Match

Adelaide Crows vs Port Adelaide

Commentary / 06 Jul 2019

Pre Game

00:00
The Crows have outscored their opposition by a total of 58 points from the 20 minute mark of quarters this season, ranked fourth.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
01:01
SCORE GOAL - Power (Ryan Burton)
01:11
Ryan Burton with the first goal of the game for Port Adelaide, bursting inside 50 running off half back. In the first two minutes, Port Adelaide have recorded every disposal of the game, 13 in total, at 100 percent efficiency.
02:47
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Brodie Smith)
03:48
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Wayne Milera)
04:06
Wayne Milera answers for the Crows with their first goal of the game, coming from a mark inside forward 50. Adelaide has averaged nine forward 50 marks per game this season, the second-fewest of any side.
06:31
SCORE GOAL - Power (Brad Ebert)
06:56
Port Adelaide are dominating possession to this point in the game, with a 30-9 disposal advantage and a 20-3 uncontested possession advantage. Sam Powell-Pepper, a very late inclusion today, leads all players on the ground for disposals with four, all uncontested.
12:55
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Hugh Greenwood)
13:12
The Crows pressure has been evident so far today, with 15 corralling pressure acts recorded in this first quarter, compared to the Power, with just one.
14:11
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Wayne Milera)
14:52
Despite the Power dominating overall disposals with a plus-20 differential, the Crows have actually recorded a positive time-in-possession differential, with Adelaide in possession of the ball for a full one minute and 14 seconds more than the Power so far.
15:14
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Eddie Betts)
16:59
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Jordan Gallucci)
19:12
Dougal Howard marks inside 50 for Port Adelaide and converts the goal. In his first three seasons, Howard kicked just four goals combined, however in 2019, that is now his sixth goal for the year, converting at an accuracy rate of 55.6 percent.
20:58
Power Interchange - Scott Lycett off due to an injury.
21:14
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Taylor Walker)
22:47
Riley Bonner has had an effective first quarter for Port Adelaide running off half-back. To this point he has a game-high eight disposals at 75 percent efficiency, 120 metres gained and six uncontested possessions.
23:04
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Dougal Howard)
25:14
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)
26:12
Matt Crouch is continuing his fine year for Adelaide. In this first quarter, he has a game-high 12 disposals (seven contested possessions), two inside 50s, two clearances and two score involvements.
27:23
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)
30:52
An interesting quarter at Adelaide Oval, with Port Adelaide dominating disposals 107-83 but not using that to their advantage. The Crows lead inside 50s 17-12 and were efficient moving forward, recording ten shots at goal from those entries.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
00:45
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Matt Crouch)
00:52
Matt Crouch kicks the first goal of the second quarter to add to his already impressive start to the game. That is Matt Crouch's third goal of the season and he is yet to miss a shot at goal this year.
02:27
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Wayne Milera)
03:15
Hugh Greenwood snaps a goal and the Crows are well on top early in this second quarter. In these first few minutes of the quarter, the Crows lead disposals 13-3, contested possessions 9-1, clearances 2-0 and inside 50s 4-0.
05:07
SCORE GOAL - Power (Sam Gray)
05:53
Hugh Greenwood has had a phenomenal start to the second quarter. He has five disposals in the first five minutes, three more than any other player on the ground, while he also has two tackles, two clearances and three score involvements.
07:17
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Richard Douglas)
07:53
It's already been mentioned how efficient Adelaide have been going inside forward 50 and the Crows have taken that to another level in this quarter so far, with five shots at goal from five inside 50 entries.
08:22
Crows Interchange - Daniel Talia off due to an injury.
10:36
Both teams are scoring heavily from intercepts today, with six of the eight goals in the game coming from this source. The Crows have had 10 shots at goal as a result of intercept possessions, for a result of 4.6 (30) while the Power have scored 2.0 (12) from the same source.
11:58
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Sam Powell-Pepper)
17:52
SCORE GOAL - Power (Charlie Dixon)
18:38
Charlie Dixon marks inside 50 and kicks the goal for the Power. This is Dixon's ninth career game against the Crows and he averages 1.2 goals per game against them, slightly down on his career average of 1.6 goals per game.
21:11
Crows Interchange - Jordan Gallucci and is possibly out for the game.
21:21
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Matt Crouch)
22:16
Robbie Gray has worked his way into the game in this second quarter for the Power, with a game-high eight disposals. This has also included two clearances and two inside 50s. Gray has won 40 percent of his offensive one-on-one contests this season, ranked seventh of the top-50 players to be targeted in a contest.
25:44
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)
26:53
SCORE GOAL - Power (Brad Ebert)
27:13
Brad Ebert kicks his first goal of the game to give the Power the lead. Port Adelaide have now recorded four of the last six scores of the game. Ebert is on track for his career-best amount of goals in a season, with 11 so far this year - his career-best is 17.
30:41
The Power with a 3-point lead at half time off the back of three consecutive goals to end the second quarter. The Power have been getting into a lot of open space, recording a plus-23 differential for uncontested possessions thus far.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
00:16
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Taylor Walker)
01:51
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Taylor Walker)
02:35
