2020 Port Adelaide Football Club season

Port Adelaide Football Club

2020 season
President	David Koch
Coach	Ken Hinkley
Captain(s)	Tom Jonas
Home ground	Adelaide Oval
Regular season	1st (4th minor premiership)
Finals Series	3rd (Preliminary Final)
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The 2020 Port Adelaide Football Club season was the club's 24th season in the Australian Football League (AFL) and the 150th year since its inception in 1870. ^[1] The club would ordinarily have fielded its reserves team in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL), though was prevented from doing so as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. ^[2]

Squad

AFL

Port Adelaide Football Club

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 Brad Ebert 8 Hamish Hartlett (vc) 9 Robbie Gray 10 Travis Boak 11 Tom Rockliff 12 Trent McKenzie 13 Wylie Buzza 14 Miles Bergman 15 Karl Amon 16 Ollie Wines (vc) 17 Tom Clurey 18 Zak Butters 19 Mitch Georgiades		20 Connor Rozee 21 Xavier Duursma 22 Charlie Dixon 23 Jack Watts 24 Kane Farrell 25 Sam Hayes 26 Riley Bonner 27 Joel Garner 28 Willem Drew 29 Scott Lycett 30 Joe Atley 32 Sam Mayes 33 Darcy Byrne-Jones 34 Dylan Williams 37 Jake Patmore 38 Peter Ladhams 39 Justin Westhoff 40 Jarrod Lienert 44 Jackson Mead				31 Trent Burgoyne 36 Boyd Woodcock 41 Riley Grundy 45 Martin Frederick (B) 47 Tobin Cox 48 Jake Pasini 50 Cameron Sutcliffe		Head coach Ken Hinkley Assistant coaches Michael Voss (senior assistant) Brett Montgomery (defence) Jarrad Schofield (midfield) Nathan Bassett (forwards) Trent Hentschel (defence development) Scott Thompson (midfield 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: Source(s): Playing list, Coaching staff

SANFL

Port Adelaide SANFL squad

SANFL list								Coaching Staff
9 Matt Appleton 42 Tom Corcoran 43 Jack Strange 33 Mitchell Mead 3 Adam Mahney 10 Sam Davidson		49 Simon Wong 50 Jack Elsworthy 29 Dallas Hill 7 Levi Proude 4 Ben Edwards 2 Mony Makoi 11 Lachlan Smith Tyson Goldsack						Head coach Matthew Lokan Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) Updated: 28 November 2019 Source(s): Playing list

AFL season

Pre-season

Main article: 2020 Marsh Community Series

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores(Port Adelaide's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Attendance	Ref.
			Home	Away	Result
1	Sunday, 23 February (3:10 pm)	Brisbane Lions	12.5 (77)	14.14 (98)	Won by 21 points	Moreton Bay Sports Complex (A)	2,027	[3]
2	Saturday, 7 March (3:40 pm)	Western Bulldogs	14.11 (95)	13.7 (85)	Won by 10 points	Bennett Oval (H)	4,770	[4]

Regular season

Main article: 2020 AFL season

• Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the AFL reduced the season to 17 rounds and played some matches behind closed doors. ^{[5] [6]}

