Match

Adelaide Crows vs Port Adelaide

Commentary / 02 Apr 2016

Pre Game

59:30
Welcome to Adelaide Oval for the Adelaide Crows v Port Adelaide Round 2 clash.
59:33
Outs for Crows: N.Van Berlo
59:34
Ins for Crows: K.Hartigan
59:35
Outs for Power: J.Schulz, H.Hartlett, M.White
59:36
Ins for Power: D.Howard, J.Toumpas, A.Young
59:40
Don't forget to enter your tips for this match, you have until the bounce to make your selection.
00:00
Adelaide's kicking efficiency was 11 per cent lower than its opponent last week, the biggest differential in round one. It lost the kicking efficiency differential by two per cent in 2015, ranked 16th.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
01:02
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)
02:09
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Richard Douglas)
02:37
Power Interchange - Justin Westhoff off due to an injury.
05:37
The Crows have won two intercept possessions in the defensive 50 and launched a score from both of these.
07:39
Jake Lever has won three intercept possessions, one more than the Power.
08:16
Both teams have won three clearances but the Crows have generated two scores from these. They were outscored by 14 points from this source last week.
12:09
Matthew Broadbent grabs an intercept mark in the defensive midfield and launches the Power's first score. Broadbent launched 13 points from intercept possessions last week, ranked #1 at the Power.
14:26
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Aaron Young)
15:12
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Jackson Trengove)
16:35
The Crows have won the last four clearances of the game and now lead this count 7-4. They have outscored the Power by 13 points from this source.
18:49
The Crows have now won the last six clearances and booted two goals from this source during this streak.
21:35
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Taylor Walker)
22:16
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Mitch McGovern)
23:17
That inside 50 to Jake Neade ended a run of six consecutive inside 50s for the Crows.
25:57
Rory Laird is up to a game-high 11 possessions including three intercept possessions. His third intercept possession launched the Crows' fourth score from this source.
27:32
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Tom Lynch)
32:58
The siren has sounded to end Q1.
32:59
Adelaide dominated the opening quarter. It won the ball at the contest, winning 17 more contested possessions and 10 more clearances, and it outran the Power, recording 28 more handballs received and playing on from a mark 20 per cent more often.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
00:22
The Crows win the first centre bounce of the second quarter and launch their fifth goal of the game from stoppages. Matt Crouch has won an equal game-high three clearances with two of them launching goals for the Crows.
02:09
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Taylor Walker)
03:49
The Crows have scored 13 points from 11 intercept possessions won in the defensive 50. They scored 13 points from 29 intercept possessions won in this zone last week.
06:34
Jake Lever is up to a game-high five intercept possessions including three intercept marks. He has launched three scores including two goals from these.
08:38
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Tom Jonas)
09:13
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Sam Gray)
10:24
The Power lead the inside 50 count 7-5 this quarter but have been outscored by 22 points.
11:19
Jake Lever has grabbed three intercept marks this quarter and launched a goal from all of these.
12:25
The Power lead the centre bounce clearance count 5-1 this quarter, their fifth launched their first goal of the game from clearances.
13:29
SCORE GOAL - Power (Chad Wingard)
16:38
Chad Wingard has won three disposals this quarter with all being involved in Power scores.
18:30
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Charlie Dixon)
19:52
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Mitch McGovern)
22:41
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Josh Jenkins)
25:52
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Matthew Broadbent)
27:45
The Power have scored five behinds from 10 intercept possessions won in the attacking midfield. They scored 57 points from this source last week, the most of any team.
28:18
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Aaron Young)
29:04
The Crows have scored 31 points from chains originating in the defensive 50. They launched just 13 points from this zone last week.
33:03
The siren has sounded to end Q2.
33:05
Port Adelaide won the clearance count 14-8 in the second quarter and generated four scores to one from this source. It also won the inside 50 count 18-12 and generated one more score from these but lost the quarter by 19 points.
33:07
The Power have grabbed just the 22 marks to half-time, their second lowest total under Ken Hinkley, and they have played on from just four of these.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
00:51
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Travis Boak)
03:00
The Crows have scored 18 points from chains originating in the forward 50. They scored 15 points from chains originating in this zone last week.
03:09
Crows Interchange - Rory Laird off due to an injury.
05:32
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Rushed)
05:59
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Alipate Carlile)
07:13
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Tom Lynch)
07:22
The Crows have grabbed nine marks in the forward 50, one more than they grabbed last week, and they have scored 5.2 (32) from marks.
12:39
The Power have grabbed just the three marks in the forward 50, 10 fewer than they did last week, and they have scored 2.1 (13) from marks.
14:27
The Power have won four intercept possessions in the attacking midfield this quarter and generated a score from each of these.
17:11
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Tom Lynch)
18:50
The Power have conceded seven goals from the defensive 50 to the Crows.
22:08
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Dougal Howard)
23:16
The Power have conceded 12 goals from the defensive half to the Crows.
24:51
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)
26:48
Tom Lynch is up to six disposals for the quarter as well as being involved with five of his team's scores.
28:22
The Power have scored just three goals from the defensive half.
28:39
Power Interchange - Chad Wingard off due to an injury.
31:45
The Power has now conceded eight goals from the defensive 50 to the Crows. They have been outscored 49-0 from this zone.
31:59
Power Interchange - Justin Westhoff off due to an injury.
33:45
The siren has sounded to end Q3.
33:47
The Crows won the disposal count by 40, including 28 more effective kicks, in the third quarter. Despite this, they laid four more tackles than the Power. 31 of the Crows 38 points were launched from the defensive half.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
00:43
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Robbie Gray)
02:08
The Crows have recorded 56 more effective short kicks than the Power. They lead this count 78-22.
02:45
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Taylor Walker)
05:10
The Power have scored a goal from just 13 per cent of forward 50 entries. They scored a goal from 26 per cent of forward 50 entries in 2015, the seventh-highest percentage in the league.
05:33
Power Interchange - Brad Ebert off due to the blood rule.
06:37
The Crows have outscored the Power by 67 points from the defensive half.
09:20
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Travis Boak)
10:38
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)
11:38
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Mitch McGovern)
12:16
That goal to the Power was launched from a kick-in. It was their first score from 29 chains originating in the defensive 50. They launched 20 points from this zone last week.
14:57
SCORE GOAL - Power (Aaron Young)
16:56
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Jake Neade)
18:29
Daniel Talia is up to an equal game-high eight intercept possessions with five of these launching scores for his team.
19:32
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Justin Westhoff)
21:26
The Power have now conceded 15 goals from the defensive half to the Crows.
22:40
The Crows have won just one more clearance than the Power, but they have outscored them by 29 points from this source.
24:02
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Matthew Lobbe)
24:40
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Brendon Ah Chee)
25:19
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Travis Boak)
25:27
Rory Laird is up to 33 disposals for the game, a career-high. His previous high was 32 against the Suns in round 17, 2015.
26:38
SCORE GOAL - Power (Travis Boak)
28:22
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Josh Jenkins)
30:02
SCORE GOAL - Power (Robbie Gray)
31:57
Luke Brown is up to 26 disposals for the game, a career-high. His previous high was 24 against the Dees in round 22, 2013.
32:50
Crows Interchange - Luke Brown off due to the blood rule.
33:23
The siren has sounded to end Q4.