Match

Port Adelaide vs Gold Coast Suns

Commentary / 17 Aug 2013

Pre Game

00:00

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Quarter 1

00:00

Welcome to AAMI Stadium for today's exciting clash between two of the up and coming young teams of the competition; Port Adelaide and Gold Coast

00:01

The ball has been bounced at AAMI Stadium. Here we go....

00:02

SUBS: Oliver Wines (Port Adelaide) Jackson Allen (Gold Coast)

00:45

BEHIND SUNS - Gold Coast first to hit the scoreboard. Tim Sumner lines up from outside 50 but the wind grabs it and drags it to the left of the post

00:49

SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Timmy Sumner)

02:07

BEHIND SUNS - Ablett snaps out of pack 30m out but it strikes the right post. Good start by the Suns!!

02:11

SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Gary Ablett)

02:53

There was one LATE CHANGE for Port Adelaide with Aaron Young replacing Sam Colquhoun

03:54

Ablett seems to be playing forward for the Suns

04:10

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Andrew Moore)

04:16

BEHIND POWER - Moore strides inside 50 on a tight angle but he drives his shot across the face of the goal. Lively start to this match

05:25

BEHIND SUNS - Ablett evades three tackles 20m out, straightens but misses his shot just to the right. He is looking very dangerous up forward

05:34

SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Gary Ablett)

06:11

GOAL POWER - First goal of the match. The ball goes over the back of Westhoff and Thompson, the Port forward shrugs off the attention and snaps a goal from 15m out

07:11

GOAL POWER - Two in a minute for Port. Ebert grubbers a kick inside 50, Gray picks up, dishes back to Ebert to drives through a low goal

07:28

SCORE GOAL - Power (Brad Ebert)

08:00

The wind is blowing toward the Suns end this quarter. Port with the first two majors however

09:42

Both teams are playing on at all costs and sweeping the ball forward quickly

09:58

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Cameron Hitchcock)

10:20

BEHIND POWER - Hitchcock gathers but his shot from 45m bounces just the wrong side of the post. Suns need to be careful here. Particularly having the wind advantage

11:06

BEHIND SUNS - Gold Coast failing to convert chances. Hutchins streams inside 50 but he misses a shot under not much pressure

11:51

GOAL POWER - Schulz nearly marks inside 50, the ball is forced forwards, Westhoff gathers and kicks an easy goal over the back. GC will be disappointed by their defending so far

13:59

SCORE GOAL - Power (Campbell Heath)

14:00

GOAL POWER - Port run and carry through the middle, Wingard spears the ball on to Schulz's chest 45m out. he turns and pops the kick over to Heath in the goalsquare who slams it through

14:50

The lack of scoreboard pressure GC is putting on could be significant in how this game plays out. Some fairly easy chances missed early

15:38

Port will have the wind in the next quarter too. Fairly blustery as well

16:59

GOAL SUNS - Dixon is picked out 20m out on a 45 degree angle. His set shot splits the middle and it's their first major

17:17

SCORE GOAL - Suns (Charlie Dixon)

17:38

Suns Interchange - Aaron Hall off due to an injury.

18:23

Aaron Hall appears dazed from a heavy shepard. Looks like he can continue though...

18:30

BEHIND SUNS - Prestia misses a snap at goal from 35m on a tight angle

18:37

SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Dion Prestia)

19:28

GOAL SUNS - Andrew Boston kicks his FIRST goal in footy. Marked strongly from Hall's chip pass. From 45m, it rides the wind and goes straight over the goal umpires head

21:18

SCORE GOAL - Power (Travis Boak)

21:30

GOAL POWER - Boak receives a controversial 50m penalty after marking at half-forward. He is taken forward to 25m out and he adds six points to Port's score

22:52

GOAL SUNS - WHAT a goal from Harley Bennell. From a inside 50 stoppage, he sharks the ball and outside foot's through a brilliant goal. What a talent!!

