Match

Port Adelaide vs West Coast Eagles

Commentary / 11 Aug 2018

Pre Game

00:00
The Eagles have scored a goal from 26 per cent of their inside 50 entries this season, the best in the AFL.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
03:10
SCORE GOAL - Power (Robbie Gray)
03:11
Opening goal scorer Robbie Gray has his 33rd major in his 19th game for 2018.
05:39
The Power have five of the last six inside 50s.
07:30
SCORE GOAL - Power (Aidyn Johnson)
10:43
Port Adelaide has already taken six intercept marks, including two each to Jasper Pittard and Tom Jonas.
12:43
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Robbie Gray)
13:50
Halfway through the first term, the Eagles are yet to effect a kick in their forward 50 zone.
15:36
SCORE GOAL - Power (Robbie Gray)
15:37
The entire Port Adelaide score to this point has been sourced from West Coast turnovers.
17:07
Eagles Interchange - Dom Sheed off due to the blood rule.
21:41
The kicking efficiency for the Power is significantly better than the Eagles, 71 per cent to 37.
22:28
SCORE GOAL - Power (Chad Wingard)
24:42
Power Interchange - Tom Rockliff off due to an injury.
25:02
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Elliot Yeo)
28:39
SCORE GOAL - Power (Charlie Dixon)
29:47
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Dom Sheed)
30:02
The siren has sounded to end Q1.
30:03
A dominant opening term for Port Adelaide, led by Ollie Wines with ten disposals at 90 per cent efficiency, three contested possessions, and two clearances.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
02:19
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Brad Ebert)
02:47
The Power are dominating time in possession, their 53 per cent almost double that of West Coast's 27 per cent.
06:41
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Chris Masten)
06:42
Both of the Eagles goals have been kicked from a distance of beyond 50 metres.
07:00
Eagles Interchange - Liam Ryan off due to an injury.
10:29
Lewis Jetta has already gained 369 metres for West Coast. Next most on the ground is 271 metres gained by his Eagle teammate Elliot Yeo.
12:57
Eagles Interchange - Nathan Vardy off due to an injury.
14:28
Eagles Interchange - Scott Lycett off due to the blood rule.
15:04
Four first-half tackles to West Coast's Mark LeCras exceed his 2018 per-game average of 3.1.
17:37
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Rushed)
19:30
Eagles Interchange - Nathan Vardy off due to an injury.
21:58
SCORE GOAL - Power (Kane Farrell)
22:00
Port Adelaide's first goal for the second term was sourced from a boundary throw-in.
25:00
Aidyn Johnson has been targeted six times inside forward 50 for the Power, but is yet to take a mark in this zone.
27:36
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jamie Cripps)
28:55
The siren has sounded to end Q2.
28:56
After just five disposals in the first term, Jared Polec proved prolific in the second. His 12 disposals, five contested possessions and two clearances were highs for the Power for each measure.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
01:47
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Jack Darling)
02:33
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jamie Cripps)
02:34
Jamie Cripps has kicked at least one major in 14 of 20 games this season.
04:12
SCORE GOAL - Power (Aidyn Johnson)
05:54
SCORE GOAL - Power (Aidyn Johnson)
06:19
Of the eight free kicks that Port Adelaide has conceded, five have been for a push in the back.
07:52
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Nathan Vardy)
09:26
SCORE GOAL - Power (Paddy Ryder)
12:18
West Coast has won five of the last six clearances, including two to Luke Shuey.
14:55
Power Interchange - Paddy Ryder and is possibly out for the game.
16:26
Tom Jonas' 24 disposals represents a season high for the Power defender, and he still has over a quarter to play.
19:24
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Rushed)
19:53
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jamie Cripps)
21:23
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Dom Sheed)
21:24
In the last five minutes, the Eagles have won the disposal count 26 to 12, the clearances three to two, the inside 50s six to nil, and kicked 2.1 to no score.
27:33
Power Interchange - Dan Houston and is possibly out for the game.
29:04
Power Interchange - Charlie Dixon and is possibly out for the game.
34:39
The siren has sounded to end Q3.
34:40
The Eagles dominated the ruck in the third quarter, winning 19 hitouts to one. This likely contributed to the West Coast clearance dominance for the term, 12 to five.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
02:41
Dougal Howard's nine spoils for the Power are easily the most of any player on the ground, with the next best being four. Of his nine, three have gone to the direct advantage of a teammate.
07:53
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Robbie Gray)
08:10
In the first term, Port Adelaide controlled time in possession 56 per cent to 27. Since quarter time, this measure has been much closer, with Port Adelaide just in front, 41 per cent to 39.
10:00
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Liam Ryan)
10:01
With his first goal today, first-year Eagle Liam Ryan kicks his 13th major in his eighth AFL game.
11:55
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Liam Ryan)
13:22
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Brendon Ah Chee)
14:07
The Eagles have generated the last six inside 50s, kicking 1.2 from these entries.
20:21
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Liam Ryan)
21:04
29 disposals represents a new-career high for Tom Jonas in his 119th AFL game. His previous best of 27 was recorded against the Sydney Swans in Round 2, 2015.
22:04
After West Coast produced ten consecutive inside 50s, the Power have followed up with three of their own.
22:40
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Robbie Gray)
24:42
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Mark LeCras)
24:43
Both of West Coast's final quarter goals have been sourced from a Port Adelaide turnover.
26:32
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jeremy McGovern)
26:36
The siren has sounded to end Q4.