Port Adelaide v Essendon – Round 2 2021 Stats, Scores & Goal Kickers

2021 AFLRound 2Sat, 27 Mar, 4:35 pm AEDT

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11965

18.119.11

Port by 54

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Scores at each change
Club	QT	HT	3QT	FT
POR	6.1 37	11.6 72	15.10 100	18.11 119
ESS	1.4 10	4.7 31	6.8 44	9.11 65

Adelaide OvalMostly sunny, 18°Lead changes 0

Recap

Port 18.11 (119) beat Essendon 9.11 (65) at Adelaide Oval in Round 2, a 54-point win.

Port led at every change.

Charlie Dixon kicked four goals for Port and Mitch Georgiades four; Cale Hooker kicked three for Essendon.

Zak Butters led the way with 36 disposals, a goal and 6 clearances.

Port opened the game with five straight goals in the first quarter.

Port won the inside-50 count 62–39 and won the clearances 39–28.

More from Round 2

Port Adelaide18.11119

Essendon9.1165

Bold marks each side's best in a column; tap a heading to sort. RTG is the FanCrew rating, AF is AFL Fantasy points.

1:06GoalC. DixonPOR1.0 (6) – 0.0 (0)
4:20GoalZ. ButtersPOR2.0 (12) – 0.0 (0)
11:08BehindO. FantasiaPOR2.1 (13) – 0.0 (0)
13:01GoalM. GeorgiadesPOR3.1 (19) – 0.0 (0)
15:09GoalM. GeorgiadesPOR4.1 (25) – 0.0 (0)
16:29GoalP. LadhamsPOR5.1 (31) – 0.0 (0)
18:29GoalC. HookerESS5.1 (31) – 1.0 (6)
20:22BehindP. WrightESS5.1 (31) – 1.1 (7)
21:58BehindD. ShielESS5.1 (31) – 1.2 (8)
26:03GoalC. DixonPOR6.1 (37) – 1.2 (8)
29:57BehindD. ShielESS6.1 (37) – 1.3 (9)
31:06RushedEssendonESS6.1 (37) – 1.4 (10)

1:17RushedPortPOR6.2 (38) – 1.4 (10)
4:17BehindT. BoakPOR6.3 (39) – 1.4 (10)
5:58GoalK. AmonPOR7.3 (45) – 1.4 (10)
7:17GoalA. McDonald-TipungwutiESS7.3 (45) – 2.4 (16)
8:56GoalC. DixonPOR8.3 (51) – 2.4 (16)
11:09BehindW. DrewPOR8.4 (52) – 2.4 (16)
13:13RushedEssendonESS8.4 (52) – 2.5 (17)
14:21GoalP. LadhamsPOR9.4 (58) – 2.5 (17)
15:30BehindO. FantasiaPOR9.5 (59) – 2.5 (17)
16:11RushedPortPOR9.6 (60) – 2.5 (17)
17:32GoalS. MotlopPOR10.6 (66) – 2.5 (17)
19:49GoalC. HookerESS10.6 (66) – 3.5 (23)
23:56GoalK. LangfordESS10.6 (66) – 4.5 (29)
26:00RushedEssendonESS10.6 (66) – 4.6 (30)
27:12GoalS. MotlopPOR11.6 (72) – 4.6 (30)
30:22BehindB. HamESS11.6 (72) – 4.7 (31)

2:50BehindH. HartlettPOR11.7 (73) – 4.7 (31)
5:48BehindC. HookerESS11.7 (73) – 4.8 (32)
7:10GoalM. GeorgiadesPOR12.7 (79) – 4.8 (32)
9:42GoalO. FantasiaPOR13.7 (85) – 4.8 (32)
12:23GoalC. HookerESS13.7 (85) – 5.8 (38)
14:10BehindK. AmonPOR13.8 (86) – 5.8 (38)
14:52GoalA. McDonald-TipungwutiESS13.8 (86) – 6.8 (44)
17:21GoalC. DixonPOR14.8 (92) – 6.8 (44)
20:16GoalM. GeorgiadesPOR15.8 (98) – 6.8 (44)
22:47BehindC. DixonPOR15.9 (99) – 6.8 (44)
25:01BehindO. FantasiaPOR15.10 (100) – 6.8 (44)