Match

Port Adelaide vs Fremantle

Commentary / 23 Aug 2019

Pre Game

00:00
Port Adelaide has a slight historical ascendancy against Fremantle, winning 19 of the 36 encounters back to 1997. The last seven matches between these two sides have been won by the home team, including this year's Round 13 match to the Dockers by 21 points.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
01:54
A clean start for Port Adelaide as its first six kicks have been effective, with five uncontested marks in the early stages including one to Todd Marshall inside 50. Fremantle is yet to record an effective kick.
05:06
Ed Langdon squares the ledger with a checkside for Fremantle. In this his fifth season at AFL level, the 54th selection in the 2014 national draft is averaging a career-high 25 disposals per game.
06:44
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (David Mundy)
07:45
Fremantle's midfield is looking ominous, already winning four of the five clearances on its way to three forward 50 entries compared to just one by Port Adelaide.
10:31
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Charlie Dixon)
11:06
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Connor Rozee)
12:49
SCORE GOAL - Power (Riley Bonner)
14:05
Although Fremantle has recorded 19 fewer disposals than Port Adelaide, the Dockers have turned the ball over on six more occasions to date. The latest Power intercept won by Westhoff has set up the running goal to Bonner.
15:09
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Ed Langdon)
16:17
Port Adelaide might have won six more intercepts but Fremantle is generating its share of possession chains by winning five more clearances than its opposition. The Dockers' have launched two goals from seven clearances in this term.
18:14
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Sam Switkowski)
18:38
Fremantle is edging ahead thanks to a more efficient ball use, with four goals from eight entries inside 50. In their respective forward halves, 60 per cent of the Dockers' kicks have been effective, while for the Power that proportion is just 30 per cent.
21:02
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Nat Fyfe)
22:22
SCORE GOAL - Power (Justin Westhoff)
22:47
The set shot miss to Fyfe has proven costly with Trent McKenzie's kick-in resulting in Port Adelaide transitioning end-to-end and a goal to Westhoff. This season the Power averages a score launched from just 7.6 per cent of kick-ins (ranked ninth).
25:02
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Michael Walters)
25:55
Port Adelaide's ruckmen are getting first hands in the ruck contest winning seven more hitouts, but that hasn't halted the Fremantle midfield winning ten clearances to five. Angus Brayshaw leads all players with three clearances.
28:10
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Paddy Ryder)
29:55
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Justin Westhoff)
30:35
A free-flowing opening term sees the Dockers kick their highest first quarter score away from Optus Stadium since Round 13 last year and take a nine-point lead to quarter time. Ed Langdon has recorded 238 metres gained and two goals in the first quarter.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
01:02
SCORE GOAL - Power (Xavier Duursma)
01:46
Both Port Adelaide (six marks) and Fremantle (four) have found an avenue to score via marking options inside forward 50. The Power have kicked 3.3 (21) from their six marks while the Dockers have returned 3.1 (19) from their four taken inside 50.
04:03
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Darcy Tucker)
06:22
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (David Mundy)
08:45
SCORE GOAL - Power (Dan Houston)
10:39
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Paddy Ryder)
10:57
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Connor Rozee)
11:56
There is a not a lot between the two sides this quarter, but Port Adelaide has been in possession for 12 per cent more of the term than Fremantle and has now edged in front on the scoreboard.
15:55
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Michael Walters)
16:17
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Cam McCarthy)
16:40
Trent McKenzie is playing just his second AFL match in two years, and only his second club game for Port Adelaide. The former Gold Coast defender has recorded 11 kicks (all effective) and a game-high 364 metres gained, as well as six intercepts.
17:00
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Scott Lycett)
21:27
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Sam Gray)
22:15
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Rushed)
23:32
Port Adelaide has generated the last eight entries inside 50 of the match and now have recorded 13 for the quarter. The Power have been wasteful from these opportunities, returning just 2.5 (17) from eight shots.
23:44
SCORE GOAL - Power (Charlie Dixon)
25:28
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Darcy Tucker)
25:50
The Power have won 19 intercepts this quarter and scored from seven of the resulting possession chains. Port Adelaide has controlled field position, enjoying 63 per cent time inside forward half for the term.
26:48
SCORE GOAL - Power (Connor Rozee)
27:22
Port Adelaide is skipping away, now with six marks inside 50 for the quarter and 11 before half time. The Power averages only 11.2 marks inside 50 across the entire game in season 2019.
28:12
