Match

Port Adelaide vs Adelaide Crows

Commentary / 29 Mar 2014

Pre Game

00:00
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Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
01:24
SCORE GOAL - Power (Matthew Lobbe)
06:33
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Rushed)
12:11
SCORE GOAL - Power (Robbie Gray)
15:35
SCORE GOAL - Power (Brad Ebert)
17:15
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Angus Monfries)
17:53
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Lewis Johnston)
20:52
SCORE GOAL - Power (Justin Westhoff)
24:07
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Robbie Gray)
24:33
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Ollie Wines)
26:14
SCORE GOAL - Power (Chad Wingard)
28:51
The siren has sounded to end Q1.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
00:57
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Eddie Betts)
01:54
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Jared Polec)
04:01
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Eddie Betts)
06:43
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Jay Schulz)
07:11
SCORE GOAL - Power (Ollie Wines)
08:51
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Mitchell Grigg)
09:55
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)
11:19
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Chad Wingard)
18:54
SCORE GOAL - Power (Travis Boak)
20:37
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Eddie Betts)
22:10
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Brad Ebert)
25:15
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)
28:03
The siren has sounded to end Q2.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
00:22
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Richard Douglas)
03:21
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Eddie Betts)
06:08
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Eddie Betts)
07:29
Crows Interchange - Sam Shaw off due to an injury.
11:51
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rory Sloane)
12:30
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Brodie Smith)
14:21
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Mitchell Grigg)
16:42
SCORE GOAL - Power (John Butcher)
17:18
Power Interchange - Jared Polec off due to the blood rule.
19:53
SCORE GOAL - Power (Chad Wingard)
21:45
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Rushed)
22:09
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Robbie Gray)
23:18
SCORE GOAL - Power (Robbie Gray)
26:35
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Hamish Hartlett)
27:24
SCORE GOAL - Power (Chad Wingard)
30:45
GOAL POWER - Polek takes four bounces and kicks to Schulz who marks. His kick after the siren from 45 metres out is a beauty!
30:46
SCORE GOAL - Power (Jay Schulz)
30:50
THREE QUARTER TIME - Adelaide took the lead at the mid way point of the third quarter only for Port to nail five goals to lead by 30 points at the final break.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
00:01
The final quarter is underway. Can the Crows come back?
02:00
Port Adelaide have made their substitution with Matt White coming on.
02:30
BEHIND CROWS - Adelaide have the free kick on the edge of the 50. Crouch gets onto the footy, but his effort is offline.
02:31
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Brad Crouch)
05:00
GOAL CROWS - Podsiadly marks one out in the goal square. He goes back and kicks the goal from 15 metres out. That's his first goal as an Adelaide Crow.
05:03
SCORE GOAL - Crows (James Podsiadly)
05:40
The Crows are still in this game and they would be looking to add another couple to keep the momentum up.
06:13
SCORE GOAL - Power (Hamish Hartlett)
06:15
GOAL POWER - The kick is pumped deep inside 50 where Butcher is unable to take the mark. He recovers and handballs to Hartlett who dribbles it through.
07:50
GOAL POWER - White marks and plays on passing to Schulz. From 50 metres out Schulz sneaks it through for a goal.
07:53
SCORE GOAL - Power (Jay Schulz)
09:10
Port Adelaide's lead of 36 points is their biggest lead in the match. It's hard to see them toppled over from here.
10:52
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Sam Kerridge)
11:10
GOAL CROWS - Smith kicks long to the square where Kerridge marks. He kicks the goal to keep the Crows in it. They will need to get a move on.
12:57
SCORE GOAL - Power (Jay Schulz)
13:40
GOAL POWER - This game is all over red rover! Schulz marks in the pocket and kicks a wonderful goal. He has three to his name and has been very important.
14:19
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Mitchell Grigg)
14:20
GOAL CROWS - It's goal for goal here at Adelaide Oval. This time Grigg ignores the short option of McKernan and does it all himself. He does it well! Great goal.
16:39
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Brad Crouch)
16:40
BEHIND CROWS - Crouch tries one from distance, but he misses to the near side.
18:00
The equation is simple for the Crows. Six goals in eight minutes.
18:40
BEHIND POWER - Wingard runs inside 50 and into an open goal. He sizes them up and kicks, but he misses to the left.
18:50
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Chad Wingard)
19:19
SCORE GOAL - Power (Ollie Wines)
19:20
GOAL POWER - Another turnover in defence sees Wines runs onto it. He runs towards goals and shuts the gate on the Adelaide Crows. Port by 36.
19:22
Crows Interchange - Brad Crouch and is possibly out for the game.
21:10
BEHIND POWER - White marks after Monfries centres. White goes back to kick, but it misses to the left.
21:15
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Matthew White)
22:52
SCORE GOAL - Power (Matthew White)
23:10
GOAL POWER - The ball bounces over the head of Butcher and through comes White. On the 50 metre line near the boundary, White's kick comes around perfectly. That's the icing on the cake.
24:10
Port Adelaide leads by 43 points and nobody could have seen this happening after the Crows came back to take the lead in the third quarter.
25:15
GOAL POWER - Matty White is enjoying his cameo in the last quarter. He breaks the tackle, runs inside 50 and kicks his second goal. Port Adelaide are now running away with this.
25:26
SCORE GOAL - Power (Matthew White)
27:00
A quick look at the statistics shows us that Cornes has 31 disposals. Hartlett has also been good with 29. Ebert has applied 8 tackles.
28:00
For the Crows Smith and Douglas have been good with 28 disposals. Dangerfield with the pressure with 7 tackles.
29:00
Port Adelaide has kicked 6 goals to 3 in the final quarter.
30:30
GOAL POWER - How appropriate that Chad Wingard marks with less than a minute remaining. From 40 metres out Wingard kicks his fourth goal. What a player! What an occasion!
31:30
FULL TIME - The final siren sounds with Port Adelaide running away to record a 55 point win. They are 2-0 to start off the season with the Crows at 0-2 for 2014.
31:33
The siren has sounded to end Q4.