2021 Port Adelaide Football Club season

Port Adelaide Football Club

2021 season
President	David Koch
Coach	Ken Hinkley (AFL) Matthew Lokan (SANFL)
Captain(s)	Tom Jonas (AFL) Cameron Sutcliffe (SANFL)
Home ground	Adelaide Oval (AFL) Alberton Oval (SANFL)
Regular season	2nd (AFL) 7th (SANFL)
Finals series	Preliminary Final (AFL) DNQ (SANFL)
Best and Fairest	Ollie Wines (AFL) Sam Hayes (SANFL)
Club membership	56,532[1]
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The 2021 Port Adelaide Football Club season was the club's 25th season in the Australian Football League (AFL) and the 151st year since its inception in 1870.^[2] The club also fielded its reserves team in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL), having rejoined the competition after missing the previous season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[3]

Squad

AFL

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Senior list						Rookie list		Coaching staff
1 Tom Jonas (c) 2 Sam Powell-Pepper 3 Ryan Burton 4 Todd Marshall 5 Dan Houston 6 Steven Motlop 7 Xavier Duursma 8 Hamish Hartlett (vc) 9 Robbie Gray 10 Travis Boak 11 Tom Rockliff 12 Trent McKenzie 13 Orazio Fantasia 14 Miles Bergman 15 Karl Amon 16 Ollie Wines (vc) 17 Tom Clurey 18 Zak Butters		19 Mitch Georgiades 20 Connor Rozee 21 Aliir Aliir 22 Charlie Dixon 23 Dylan Williams 24 Kane Farrell 25 Sam Hayes 26 Riley Bonner 27 Joel Garner 28 Willem Drew 29 Scott Lycett 30 Ollie Lord 32 Sam Mayes 33 Darcy Byrne-Jones 34 Lachie Jones 38 Peter Ladhams 40 Jarrod Lienert 44 Jackson Mead				31 Trent Burgoyne 36 Boyd Woodcock 37 Taj Schofield 45 Martin Frederick (B) 48 Jake Pasini 50 Tyson Goldsack		Head coach Ken Hinkley Assistant coaches Michael Voss (senior assistant) Brett Montgomery (defence) Jarrad Schofield (midfield) Nathan Bassett (forwards) Trent Hentschel (defence development) Chad Cornes (forwards development) Dean Brogan (ruck) Matthew Lokan (SANFL coach) Paul Stewart (NGA, player welfare and development) Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) (B) Category B rookie italics - Inactive player list Long-term injury (ret.) Retired Updated: 23 January 2024 Source(s): Playing list, Coaching staff

SANFL

Port Adelaide SANFL squad

SANFL list[a]								Coaching Staff
Cameron Sutcliffe Dylan Aldridge Matthew Appleton Tom Corcoran Sean Samblich Luke Surman Jake Weidmann Jake Westbrook		Miller Carter Ben Edwards Owen Montgomery Ethan Moore Aryan Sareen Jake Strange Campbell Wildman Simon Wong Jace Bode [4]						Head coach Matthew Lokan Assistant coaches Chad Cornes Trent Hentschel Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) Updated: 15 January 2021 Source(s): [5]

AFL season

Pre-season

See also: 2021 AFL Community Series

Date and time	Opponent	Scores (Port Adelaide's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Attendance	Ref.
		Home	Away	Result
Saturday, 27 February (11:00 am)	Adelaide	18.17 (125)	11.7 (73)	Won by 52 points	Alberton Oval (H)	0	[6]
Sunday, 7 March (3:40 pm)	Adelaide	6.9 (45)	17.14 (116)	Won by 71 points	Flinders University Stadium (A)	3,028	[7]

