Match

Port Adelaide vs West Coast Eagles

Commentary / 09 Sep 2017

Pre Game

59:30

Welcome to Adelaide Oval for the Port Adelaide v West Coast Eagles Round 1 clash.

59:33

Outs for Power: A.Johnson

59:34

Ins for Power: J.Impey

59:36

No changes for Eagles.

00:00

The Eagles have scored 32 per cent of the time when Josh J. Kennedy has been targeted inside 50 this season, the highest percentage of the top-20 inside 50 targets.

Quarter 1

00:00

Q1 is now underway.

02:07

SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jack Darling)

02:08

Jack Darling opens proceedings tonight in game number 150 with his 268th career goal.

04:24

SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Mark LeCras)

05:32

SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jack Darling)

07:03

After Jared Polec produced the first inside 50 of the game for Port Adelaide, West Coast has the next six.

07:29

SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Josh J. Kennedy)

10:58

Port Adelaide is yet to have an effective disposal inside its forward 50.

12:41

SCORE GOAL - Power (Charlie Dixon)

14:37

SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Andrew Gaff)

16:20

The Eagles have eight of the last nine clearances, including two to Dom Sheed.

21:19

West Coast currently dominate the contested possession count, leading the Power 33 to 20.

25:08

SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Drew Petrie)

25:24

Eagles veteran Sam Mitchell leads all players on the ground with nine disposals. In his first season at West Coast after 15 at Hawthorn, he has averaged 26.9 disposals per game at 73.4 per cent efficiency.

28:17

The siren has sounded to end Q1.

Quarter 2

00:00

Q2 is now underway.

00:01

Playing in his first final, Port Adelaide's Sam Powell-Pepper laid an equal game-high five tackles in the first term. This single-quarter total matches his season per-game average for 2017.

00:45

SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Luke Shuey)

02:19

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Karl Amon)

03:46

SCORE GOAL - Power (Charlie Dixon)

03:47

Charlie Dixon has at least one major for Port Adelaide for the 12th consecutive game, and the 22nd time from 23 matches in 2017.

08:03

SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jack Darling)

08:04

With his third goal tonight, Jack Darling has already bettered the 2.0 he kicked in the Eagles' 2016 Elimination Final loss to the Western Bulldogs.

09:43

SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jamie Cripps)

10:00

In the first ten minutes of the second quarter, West Coast is disposing of the ball in its forward 50 with 100 per cent efficiency.

10:55

SCORE GOAL - Power (Charlie Dixon)

11:09

Eagles Interchange - Luke Shuey off due to an injury.

12:49

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Charlie Dixon)

16:02

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Charlie Dixon)

17:18

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

19:27

SCORE GOAL - Power (Sam Gray)

19:28

Port Adelaide has the last seven inside 50s, and has produced 2.2 from these forward forays.

22:46

SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Dom Sheed)

23:49

SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Lewis Jetta)

26:00

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Chad Wingard)

26:33

SCORE GOAL - Power (Brad Ebert)

26:58

Jack Darling's three contested marks leads all players on the ground in the first half, and betters his season per-game average of 1.5.

28:04

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Sam Powell-Pepper)

33:11

The siren has sounded to end Q2.

Quarter 3

00:00

Q3 is now underway.

01:20

SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Andrew Gaff)

04:47

The most common ruck battle tonight has been 36 contests between Port Adelaide's Paddy Ryder and the Eagles' Nathan Vardy. Ryder is on top, leading the hitouts 25 to ten and hitouts to advantage seven to two.

08:10

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Jarman Impey)

08:38

West Coast has the top three players in terms of metres gained, with Andrew Gaff (356), Elliot Yeo (353) and Matt Priddis (335) all gaining in excess of 300 metres. Most for the Power is Charlie Dixon with 329.

12:31

The most common free kick given away tonight has been for holding the ball, with both sides penalised for this type of infringement five times each.

16:35

The last ten minutes the Power have dominated the disposal count 50 to 28 and 14 marks to four, but are yet to convert this dominance into a major.

18:14

SCORE GOAL - Power (Chad Wingard)

23:38

West Coast has just the 17 disposals (at 47 per cent efficiency) in its forward half for the entire third quarter.

26:26

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Robbie Gray)

27:46

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Charlie Dixon)

30:05

The siren has sounded to end Q3.

Quarter 4

00:00

Q4 is now underway.

01:37

West Coast key defender Eric Mackenzie is the only man to have spent 100 per cent game time on the ground to this point tonight.

02:17

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Paddy Ryder)

05:24

SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Nathan Vardy)

08:00

SCORE GOAL - Power (Ollie Wines)

09:41

Dougal Howard's 13 spoils comfortably lead all players on the ground. Of his total, five have been to the direct advantage of a Power teammate. Next most spoils on the ground is seven to his fellow Port Adelaide player Jasper Pittard.

09:56

SCORE GOAL - Power (Sam Powell-Pepper)

12:08

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Charlie Dixon)

12:27

Since 2014, the Power have won the disposal count by 29 per game against the Eagles, the third-best differential recorded by a side. They are on track to match this record tonight where they currently lead 320 disposals to 290.

13:42

SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Matthew Priddis)

13:43

Matt Priddis has averaged a team-highs of 12 contested possessions and eight tackles per game this season. He has matched these totals tonight with half a quarter still to go in the game.

15:47

SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Drew Petrie)

17:38

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Travis Boak)

19:08

Six intercept marks for Shannon Hurn represents a season-high for the Eagles captain in his 22nd game of 2017.

25:23

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Travis Boak)

26:15

Jeremy McGovern has won 44 per cent of his defensive one-on-one contests this season, the highest percentage of the top-20 players to be involved in a one-on-one contest. As a defender, he has won one of two one-on-one contests tonight.

31:17

The siren has sounded to end Q4.

31:27

The last AFL final to go to extra time was in 2007 when Collingwood eventually defeated West Coast by 19 points at Subiaco Oval.

Quarter 5

00:00

Q5 is now underway.

01:31

Power Interchange - Hamish Hartlett off due to an injury.

02:29

SCORE GOAL - Power (Sam Gray)

02:30

With the first goal of extra time, Port Adelaide's Sam Gray has multiple goals for the third time in the last four games.

06:15

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Charlie Dixon)

07:00

SCORE GOAL - Power (Ollie Wines)

07:35

The Eagles recorded 78 more uncontested possessions against the Power in Round 7, their best differential recorded in 2017. Port Adelaide has reversed the result in this measure tonight, where they currently lead the uncontested possession count 240-212.

08:03

SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Josh J. Kennedy)

09:15

The siren has sounded to end Q5.

Quarter 6

00:00

Q6 is now underway.

00:56

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Chad Wingard)

02:01

SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Josh J. Kennedy)

03:57

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Charlie Dixon)

04:23

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Travis Boak)

05:39

Power Interchange - Dan Houston off due to an injury.

05:53

7.8 (50) of Port Adelaide's score compared to just 3.4 (22) of West Coast's has been sourced from opposition turnovers.

07:38

SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Luke Shuey)

07:42

The siren has sounded to end Q6.