Match

Port Adelaide vs Richmond

Commentary / 08 Aug 2020

Pre Game

00:00
Noah Balta has drawn comparisons to Alex Rance for his performances in recent weeks. Balta is ranked number two in the competition for intercept marks over the past two rounds.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
01:04
SCORE GOAL - Power (Peter Ladhams)
01:24
Peter Ladhams kicks the first goal of the game with a miraculous banana from the left behind post. Ladhams has started forward with the return of Scott Lycett.
02:35
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Dustin Martin)
04:49
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Karl Amon)
05:16
Port Adelaide is winning the contested ball early in this contest (19-9). Second gamer Boyd Woodcock has had three contested possessions.
05:54
SCORE GOAL - Power (Charlie Dixon)
07:25
Port Adelaide's first two goals of the game have come from turnovers. Hamish Hartlett generated one of these goals, while Tom Clurey launched the other.
09:28
SCORE GOAL - Power (Robbie Gray)
11:09
Port Adelaide has kicked the first three goals of the match. Zak Butters has already assisted two of those goals. Butters has had 53 score involvements this season, the second-most of any Port Adelaide player.
12:02
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Charlie Dixon)
12:52
Port Adelaide is dominating clearances (6-1) early in this match. Darcy Byrne Jones has had two of these clearances.
13:44
Port Adelaide is applying a lot of pressure. They have a pressure factor of 2.45, while Richmond are only registering a pressure factor of 1.84. Ollie Wines has had seven pressure acts and has successfully completed three of his five tackle attempts.
13:59
SCORE GOAL - Power (Zak Butters)
15:21
Port Adelaide has intercepted the ball four times in their attacking midfield. They have kicked a goal 100% of the time from these intercepts.
15:47
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Charlie Dixon)
17:09
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Tom J. Lynch)
17:30
Tom Lynch kicks Richmond's first goal of the game, capitalising on a mix-up between Port Adelaide defenders. Tom Lynch has surprisingly kicked the second-most goals of any player in the competition on the run, with five.
19:38
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Jack Riewoldt)
20:00
Richmond has only gone inside forward 50 on four occasions but has scored 75% of the time. Mabior Chol's individual effort assisted Riewoldt's first goal of the game.
22:42
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Rushed)
23:11
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Rushed)
26:14
Travis Boak has started well. Boak has a game-high eight disposals and three clearances.
26:47
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Jack Riewoldt)
28:36
Port Adelaide are dominating all the key statistics but only lead by seven points. The Power lead contested possessions (35-24), clearances (12-3) and inside 50's (13-8).

