Match

Western Bulldogs vs Port Adelaide

Commentary / 19 Aug 2017

Pre Game

59:30

Welcome to Mars Stadium for the Western Bulldogs v Port Adelaide Round 22 clash.

59:33

Outs for Bulldogs: M.Wallis, J.Redpath

59:34

Ins for Bulldogs: D.Morris, J.Johannisen

59:35

Outs for Power: J.Pittard, J.Impey, B.Ah Chee

59:36

Ins for Power: T.Marshall, R.Bonner, S.Powell-Pepper

59:40

Don't forget to enter your tips for this match, you have until the bounce to make your selection.

00:00

Don't forget to enter your tips for this match, you have until the bounce to make your selection.

00:10

Tom Liberatore was best on ground last time the teams met in Round 12, 2016 with 23.5 AFL Player Rating points. He had 21 contested possessions, 13 clearances and eight tackles.

Quarter 1

00:00

Q1 is now underway.

02:44

SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Bailey Dale)

07:29

SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Rushed)

08:12

Bulldogs Interchange - Jake Stringer and is possibly out for the game.

09:45

SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Matthew Suckling)

10:09

The Bulldogs dominated the opening 10 minutes, with eight of the first nine inside 50s and a disposal efficiency of 90 per cent.

12:49

SCORE GOAL - Power (Paddy Ryder)

16:23

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Sam Gray)

22:04

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Robbie Gray)

23:04

Port Adelaide's ball movement from the defensive half has kept them in the game. The Power has a defensive half kicking efficiency of 84 per cent, compared to the Bulldogs who are tracking at just 55 per cent.

23:16

SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Jason Johannisen)

24:16

SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Travis Cloke)

25:32

SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Jason Johannisen)

26:23

Power Interchange - Dan Houston off due to an injury.

27:24

SCORE GOAL - Power (Paddy Ryder)

27:50

Power Interchange - Sam Gray off due to an injury.

28:58

The Bulldogs have won eight forward half intercepts to Port Adelaide's four, scoring 2.1 to 0.1 from this source.

30:48

The siren has sounded to end Q1.

30:58

Paddy Ryder has had the best of the ruck duel in the first quarter, winning hitouts 11-4 head-to-head with Jordan Roughead and kicking two goals.

Quarter 2

00:00

Q2 is now underway.

00:02

Port Adelaide Interchange - Sam Gray has returned to the field.

00:45

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Ollie Wines)

01:58

SCORE GOAL - Power (Ollie Wines)

03:44

Port Adelaide Interchange - Dan Houston has returned to the field.

04:07

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Rushed)

05:27

SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Lachie Hunter)

05:53

Port Adelaide took the lead for the first time in the game, but that lasted just 80 seconds as the Bulldogs scored a goal from just their second inside 50 of the quarter. Coming into this game the Bulldogs had led for just 38 per cent of previous games.

12:21

SCORE GOAL - Power (Charlie Dixon)

13:26

SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Marcus Bontempelli)

14:43

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Robbie Gray)

15:06

The ball has been in Port Adelaide's forward half for 81 per cent of the quarter. The Power has won eight forward half intercepts to two and lead inside 50s 14 to three. They haven't put this dominance on the scoreboard, with just two goals to one.

17:37

SCORE GOAL - Power (Robbie Gray)

21:09

SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Travis Cloke)

21:30

Travis Cloke has kicked two first half goals. Coming into this game he had kicked seven goals in nine games prior to halftime and just two in the second half of games.

27:14

SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Bailey Dale)

30:31

SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Robert Murphy)

30:56

The siren has sounded to end Q2.

31:06

Travis Boak was involved in four of Port Adelaide's six scores in the second quarter, including two score assists.

Quarter 3

00:00

Q3 is now underway.

00:41

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Ollie Wines)

04:42

SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Bailey Dale)

07:44

SCORE GOAL - Power (Chad Wingard)

09:04

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Chad Wingard)

10:09

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Rushed)

11:10

SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Jason Johannisen)

11:27

The Bulldogs have launched just three inside 50s from 30 defensive 50 chains (10 per cent), but all three have led to scores. They were No.1 in the competition coming into this game with an inside 50 from 23 per cent of defensive 50 chains.

13:03

SCORE GOAL - Power (Travis Boak)

14:10

SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Travis Cloke)

17:51

Power Interchange - Sam Gray off due to an injury.

19:24

Tom Jonas has been isolated one-on-one three times for the game and has won two intercept possessions. Coming into the game he had the second-lowest win percentage (32 per cent) of the top-10 players for defensive contests.

19:48

SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Rushed)

21:47

SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Lachie Hunter)

22:44

SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Josh Dunkley)

23:40

SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Bailey Dale)

24:28

SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Jason Johannisen)

24:38

Brad Ebert and Sam Powell-Pepper lead the game for pressure applied. They are also the top-two players for tackles.

26:07

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Rushed)

28:15

SCORE GOAL - Power (Charlie Dixon)

28:16

The biggest lead in this game has been 14 points to the Bulldogs. Just one game this season has finished with a largest margin of less than 14 points. Port Adelaide's Round 10 clash with Geelong was within 12 points for the entire game.

30:05

SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Rushed)

31:51

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Travis Boak)

32:32

The siren has sounded to end Q3.

32:42

Jack Macrae is the 40th player this season to bring up 30 disposals before three-quarter time. His disposal efficiency of 93 per cent is No.1 of that group.

Quarter 4

00:00

Q4 is now underway.

01:00

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Rushed)

02:12

SCORE GOAL - Power (Sam Gray)

04:43

SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Tom Liberatore)

07:29

Bulldogs Interchange - Robert Murphy off due to an injury.

07:37

Power Interchange - Brad Ebert off due to the blood rule.

08:53

SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Bailey Dale)

09:33

Bailey Dale's fourth goal of the game takes the Bulldogs out to a two-goal lead. Before this game his career-best goal tally was two, and he had only kicked multiple goals in two games.

11:04

Power Interchange - Aidyn Johnson off due to an injury.

11:28

Western Bulldogs Interchange - Robert Murphy has returned to the field.

11:30

SCORE GOAL - Power (Charlie Dixon)

12:43

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Jake Neade)

14:28

SCORE GOAL - Power (Charlie Dixon)

20:27

SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Rushed)

21:43

SCORE GOAL - Power (Chad Wingard)

22:20

Jason Johannisen leads the game with 726 metres gained, but his accuracy in front of goal has been costly for the Bulldogs. He has five shots at goal, resulting in four behinds and a missed shot.

24:12

Three of Port Adelaide's four goals in the final quarter have come from forward half intercepts. In rounds where Port Adelaide has won it has scored nearly eight goals per game from this source, No.1 in the competition.

25:44

SCORE GOAL - Power (Robbie Gray)

27:38

Robbie Gray has maintained his average of two goals per game with his second for the day. Coming into this game he was one of only two players to average two or more goals and score assists per game. The other was Taylor Walker.

28:08

SCORE GOAL - Power (Jared Polec)

30:06

SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Rushed)

31:29

Paddy Ryder was a strong contributor in the final quarter with eight hitouts to advantage. He holds the record for most hitouts to advantage in a quarter this season with 11 against the Suns in Round 8 in the first quarter.

31:34

The siren has sounded to end Q4.