Port Adelaide v Western Bulldogs, Round 9 2026
2026 AFLRound 9
| Club | QT | HT | 3QT | FT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| POR | 4.1 25 | 6.5 41 | 8.7 55 | 10.12 72 |
| WBD | 6.2 38 | 9.5 59 | 9.6 60 | 10.14 74 |
Adelaide OvalRain, 19°Lead changes 0
Recap
Bulldogs hold off Port by 2 points
The Western Bulldogs 10.14 (74) beat Port 10.12 (72) at Adelaide Oval in Round 9, a 2-point win.
Bulldogs led at every change.
Will Lewis kicked two goals for Bulldogs and Aaron Naughton two; Mitch Georgiades kicked four for Port.
Marcus Bontempelli led the way with 30 disposals, a goal, 7 clearances and 10 tackles.
Bulldogs won the inside-50 count 59–35 and won the clearances 41–30.
In context
- Milestones: Buku Khamis’s 50th game, Matthew Kennedy’s 150th game.
Best on ground
Bulldogs · #4 · 84% game time
- 30
- D
- 1
- G
- 7
- M
- 10
- T
7 clearances · 8 inside 50s · AFL Fantasy 143
Brownlow votes2026 count
Score worm
Port aheadBulldogs aheadGoal
- Bulldogs lead by 20Q1 15:53
- Level at 72Q4 25:31
- Bulldogs in front for goodQ4 28:35
PortGoals
- M. Georgiades 4.4
- C. Durdin 1.1
- E. Mackinlay 1.1
- L. Evans 1
- J. Sweet 1
- J. Watkins 1
- J. Whitlock 1
BulldogsGoals
- W. Lewis 2.1
- A. Naughton 2.1
- R. West 2.1
- A. Jones 1.2
- M. Bontempelli 1
- J. Freijah 1
- E. Richards 1
- Field umpires
- Daniel Johanson, Curtis Deboy, Jamie Broadbent, Brent Wallace
Port AdelaideFinal team
Western BulldogsFinal team
Interchange
EmergenciesL. Emmett, S. Davidson, J. Dolan
In
- +Connor Budarick
- +Oskar Baker
- +Cooper Hynes
- +Lachlan Smith
Out
- −Sam Davidson · Omitted
- −Laitham Vandermeer · Injured
- −Louis Emmett · Omitted
- −Josh Dolan · Omitted
Milestones
- Buku Khamis · 50th game
- Matthew Kennedy · 150th game
How the FanCrew rating works
FanCrew rating: Champion Data rating points and AFL Fantasy points together, on a 0–10 scale against every AFL game since 2001 (Fantasy points alone before 2012). 6.5 is a typical game, 8.5 and up a standout. Players need 15% game time to be rated.
Bulldogs won the inside-50 count 59–35 and won the clearances 41–30.
PORAttackWBD
- Inside 50s 59
- Scoring shots 10.1424
- Accuracy 42%
35
2210.12
45%
The ball
- Disposals 378
- Contested possessions 112
- Clearances 41
- Marks 102
- Tackles 64
- Free kicks 22
- Biggest lead 20
361
109
30
119
59
28
0
Disposals
- SandersWBD31
- ButtersPOR30
- BontempelliWBD30
Goals
- GeorgiadesPOR4.4
- LewisWBD2.1
- NaughtonWBD2.1
Marks
Tackles
- BontempelliWBD10
- DrewPOR7
- FreijahWBD6
Port Adelaide10.1272
| Player | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9Z. Butters | 30 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 109 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 0 | |
| 6K. Farrell | 27 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 122 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 0 | |
| 22L. EvansInt | 22 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 111 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7J. Burgoyne | 21 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 94 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 0 | |
| 21A. Aliir | 21 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 102 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| 19M. Georgiades | 12 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 24J. SweetInt | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 74 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 29 | |
| 34L. Jones | 17 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 77 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5J. Berry | 15 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 62 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | |
| 18J. Horne-Francis | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 65 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 0 | |
| 31E. Mackinlay | 14 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 76 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | |
| 44C. Durdin | 12 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 57 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | |
| 28W. Drew | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 63 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| 37J. WatkinsInt | 13 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 65 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | |
| 33D. Byrne-Jones | 17 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| 16O. Wines | 15 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 62 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0 | |
| 43J. Lai | 13 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 66 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| 17J. Whitlock | 9 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | |
| 11C. MoraesInt | 19 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 61 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 0 | |
| 15J. WehrInt | 15 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 60 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
| 35J. Richards | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 46 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| 38D. Visentini | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 44 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | |
| 14M. Bergman | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Team | 361 | 10 | 9 | 119 | 59 | 30 | 1614 | 225 | 136 | 35 | 43 |
Western Bulldogs10.1474
| Player | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4M. Bontempelli | 30 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 143 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 0 | |
| 20E. Richards | 27 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 103 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 0 | |
| 27J. FreijahInt | 26 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 101 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 0 | |
| 9R. Sanders | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 81 | 9 | 22 | 7 | 0 | |
| 19C. Budarick | 23 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 114 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 0 | |
| 44T. English | 19 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 97 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 20 | |
| 31B. Dale | 25 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 86 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 0 | |
| 33A. Naughton | 11 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 76 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| 37M. Sellwood | 17 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| 8M. Kennedy | 25 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 71 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 0 | |
| 34B. Williams | 21 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 81 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | |
| 17N. Coffield | 13 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 69 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| 28W. Lewis | 9 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 58 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| 32A. Jones | 16 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 62 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | |
| 14R. West | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 47 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
| 30L. McNeil | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 41 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | |
| 6C. HynesInt | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 47 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | |
| 40L. SmithInt | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 38 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | |
| 5J. Busslinger | 13 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | |
| 24B. Khamis | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| 13O. Baker | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| 29L. BrambleInt | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| 12H. GallagherInt | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
| Team | 378 | 10 | 13 | 102 | 64 | 41 | 1578 | 218 | 160 | 59 | 31 |
Bold marks each side's best in a column; tap a heading to sort. RTG is the FanCrew rating, AF is AFL Fantasy points.
