Match

Port Adelaide vs GWS Giants

Commentary / 27 Jul 2019

Pre Game

00:00
Over the past four weeks, Port Adelaide has retained possession from 39 percent of its kicks inside 50, ranking 18th in the AFL over this time.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
00:53
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Jeremy Cameron)
00:54
With the opening major tonight, Jeremy Cameron has now kicked 55 goals from 18 games this season.
02:47
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Rushed)
05:39
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Jeremy Finlayson)
06:45
Despite trailing on the scoreboard, Port Adelaide is controlling the time in possession, 56 percent to 29.
09:18
The Giants have generated the last five inside 50 entries, but have just the one behind from this period of control.
10:25
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Jeremy Finlayson)
11:11
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Sam Gray)
12:46
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Lachie Whitfield)
14:14
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Jeremy Cameron)
15:26
Both sides are kicking the ball poorly inside forward 50, the Power at 0 percent, and the Giants at 14.
17:04
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Karl Amon)
22:00
Playing in the role of defender tonight, Port Adelaide's Justin Westhoff has already amassed a match-leading ten disposals (at 90 percent efficiency).
25:01
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Jeremy Cameron)
26:43
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Jackson Hately)
27:17
The siren has sounded to end Q1.
27:18
Across the past month, the Giants have won the contested possession count by 19 per game, the best in the AFL over this time. By again controlling this measure during the first term tonight, 39 to 28, Greater Western Sydney enter quarter time with a 14 point lead.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
01:51
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Rushed)
04:00
Port Adelaide has a perfect 100 percent disposal efficiency for the opening four minutes of the second quarter.
05:52
Giants Interchange - Sam Taylor and is possibly out for the game.
06:44
After laying just four tackles in the opening quarter, the Power have already exceeded this benchmark in the second term with five inside seven minutes.
08:08
SCORE GOAL - Power (Robbie Gray)
08:09
Following their fourth goalless opening term of the season, the Power finally have their first major of the night courtesy of Robbie Gray.
10:00
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Jeremy Finlayson)
11:01
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Rushed)
15:32
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Jeremy Cameron)
16:31
Despite the Power dominating the hitouts, 14 to six, the Giants are actually winning the clearances 16 to 12.
18:05
SCORE GOAL - Power (Sam Gray)
18:06
Sam Gray has now kicked at least one goal in eleven of 16 games for Port Adelaide this season.
19:54
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Zac Williams)
25:24
SCORE GOAL - Power (Connor Rozee)
25:25
After kicking the ball inside forward 50 at 0 percent during the opening term, the Power have been a perfect 100 percent in this zone during the second quarter.
30:18
Giants Interchange - Jacob Hopper off due to the blood rule.
30:46
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Karl Amon)
32:15
The siren has sounded to end Q2.
32:16
Averaging a career-high 31.9 disposals in his thirteenth AFL season, Port Adelaide's Travis Boak has continued this prolific form in the first half tonight. After two quarters, he has contributed 19 disposals at 79 percent efficiency, helping the Power reduce a 14 point quarter-time deficit to just one goal at the main break.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
02:32
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Jeremy Cameron)
02:33
Including kicking 3.2 himself, Jeremy Cameron has contributed a match-high six score involvements for Greater Western Sydney.
07:20
The leading tackler on the ground is the Giants' Jacob Hopper. His six tackles laid exceeds his 2019 season average of 3.8.
09:02
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Paddy Ryder)
11:34
Two of Port Adelaide's three goals have been kicked from a distance beyond 30 metres from goal. In contrast, three of four goals for the Giants have been kicked from inside 30 metres.
13:38
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Sam Powell-Pepper)
15:25
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Jeremy Finlayson)
15:26
Jeremy Finlayson has taken a mark from 32 percent of his offensive one-on-one contests this season, ranked No.1 of the top-50 players to be targeted in a contest. For tonight's game, he is a perfect two marks from two offensive one-on-ones.
17:04
SCORE GOAL - Power (Dougal Howard)
18:11
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Jeremy Finlayson)
20:21
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Harry Himmelberg)
23:27
Giants Interchange - Jacob Hopper off due to an injury.
23:29
SCORE GOAL - Power (Robbie Gray)
25:01
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Karl Amon)
25:24
Port Adelaide's Dougal Howard has been targeted a match-leading eight times inside forward 50. However, he has only been able to take one mark in this zone.
29:32
The siren has sounded to end Q3.
29:33
In a low scoring game, the Giants were able to extend their lead to ten points on the back of a third term in which they had the better disposal efficiency, 74 percent to 68, yet lost the clearances six to 11, the inside 50s eight to 12, and tackle count ten to 15.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
01:22
The Giants have averaged 13 forward 50 marks per game this season, the most of any side in the AFL. The Power have been successfully in negating this strength so far tonight, with the Giants tally of marks inside 50 currently sitting at just four.
03:19
SCORE GOAL - Power (Robbie Gray)
04:42
Hamish Hartlett leads all players with 396 metres gained for the Power. The next highest metres gained tally is 393 from the Giants' Toby Greene.
06:02
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Cam Sutcliffe)
09:26
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Jackson Hately)
11:41
Phil Davis is responsible for five of the Giants' 15 intercept marks. This is the fifth time from 15 games this season that Davis has reached this benchmark.
12:13
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Zak Butters)
14:17
SCORE GOAL - Power (Dougal Howard)
16:23
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Xavier Duursma)
17:26
Port Adelaide has won the last six clearances and six of the last eight inside 50 entries.
18:12
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Jeremy Finlayson)
22:50
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Darcy Byrne-Jones)
22:51
Five of Port Adelaide's six final quarter scores have been the end result of a disposal chain that began with a Greater Western Sydney turnover.
27:33
Power Interchange - Connor Rozee off due to an injury.
27:57
Lachlan Keeffe does the little things to help the Giants. His ten one percenters are the most of any player on the ground.
29:10
The siren has sounded to end Q4.
29:11
The Giants hold on to win by the barest of margins in Heath Shaw's 300th game, despite losing the disposals (376 to 423), the tackles (52 to 71), the clearances (33 to 39) and the inside 50 entries (44 to 53).