Rd	Date and time	Opponent	Scores(Port Adelaide's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Attendance	Ladder	Ref.
			Home	Away	Result
1	Saturday, 21 March (6:25 pm)	Gold Coast	4.5 (29)	10.16 (76)	Won by 57 points	Metricon Stadium (A)	0	1st	[7]
2	Saturday, 13 June (7:10 pm)	Adelaide	17.8 (110)	5.5 (35)	Won by 75 points	Adelaide Oval (H)	2,240 [a]	1st	[8]
3	Sunday, 21 June (5:35 pm)	Fremantle	6.5 (41)	10.10 (70)	Won by 29 points	Metricon Stadium (A)	180 [a]	1st	[9]
4	Saturday, 27 June (1:15 pm)	West Coast	13.11 (89)	6.5 (41)	Won by 48 points	Metricon Stadium (H)	450 [a]	1st	[10]
5	Saturday, 4 July (7:10 pm)	Brisbane Lions	12.13 (85)	6.12 (48)	Lost by 37 points	Gabba (A)	10,161 [a]	1st	[11]
6	Sunday, 12 July (1:05 pm)	Greater Western Sydney	9.9 (63)	6.10 (46)	Won by 17 points	Metricon Stadium (H)	368 [a]	1st	[12]
7	Sunday, 19 July (1:05 pm)	Carlton	9.7 (61)	9.10 (64)	Won by 3 points	Gabba (A)	3,510 [a]	1st	[13]
8	Saturday, 25 July (7:40 pm)	St Kilda	6.8 (44)	12.1 (73)	Lost by 29 points	Adelaide Oval (H)	16,727 [a]	1st	[14]
9	Thursday, 30 July (8:10 pm)	Melbourne	4.8 (32)	12.11 (83)	Won by 51 points	Gabba (A)	323 [a]	1st	[15]
10	Monday, 3 August (6:40 pm)	Western Bulldogs	8.7 (55)	5.12 (42)	Won by 13 points	Adelaide Oval (H)	14,159 [a]	1st	[16]
11	Saturday, 8 August (4:05 pm)	Richmond	13.15 (93)	11.6 (72)	Won by 21 points	Adelaide Oval (H)	10,256 [a]	1st	[17]
12	Friday, 14 August (7:50 pm)	Geelong	14.7 (91)	4.7 (31)	Lost by 60 points	Metricon Stadium (A)	3,378 [a]	1st	[18]
13	Saturday, 22 August (4:05 pm)	Hawthorn	9.14 (68)	9.4 (58)	Won by 10 points	Adelaide Oval (H)	11,740 [a]	1st	[19]
14	Saturday, 29 August (1:15 pm)	Sydney	11.7 (73)	7.5 (47)	Won by 26 points	Adelaide Oval (H)	11,801 [a]	1st	[20]
15	Bye							1st
16	Saturday, 5 September (7:40 pm)	North Melbourne	6.6 (42)	11.12 (78)	Won by 36 points	Metricon Stadium (A)	592 [a]	1st	[21]
17	Saturday 12 September (4:05 pm)	Essendon	11.13 (79)	4.5 (29)	Won by 50 points	Adelaide Oval (H)	17,482 [a]	1st	[22]
18	Monday, 21 September (7:15 pm)	Collingwood	7.3 (45)	9.7 (61)	Won by 16 points	Gabba (A)	5,424 [a]	1st	[23]

Ladder

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts	Qualification
1	Port Adelaide	17	14	3	0	1185	869	136.4	56	Finals series
2	Brisbane Lions	17	14	3	0	1184	948	124.9	56
3	Richmond (P)	17	12	4	1	1135	874	129.9	50
4	Geelong	17	12	5	0	1233	901	136.8	48
5	West Coast	17	12	5	0	1095	936	117.0	48
6	St Kilda	17	10	7	0	1159	997	116.2	40
7	Western Bulldogs	17	10	7	0	1103	1034	106.7	40
8	Collingwood	17	9	7	1	965	881	109.5	38
9	Melbourne	17	9	8	0	1063	986	107.8	36
10	Greater Western Sydney	17	8	9	0	1007	1053	95.6	32
11	Carlton	17	7	10	0	1017	1078	94.3	28
12	Fremantle	17	7	10	0	866	924	93.7	28
13	Essendon	17	6	10	1	938	1185	79.2	26
14	Gold Coast	17	5	11	1	996	1099	90.6	22
15	Hawthorn	17	5	12	0	1004	1194	84.1	20
16	Sydney	17	5	12	0	890	1077	82.6	20
17	North Melbourne	17	3	14	0	858	1205	71.2	12
18	Adelaide	17	3	14	0	826	1283	64.4	12

