2026 AFL Season Round 25: Essendon v Port Adelaide

This is the match report for the match played on 23 August 2026 between Essendon and Port Adelaide during round twenty-five of the 2026 season of the Australian Football League. Essendon hosted Port Adelaide at Marvel Stadium. Andrew McGrath captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Dean Solomon and the visitors were coached by Josh Carr.

Essendon (14.11.95) were defeated by Port Adelaide (16.9.105).

Match Details

Season: 2026 AFL Season
Round: Round 25
Teams: Essendon v Port Adelaide
Date: Sunday 23 August 2026
Time: 12:20 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 29,200

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Port Adelaide
Score: 14.11.95 - 16.9.105

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 5 5 . 8 9 . 9 14 . 11 14 . 11 (95)
Port Adelaide 3 . 3 8 . 6 9 . 8 16 . 9 16 . 9 (105)
Margin PADL by 4 PADL by 16 ESSE by 1 PADL by 10 PADL by 10
Duration 29:17 30:20 29:04 35:50 2:04:31

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Andrew McGrath
Coach: Dean Solomon (caretaker)

Port Adelaide

Captain: unknown
Coach: Josh Carr

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Jase Burgoyne PADL 7 3
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 2
Nate Caddy ESSE 30 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
34 Artemis, Jaxon HBFR 73% 0 0 11 4 7 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0
24 Bryan, Nick INT 63% 0 0 11 5 6 0 29 1 5 1 1 1 0 3
30 Caddy, Nate CHF 91% 6 0 17 9 8 6 0 1 0 4 2 1 0 1
6 Caldwell, Jye INT 64% 0 1 23 9 14 4 0 3 0 3 0 0 1 1
36 Clarke, Angus WR 83% 3 2 14 9 5 5 0 3 2 3 0 2 0 4
44 Day-Wicks, Archer HFFR 75% 0 2 15 9 6 6 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 1
2 Farrow, Jacob HFFL 78% 0 0 11 9 2 3 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 4
23 Jones, Harry INT 90% 0 0 14 9 5 4 0 1 0 2 0 1 3 1
10 Kako, Isaac INT 71% 1 0 15 6 9 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 1
29 Kondogiannis, Max INT 65% 0 1 13 5 8 3 0 2 0 1 0 1 2 0
4 Langford, Kyle FPR 85% 0 0 12 7 5 3 0 3 0 2 3 1 5 1
1 McGrath, Andrew (c) BPL 83% 0 0 25 12 13 2 0 13 4 2 0 0 1 5
7 Merrett, Zach RR 84% 1 1 32 18 14 7 0 3 3 3 1 0 1 4
16 Perkins, Archie WL 73% 1 1 13 10 3 9 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 4
25 Prior, Jaxon HBFL 88% 0 1 21 11 10 6 0 5 1 3 1 1 4 1
27 Redman, Mason BPR 84% 0 0 14 8 6 3 0 1 0 6 0 2 3 3
31 Reid, Zach FB 91% 0 0 19 15 4 11 0 3 1 3 0 0 5 0
21 Roberts, Archie CHB 91% 0 0 27 14 13 4 0 1 3 1 0 0 2 4
12 Setterfield, Will C 80% 0 0 32 15 17 7 0 10 7 1 1 0 1 5
15 Sharp, Dyson RO 72% 0 0 22 10 12 3 0 5 5 5 2 3 0 7
38 Unwin, Rhys FPL 70% 0 0 7 4 3 3 0 4 1 3 0 2 0 4
17 Visentini, Vigo RU 70% 0 0 9 5 4 5 10 3 2 2 0 1 0 0
20 Wright, Peter FF 75% 2 1 7 7 0 6 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 14 11 384 210 174 101 39 75 37 52 13 18 31 56

Port Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
29 Anastasopoulos, Tom INT 61% 1 0 14 8 6 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 3
46 Bamert, Xavier HFFL 72% 1 0 11 9 2 4 0 3 0 2 2 0 0 2
14 Bergman, Miles RR 81% 0 0 22 15 7 7 0 2 1 6 1 1 5 1
5 Berry, Joe WR 79% 0 1 15 10 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 4
23 Brodie, Will INT 61% 0 0 22 8 14 1 0 2 7 1 0 0 0 3
7 Burgoyne, Jase RO 84% 2 0 30 21 9 5 0 8 7 4 3 2 2 6
33 Byrne-Jones, Darcy BPR 78% 0 1 26 16 10 3 0 1 1 4 1 0 7 2
44 Durdin, Corey FPL 83% 0 0 8 3 5 2 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 1
19 Georgiades, Mitch FF 97% 5 1 15 11 4 9 0 1 0 6 1 3 0 1
34 Jones, Lachie HBFR 87% 0 0 18 10 8 4 0 4 0 1 1 0 2 1
43 Lai, Josh BPL 88% 0 0 12 6 6 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 4 2
4 Marshall, Todd CHF 59% 0 1 8 6 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
11 Moraes, Christian HBFL 85% 1 0 19 9 10 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 4
41 O'Brien, Balyn INT 74% 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 0
32 Ramm, Harrison FB 78% 0 0 6 3 3 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 1
35 Richards, Joe HFFR 80% 0 0 22 16 6 7 0 5 4 3 0 0 3 4
24 Sweet, Jordon RU 75% 1 1 15 7 8 3 19 0 7 1 1 1 1 2
47 van Wyk, Alex INT 56% 0 0 12 4 8 3 18 1 1 3 1 0 1 3
38 Visentini, Dante CHB 91% 0 0 8 7 1 5 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0
15 Wehr, Jacob WL 84% 0 0 15 13 2 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 5 2
17 Whitlock, Jack FPR 95% 2 0 14 6 8 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1
16 Wines, Ollie C 74% 1 0 27 12 15 4 0 5 3 5 0 1 4 1
39 Zadow, Mitch INT 80% 2 1 8 7 1 3 0 3 1 4 2 2 0 3
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 16 9 351 209 142 80 37 49 37 51 18 13 41 49

