 Mead, Jackson BPL 83% 0 0 16 11 5 6 0 0 1 3 0 2 3 1
27 Ratugolea, Esava FB 84% 0 0 12 10 2 9 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
35 Richards, Joe FPR 79% 2 1 21 10 11 5 0 6 4 0 1 0 1 5
1 Rozee, Connor (c) C 51% 0 0 21 12 9 2 0 3 4 5 0 0 4 3
24 Sweet, Jordon RU 83% 1 0 12 6 6 3 25 0 4 3 3 2 1 2
37 Watkins, Jack INT 64% 1 0 23 15 8 5 0 4 4 3 0 1 1 6
15 Wehr, Jacob INT 73% 0 0 18 12 6 8 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 4
17 Whitlock, Jack FF 87% 0 1 8 5 3 6 5 1 0 4 0 1 0 1
Rushed 0
Total (23 players) 20 13 407 284 123 165 30 47 42 46 13 17 32 60

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
46 Blakiston, Lachlan RU 80% 0 0 9 4 5 0 20 3 0 5 2 4 0 1
30 Caddy, Nate CHF 95% 4 3 12 11 1 6 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 2
6 Caldwell, Jye INT 75% 1 0 27 14 13 2 0 6 3 2 2 0 3 5
22 Durham, Sam HFFL 82% 1 0 21 9 12 0 0 7 4 6 1 3 2 6
28 Duursma, Xavier WL 76% 0 0 15 4 11 4 0 1 1 3 0 0 1 0
33 El Achkar, Hussien INT 72% 0 0 5 0 5 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
8 Fiorini, Brayden WR 84% 1 0 10 5 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
40 Johnson, Zak BPL 86% 0 0 26 17 9 7 0 0 1 2 0 0 8 2
10 Kako, Isaac FPL 88% 1 4 11 9 2 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 3
29 Kondogiannis, Max INT 76% 0 0 12 4 8 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 1
4 Langford, Kyle FPR 91% 1 0 10 6 4 2 1 2 0 3 1 1 1 1
1 McGrath, Andrew (c) HBFR 87% 0 0 21 7 14 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 2
32 McKay, Ben FB 94% 0 0 6 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
7 Merrett, Zach RO 81% 0 0 25 17 8 6 0 4 2 3 2 1 4 5
42 Nguyen, Jayden HFFR 84% 0 0 14 0 14 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
3 Parish, Darcy RR 77% 0 0 24 8 16 1 0 3 8 4 0 1 0 1
16 Perkins, Archie INT 66% 1 0 9 5 4 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1
25 Prior, Jaxon INT 82% 0 0 20 14 6 3 0 3 1 2 2 1 5 2
27 Redman, Mason CHB 17% 0 0 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
31 Reid, Zach BPR 91% 0 0 14 8 6 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 4 0
21 Roberts, Archie HBFL 88% 0 0 26 15 11 4 0 2 2 3 2 1 1 6
15 Sharp, Dyson C 44% 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
20 Wright, Peter FF 83% 0 0 11 5 6 4 14 0 1 0 1 0 0 3
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 10 10 337 172 165 58 35 41 26 44 17 13 38 43

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: Josh Carr
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
40 Z. Johnson 32 B. McKay 31 Z. Reid 24 J. Sweet 5 J. Berry
35 J. Richards 17 J. Whitlock 44 C. Durdin 9 Z. Butters 33 D. Byrne-Jones
FORWARD 28 W. Drew 22 L. Evans
HALF-BACK

37 J. Watkins
21 A. Roberts 27 M. Redman 1 A. McGrath (c)

15 J. Wehr
12 J. Lukosius 19 M. Georgiades 18 J. Horne-Francis



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



28 X. Duursma 15 D. Sharp 8 B. Fiorini



31 E. MacKinlay 1 C. Rozee (c) 7 J. Burgoyne FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 46 L. Blakiston 6 J. Caldwell
HALF-FORWARD 3 D. Parish 33 H. El Achkar
22 S. Durham 30 N. Caddy 42 J. Nguyen 7 Z. Merrett 29 M. Kondogiannis
6 K. Farrell 21 A. Aliir 14 M. Bergman