Updated to match(es) played on 21 September 2020. Source: AFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Finals series

Main article: 2020 AFL finals series

Final	Date and time	Opponent	Scores(Port Adelaide's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Attendance	Ref.
			Home	Away	Result
Qualifying Final	Thursday, 1 October (7:10 pm)	Geelong	9.4 (58)	5.12 (42)	Won by 16 points	Adelaide Oval (H)	22,755	[24]
Semi Final	Bye
Preliminary Final	Friday, 16 October (7:20 pm)	Richmond	6.4 (40)	6.10 (46)	Lost by 6 points	Adelaide Oval (H)	24,292	[25]

SANFL season (cancelled)

See also: 2020 SANFL season

Port Adelaide's reserves team, known as the Magpies, had been fixtured for another season in the SANFL. In May 2020 however the AFL ordered all AFL-listed players not to play in any state league, preventing Port Adelaide from fielding their SANFL team for the 2020 season. ^[2]

Awards

Power (AFL)

• John Cahill Medal – Darcy Byrne-Jones
• Fos Williams Medal – Travis Boak
• Gavin Wanganeen Award – Zak Butters
• Coaches’ Award – Trent McKenzie
• John McCarthy Award – Justin Westhoff

Notes

1. Capped stadium capacity.

References

1. "150 Years On: Port Adelaide Is Back Together Again". The Mongrel Punt. 14 October 2019.
2. "Port Magpies, Crows out of SANFL". Canberra Times. 12 May 2020.
3. "Port pair provide the fire Power to hunt down Lions". AFL.com.au. 23 February 2020.
4. "Injuries sour Power's thrilling win over Dogs". AFL.com.au. 7 March 2020.
5. "AFL cuts season to 17 rounds but delays call on suspending start of competition". ABC News. 16 March 2020.
6. "Port Adelaide fixtures rounds 2 to 5". Port Adelaide FC. 25 May 2020.
7. "Power on: Port a class above low-scoring Suns". AFL.com.au. 21 March 2020.
8. "Young guns provide spark in big Showdown win". AFL.com.au. 13 June 2020.
9. "Power remain undefeated but injury mars win over Dockers". AFL.com.au. 21 June 2020.
10. "Power flex their muscles to crush struggling Eagles". AFL.com.au. 27 June 2020.
11. "Second-quarter blitz fires Lions to share of top spot". AFL.com.au. 4 July 2020.
12. "Power pull away from Giants to kick clear at the top". AFL.com.au. 12 July 2020.
13. "Gray's match-winner breaks Blues hearts after the siren". AFL.com.au. 19 July 2020.
14. "Saints march into third after late show stuns ladder leaders". AFL.com.au. 25 July 2020.
15. "Port shows its power to thrash dismal Demons". AFL.com.au. 30 July 2020.
16. "Top-notch Power kick clear after downing wasteful Dogs". AFL.com.au. 3 August 2020.
17. "Game of the season: Power prevail against premiers". AFL.com.au. 8 August 2020.
18. "Hatchet job: Tomahawk tears apart Power". AFL.com.au. 14 August 2020.
19. "Butters' brilliance saves Power after Hawk scare". AFL.com.au. 22 August 2020.
20. "Charlie, Power flex their muscles to shake off Swans". AFL.com.au. 29 August 2020.
21. "Power cruise past Roos to surge a game clear on top". AFL.com.au. 7 September 2020.
22. "Top-class Power steamroll limp Bombers in the wet". AFL.com.au. 12 September 2020.
23. "Full Power: Port seals minor premiership, send Pies on horror trip". AFL.com.au. 21 September 2020.
24. "Power surge into home prelim after domesticating stray Cats". AFL.com.au. 2 October 2020.
25. "Tigers into another GF after outlasting Port in brutal thriller". AFL.com.au. 16 October 2020.

External links

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