Regular season

Main article: 2021 AFL season

Rd	Date and time	Opponent	Scores (Port Adelaide's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Attendance	Ladder	Ref.
			Home	Away	Result
1	Sunday, 21 March (1:10 pm)	North Melbourne	9.11 (65)	17.15 (117)	Won by 52 points	Marvel Stadium (A)	13,050	1st	[8]
2	Saturday, 27 March (4:35 pm)	Essendon	18.11 (119)	9.11 (65)	Won by 54 points	Adelaide Oval (H)	29,978	1st	[9]
3	Saturday, 3 April (5:10 pm)	West Coast	16.12 (108)	11.5 (71)	Lost by 37 points	Optus Stadium (A)	42,090	4th	[10]
4	Friday, 9 April (7:10 pm)	Richmond	11.13 (79)	11.11 (77)	Won by 2 points	Adelaide Oval (H)	33,742	4th	[11]
5	Saturday, 17 April (7:25 pm)	Carlton	9.14 (68)	15.6 (96)	Won by 28 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)	32,893	4th	[12]
6	Sunday, 25 April (6:10 pm)	St Kilda	14.9 (93)	5.9 (39)	Won by 54 points	Adelaide Oval (H)	33,125	3rd	[13]
7	Saturday, 1 May (7:25 pm)	Brisbane Lions	5.14 (44)	13.15 (93)	Lost by 49 points	Gabba (A)	20,007	3rd	[14]
8	Saturday, 8 May (7:10 pm)	Adelaide	5.8 (38)	12.15 (87)	Won by 49 points	Adelaide Oval (H)	43,069	3rd	[15]
9	Saturday, 15 May (7:10 pm)	Western Bulldogs	15.6 (96)	12.5 (77)	Lost by 19 points	Adelaide Oval (H)	32,787	5th	[16]
10	Sunday, 23 May (3:20 pm)	Collingwood	8.10 (58)	8.11 (59)	Won by 1 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)	23,415	5th	[17]
11	Saturday, 29 May (2:10 pm)	Fremantle	18.7 (115)	9.15 (69)	Won by 46 points	Adelaide Oval (H)	26,759	5th	[18]
12	Bye							5th
13	Thursday, 10 June (7:10 pm)	Geelong	14.7 (91)	17.10 (112)	Lost by 21 points	Adelaide Oval (H)	28,718	5th	[19]
14	Saturday, 19 June (1:45 pm)	Gold Coast	4.7 (31)	12.9 (81)	Won by 50 points	Metricon Stadium (A)	7,117	5th	[20]
15	Saturday, 26 June (7:10 pm)	Sydney	12.9 (81)	10.11 (71)	Won by 10 points	Adelaide Oval (H)	29,631	4th	[21]
16	Saturday, 3 July (7:40 pm)	Hawthorn	7.11 (53)	13.9 (87)	Won by 34 points	Marvel Stadium (A)	18,251	4th	[22]
17	Thursday, 8 July (7:10 pm)	Melbourne	8.7 (55)	12.14 (86)	Lost by 31 points	Adelaide Oval (H)	30,908	5th	[23]
18	Saturday, 17 July (1:45 pm)	St Kilda	8.13 (61)	10.14 (74)	Won by 13 points	Marvel Stadium (A)	0 (BCD)	5th	[24]
19	Friday, 23 July (7:10 pm)	Collingwood	14.13 (97)	10.9 (69)	Won by 28 points	Marvel Stadium (H)	0 (BCD)	4th	[25]
20	Sunday, 1 August (6:10 pm)	Greater Western Sydney	11.7 (73)	15.10 (100)	Won by 27 points	Marvel Stadium (A)	0 (BCD)	4th	[26]
21	Saturday, 7 August (7:10 pm)	Adelaide	7.9 (51)	7.13 (55)	Won by 4 points	Adelaide Oval (A)	14,376	4th	[27]
22	Saturday, 14 August (4:05 pm)	Carlton	21.14 (140)	5.15 (45)	Won by 95 points	Adelaide Oval (H)	13,943	3rd	[28]
23	Friday, 20 August (7:50 pm)	Western Bulldogs	10.4 (64)	9.12 (66)	Won by 2 points	Marvel Stadium (A)	0 (BCD)	2nd	[29]

