Match

Gold Coast Suns vs Port Adelaide

Commentary / 19 May 2018

Pre Game

59:30
Welcome to Adelaide Arena at Jiangwan Stadium for the Gold Coast Suns v Port Adelaide Round 9 clash.
59:33
Outs for Suns: J.Martin, S.Day
59:34
Ins for Suns: J.Heron, M.Rosa
59:36
No changes for Power.
59:40
Don't forget to enter your tips for this match, you have until the bounce to make your selection.
00:00
The Power ranked first in the AFL for time in forward half differential last season. This year they rank eighth for this measure.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
01:26
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Matt Rosa)
01:27
Matt Rosa has his first goal for 2018 in his fifth game of the season.
03:04
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Sam Gray)
05:07
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Rushed)
05:14
Early disposal efficiency favours the Suns 80 per cent to 38 per cent for Port Adelaide.
05:42
SCORE GOAL - Power (Chad Wingard)
07:29
SCORE GOAL - Power (Sam Gray)
07:30
With his first major today Port Adelaide's Sam Gray has kicked a goal in eight of nine games this season, for a current tally of 14.
08:59
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Robbie Gray)
10:00
After Gold Coast produced the first two inside 50s of the game, the Power have taken nine of the next ten.
10:12
SCORE GOAL - Power (Tom Rockliff)
11:21
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Jacob Heron)
11:22
Debutant Jacob Heron kicks a goal with his first disposal in the AFL.
12:45
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Charlie Dixon)
14:07
An Aaron Hall clearance for Gold Coast breaks a streak of four for the Power.
14:29
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Jake Neade)
15:28
SCORE GOAL - Power (Travis Boak)
17:50
Of the four free kicks that Gold Coast has conceded, three have been for holding the man.
21:09
Ollie Wines match-leading seven disposals have only come at 57 per cent efficiency, including 40 per cent by foot.
22:55
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Jarrod Witts)
25:58
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Chad Wingard)
31:11
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Lachie Weller)
33:11
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Jarrod Witts)
35:12
SCORE GOAL - Power (Charlie Dixon)
35:16
The siren has sounded to end Q1.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
01:38
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Chad Wingard)
03:33
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Justin Westhoff)
03:34
The Power have opened the second term with the first four clearances and first two inside 50s.
06:53
Four of Port Adelaide's five goals have been result of a disposal chain that began with a Gold Coast turnover.
09:24
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Tom Rockliff)
11:17
Even though they have seven of the last ten inside 50s, Gold Coast has been scoreless from these entries.
15:14
In his eleventh season, Port Adelaide's Brad Ebert is averaging a career-best 8.1 tackles per game. With five in the first half today, he is continuing to be a consistent force in this area.
16:02
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Alex Sexton)
17:09
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Jack Bowes)
23:07
Port Adelaide has given away 20 first-half frees, including six for in the back and five for high contact.
26:42
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Travis Boak)
30:32
SCORE GOAL - Power (Ollie Wines)
32:13
The siren has sounded to end Q2.
32:14
Aaron Hall has averaged 23 disposals per game for his career against Port Adelaide, his second-highest amount against any side. This is consistent with his performance today, where he has the most disposals of any Sun with 16 (69 per cent efficiency).

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
00:21
Jarrod Harbrow provided the Suns with the opening inside 50 of the third term after Port Adelaide ended the first half with 11 consecutive entries.
05:03
Robbie Gray recorded a kicking efficiency of 91 per cent against Adelaide last round, the highest percentage of any Power player to have at least 10 disposals in any match this season. Today his kicking efficiency is a more mediocre 33 per cent.
06:07
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Charlie Dixon)
07:20
SCORE GOAL - Power (Chad Wingard)
07:21
Kicking 2.2 himself, Port Adelaide forward Chad Wingard has been involved in a match-high eight scores. Next best on the ground is five score involvements by his Power teammate, Jake Neade.
09:38
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Robbie Gray)
11:46
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Jarrod Witts)
15:33
While Port Adelaide's Paddy Ryder narrowly leads the hitout count over Jarrod Witts, 31-27, he has a significant edge in hitouts to the advantage of a teammate, ten to four.
16:53
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Chad Wingard)
21:43
SCORE GOAL - Power (Jack Watts)
23:21
First half disposal efficiency favoured Gold Coast 62 per cent to 49. The third quarter has been a complete turnaround, with Port Adelaide's disposal efficiency for the term at 65 per cent, versus 53 per cent for the Suns.
24:45
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Nick Holman)
27:26
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Callum Ah Chee)
29:32
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Sam Powell-Pepper)
30:26
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Touk Miller)
31:57
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Jake Neade)
32:20
The siren has sounded to end Q3.
32:21
Since 2015, Port Adelaide has won the contested possession count by 23 per game against Gold Coast, the second-best differential recorded by any side. While winning this area today, they have not been entirely dominant, leading 136 to 127.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
01:12
SCORE GOAL - Power (Sam Powell-Pepper)
01:48
Darcy Byrne-Jones has gained a match-high 444 metres for Port Adelaide. However, the Power have retained possession from just five per cent of his disposals.
05:12
SCORE GOAL - Power (Sam Gray)
05:13
With his second goal today Sam Gray has now kicked multiple goals for the Power four times from nine games in 2018.
09:35
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Sam Gray)
09:54
Gold Coast defender Rory Thompson does the little things to help his team. His tally of 13 one percenters leads all players. He is also the only player in the match with 100 per cent time on ground.
14:07
Charlie Ballard has been targeted a team-high nine times inside Gold Coast's forward 50 but has yet to take a mark in this zone.
16:40
The fourth quarter inside 50 count is tied at eight-apiece, yet Port Adelaide has kicked 2.1 to Gold Coast's 0.0.
19:22
Power Interchange - Tom Jonas and is possibly out for the game.
20:49
Suns Interchange - Nick Holman off due to the blood rule.
25:43
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Robbie Gray)
26:25
SCORE GOAL - Power (Sam Powell-Pepper)
26:26
The entire final quarter score (3.2 to Port Adelaide) has been sourced from Gold Coast turnovers.
28:52
Sam Powell-Pepper's day has included 26 disposals at 50 per cent efficiency, 17 contested possessions, ten tackles along with kicking 2.1 in a solid performance for Port Adelaide.
30:01
The siren has sounded to end Q4.