Match

Port Adelaide vs Gold Coast Suns

Commentary / 26 Aug 2017

Pre Game

59:30
Welcome to Adelaide Oval for the Port Adelaide v Gold Coast Suns Round 23 clash.
59:33
Outs for Power: T.Jonas
59:34
Ins for Power: J.Pittard
59:35
Outs for Suns: J.Joyce, J.Leslie, J.Lonergan, J.Schoenfeld
59:36
Ins for Suns: W.Brodie, J.Lyons, M.Rischitelli, B.Scheer
59:40
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00:00
The Suns have only defeated Port Adelaide once in their eight encounters which was also their first ever win in the AFL. This maiden victory for the Suns in 2011 is the only time that they have kicked over 100 points against the Power.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
02:02
This is the first ever time that Port Adelaide is playing the Suns at the Adelaide Oval. Gold Coast has only ever played two matches at the venue, both against the Crows.
03:25
SCORE GOAL - Power (Charlie Dixon)
07:19
After conceding five of the first six inside 50s, the Suns have managed to sway the momentum by recording the last five entries into their attacking forward 50 zone.
07:46
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Jarryd Lyons)
10:17
SCORE GOAL - Power (Robbie Gray)
10:51
The first goal of the match for Robbie Gray is his 47th goal of the season. This is a career-high for Gray, whose previous best season haul was 42 goals in 2014.
13:33
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Peter Wright)
16:29
Paddy Ryder is dominating the stoppages, with three of his seven hit-outs being to the advantage of a teammate. Despite his dominance, the Power trail the clearances by one.
19:32
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Ollie Wines)
22:07
Power captain Travis Boak has the ball on a string winning nine first quarter disposals, four of these being contested. Boak is spending more time forward this season, with over 19 per cent of his disposals being won in the forward 50 this year.
22:20
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Sam Gray)
25:26
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Peter Wright)
26:14
Port Adelaide are going at a wasteful 48 per cent kicking efficiency in their forward half, whereas the Suns are kicking at 71 per cent efficiency in their attacking half of the ground.
27:19
The siren has sounded to end Q1.
27:29
Port Adelaide led the inside 50s (19-11) and time in forward half (73 per cent) comfortably but were unable to convert this dominance to the scoreboard leading by just two points.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
00:56
SCORE GOAL - Power (Dan Houston)
03:26
Port Adelaide has taken eight intercept marks compared to the three for the Suns. These intercepts are the main source of goals for the Power, who have kicked 3.1 (19) from turnovers.
05:09
SCORE GOAL - Power (Charlie Dixon)
07:02
SCORE GOAL - Power (Jake Neade)
07:11
The Power have greatly improved their scoring efficiency this quarter, with their first three goals of the term coming from their first three forward 50 entries.
08:17
SCORE GOAL - Power (Justin Westhoff)
10:11
The Suns contested game has dropped away this quarter, losing the contested possessions by 11. Ollie Wines and Travis Boak both have won six contested possessions each, whilst the most for the Suns is Mitch Hallahan with five.
13:58
SCORE GOAL - Power (Sam Gray)
14:16
The Power are pulling away with the match, kicking 5.0 (30) from eight inside 50s this quarter to no scores by the Suns from their two inside 50s. The Power have scored on 46 per cent of their forward 50 entries this season (ranked 10th).
18:50
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Rushed)
21:27
The Power now lead the inside 50s by 18, just three off their largest differential to half time this season. This is also on track for the Suns to record their worst inside 50 differential to half time this year (minus 19).
25:05
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Todd Marshall)
26:01
Charlie Dixon has taken as many contested marks (3) as the entire Gold Coast team has collectively tonight.
26:35
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Sam Powell-Pepper)
27:43
SCORE GOAL - Power (Sam Gray)
30:22
SCORE GOAL - Power (Chad Wingard)
30:37
Port Adelaide now lead 8.3 (51) to 1.0 (6) in scores sourced from turnovers. Six of these goals have been from forward half intercepts as the Power lock the ball inside their attacking half (73 per cent time in forward half this match).
32:06
The siren has sounded to end Q2.
32:16
Port Adelaide has 41 inside 50s to half-time, their best result of the season. In contrast, the Suns 14 first-half inside 50s is their second lowest total for the year narrowly beating their 13 first-half inside 50s against Collingwood in round 13.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