16 A. Perkins
HALF-BACK

25 J. Prior
FORWARD



10 I. Kako 20 P. Wright 4 K. Langford



4 T. Marshall 27 E. Ratugolea 3 J. Mead



BACK



Essendon Coach: Brad Scott

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 PADL Mitch Georgiades behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 02:36
ESSE Brayden Fiorini goal 0.1.1 - 1.0.6 04:56
PADL Mitch Georgiades goal 1.1.7 - 1.0.6 08:47
PADL Jordon Sweet goal 2.1.13 - 1.0.6 10:10
PADL Jason Horne-Francis goal 3.1.19 - 1.0.6 12:54
ESSE Nate Caddy behind 3.1.19 - 1.1.7 14:05
PADL Ewan MacKinlay behind 3.2.20 - 1.1.7 15:18
PADL Joe Berry behind 3.3.21 - 1.1.7 16:34
PADL Jason Horne-Francis goal 4.3.27 - 1.1.7 18:36
PADL Jack Whitlock behind 4.4.28 - 1.1.7 21:57
PADL Jason Horne-Francis goal 5.4.34 - 1.1.7 23:33
PADL Joe Berry goal 6.4.40 - 1.1.7 24:36
PADL Willem Drew behind 6.5.41 - 1.1.7 26:17
ESSE Isaac Kako behind 6.5.41 - 1.2.8 28:19
ESSE Isaac Kako behind 6.5.41 - 1.3.9 29:43
Q2 PADL Jack Lukosius goal 7.5.47 - 1.3.9 01:35
ESSE Nate Caddy behind 7.5.47 - 1.4.10 05:48
ESSE Rushed behind 7.5.47 - 1.5.11 07:19
PADL Joe Berry goal 8.5.53 - 1.5.11 08:44
PADL Joe Richards goal 9.5.59 - 1.5.11 11:11
PADL Jason Horne-Francis behind 9.6.60 - 1.5.11 18:08
PADL Jack Lukosius behind 9.7.61 - 1.5.11 20:06
ESSE Sam Durham goal 9.7.61 - 2.5.17 21:56
PADL Corey Durdin goal 10.7.67 - 2.5.17 27:12
ESSE Rushed behind 10.7.67 - 2.6.18 30:06
Q3 ESSE Nate Caddy goal 10.7.67 - 3.6.24 01:08
PADL Mitch Georgiades behind 10.8.68 - 3.6.24 02:43
ESSE Nate Caddy goal 10.8.68 - 4.6.30 03:35
PADL Willem Drew goal 11.8.74 - 4.6.30 06:56
PADL Miles Bergman goal 12.8.80 - 4.6.30 09:28
ESSE Isaac Kako behind 12.8.80 - 4.7.31 11:49
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 12.8.80 - 5.7.37 15:19
PADL Mitch Georgiades goal 13.8.86 - 5.7.37 22:07
PADL Corey Durdin goal 14.8.92 - 5.7.37 23:57
ESSE Isaac Kako behind 14.8.92 - 5.8.38 25:44
PADL Joe Richards behind 14.9.93 - 5.8.38 27:35
PADL Joe Richards goal 15.9.99 - 5.8.38 28:36
PADL Darcy Byrne-Jones behind 15.10.100 - 5.8.38 32:45
Q4 PADL Jack Watkins goal 16.10.106 - 5.8.38 01:33
PADL Jase Burgoyne goal 17.10.112 - 5.8.38 04:34
ESSE Rushed behind 17.10.112 - 5.9.39 06:50
PADL Jack Lukosius goal 18.10.118 - 5.9.39 08:13
PADL Zak Butters behind 18.11.119 - 5.9.39 09:46
ESSE Archie Perkins goal 18.11.119 - 6.9.45 11:40
PADL Darcy Byrne-Jones goal 19.11.125 - 6.9.45 13:31
ESSE Nate Caddy goal 19.11.125 - 7.9.51 15:30
ESSE Isaac Kako goal 19.11.125 - 8.9.57 16:48
ESSE Nate Caddy behind 19.11.125 - 8.10.58 18:18
PADL Jason Horne-Francis behind 19.12.126 - 8.10.58 19:55
ESSE Nate Caddy goal 19.12.126 - 9.10.64 23:09
ESSE Jye Caldwell goal 19.12.126 - 10.10.70 25:40
PADL Jack Lukosius goal 20.12.132 - 10.10.70 27:59
PADL Zak Butters behind 20.13.133 - 10.10.70 31:28