2026 AFL Season Round 23: Sydney v Port Adelaide

This is the match report for the match played on 8 August 2026 between Sydney and Port Adelaide during round twenty-three of the 2026 season of the Australian Football League. Sydney hosted Port Adelaide at the SCG. Callum Mills captained the hosts with Isaac Heeney as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Dean Cox and the visitors were coached by Josh Carr.

Sydney (26.11.167) defeated Port Adelaide (10.10.70).

Match Details

Season: 2026 AFL Season
Round: Round 23
Teams: Sydney v Port Adelaide
Date: Saturday 8 August 2026
Time: 4:15 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 40,014

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. Port Adelaide
Score: 26.11.167 - 10.10.70

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 3 . 2 12 . 6 16 . 7 26 . 11 26 . 11 (167)
Port Adelaide 3 . 4 5 . 6 6 . 8 10 . 10 10 . 10 (70)
Margin PADL by 2 SYDN by 42 SYDN by 59 SYDN by 97 SYDN by 97
Duration 28:31 33:56 29:43 37:07 2:09:17

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Sydney

Captain: Callum Mills
Vice-Captain: Isaac Heeney
Coach: Dean Cox

Port Adelaide

Captain: unknown
Coach: Josh Carr

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Errol Gulden SYDN 21 3
Chad Warner SYDN 1 2
Isaac Heeney SYDN 5 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1

Player Statistics

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
26 Bice, Riley CHB 75% 1 0 22 11 11 6 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 4
22 Blakey, Nick HBFL 77% 0 0 28 17 11 6 0 1 0 4 0 1 4 2
16 Campbell, Braeden HFFR 82% 0 0 22 14 8 4 0 4 5 2 0 0 0 11
25 Cootee, Billy INT 83% 2 0 10 4 6 2 0 4 1 3 1 2 0 1
35 Curnow, Charlie FF 73% 5 2 11 8 3 4 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0
9 Dattoli, Jesse INT 76% 2 1 23 13 10 7 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 6
45 Green, Will RU 73% 0 1 11 4 7 1 20 3 1 2 0 2 0 3
21 Gulden, Errol C 78% 1 0 39 19 20 5 0 4 5 5 1 0 4 7
29 Hamling, Joel HBFR 89% 0 0 11 2 9 5 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0
5 Heeney, Isaac (vc) RR 72% 1 0 24 9 15 3 0 3 7 3 2 1 1 3
17 Jordon, James FPR 87% 0 0 26 5 21 3 0 3 3 1 0 0 1 1
32 Kyle, Harry INT 77% 0 0 15 3 12 4 0 1 0 2 0 1 4 0
44 Lloyd, Jake HFFL 91% 3 2 19 11 8 7 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 5
30 McCartin, Tom FB 90% 0 0 16 8 8 6 0 1 0 4 1 1 5 0
6 McDonald, Logan CHF 90% 3 0 11 9 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4
2 McLean, Hayden INT 65% 0 1 9 3 6 3 7 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
43 Melican, Lewis BPR 80% 0 0 12 4 8 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 1
14 Mills, Callum (c) BPL 70% 0 0 24 14 10 4 0 3 2 1 0 0 8 2
11 Papley, Tom FPL 74% 3 1 18 9 9 1 0 3 1 4 0 1 1 4
34 Roberts, Matt WL 84% 1 0 17 8 9 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 1
13 Serong, Jai WR 78% 1 0 24 13 11 3 0 11 3 2 2 1 1 2
1 Warner, Chad RO 63% 3 0 24 13 11 5 0 4 5 3 0 0 1 5
15 Wicks, Sam INT 76% 0 0 9 5 4 0 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 1
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 26 11 425 206 219 86 27 61 41 50 10 11 40 63

