Match

Port Adelaide vs Brisbane Lions

Commentary / 14 Jul 2019

Pre Game

00:00

Lincoln McCarthy, for the Lions recorded career highs in disposals (22), contested possessions (13) and clearances (7) against the Giants in round 16. During his career, McCarthy averages 11.6, 5.2 and 0.8 across his 44 games in the respective categories

Quarter 1

00:00

Q1 is now underway.

01:58

SCORE GOAL - Lions (Lincoln McCarthy)

04:01

SCORE GOAL - Lions (Charles Cameron)

04:18

Charles Cameron for the Brisbane Lions, kicked the second goal of the match from the 25th disposal of the game, 19 of these have been in their forward half of the ground

06:53

SCORE GOAL - Lions (Lincoln McCarthy)

08:25

SCORE GOAL - Lions (Alex Witherden)

08:43

Brisbane have had the first seven inside forward 50 entries, scoring all of the four goals in the game to this point. Three of the four goals have been sourced from intercepts

10:48

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Rushed)

16:19

SCORE GOAL - Lions (Jarryd Lyons)

19:00

SCORE GOAL - Lions (Dayne Zorko)

22:07

SCORE GOAL - Lions (Mitch Robinson)

22:39

Mitch Robinson's first goal and the Lions' seventh of the game was from a chain starting with an intercept in their defensive 50 area. Four of Brisbane's seven goals have been sourced from intercepts

25:21

SCORE GOAL - Power (Riley Bonner)

25:44

Riley Bonner and Port Adelaide's first of the match was from just their fourth forward 50 disposal, the Lions having 15 in this category

26:21

SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Lincoln McCarthy)

30:22

SCORE GOAL - Power (Sam Gray)

31:09

Port Adelaide have had nine of the last 13 inside forward 50 incursions, outscoring the Lions 2.0 (12) to 1.1 (7) during this period

36:45

Jarryd Lyons in the first quarter for Brisbane has had game highs in disposals (11), metres gained (249), to go with equal highs in contested possessions (7) and clearances (4)

Quarter 2

00:00

Q2 is now underway.

02:41

SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Allen Christensen)

03:09

SCORE GOAL - Lions (Dayne Zorko)

03:52

In a similar start to the first quarter, all 32 disposals (13 inside forward 50) in the second stanza have been in the Lions' forward half of the ground, finishing off with Dayne Zorko's second goal of the match

04:50

SCORE GOAL - Lions (Charles Cameron)

06:21

SCORE GOAL - Power (Sam Gray)

12:55

Power Interchange - Brad Ebert off due to an injury.

14:19

Zac Bailey's first goal (third score involvement) of the game came from Brisbane's sixth mark taken inside their forward 50 zone, whilst the Power have just two in this category

15:31

SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Rushed)

16:43

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Ollie Wines)

23:22

In the last ten minutes of game time, the Power have had 12 inside forward 50 incursions compared to the Lions' five, but have been outscored 0.1 (1) to 1.1 (7) during this period of the second quarter

23:59

SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Dayne Zorko)

27:45

SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Rushed)

28:29

SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Rushed)

31:11

Darcy Byrne-Jones for Port Adelaide has had the most intercept possessions on the ground with seven, but the Power trail the Lions overall in this category 39-41

32:25

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Karl Amon)

32:50

Scott Lycett for the Power and Stefan Martin for the Lions have been involved in 38 ruck contests, whilst the hit outs are evenly split 15-15, Martin has a slight edge 4-3 in hit outs to advantage in this match up

32:55

Travis Boak for the Power leads the game at half time in contested possessions with 13. Overall, Port Adelaide leads the Lions 89-88 in this category, after trailing Brisbane 41-47 in the first quarter

Quarter 3

00:00

Q3 is now underway.

00:21

SCORE GOAL - Power (Charlie Dixon)

00:47

Charlie Dixon's first goal of the game for the Power, was from the third disposal of the quarter (all Port Adelaide)

01:50

SCORE GOAL - Lions (Charles Cameron)

07:33

SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Charles Cameron)

08:59

Power Interchange - Ryan Burton and is possibly out for the game.

10:37

Port Adelaide has been out tackled 4-11 by the Lions in the third quarter, (9-0 in the defensive half), after being ahead in this category at half time 41-32

11:24

SCORE GOAL - Power (Robbie Gray)

13:01

SCORE GOAL - Power (Zak Butters)

15:59

In the last 10 minutes of game time the Power has had 20 disposals in their forward half, compared to Brisbane's eight in this category. Overall disposals in the last 10 minutes favour Port Adelaide 43-28

17:25

SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Oscar McInerney)

18:21

SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Cam Rayner)

20:33

SCORE GOAL - Lions (Cam Rayner)

24:10

Lachie Neale for the Lions is up to 18 disposals for the match, 13 contested possessions and has the most clearances on the ground with nine (four in the third quarter)

27:25

SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Charles Cameron)

28:22

SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Zac Bailey)

28:56

SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Rushed)

30:08

Brisbane has had 11 of the last 13 inside forward 50 entries, outscoring the Power 1.5 (11) to no score during this period of time. During the last ten minutes of game time, the Lions have had 77 per cent of the ball in their forward half zone compared with Port Adelaide's 23 per cent

33:02

Port Adelaide recorded just the eight inside forward 50 entries for the quarter, their worst tally in this category in any third stanza in 2019, with the Lions having 15 and leading 45-39 overall in this category

Quarter 4

00:00

Q4 is now underway.

00:20

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Sam Powell-Pepper)

07:15

SCORE GOAL - Lions (Dayne Zorko)

08:22

Dayne Zorko's third goal of the match for the Lions was their seventh sourced from a clearance, compared to the Power's four in this category

08:56

SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Ben Keays)

10:39

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Sam Powell-Pepper)

13:07

SCORE GOAL - Lions (Charles Cameron)

14:01

Charles Cameron's match high fourth goal of the game for the Lions came from a chain starting in their defensive midfield area. Four of the Brisbane Lions goals have come from this zone, whilst the Power have scored nothing and just one point from chains starting in their entire defensive half

17:30

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Robbie Gray)

22:04

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Rushed)

24:41

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Charlie Dixon)

26:43

Charlie Dixon has been an inside 50 target on ten occasions in the match, resulting in just one mark and has been a one on one target for the Power on five occasions, winning just two

27:16

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Rushed)

28:20

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Rushed)

28:51

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Sam Gray)

29:37

Tom Clurey for the Power leads the way in the game for spoils with 13, winning one of five defensive 50 contests. Port Adelaide leads the Lions 54-52 overall in the spoils category

29:41

Lachie Neale for the Lions has earned a game high 10 clearances, to go with eight first possessions, an equal team high 17 contested possessions and five score involvements

29:51

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Charlie Dixon)

29:56

Jarryd Lyons has had an equal career high 36 disposals for the Brisbane Lions, to go with a game high 655 metres gained, an equal team high 17 contested possessions, nine clearances and a team high eight score involvements