Taylor Walker kicks a goal for the Crows inside 11 seconds, which is then answered by Scott Lycett for the Power just a minute later. Lycett has had ten disposals for the game and has recorded five hitouts to advantage - five times more than any other player that has competed in the ruck today.
04:36
Crows Interchange - Alex Keath off due to an injury.
05:08
SCORE GOAL - Power (Connor Rozee)
05:23
Connor Rozee kicks a classy snap goal from the pocket, to give the Power two consecutive goals for the quarter. Rozee, in his debut year, has now kicked 19 goals for the year and is averaging 15.1 disposals and four tackles per game.
06:54
SCORE GOAL - Power (Justin Westhoff)
08:24
Port Adelaide are once again dominating the outside space in this quarter, currently recording a plus-20 differential in uncontested possessions for the quarter and a plus-45 advantage for the whole game. They have converted this into territorial advantage in this quarter, with an inside 50 lead of 6-3 and 569 metres gained compared to the Crows with 251 metres.
10:07
Crows Interchange - Alex Keath off due to an injury.
10:12
SCORE GOAL - Power (Sam Gray)
11:17
Accuracy has played a major role in today's match, with the Crows wasting numerous opportunities. From set shots at goal, the Crows have recorded 1.4 (10) compared to the Power 5.1 (31), while from snap shots, the Crows have kicked 2.4 (16). The Power have kicked 3.0 (18) from shots at goal on the run.
13:31
SCORE GOAL - Power (Connor Rozee)
13:44
Conor Rozee adds another goal for the Power and their dominance of this quarter continues. Port Adelaide for the third quarter, are plus-29 for disposals, plus-28 for uncontested possessions, plus-six for tackles, plus-five for inside 50s and have disposal efficiency of 90 percent for the quarter so far.
15:41
SCORE GOAL - Power (Dougal Howard)
16:29
Six consecutive goals for the Power in this quarter, as Dougal Howard adds another. Usually its the second quarter where the Power excel, Port Adelaide has outscored its opposition by a total of 107 points in second quarters this season, ranked equal first.
17:42
Crows Interchange - Matt Crouch off due to the blood rule.
18:43
Illustrating the Power's dominance in this quarter is the fact that Adelaide have three players with three disposals for the quarter, which is the highest for the team. Port Adelaide have 14 players with three or more disposals in this quarter.
20:21
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Sam Gray)
21:56
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Charlie Dixon)
24:30
Port Adelaide's two returning veterans in Tom Rockliff and Justin Westhoff have enjoyed very good games on their return. Rockliff has 22 disposals, second only to Robbie Gray, five inside 50s and four score involvements. Westhoff has 16 disposals, seven score involvements and a game-high eight marks.
28:47
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Riley Bonner)
31:39
A massive quarter from Port Adelaide sees them take a 35-point lead into three quarter time. The Power recorded a plus-56 advantage in disposals, plus-45 in uncontested possessions, plus-nine in contested possessions, plus-six in tackles, plus-four in clearances, plus-13 for inside 50s and recorded 11 shots on goal for the quarter compared to Adelaide's two.
32:10
The siren has sounded to end Q3.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
00:45
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Rushed)
03:15
Jake Kelly has fought hard for the Crows tonight, with a team-high seven intercept possessions. Kelly has won 50% of his defensive one-on-one contests this season, ranked second of the top-50 players to have defended a contest. Today he has won the only one-on-one contest he has contested.
03:23
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Xavier Duursma)
05:14
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Karl Amon)
05:59
Riley Bonner has had a standout game for Port Adelaide tonight. He has 25 disposals, which is his second-best effort in his career to date, behind the 31 disposals he won in Round 1 of 2018. He also has three tackles, four inside 50s and four score involvements.
07:24
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Ollie Wines)
07:39
Port Adelaide are continuing their domination in this final quarter, recording a 10-0 advantage for inside 50s for the quarter. This has translated into a 96 percent time-in-forward half advantage.
09:36
Since half time, Port Adelaide lead inside 50s 29-5, disposals 160-107, uncontested possessions 109-62 and contested possessions 51-40. A casualty of the Crows second half has been Hugh Greenwood, who after recording 12 disposals and a goal in the first half, has not recorded a stat to this point in the second half.
13:21
The Power have dominated the clearances today, recording a 40-26 advantage in this area. This is off the back of Scott Lycett's ruck work (30 hitouts, eight to advantage) and Robbie Gray's stoppages work (12 first possessions, 10 clearances).
15:48
SCORE GOAL - Power (Brad Ebert)
17:30
Robbie Gray has been instrumental for the Power, recording team-high statistics in a number of categories. He has a team-highs in disposals with 30, contested possessions with 16, clearances with 10 and has added seven score involvements and 347 metres gained to his game.
19:15
Alex Keath takes a big defensive intercept mark for the Crows, his third of the game. Adelaide has scored 73 points directly from Alex Keath’s intercept possessions this season, ranked equal-seventh in the competition.
20:28
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Lachlan Murphy)
21:01
SCORE GOAL - Power (Zak Butters)
21:45
The Power have won the time in forward half differential by nine minutes and 37 seconds per game this season, ranked No.1. That has continued today, with a 58 percent time in forward half advantage and nearly eight whole minutes more time in possession than the Crows.
23:28
SCORE GOAL - Power (Steven Motlop)
24:46
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Xavier Duursma)
25:55
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Xavier Duursma)
26:06
Matt Crouch has continued to fight hard for the Crows to be his team's best performer. He has 29 disposals at 86 percent efficiency, ten contested possessions, four clearances, three inside 50s, four score involvements and a goal.
28:58
A huge second half from the Power sees them run out comfortable winners, after they score the last nine goals of the game. They finish with a plus-113 disposal differential and a plus-106 uncontested possession advantage.