Finals series

See also: 2021 AFL finals series

Round	Date and time	Opponent	Scores (Port Adelaide's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Attendance	Ref.
			Home	Away	Result
Qualifying Final	Friday, 27 August (7:20 pm)	Geelong	12.14 (86)	5.13 (43)	Won by 43 points	Adelaide Oval (H)	19,712	[30]
Preliminary Final	Saturday, 11 September (7:10 pm)	Western Bulldogs	6.9 (45)	17.14 (116)	Lost by 71 points	Adelaide Oval (H)	26,400	[31]

Ladder

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts	Qualification
1	Melbourne (P)	22	17	4	1	1888	1443	130.8	70	Finals series
2	Port Adelaide	22	17	5	0	1884	1492	126.3	68
3	Geelong	22	16	6	0	1845	1456	126.7	64
4	Brisbane Lions	22	15	7	0	2131	1599	133.3	60
5	Western Bulldogs	22	15	7	0	1994	1501	132.8	60
6	Sydney	22	15	7	0	1986	1656	119.9	60
7	Greater Western Sydney	22	11	10	1	1768	1773	99.7	46
8	Essendon	22	11	11	0	1953	1790	109.1	44
9	West Coast	22	10	12	0	1752	1880	93.2	40
10	St Kilda	22	10	12	0	1644	1796	91.5	40
11	Fremantle	22	10	12	0	1578	1825	86.5	40
12	Richmond	22	9	12	1	1743	1780	97.9	38
13	Carlton	22	8	14	0	1746	1972	88.5	32
14	Hawthorn	22	7	13	2	1629	1912	85.2	32
15	Adelaide	22	7	15	0	1616	1971	82.0	28
16	Gold Coast	22	7	15	0	1430	1863	76.8	28
17	Collingwood	22	6	16	0	1557	1818	85.6	24
18	North Melbourne	22	4	17	1	1458	2075	70.3	18

Updated to match(es) played on 21 August 2021. Source: AFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

SANFL season

See also: 2021 SANFL season

Pre-season

Date and time	Opponent	Scores (Port Adelaide's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Ref.
		Home	Away	Result
Saturday, 27 February (8:30 am)	Adelaide	6.16 (52)	9.12 (66)	Lost by 14 points	Alberton Oval (H)	[32]
Thursday, 4 March (6:00 pm)	South Adelaide	8.13 (61)	7.7 (49)	Won by 12 points	Alberton Oval (H)	[33]
Friday, 19 March (5:00 pm)	Sturt	8.13 (61)	14.18 (92)	Lost by 31 points	Alberton Oval (H)	[34]
Friday, 26 March (5:00 pm)	Adelaide	13.11 (89)	11.8 (74)	Won by 15 points	Alberton Oval (H)	[35]