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

Essendon Coach: Dean Solomon
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
43 J. Lai 32 H. Ramm 33 D. Byrne-Jones 17 V. Visentini 24 N. Bryan
4 K. Langford 20 P. Wright 38 R. Unwin 7 Z. Merrett 6 J. Caldwell
FORWARD 15 D. Sharp 23 H. Jones
HALF-BACK

10 I. Kako
11 C. Moraes 38 D. Visentini 34 L. Jones

29 M. Kondogiannis
44 A. Day-Wicks 30 N. Caddy 2 J. Farrow



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



15 J. Wehr 16 O. Wines 5 J. Berry



36 A. Clarke 12 W. Setterfield 16 A. Perkins FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 24 J. Sweet 29 T. Anastasopoulos
HALF-FORWARD 14 M. Bergman 23 W. Brodie
46 X. Bamert 4 T. Marshall 35 J. Richards 7 J. Burgoyne 41 B. O'Brien
34 J. Artemis 21 A. Roberts 25 J. Prior

47 A. van Wyk
HALF-BACK

39 M. Zadow
FORWARD



44 C. Durdin 19 M. Georgiades 17 J. Whitlock



27 M. Redman 31 Z. Reid 1 A. McGrath (c)



BACK



Port Adelaide Coach: Josh Carr

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 PADL Mitch Georgiades goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 02:10
ESSE Jaxon Prior behind 0.1.1 - 1.0.6 08:35
ESSE Angus Clarke behind 0.2.2 - 1.0.6 09:39
PADL Joe Berry behind 0.2.2 - 1.1.7 10:27
ESSE Zach Merrett behind 0.3.3 - 1.1.7 11:54
ESSE Peter Wright goal 1.3.9 - 1.1.7 13:23
ESSE Angus Clarke behind 1.4.10 - 1.1.7 14:30
PADL Rushed behind 1.4.10 - 1.2.8 16:36
PADL Tom Anastasopoulos goal 1.4.10 - 2.2.14 17:12
PADL Mitch Zadow behind 1.4.10 - 2.3.15 20:15
PADL Ollie Wines goal 1.4.10 - 3.3.21 20:50
ESSE Nate Caddy goal 2.4.16 - 3.3.21 25:36
ESSE Peter Wright behind 2.5.17 - 3.3.21 28:04
Q2 ESSE Archie Perkins behind 2.6.18 - 3.3.21 02:53
ESSE Jye Caldwell behind 2.7.19 - 3.3.21 03:19
PADL Jase Burgoyne goal 2.7.19 - 4.3.27 04:24
PADL Rushed behind 2.7.19 - 4.4.28 06:03
ESSE Nate Caddy goal 3.7.25 - 4.4.28 08:37
PADL Mitch Georgiades goal 3.7.25 - 5.4.34 10:52
ESSE Nate Caddy goal 4.7.31 - 5.4.34 12:52
PADL Todd Marshall behind 4.7.31 - 5.5.35 14:43
PADL Xavier Bamert goal 4.7.31 - 6.5.41 17:35
PADL Jordon Sweet goal 4.7.31 - 7.5.47 22:00
PADL Mitch Georgiades goal 4.7.31 - 8.5.53 23:57
ESSE Nate Caddy goal 5.7.37 - 8.5.53 26:34
ESSE Archer Day-Wicks behind 5.8.38 - 8.5.53 28:38
PADL Mitch Georgiades behind 5.8.38 - 8.6.54 30:16
Q3 ESSE Nate Caddy goal 6.8.44 - 8.6.54 04:46
PADL Jordon Sweet behind 6.8.44 - 8.7.55 08:09
ESSE Peter Wright goal 7.8.50 - 8.7.55 09:54
ESSE Archer Day-Wicks behind 7.9.51 - 8.7.55 13:31
PADL Mitch Zadow goal 7.9.51 - 9.7.61 15:47
ESSE Isaac Kako goal 8.9.57 - 9.7.61 18:20
ESSE Angus Clarke goal 9.9.63 - 9.7.61 21:56
PADL Darcy Byrne-Jones behind 9.9.63 - 9.8.62 23:39
Q4 ESSE Angus Clarke goal 10.9.69 - 9.8.62 00:56
ESSE Rushed behind 10.10.70 - 9.8.62 03:51
ESSE Nate Caddy goal 11.10.76 - 9.8.62 04:53
PADL Jase Burgoyne goal 11.10.76 - 10.8.68 10:14
PADL Mitch Zadow goal 11.10.76 - 11.8.74 11:34
ESSE Angus Clarke goal 12.10.82 - 11.8.74 13:44
PADL Mitch Georgiades goal 12.10.82 - 12.8.80 15:04
PADL Jack Whitlock goal 12.10.82 - 13.8.86 16:44
ESSE Max Kondogiannis behind 12.11.83 - 13.8.86 20:02
ESSE Archie Perkins goal 13.11.89 - 13.8.86 21:41
PADL Christian Moraes goal 13.11.89 - 14.8.92 22:49
ESSE Zach Merrett goal 14.11.95 - 14.8.92 30:58
PADL Mitch Georgiades goal 14.11.95 - 15.8.98 32:38
PADL Jack Whitlock goal 14.11.95 - 16.8.104 34:33
PADL Rushed behind 14.11.95 - 16.9.105 35:50