First quarterPOR 4.1 (25) · WBD 6.2 (38)
- 1:44GoalA. NaughtonWBD0.0 (0) – 1.0 (6)
- 6:57GoalE. RichardsWBD0.0 (0) – 2.0 (12)
- 13:02BehindB. DaleWBD0.0 (0) – 2.1 (13)
- 15:08BehindM. KennedyWBD0.0 (0) – 2.2 (14)
- 15:53GoalR. WestWBD0.0 (0) – 3.2 (20)
- 17:45GoalM. GeorgiadesPOR1.0 (6) – 3.2 (20)
- 19:37BehindM. GeorgiadesPOR1.1 (7) – 3.2 (20)
- 21:58GoalA. JonesWBD1.1 (7) – 4.2 (26)
- 25:56GoalJ. WatkinsPOR2.1 (13) – 4.2 (26)
- 27:40GoalM. GeorgiadesPOR3.1 (19) – 4.2 (26)
- 29:05GoalM. BontempelliWBD3.1 (19) – 5.2 (32)
- 30:48GoalJ. SweetPOR4.1 (25) – 5.2 (32)
- 32:43GoalA. NaughtonWBD4.1 (25) – 6.2 (38)
Second quarterPOR 2.4 (16) · WBD 3.3 (21)
- 5:50BehindK. FarrellPOR4.2 (26) – 6.2 (38)
- 7:23GoalE. MackinlayPOR5.2 (32) – 6.2 (38)
- 9:25GoalJ. FreijahWBD5.2 (32) – 7.2 (44)
- 13:25BehindC. DurdinPOR5.3 (33) – 7.2 (44)
- 14:28GoalJ. WhitlockPOR6.3 (39) – 7.2 (44)
- 15:40BehindA. JonesWBD6.3 (39) – 7.3 (45)
- 17:35GoalW. LewisWBD6.3 (39) – 8.3 (51)
- 19:23BehindC. BudarickWBD6.3 (39) – 8.4 (52)
- 23:54BehindT. EnglishWBD6.3 (39) – 8.5 (53)
- 25:38BehindJ. BurgoynePOR6.4 (40) – 8.5 (53)
- 28:23BehindJ. WehrPOR6.5 (41) – 8.5 (53)
- 30:09GoalW. LewisWBD6.5 (41) – 9.5 (59)
Third quarterPOR 2.2 (14) · WBD 0.1 (1)
- 0:29BehindE. MackinlayPOR6.6 (42) – 9.5 (59)
- 2:02BehindH. GallagherWBD6.6 (42) – 9.6 (60)
- 6:47GoalM. GeorgiadesPOR7.6 (48) – 9.6 (60)
- 10:17GoalL. EvansPOR8.6 (54) – 9.6 (60)
- 16:07BehindM. GeorgiadesPOR8.7 (55) – 9.6 (60)
Last quarterPOR 2.5 (17) · WBD 1.8 (14)
- 1:00BehindR. WestWBD8.7 (55) – 9.7 (61)
- 1:40RushedPortPOR8.8 (56) – 9.7 (61)
- 3:39RushedBulldogsWBD8.8 (56) – 9.8 (62)
- 5:37BehindA. JonesWBD8.8 (56) – 9.9 (63)
- 6:00GoalR. WestWBD8.8 (56) – 10.9 (69)
- 9:05BehindA. NaughtonWBD8.8 (56) – 10.10 (70)
- 10:11BehindM. GeorgiadesPOR8.9 (57) – 10.10 (70)
- 10:55BehindM. GeorgiadesPOR8.10 (58) – 10.10 (70)
- 13:12BehindH. GallagherWBD8.10 (58) – 10.11 (71)
- 15:24GoalM. GeorgiadesPOR9.10 (64) – 10.11 (71)
- 18:37BehindB. WilliamsWBD9.10 (64) – 10.12 (72)
- 23:00RushedPortPOR9.11 (65) – 10.12 (72)
- 24:14GoalC. DurdinPOR10.11 (71) – 10.12 (72)
- 25:31RushedPortPORLevel10.12 (72) – 10.12 (72)
- 28:35BehindH. GallagherWBD10.12 (72) – 10.13 (73)
- 29:24BehindW. LewisWBD10.12 (72) – 10.14 (74)