Regular season

Rd	Date and time	Opponent	Scores (Port Adelaide's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Attendance	Ladder	Ref.
			Home	Away	Result
1	Friday, 1 April (7:40 pm)	Norwood	14.13 (97)	7.10 (52)	Lost by 45 points	Coopers Stadium (A)	4,946	8th	[36][37]
2	Saturday, 10 April (2:10 pm)	Central District	8.16 (64)	7.5 (47)	Won by 17 points	Alberton Oval (H)	1,568	6th	[38][39]
3	Saturday, 17 April (2:10 pm)	South Adelaide	12.9 (81)	10.12 (72)	Lost by 9 points	Flinders University Stadium (A)	1,471	7th	[40][41]
4	Saturday, 24 April (6:30 pm)	Glenelg	12.11 (83)	10.13 (73)	Lost by 10 points	ACH Group Stadium (A)	N/A	7th	[42][43]
5	Sunday, 2 May (2:10 pm)	Woodville-West Torrens	16.11 (107)	7.5 (47)	Won by 60 points	Alberton Oval (H)	1,927	5th	[44][45]
6	Saturday, 8 May (4:05 pm)	Adelaide	13.9 (87)	10.13 (73)	Won by 14 points	Adelaide Oval (H)	1,582	5th	[46]
7	Saturday, 22 May (1:10 pm)	North Adelaide	13.8 (86)	11.12 (78)	Won by 8 points	Alberton Oval (H)	1,885	5th	[47]
8	Saturday, 29 May (2:10 pm)	West Adelaide	12.9 (81)	8.4 (52)	Won by 29 points	Alberton Oval (H)	1,410	4th	[48]
9	Bye							4th
10	Saturday, 12 June (2:10 pm)	Woodville-West Torrens	17.7 (109)	6.5 (41)	Lost by 68 points	Maughan Thiem Kia Oval (A)	2,482	5th	[49]
11	Sunday, 20 June (2:10 pm)	Sturt	7.8 (50)	14.7 (91)	Lost by 41 points	Alberton Oval (H)	2,180	5th	[50]
12	Saturday, 26 June (1:25 pm)	North Adelaide	18.12 (120)	6.8 (44)	Lost by 76 points	Prospect Oval (A)	1,516	6th	[51]
13	Saturday, 3 July (2:10 pm)	Central District	6.12 (48)	9.3 (57)	Won by 9 points	X Convenience Oval (A)	1,687	6th	[52]
14	Saturday, 10 July (2:35 pm))	Norwood	9.6 (60)	14.12 (96)	Lost by 36 points	Alberton Oval (H)	2,096	6th	[53]
15	Sunday, 18 July (1:10 pm)	West Adelaide	11.5 (71)	13.6 (84)	Won by 13 points	Hisense Stadium (A)	1,346	6th	[54]
16	Saturday, 7 August (3:30 pm)	Adelaide	13.4 (82)	10.9 (69)	Lost by 13 points	Adelaide Oval (A)	N/A	7th	[55]
17	Saturday, 14 August (2:30 pm)	Sturt	14.12 (96)	10.12 (72)	Lost by 24 points	Peter Motley Oval (A)	2,151	7th	[56]
18	Saturday, 21 August (2:05 pm)	South Adelaide	15.7 (97)	13.6 (84)	Won by 13 points	Alberton Oval (H)	N/A	7th	[57]
19	Saturday, 4 September (2:10 pm)	Glenelg	11.8 (74)	5.8 (38)	Won by 36 points	Alberton Oval (H)	2,370	7th	[58]

Ladder

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts	Qualification
1	Glenelg	18	17	1	0	1607	1189	57.47	34	Finals series
2	Woodville-West Torrens (P)	18	13	5	0	1568	1056	59.76	26
3	Norwood	18	11	7	0	1188	1101	51.90	22
4	North Adelaide	18	10	8	0	1543	1209	56.07	20
5	South Adelaide	18	10	8	0	1359	1283	51.44	20
6	Sturt	18	9	9	0	1231	1095	52.92	18
7	Port Adelaide	18	9	9	0	1270	1393	47.69	18
8	Adelaide	18	5	13	0	1204	1679	41.76	10
9	Central District	18	4	14	0	1070	1496	41.70	8
10	West Adelaide	18	2	16	0	1001	1540	39.39	4

Source: sanfl.com.au
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Awards

Power (AFL)

• John Cahill Medal – Ollie Wines
• Runner Up – Travis Boak
• Bruce Weber Medal – Aliir Aliir
• Fos Williams Medal – Travis Boak
• Gavin Wanganeen Award – Mitch Georgiades
• Coaches’ Award – Karl Amon
• John McCarthy Award – Travis Boak

Source:^[59]

Magpies (SANFL)

• A.R. McLean Medal – Sam Hayes
• A.R McLean Medal Runner-Up – Joel Garner
• Anthony Williams Memorial Trophy – Campbell Wildman
• Leading goalkicker – Dylan Williams (31 goals)
• Bob Clayton Award – Bob O’Malley

Source:^[60]

Notes

1. Port Adelaide AFL-listed players (not selected to play AFL) are allowed to play for the SANFL squad.

References

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48. "Port Adelaide Magpies vs. West Adelaide". Australian Football. 29 May 2021.
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59. Loukas Founten (30 September 2021). "Wines claims his first John Cahill Medal". Port Adelaide FC.
60. Loukas Founten (30 September 2021). "Hayes awarded 2021 A.R. McLean Medal". Port Adelaide FC.

External links

• Official website of the Port Adelaide Football Club
• Official website of the Australian Football League