22:57

SCORE GOAL - Suns (Harley Bennell)

24:11

Decent recovery by the Suns here. Looked in trouble but have clawed the margin back to 9 points

25:00

Less than five minutes to go in the quarter

25:50

GOAL POWER - Aaron Young splits the middle from the set shot 30m out after Monfries marked, dished to Westhoff, who speared a great pass to Young

25:55

SCORE GOAL - Power (Aaron Young)

27:46

Port pressing hard here. GC need to hold on before quarter-time

28:19

Power Interchange - Cameron Hitchcock off due to an injury.

28:24

BEHIND POWER - Heath miraculously soccers the ball off the ground while laying on the ground but it hits the post. Would have been a timely and amazing goal

28:31

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Campbell Heath)

29:23

BEHIND POWER - Moore kicks his second behind of the game. Snapping waywardly after grabbing the ball from the stoppage 40m out straight in front

30:21

GOAL POWER - With less than a minute to go in the quarter, Schulz roves the spillage of his own contest and snaps a high, floating goal from 20m. Port in a great position here

30:25

SCORE GOAL - Power (Jay Schulz)

31:55

BEHIND POWER - Wingard marks and kicks the set shot from 35m on the boundary line but it's off hands for a behind. Suns must hold on here

31:58

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Rushed)

32:30

QTR TIME - Brilliant quarter by Port Adelaide, who despite kicking into the wind, have accumulated a 24 point lead at the first change. Gold Coast must lift into the breeze next quarter

33:22

The siren has sounded to end Q1.

Quarter 2

00:00

Q2 is now underway.

00:01

The second quarter is underway!!

01:26

Port on the attack early in this quarter

03:09

GOAL SUNS - Hutchins marks 65m out, he handballs to the running Stanley, who drills the goal straight through the middle from 45m. Great start by the Suns

03:13

SCORE GOAL - Suns (Danny Stanley)

04:15

If Gold Coast can get the next goal, it will be a great start into the breeze

05:41

BEHIND POWER - Broadbent roves the deep long kick 15m out but his quick shot misses well to the left

05:44

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Matthew Broadbent)

07:29

SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Harley Bennell)

10:22

SCORE GOAL - Suns (Daniel Gorringe)

23:15

SCORE GOAL - Suns (Jack Hutchins)

24:57

SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Timmy Sumner)

25:44

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Travis Boak)

29:51

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Justin Westhoff)

31:30

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Chad Wingard)

33:04

SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Gary Ablett)

35:07

SCORE GOAL - Power (Andrew Moore)

35:12

The siren has sounded to end Q2.

Quarter 3

00:00

Q3 is now underway.

01:07

SCORE GOAL - Suns (Danny Stanley)

04:15

SCORE GOAL - Suns (Josh Hall)

05:42

SCORE GOAL - Suns (Andrew Boston)

08:44

SCORE GOAL - Power (Campbell Heath)

10:36

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Jay Schulz)

12:03

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Rushed)

13:24

SCORE GOAL - Power (Travis Boak)

15:53

SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Steven May)

16:31

SCORE GOAL - Suns (Harley Bennell)

18:32

SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Trent McKenzie)

21:32

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Jay Schulz)

21:36

Suns Interchange - Trent McKenzie off due to an injury.

23:12

SCORE GOAL - Suns (Harley Bennell)

27:44

SCORE GOAL - Suns (Jaeger O'Meara)

29:22

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Rushed)

29:24

The siren has sounded to end Q3.

Quarter 4

00:00

Q4 is now underway.

02:00

SCORE GOAL - Power (Chad Wingard)

03:30

SCORE GOAL - Power (Chad Wingard)

03:53

Power Interchange - Hamish Hartlett off due to an injury.

07:14

SCORE GOAL - Power (Jay Schulz)

14:35

SCORE GOAL - Suns (Timmy Sumner)

15:38

SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Harley Bennell)

17:27

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Ollie Wines)

20:08

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Matthew Broadbent)

20:57

SCORE GOAL - Power (Travis Boak)

22:34

SCORE GOAL - Power (Jay Schulz)

23:38

SCORE GOAL - Power (Kane Cornes)

25:29

SCORE GOAL - Suns (Andrew Boston)

27:13

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Aaron Young)

29:16

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Andrew Moore)

30:51

SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Harley Bennell)

31:43

The siren has sounded to end Q4.