Port Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
21 Aliir, Aliir CHB 100% 0 0 11 10 1 7 0 0 0 4 1 1 5 0
29 Anastasopoulos, Tom FPR 81% 1 0 11 8 3 4 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 3
14 Bergman, Miles BPR 88% 0 1 20 13 7 6 0 5 0 2 0 0 6 3
5 Berry, Joe HFFR 76% 0 0 22 10 12 3 0 3 2 4 0 0 0 6
7 Burgoyne, Jase INT 82% 0 1 34 23 11 8 0 6 7 2 0 0 3 7
33 Byrne-Jones, Darcy HBFL 82% 0 0 24 15 9 1 0 0 1 5 1 2 6 1
28 Drew, Willem RO 81% 0 0 31 17 14 4 0 5 9 1 0 0 1 5
44 Durdin, Corey FPL 86% 2 2 13 8 5 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
18 Horne-Francis, Jason C 60% 2 0 18 12 6 3 0 2 6 3 2 0 0 4
43 Lai, Josh BPL 88% 0 0 9 5 4 4 0 2 0 4 0 2 5 0
36 Lorenz, Will INT 72% 0 0 17 12 5 6 0 1 2 3 1 0 5 2
4 Marshall, Todd CHF 85% 1 1 14 12 2 5 0 1 0 4 1 1 0 3
3 Mead, Jackson INT 79% 0 1 12 7 5 3 0 3 2 0 2 0 1 5
11 Moraes, Christian WL 73% 0 1 14 3 11 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
41 O'Brien, Balyn HBFR 74% 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0
32 Ramm, Harrison FB 80% 0 0 7 2 5 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1
24 Sweet, Jordon RU 80% 0 0 9 4 5 1 24 1 1 2 1 2 0 1
47 van Wyk, Alex INT 63% 0 0 8 4 4 1 23 1 3 1 0 1 0 2
38 Visentini, Dante WR 78% 0 0 8 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Wehr, Jacob INT 77% 0 0 17 11 6 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 4
17 Whitlock, Jack FF 85% 3 1 10 7 3 5 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0
16 Wines, Ollie RR 70% 0 0 23 5 18 3 0 3 5 5 0 1 1 0
39 Zadow, Mitch HFFL 61% 1 1 5 4 1 2 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 10 10 339 197 142 83 47 42 38 53 11 10 35 50

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

Sydney Coach: Dean Cox
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
43 J. Lai 32 H. Ramm 14 M. Bergman 45 W. Green 25 B. Cootee
17 J. Jordon 35 C. Curnow 11 T. Papley 5 I. Heeney (vc) 9 J. Dattoli
FORWARD 1 C. Warner 32 H. Kyle
HALF-BACK

2 H. McLean
33 D. Byrne-Jones 21 A. Aliir 41 B. O'Brien

15 S. Wicks
16 B. Campbell 6 L. McDonald 44 J. Lloyd



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



11 C. Moraes 18 J. Horne-Francis 38 D. Visentini



13 J. Serong 21 E. Gulden 34 M. Roberts FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 24 J. Sweet 7 J. Burgoyne
HALF-FORWARD 16 O. Wines 36 W. Lorenz
39 M. Zadow 4 T. Marshall 5 J. Berry 28 W. Drew 3 J. Mead
29 J. Hamling 26 R. Bice 22 N. Blakey

