Match

St Kilda vs Port Adelaide

Commentary / 02 Jun 2019

Pre Game

00:00
Jade Gresham finished with a career-high 29 disposals against the Blues last week. He is averaging a career-high 22 disposals per game this season.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
01:52
SCORE GOAL - Power (Dougal Howard)
03:23
Port lead the contested possession count by four for the quarter. Scott Lycett and Travis Boak has been influential early with two contested possessions.
04:56
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Connor Rozee)
07:40
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Matthew Parker)
09:58
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Jack Newnes)
10:56
The two sides have been evenly matched in the clearances with Port holding a slight advantage 4 - 3 this quarter with Seb Ross leading the way for St.Kilda with two clearances.
11:14
SCORE GOAL - Power (Travis Boak)
12:42
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Jack Billings)
14:24
St.Kilda haven't been in the lead in the match so far with the biggest lead in the match being seven points to Port at the 4th minute mark of the quarter.
18:52
Port have been strong when the ball has been on the ground, leading loose groundball gets 13 to 11. Darcy Byrne-Jones and Travis Boak 3 have lead the way for Port today.
19:08
SCORE GOAL - Power (Riley Bonner)
21:28
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Matthew Parker)
21:53
Travis Boak has had a strong first quarter tonight with seven disposals, three contested possessions, four score involvements, one goal assist and one goal.
24:10
SCORE GOAL - Power (Connor Rozee)
26:25
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Jack Sinclair)
28:15
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Ed Phillips)
29:19
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Rushed)
31:40
The siren has sounded to end Q1.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
00:16
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Sam Powell-Pepper)
02:36
SCORE GOAL - Power (Travis Boak)
04:06
SCORE GOAL - Power (Robbie Gray)
04:43
Port have 22 more effective disposals than St.Kilda for the match so far. Jarrod Lienert (10), Dan Houston (9) and Travis Boak (9) have been the most prominent on the ground.
05:35
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Josh Bruce)
06:34
Port has focused on Connor Rozee as its key target inside 50 this afternoon, targeting him a team-high six times. He has failed to heavily impact the scoreboard with only one goal but has four scoring involvements.
07:57
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Tim Membrey)
09:12
SCORE GOAL - Power (Kane Farrell)
09:33
Port lead the contested possession count by four for the quarter. Robbie Gray has been influential early with three contested possessions.
10:19
Port has been able to hit the scoreboard from stoppages today outscoring St.Kilda, 4.1 (25) - 3.3 (21) from this area.
10:45
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Ben Long)
12:51
SCORE GOAL - Power (Justin Westhoff)
13:39
Port forward pressure has been far better than St.Kilda's, applying 19 tackles to eight inside in the forward half of the ground.
15:28
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Robbie Gray)
18:08
SCORE GOAL - Power (Kane Farrell)
19:55
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Dean Kent)
21:10
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Jade Gresham)
22:18
Jarrod Lienert has had a strong first half tonight with 14 disposals, six handball receives, six rebound 50's and three score involvements.
26:35
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Jack Sinclair)
29:29
SCORE GOAL - Power (Riley Bonner)
34:09
The siren has sounded to end Q2.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
04:43
SCORE GOAL - Power (Dougal Howard)
05:13
Port's Tom James has played 97 per cent of the game this evening, the most out of everyone on the field. Nathan Brown for St.Kilda has spent 96 per cent.
05:56
Ryan Burton has gained 375 metres for the match, with Riley Bonner 344 and Jack Newnes 321 the next best on the ground.
07:46
Power Interchange - Sam Powell-Pepper off due to an injury.
10:04
St.Kilda have been strong when the ball has been on the ground, leading hard ball gets 28 to 22. Luke Dunstan 4 and Rowan Marshall 3 lead the way for the Saints tonight.
11:51
Port has been able to hit the scoreboard from turnovers today outscoring St.Kilda, 7.1 (43) - 2.3 (15) from this area.
12:02
SCORE GOAL - Power (Paddy Ryder)
13:12
SCORE GOAL - Power (Zak Butters)
15:34
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Jack Newnes)
18:34
SCORE GOAL - Power (Xavier Duursma)
20:21
SCORE GOAL - Power (Paddy Ryder)
21:22
Travis Boak has had a strong match tonight with 23 disposals, nine handball receives, six clearances, 10 first possessions, 11 contested possessions, eight scoring involvements and two goals.
22:01
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Jade Gresham)
23:48
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Dean Kent)
27:55
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Rowan Marshall)
30:46
SCORE GOAL - Power (Scott Lycett)
30:49
The siren has sounded to end Q3.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
04:10
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Jack Sinclair)
05:23
SCORE GOAL - Power (Riley Bonner)
07:22
SCORE GOAL - Power (Steven Motlop)
07:48
Power Interchange - Scott Lycett off due to an injury.
08:10
Port has been able to hit the scoreboard from turnovers today outscoring St.Kilda, 12.1 (73) - 3.3 (21) from this area.
09:37
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Jade Gresham)
09:55
Port have 88 more effective disposals than St.Kilda for the match so far. Travis Boak (23), Jarrod Lieneret (22), Dan Houston (21) and Darcy Byrne-Jones (19) have been the most prominent on the ground.
10:47
Port has been able to hit the scoreboard from stoppages today outscoring St.Kilda, 8.2 (50) - 4.8 (32) from this area.
12:04
Saints Interchange - Jarryn Geary and is possibly out for the game.
14:06
Riley Bonner has gained 583 metres for the match, with Ryan Burton 561 and Jarrod Lienert 469 the next best on the ground.
16:47
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Sam Gray)
17:28
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Jade Gresham)
17:41
Travis Boak has had a dominate game today with 30 disposals, 12 handball receives, nine scoring involvements, two goals, 10 fir=st possessions, six inside 50's and 386 metres gained.
20:22
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Matthew Parker)
21:40
SCORE GOAL - Power (Robbie Gray)
22:42
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Sam Powell-Pepper)
23:43
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Dean Kent)
25:34
SCORE GOAL - Power (Robbie Gray)
27:01
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Luke Dunstan)
28:13
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Robbie Gray)
29:54
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Riley Bonner)
31:05
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Rowan Marshall)
31:33
The siren has sounded to end Q4.