Player news from R7 of 2025: Port Adelaide vs North Melbourne

Zak Butters (126/161): Head to head with Wardlaw… 27 possessions and 13 tackles… helped out by 3FF. In midfield.

Connor Rozee (108/118): Forward tag on him by Tucker… beat it and was freed up in Q4… 27 possessions including 20 kicks… also 7 marks… and kicked 1.0… umps paid him 3FF. Playing pure midfield.

Mitch Georgiades (94/75): First goal… Booted 2.2 from 10 grabs and 17 possessions. Playing key forward on Kallan Dawson.

Sam Powell-Pepper (93/99): Playing a forward role
Powell-Pepper contributed with 17 touches, 7 marks, 5 tackles and 1.2.
Ollie Wines (90/95): Playing inside midfield
Wines contributed with 24 touches, 3 grabs, 4 tackles, 5 hit outs and managed 0.2.
Jason Horne-Francis (89/110): Rotating midfield and attack
Horne-Francis contributed with 27 possessions, 3 grabs, 4 tackles, managed 1.0 and 4 frees against.
Willem Drew (86/111): Mostly on ball
Drew contributed with 16 touches, 11 tackles and 0.1 on the scoreboard.
Jordon Sweet (72/45): Playing ruck
Sweet contributed with 8 touches, 6 tackles, 39 hit outs and 5 frees against.
Darcy Byrne-Jones (71/66): Playing small forward
Byrne-Jones contributed with 13 possessions, 5 marks and kicked 3.0.
Jackson Mead (70/68): Rotating at half forward
Mead contributed with 14 touches, 3 marks and 7 tackles.
Jase Burgoyne (70/88): Starting on a wing on O’Sullivan
Burgoyne added 22 touches and 5 grabs.
Kane Farrell (65/63): A few clangers but also a few kick ins… 17 possessions including 15 kicks… also 4 marks and 3 tackles… and scored 0.1… gave away 3 FA. Playing a HBF role.

Ollie Lord (57/96): Playing key forward on Comben
Lord contributed with 12 possessions, 4 grabs and managed 2.2.
Esava Ratugolea (56/80): In defence on Larkey
Ratugolea contributed with 9 possessions, 6 marks and 3 tackles.
Willie Rioli (52/53): Starting forward
Rioli contributed with 10 disposals, 3 grabs, 3 tackles and booted 1.1.
Christian Moraes (49/56): Starting on a wing on Stephens
Moraes contributed with 10 disposals, 2 marks and 6 tackles.
Aliir Aliir (45/52): Zoning off Zurhaar
Aliir added 11 touches and 3 tackles.
Miles Bergman (43/39): Playing tall defender on Darling
Bergman contributed with 11 disposals, 3 marks and 2 tackles.
Joe Richards (39/47): Playing a forward role
Richards added 10 disposals and managed 2.0.
Joe Berry (37/44): Rotating forward and wing
Berry added 9 touches and 3 tackles.
Jeremy Finlayson (34/42): On in Q2 for Sinn to pl;ay forward on McDonald… 4 hit outs… also 5 possessions and 2 marks plus 2 tackles… 1.0 as well. Started as the sub.

Lachie Jones (21/37): Minding Curtis
Jones added 5 possessions and 3 tackles.
Josh Sinn (8/13): Trudged off in Q2 after a heavy Curtis slam tackle… failed HIA and subbed off later in Q2 for Finlayson… 3 possessions. Rotating at half back.

Tristan Xerri (122/160): First ruck
Xerri contributed with 23 possessions, 2 marks, 3 tackles, 39 hit outs and booted 1.0.
Luke Parker (97/79): Starting forward and joining mids
Parker contributed with 27 disposals, 4 marks, 4 tackles and booted 1.1.
Harry Sheezel (95/134): Started at half back
Sheezel added 30 possessions and 4 grabs.
Paul Curtis (90/104): Playing a small forward role on Lachie Jones
Curtis contributed with 16 disposals, 3 marks, 5 tackles and managed 3.1.
George Wardlaw (84/112): Head to head with Butters… 20 possessions and 6 tackles plus 1.0. Rotating in midfield.

Luke Davies-Uniacke (83/113): Playing central midfield
Davies-Uniacke contributed with 25 touches, 2 grabs, 4 tackles and kicked 1.0.
Caleb Daniel (75/88): Takes most kick ins… 22 possessions including 17 kicks… also 2 marks and 2 tackles. Starting at half back.

Tom Powell (74/102): Rotating forward and midfield
Powell contributed with 18 disposals, 3 marks, 3 tackles and kicked 1.0.
Cameron Zurhaar (69/79): Hurt left hip in a clash with Jones in Q1 but played on… 2.3 from 12 possessions and 4 marks plus 3 tackles. Starting forward on Aliir.

Nick Larkey (59/54): Starting forward on Ratugolea
Larkey contributed with 12 disposals, 7 marks and booted 1.2.
Colby McKercher (59/49): Floating about from a HFF
McKercher added 19 disposals and kicked 1.0.
Jack Darling (58/61): Up forward on Bergman
Darling contributed with 9 disposals, 3 grabs, 3 tackles, 7 hit outs and kicked 1.1.
Jy Simpkin (55/56): Often starting forward with mid rotations
Simpkin contributed with 19 disposals, 2 tackles and 3 free kicks given away.
Dylan Stephens (52/52): Starting on a wing on Moraes
Stephens contributed with 15 possessions, 3 marks and 2 tackles.
Luke McDonald (47/55): Starting at half back… moved to Finlayson in Q2
McDonald added 13 disposals and 3 tackles.
Riley Hardeman (45/58): Rotating in defence
Hardeman added 12 touches and 2 tackles.
Finn O’Sullivan (41/50): Mostly starting on a wing today on Burgoyne
O’Sullivan contributed with 12 possessions, 2 grabs, 2 tackles and 0.1 on the scoreboard.
Jackson Archer (38/57): Third tall defender
Archer added 12 touches and 2 tackles.
Jacob Konstanty (26/35): Playing small forward
Konstanty contributed with 6 possessions, 2 tackles and managed 0.1.
Kallan Dawson (22/35): In defence on Georgiades
Dawson added 7 touches and 2 marks.
Zane Duursma (18/21): On in Q4 for Tucker… 3 possessions and 2 marks. Started as the sub.

Charlie Comben (13/63): In defence on Lord
Comben also had 7 disposals.
Darcy Tucker (9/5): Subbed off in Q4 for Duursma… 3 tackles. Forward tag role on Rozee but had little effect.
Tucker also had 0 touches.