47 A. van Wyk
HALF-BACK

15 J. Wehr
FORWARD



44 C. Durdin 17 J. Whitlock 29 T. Anastasopoulos



43 L. Melican 30 T. McCartin 14 C. Mills (c)



BACK



Port Adelaide Coach: Josh Carr

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 PADL Mitch Zadow behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 04:50
PADL Christian Moraes behind 0.0.0 - 0.2.2 06:01
SYDN Jake Lloyd goal 1.0.6 - 0.2.2 11:38
PADL Tom Anastasopoulos goal 1.0.6 - 1.2.8 13:18
PADL Jason Horne-Francis goal 1.0.6 - 2.2.14 14:48
SYDN Jesse Dattoli behind 1.1.7 - 2.2.14 16:17
SYDN Chad Warner goal 2.1.13 - 2.2.14 17:28
PADL Jack Whitlock goal 2.1.13 - 3.2.20 19:20
SYDN Logan McDonald goal 3.1.19 - 3.2.20 21:59
SYDN Hayden McLean behind 3.2.20 - 3.2.20 25:47
PADL Corey Durdin behind 3.2.20 - 3.3.21 26:51
PADL Jack Whitlock behind 3.2.20 - 3.4.22 28:10
Q2 PADL Mitch Zadow goal 3.2.20 - 4.4.28 01:02
SYDN Billy Cootee goal 4.2.26 - 4.4.28 02:40
SYDN Matt Roberts goal 5.2.32 - 4.4.28 04:04
SYDN Will Green behind 5.3.33 - 4.4.28 06:01
SYDN Tom Papley goal 6.3.39 - 4.4.28 07:12
SYDN Jesse Dattoli goal 7.3.45 - 4.4.28 08:49
SYDN Charlie Curnow behind 7.4.46 - 4.4.28 10:32
SYDN Jake Lloyd behind 7.5.47 - 4.4.28 11:15
SYDN Logan McDonald goal 8.5.53 - 4.4.28 12:47
SYDN Jake Lloyd behind 8.6.54 - 4.4.28 14:38
SYDN Charlie Curnow goal 9.6.60 - 4.4.28 17:34
SYDN Riley Bice goal 10.6.66 - 4.4.28 18:50
SYDN Charlie Curnow goal 11.6.72 - 4.4.28 20:51
SYDN Jai Serong goal 12.6.78 - 4.4.28 24:23
PADL Corey Durdin goal 12.6.78 - 5.4.34 28:19
PADL Jackson Mead behind 12.6.78 - 5.5.35 30:35
PADL Jase Burgoyne behind 12.6.78 - 5.6.36 33:29
Q3 PADL Rushed behind 12.6.78 - 5.7.37 05:42
SYDN Charlie Curnow goal 13.6.84 - 5.7.37 07:50
PADL Jason Horne-Francis goal 13.6.84 - 6.7.43 11:39
SYDN Tom Papley goal 14.6.90 - 6.7.43 13:53
SYDN Isaac Heeney goal 15.6.96 - 6.7.43 18:52
PADL Corey Durdin behind 15.6.96 - 6.8.44 23:19
SYDN Tom Papley goal 16.6.102 - 6.8.44 26:21
SYDN Rushed behind 16.7.103 - 6.8.44 29:40
Q4 SYDN Charlie Curnow goal 17.7.109 - 6.8.44 00:21
SYDN Rushed behind 17.8.110 - 6.8.44 01:31
SYDN Jesse Dattoli goal 18.8.116 - 6.8.44 03:13
PADL Todd Marshall behind 18.8.116 - 6.9.45 05:29
PADL Corey Durdin goal 18.8.116 - 7.9.51 06:21
SYDN Charlie Curnow goal 19.8.122 - 7.9.51 09:23
PADL Todd Marshall goal 19.8.122 - 8.9.57 11:52
SYDN Tom Papley behind 19.9.123 - 8.9.57 13:11
PADL Miles Bergman behind 19.9.123 - 8.10.58 14:26
SYDN Charlie Curnow behind 19.10.124 - 8.10.58 14:53
PADL Jack Whitlock goal 19.10.124 - 9.10.64 16:33
SYDN Errol Gulden goal 20.10.130 - 9.10.64 18:09
SYDN Jake Lloyd goal 21.10.136 - 9.10.64 19:38
SYDN Chad Warner goal 22.10.142 - 9.10.64 22:01
SYDN Rushed behind 22.11.143 - 9.10.64 24:47
SYDN Chad Warner goal 23.11.149 - 9.10.64 25:29
SYDN Logan McDonald goal 24.11.155 - 9.10.64 30:50
PADL Jack Whitlock goal 24.11.155 - 10.10.70 32:42
SYDN Jake Lloyd goal 25.11.161 - 10.10.70 33:51
SYDN Billy Cootee goal 26.11.167 - 10.10.70 35:34