Port Adelaide has turned a nine-point deficit into a 15-point lead at the main break. In the second quarter the Power averaged 98 metres gained per turnover, clearly superior to the Dockers' ratio of 60 metres per turnover.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
00:37
Dockers Interchange - Bradley Hill off due to an injury.
02:40
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Karl Amon)
03:44
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Charlie Dixon)
05:32
SCORE GOAL - Power (Charlie Dixon)
05:46
Port Adelaide has continued where it left off before half time, dominating all facets early in the third quarter. The Dockers have turned over half of their 12 disposals and the Power have been able to generate the first five entries inside 50 of the quarter.
07:20
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Darcy Byrne-Jones)
13:49
Port Adelaide now has taken 14 marks inside 50, already its highest tally to three-quarter time this season. Its conversion from these marks has been a little disappointing, managing just 6.6 (36) from these shots.
15:16
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Riley Bonner)
16:49
This quarter has been completely one way traffic as Port Adelaide has managed seven scores from 12 forward 50 entries while Fremantle is still yet to enter inside 50. Although the Power have recorded 72 disposals, the Dockers have laid just four tackles this term.
21:00
SCORE GOAL - Power (Todd Marshall)
21:07
The procession continues as Port Adelaide takes its sixth mark inside 50 for the term through Todd Marshall. Marshall has now taken three of the Powers' 17 marks inside 50 for the match.
22:54
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Ryan Burton)
23:53
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Ollie Wines)
24:13
The ball has been inside Port Adelaide's forward half for 84 per cent of this term and Fremantle is still yet to enter inside 50.
25:23
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Rushed)
26:00
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Bailey Banfield)
26:27
It's taken 26 minutes but Fremantle has finally entered forward 50 and its first attempt has resulted in a goal. The Dockers have won possession 19 times in their defensive 50 this term and this is the first time they managed to transition possession to forward 50.
27:49
SCORE GOAL - Power (Justin Westhoff)
29:07
Port Adelaide has restricted Fremantle to the fewest number of inside 50s in a quarter (one) by any team since 2013. In the third term the Power averaged 140 metres gained per turnover in comparison to the Dockers' ratio of 52 metres gained per turnover.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
04:08
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Michael Walters)
04:48
The Dockers only ventured inside 50 once in the third quarter but they have controlled possession in the final term. Fremantle has won 21 more uncontested possessions than Port Adelaide this term, with David Mundy and Ethan Hughes already recording five apiece.
07:29
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Sam Switkowski)
09:29
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Travis Boak)
13:01
Scott Lycett has been the most prolific big man on the ground. Along with game-highs in hitouts (22) and hitouts to advantage (seven), the ruckman has won five intercepts and three clearances on his way to 22 disposals and 421 metres gained.
14:17
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Robbie Gray)
15:10
SCORE GOAL - Power (Travis Boak)
16:03
In a mark of their dominance, the Power have won 33 forward half intercepts and in turn have launched 40 points from these possession chains. Prior to this match Port Adelaide averaged 30 intercept possessions in the forward half this season, ranked first in the league.
17:05
SCORE GOAL - Power (Connor Rozee)
18:22
Connor Rozee has put the cherry on top of a very impressive first year, with a lovely checkside set shot from the boundary. The fifth selection in the 2018 national draft now has 29 goals for the season.
20:18
SCORE GOAL - Power (Charlie Dixon)
20:29
Charlie Dixon has taken four marks inside 50, as his team now has taken 24 marks inside the arc. This is equal to the highest tally by any team in a game this year, and the greatest number of marks inside 50 by Port Adelaide in a match since 2016.
22:45
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Xavier Duursma)
25:00
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Michael Walters)
26:42
Power Interchange - Scott Lycett off due to an injury.
26:49
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Nat Fyfe)
27:05
Prior to this match Nat Fyfe had won 336 contested possessions this season, ranked second behind Clayton Oliver (338). Oliver won 21 contested possessions yesterday against North Melbourne while Fyfe has won a team-high 15 in this match.
28:50
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Hugh Dixon)
29:35
On debut, Hugh Dixon has ended the season on a high by snapping his first senior goal. The 44th selection in the 2017 national draft has recorded eight disposals and been involved in three possession chains ending in a score.
30:59
SCORE GOAL - Power (Xavier Duursma)
31:05
The home and away season has ended with Port Adelaide winning comfortably over Fremantle by 43 points. Although the Power recorded 73 more disposals than the Dockers, they committed 19 fewer turnovers. Fremantle was restricted to just 32 inside 50s for the match, its lowest tally this season.