Match

Adelaide Crows vs Port Adelaide

Commentary / 29 Jun 2014

Pre Game

00:00

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Quarter 1

00:00

Q1 is now underway.

00:51

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Brad Crouch)

01:26

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Eddie Betts)

03:40

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)

04:12

SCORE GOAL - Power (Hamish Hartlett)

13:33

SCORE GOAL - Power (Jared Polec)

14:53

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)

16:59

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Robbie Gray)

17:45

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Rushed)

19:26

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Robbie Gray)

21:02

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Patrick Dangerfield)

21:25

SCORE GOAL - Power (Matthew White)

24:06

Crows Interchange - Matthew Wright off due to an injury.

24:10

SCORE GOAL - Power (Travis Boak)

25:06

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Patrick Dangerfield)

26:16

SCORE GOAL - Power (Jared Polec)

27:19

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Tom Lynch)

30:49

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Sam Jacobs)

31:57

The siren has sounded to end Q1.

Quarter 2

00:00

Q2 is now underway.

02:20

SCORE GOAL - Power (Justin Westhoff)

04:36

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Angus Monfries)

06:28

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Jason Porplyzia)

06:51

Crows Interchange - Eddie Betts off due to an injury.

09:34

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Justin Westhoff)

10:47

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Sam Gray)

15:22

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Sam Jacobs)

16:53

SCORE GOAL - Power (Jay Schulz)

18:07

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Ollie Wines)

18:44

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Jay Schulz)

21:00

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Josh Jenkins)

24:07

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Justin Westhoff)

25:27

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Josh Jenkins)

27:04

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Rushed)

29:16

The siren has sounded to end Q2.

Quarter 3

00:00

Q3 is now underway.

01:51

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Scott Thompson)

03:37

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)

05:59

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Patrick Dangerfield)

13:15

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Eddie Betts)

14:42

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Eddie Betts)

15:27

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Richard Douglas)

19:16

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Taylor Walker)

21:19

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Rushed)

22:04

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Rushed)

24:40

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Tom Lynch)

26:45

Crows Interchange - Josh Jenkins off due to the blood rule.

27:21

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)

28:54

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Matthew White)

30:08

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Chad Wingard)

32:29

The siren has sounded to end Q3.

Quarter 4

00:00

Q4 is now underway.

00:40

GOAL CROWS - Thompson with all the poise and class we have come to expect pops up the pass for Jacobs and the big man slots the first goal of the final term.

01:02

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Sam Jacobs)

02:00

The Power have been outstanding in season 2014 to date but do they have what it takes to come back from here?

02:40

The running shot from Ebert floats offline but Shulz makes it look good as he pulls in an absolute screamer deep in the forward pocket.

04:05

SCORE GOAL - Power (Jay Schulz)

04:55

GOAL POWER - Shulz runs around and snaps and a score review confirms he has snuck it home to give the Power a lifeline, their first goal of the second half.

06:55

There are some tired bodies out there however players from both sides continue to will themselves to the contest with so much on the line in the next 20 minutes.

07:55

Jacobs grabs the ball from the throw in and is tackled, conceding a free kick that will allow the Power a chance to reload from half back.

08:44

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Chad Wingard)

08:55

BEHIND POWER - Wingard somehow manages to get boot to ball, rolling it toward goal however it's across the face and trickles through for a behind.

10:00

Cool heads in the Crows' defence and they work the ball cleverly from the last line and away from the danger area.

10:47

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Brodie Smith)

11:10

GOAL CROWS - A brilliant gather and offload by Dangerfield all in the same movement releases Crouch and he brings the Crows' fans to their feet with his first.

11:22

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Brad Crouch)

12:49

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Eddie Betts)

12:50

BEHIND CROWS - It can be a game of inches at times and this time it is the width of the padding that denies Betts a chance to drive the first nail into the Power's coffin.

14:10

Still plenty of time on the clock for the Power however it is the Crows who are finishing this match full of running and it is hard to see them being overrun from here.

14:55

Every possession vital at the moment as the Crows chip dangerously into the corridor but it will be Shulz to take the intercepting mark before launching the Power inside 50.

17:30

Podsiadly is unmarked at centre half forward and marks with players streaming inside 50 however he elects to hang onto the ball and chip it out wide to the flank.

18:13

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Taylor Walker)

18:30

GOAL CROWS - That could be it! Walker marks strongly overhead on the lead before coolly going back and riding home a sweetly struck drop punt driving a dagger into Port hearts.

19:40

GOAL POWER - Fortune favours the brave as the ball takes a deflection off the boot of Polec to give the Power a heartbeat.

19:55

SCORE GOAL - Power (Jared Polec)

21:45

The Crows content to see the ball over the line on the outer wing as vital seconds are wiped from the clock...still enough time for the Power if they are good enough.

22:55

GOAL POWER - They're not done with yet! The unattended Ebert marks in the pocket and he goes back to sink a clutch goal as the Power creep within two straight kicks.

23:37

SCORE GOAL - Power (Brad Ebert)

24:30

Dangerfield under immense pressure but he manages to release the handball which rolls end over end over the boundary line right on the Crows' 50.

25:20

GOAL CROWS - It had to be Eddie! The Crows' goalsneak bursts into some space, lets fly with a drop punt from the impossible angle and watches the ball sail over the goal umpire's head.

25:42

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Eddie Betts)

27:20

BEHIND CROWS - A behind for the Crows makes it exactly three straight kicks the difference...they can't be beaten from here.

27:27

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)

28:30

GOAL CROWS - Betts makes space and marks on a tight angle inside 50 before setting the ball on a path to goal that raises the roof off the Adelaide Oval grandstand.

29:13

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Eddie Betts)

29:38

Power Interchange - Alipate Carlile off due to an injury.

30:25

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Rushed)

30:50

FULL TIME - A massive roar emanates from the Adelaide Oval as an outstanding match comes to an end with the Crows keeping their hopes alive with a season defining 23 point victory over the Power.

30:54

The siren has sounded to end Q4.