Match

Brisbane Lions vs Port Adelaide

Commentary / 04 Jul 2020

Pre Game

00:00
The Power have scored 42 points per game from around the ground stoppages this season. This is the most of any side in the AFL.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
03:13
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Travis Boak)
03:38
Brisbane is controlling the early time in possession, 56 percent to 26.
05:28
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Rushed)
07:13
It took the Lions over seven minutes to generate their first clearance, with the Power recording the first four of the game.
08:44
Lions Interchange - Cameron Ellis-Yolmen and is possibly out for the game.
09:02
SCORE GOAL - Lions (Daniel McStay)
09:03
Brisbane's Daniel McStay opens the goalscoring tonight with his sixth major for the 2020 season.
10:42
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Scott Lycett)
11:54
The Power are trailing despite more than double the number of Brisbane inside 50 entries (seven to three).
13:23
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Kane Farrell)
14:33
SCORE GOAL - Lions (Cam Rayner)
16:08
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Rushed)
17:54
Port Adelaide captain Tom Jonas' tally of four spoils exceeds the entire Brisbane total for the same measure (three).
19:48
SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Thomas Berry)
20:50
SCORE GOAL - Power (Robbie Gray)
23:42
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Sam Powell-Pepper)
24:30
The siren has sounded to end Q1.
24:31
The first quarter ends with Port Adelaide trailing despite more inside 50s (13 to nine) and scoring shots (seven to three) than the Lions. This can be attributed to Brisbane's superior kicking efficiency inside the forward 50 zone (60 percent to 14).

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
02:07
Port Adelaide continues to dominate the clearances. After winning this measure 11 to four in the first term, the Power have recorded the first three of the second quarter.
03:03
SCORE GOAL - Lions (Eric Hipwood)
05:53
SCORE GOAL - Lions (Cam Rayner)
05:54
Cam Rayner's second goal was sourced from a Port Adelaide turnover. The Lions' previous three goals were all the end result of a disposal chain that began from a stoppage.
08:01
SCORE GOAL - Lions (Charlie Cameron)
10:04
SCORE GOAL - Lions (Oscar McInerney)
10:05
Brisbane has recorded the last eight inside 50s of the game, kicking four goals straight from these entries.
11:56
SCORE GOAL - Lions (Zac Bailey)
14:17
Port Adelaide's Charlie Dixon is the leading tackler on the ground with four, already eclipsing his season total of three across his first three games for 2020.
17:44
SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Lachie Neale)
20:01
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Rushed)
20:02
A Port Adelaide rushed behind represents the Powers' first score since the 24th minute of the opening term. In the time since, the Lions have kicked 5.2.
23:44
SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Eric Hipwood)
24:26
SCORE GOAL - Power (Zak Butters)
26:11
SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Eric Hipwood)
26:57
SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Rushed)
27:25
SCORE GOAL - Lions (Lincoln McCarthy)
27:34
The siren has sounded to end Q2.
27:35
Entering tonight's game, the Power had scored 42 points per game from around the ground stoppages this season, leading the competition. To demonstrate Brisbane's first-half dominance tonight, the Power have kicked a paltry 0.5 from throw-ins and ball-ups across the first two stanzas.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
00:52
SCORE GOAL - Lions (Lincoln McCarthy)
00:53
With his second goal tonight, Brisbane's Lincoln McCarthy now has multiple majors in consecutive weeks, after going goalless in his first three games of 2020.
02:34
SCORE GOAL - Lions (Hugh McCluggage)
04:26
SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Daniel McStay)
04:52
The leading ruck on the ground is Brisbane's Oscar McInerney, directing five of his 13 hitouts (38 percent) to the direct advantage of a Lions teammate. His Port Adelaide counterpart, Scott Lycett, has recorded just eight hitouts, with only one going to advantage.
06:54
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Charlie Dixon)
08:41
SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Rushed)
09:50
The Lions are dominating the third quarter time in possession, 47 percent to 19.
12:05
SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Cam Rayner)
12:56
SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Charlie Cameron)
13:23
Of the ten free kicks that the Power have conceded, their most common indiscretion tonight has been for holding the man on four occasions.
14:37
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Robbie Gray)
16:18
SCORE GOAL - Power (Connor Rozee)
17:56
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Steven Motlop)
18:21
Despite not hitting the scoreboard himself, Brisbane's Jarrod Berry has contributed a match-high seven score involvements for the Lions, including one goal assist.
21:26
SCORE GOAL - Power (Zak Butters)
21:27
In the last five minutes of play, the Power have controlled the time in possession 53 percent to 20, generated five inside 50 entries to three, and outscored the Lions 2.2 to 0.2.
23:12
SCORE GOAL - Lions (Mitch Robinson)
25:22
SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Eric Hipwood)
26:07
The siren has sounded to end Q3.
26:08
The Lions enter the final term holding a 43 point lead, with onballer Lachie Neale showing the way. The former Docker has contributed 20 disposals at 90 percent efficiency, five clearances, four score involvements, and two tackles, helping to put Brisbane in a dominant position.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
01:05
Early in the final term, the only two players on the ground to have recorded 100 percent game time are Brisbane defender Harris Andrews, and the man he has matched up with for most of the game, Port Adelaide forward Charlie Dixon.
05:21
Port Adelaide's Dan Houston leads all players on the ground with 540 metres gained. However, the Power are retaining possession from only 18 percent of his disposals.
06:41
SCORE GOAL - Power (Todd Marshall)
08:47
SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Lincoln McCarthy)
10:18
Harris Andrews does the little things to help his team. His eleven one percenters for the Lions is the highest tally of any man on the ground.
13:21
SCORE GOAL - Power (Tom Rockliff)
15:45
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Brad Ebert)
16:34
Heading into this game, Port Adelaide had recorded 29 more marks per game than its opposition, the best differential in the AFL this season. However, tonight they have been dominated by Brisbane in this measure, with the Lions currently lead the mark count, 63 to 47.
21:28
Charlie Dixon has been targetted nine times inside forward 50 for the Power, but has only taken a single mark in this zone. In comparison, Brisbane's Eric Hipwood has marked five of his ten inside 50 targets.
21:56
SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Rushed)
23:46
SCORE GOAL - Lions (Lachie Neale)
26:09
The siren has sounded to end Q4.
26:10
The Lions move to second on the AFL ladder on the back of a dominant four-quarter performance against the previously undefeated Port Adelaide. Their ability to maintain possession in their forward half (54 percent to 36), was reflected in the 37 point differential on the scoreboard.