01:27
The Suns get the first inside 50 of the quarter, their first entry since the 15th minute mark of the second quarter. In this time, the Power managed to go inside 50 14 times and scored 2.4 (16) from these entries.
02:52
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Sam Gray)
04:52
Suns Interchange - Callum Ah Chee off due to an injury.
05:12
SCORE GOAL - Power (Sam Gray)
06:55
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Charlie Dixon)
07:32
SCORE GOAL - Power (Sam Gray)
07:40
Sam Gray has grabbed a match-high four marks inside 50 and booted through four goals. This is an equal career-high goal haul for Gray matching the four goals he kicked earlier in the season against North Melbourne.
08:36
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Rushed)
09:27
Power Interchange - Chad Wingard off due to an injury.
11:08
SCORE GOAL - Power (Brad Ebert)
11:56
Port Adelaide lead the tackle count by three despite also collecting 16 more disposals. Brett Ebert has laid seven tackles, continuing his career-best season for tackles where he is averaging just under eight per match.
16:36
Port Adelaide has had 17 possession chains originating in their defensive 50 zone resulting in seven inside 50s. Gold Coast has had 46 possession chains originating in their defensive 50 zone resulting in just three inside 50s.
20:13
Jarryd Lyons leads the match in groundball gets with 10 and also leads his side in clearances (four) and contested possessions (10). Lyons is averaging career-high numbers in clearances, tackles, disposals and contested possessions this season.
20:43
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Jasper Pittard)
22:30
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Chad Wingard)
23:08
SCORE GOAL - Power (Jared Polec)
24:24
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Ollie Wines)
25:30
All four of the goals kicked by Port Adelaide this quarter has been sourced from turnovers. Gold Coast have committed 18 turnovers this quarter with seven of these resulting in a score for the opposition.
27:11
SCORE GOAL - Power (Chad Wingard)
28:08
The siren has sounded to end Q3.
28:18
Hamish Hartlett had an impressive third term collecting eight disposals (four of these contested) at 100 per cent efficiency. 2017 has been his best year for disposal efficiency (going at 78 per cent) beating his 2009 season where he went at 76 per cent.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
00:20
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Ben Ainsworth)
03:04
The greatest winning margin for the Power against the Suns is 72 points, occurring earlier this season in their Shanghai match. Their greatest winning margin this season is 90 points (round 5 v Carlton).
04:18
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Peter Wright)
06:24
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Todd Marshall)
08:15
SCORE GOAL - Power (Todd Marshall)
08:40
The Power are ranked last in clearance differentials in the last month, losing the count by an average of more than eight. They have managed to even the clearances tonight (27 apiece) and lead the centre clearances by four.
12:30
This is the ninth time this season that Port Adelaide has kicked over 100 points in a match. This beats their efforts of last season by two.
12:47
SCORE GOAL - Power (Charlie Dixon)
14:23
SCORE GOAL - Power (Charlie Dixon)
14:35
The poor ball transition from defensive 50 to forward 50 for the Suns continue. They were the worst performed side in the past month heading into round 23 converting at an average of 14 per cent and are tonight at just 11 per cent conversion.
15:23
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Sam Gray)
18:27
Ollie Wines is now up to 30 disposals for the seventh time this year, the most times he has achieved this feat in a season. He also has match-highs in contested possessions (15), metres gained (510) and score involvements (11).
19:26
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Hamish Hartlett)
21:57
SCORE GOAL - Power (Sam Gray)
23:52
Port Adelaide has now pushed the margin out to 103 points. The last time that the Power won a match by 100 points was in round 22, 2014 when they defeated Carlton by 103 points.
24:28
SCORE GOAL - Power (Sam Gray)
26:33
SCORE GOAL - Power (Jake Neade)
27:22
Power Interchange - Charlie Dixon off due to an injury.
28:48
This will be the lowest score ever conceded by Port Adelaide, bettering their previous lowest of 3.9 (27) that they restricted Melbourne to in round 9, 1997.
30:05
The siren has sounded to end Q4.
30:15
The second biggest win in their history (115 points) for Port Adelaide sees them overtake Sydney and gives them a provisional top four spot before Richmond play tomorrow against St Kilda.