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
00:51
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Kane Lambert)
01:19
Kane Lambert didn't register a disposal in the opening term but has kicked the first goal of the second quarter.
02:28
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Travis Boak)
03:43
SCORE GOAL - Power (Peter Ladhams)
03:59
Peter Ladhams kicks his second goal from a contested mark. The Power is ranked number one in the competition for goals from contested marks with 20.
05:44
The Power has had the first eight tackles of the second quarter. They lead tackles 28-18. Ollie Wines has already had six tackles.
07:16
Jack Riewoldt returned to form last week with four goals. That was the first time he had kicked four goals since round one. He has already kicked three goals early in the second quarter.
09:46
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Dustin Martin)
10:05
Richmond hit the lead for the first time in the match. Richmond have kicked a goal 100% of the time they have gone inside 50 this term.
11:32
SCORE GOAL - Power (Boyd Woodcock)
11:55
Boyd Woodcock kicks his first goal in his short AFL career. Woodcock has had nine disposals, seven contested possessions and four score involvments.
14:39
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Trent McKenzie)
15:16
Both teams are registering a pressure factor of over 2.30 in what is an intense, top-four battle. Sydney Stack has a game-high 11 pressure acts.
15:58
SCORE GOAL - Power (Robbie Gray)
16:55
Noah Balta has been given the tough task of playing on Charlie Dixon. Dixon has been the forward 50 target on seven occasions and has taken three contested marks. Balta has only won one of his one-on-one contests with Dixon so far.
19:05
SCORE GOAL - Power (Karl Amon)
19:45
The Power has kicked the last three goals of the game to breakaway by 15 points. Three of Port Adelaide's four goals have been from snaps this quarter.
22:03
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Jake Aarts)
22:46
Jake Aarts kicks his fifth goal from inside 15 metres this season. Richmond has kicked the second-most goals of any side from inside 15 metres.
23:54
Tigers Interchange - Mabior Chol off due to an injury.
25:47
Shai Bolton is continuing his hot form this season. Bolton has had a team-high 12 disposals, eight contested possessions, four clearances, and four score involvements.
28:07
Robbie Gray was waltzing into an open goal but the half-time siren saved the Tigers from a certain goal. Port Adelaide continues to dominate all of the key statistics but only lead by nine points. The Power are plus 41 in disposals, plus seven in clearances and plus 10 for inside 50's.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
01:27
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Rushed)
01:58
Port Adelaide is ranked number one in the competition for contested possessions. They average 125 per game and have already had a staggering 80 contested possessions at the start of the third quarter.
02:25
SCORE GOAL - Power (Charlie Dixon)
03:00
Charlie Dixon kicks one of the goals of the season to register his first goal of the game. Dixon has already had four shots at goal, after missing two set shots in the first half.
04:08
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Ivan Soldo)
05:04
Jayden Short has had a game-high 284 metres gained.
06:50
SCORE GOAL - Power (Ollie Wines)
07:03
Tigers Interchange - Nick Vlastuin off due to an injury.
08:43
Ollie Wines is thriving in a match that is full of pressure and contested ball. Wines has had 12 contested possessions, five clearances, and seven tackles. Three of his five clearances have come in the third quarter.
08:53
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Rushed)
09:10
Power Interchange - Peter Ladhams off due to an injury.
10:00
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Cam Sutcliffe)
11:01
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Dustin Martin)
11:32
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Jake Aarts)
11:40
Port Adelaide has taken eight marks inside 50 to Richmond's two. They have also had seven tackles inside forward 50 to Richmond's two.
13:08
Richmond's efficiency inside 50 is keeping them in this game. They have scored 14 times from 19 entries.
13:54
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Kane Farrell)
15:09
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Mabior Chol)
15:25
Both sides are punishing each other's turnovers. 15 of the games 19 goals have come from turnovers. Port Adelaide has scored nine times from 13 intercepts in their attacking midfield.
17:41
Jason Castagna has only registered one disposal for the entire match, which was an ineffective handball.
18:04
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Mabior Chol)
18:56
The Tigers have kicked the last three goals of the contest. Mabior Chol has kicked two of these from set shots.
20:43
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Boyd Woodcock)
21:20
Ivan Soldo is competing well against the dual ruck combination of Lycett and Ladhams. Soldo has had 19 hitouts, of which nine have been to advantage.
22:31
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Sydney Stack)
22:46
Port Adelaide's pressure has dropped this quarter. They have a pressure factor of 1.57 this quarter, compared to the 1.88 they have registered throughout the rest of the game.
24:30
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Tom Rockliff)
26:37
Richmond lead by one point going into the final break. They kicked four goals in the third quarter to the Power's two, despite losing clearances (5-10) and inside 50's (7-11). Richmond had eight more tackles that quarter, levelling the tackle count at 51 apiece.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
00:22
SCORE GOAL - Power (Robbie Gray)
01:11
Zak Butters gets his third score assist of the game and Robbie Gray kicks his third goal of the game.
02:28
SCORE GOAL - Power (Dan Houston)
02:46
Port Adelaide has kicked the first two goals of the final quarter, both from Richmond turnovers. They have had the first three inside 50's of the final quarter and Richmond has only registered three disposals.
04:16
SCORE GOAL - Power (Tom Rockliff)
04:31
Tom Rockliff won a free kick in his defensive half, before a double 50-metre penalty from Dustin Martin and Josh Caddy took him to the goalsquare for a certain goal.
07:37
Port Adelaide is dominating the start of the final term. They have had seven inside 50's to one and 26 disposals to 13.
09:11
Port Adelaide has the best disposal efficiency of any side in the competition (73%). They have continued that trend today and are disposing of the ball at 73% once again. Ollie Wines has had 21 disposals at 95%.
10:59
Charlie Dixon misses his third set shot from within 30 metres.
13:17
Tom Jonas has taken a game-high five intercept marks and has launched two goals for the Power in this match.
14:31
Peter Ladhams has taken four contested marks, including the only two contested marks of the final quarter in slippery conditions.
15:15
Port Adelaide has had 15 inside 50's to Richmond's one, but haven't been able to put the Tigers away. Richmond are still within touching distance with seven minutes remaining.
17:23
Karl Amon has had six final quarter disposals and three inside 50's. Amon has more metres gained than any player on the ground with 470.
18:29
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Charlie Dixon)
19:46
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Rushed)
20:17
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Xavier Duursma)
21:05
Ollie Wines becomes only the fifth player this season to register 20 contested possessions in a single match. He and Travis Boak have combined for 34 contested possessions.
24:02
Port Adelaide dominated all of the key statistics from start to finish, yet Richmond managed to keep themselves in the game throughout. The Power dominated the final quarter in particular, with a staggering 19 inside 50's to two. Port Adelaide are only the third team this season to register 150 contested possessions in a match.
24:22
The siren has sounded to end Q4.