Match

Port Adelaide vs Adelaide Crows

Commentary / 08 May 2021

Pre Game

00:00
Adelaide suffered a 75-point defeat in last year’s Round 2 Showdown, its biggest defeat in the 48 matches between these sides.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
02:17
Port Adelaide has recorded the opening four clearances of the game.
03:48
SCORE GOAL - Power (Charlie Dixon)
03:49
Charlie Dixon opens the scoring with his eleventh goal in eight games this season. The Power big man kicked 34 goals from 18 games in 2020.
05:59
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Ollie Wines)
08:09
SCORE GOAL - Crows (James Rowe)
09:40
The Crows are kicking the ball with greater efficiency than the Power, 79 percent to 50.
12:18
Crows Interchange - Ned McHenry and is possibly out for the game.
15:00
With three tackles in the opening fifteen minutes, Adelaide's Reilly O'Brien has already exceeded his season average of 1.9 tackles per game.
18:56
Power Interchange - Travis Boak off due to an injury.
21:14
The Power have targeted Charlie Dixon six times inside their forward 50 zone. No other player for either side has been targeted in the forward 50 more than once.
22:13
Crows Interchange - Lachlan Murphy and is possibly out for the game.
24:01
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Orazio Fantasia)
25:12
Crows Interchange - Rory Sloane off due to an injury.
25:26
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Rushed)
26:54
Port Adelaide is kicking the ball with just 14 percent efficiency inside its forward 50 zone.
27:36
SCORE GOAL - Power (Charlie Dixon)
28:48
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Orazio Fantasia)
32:02
The siren has sounded to end Q1.
32:03
Port Adelaide controlled the opening quarter in terms of disposals (105 to 67), marks (25 to eight), clearances (14 to seven), and inside 50s (17 to six), but will be disappointed that this dominance has only resulted in a ten-point lead at the first change.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
02:04
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Sam Berry)
04:05
Adelaide has recorded just a single intercept mark, compared to eight for the Power, including two each to Tom Clurey, Aliir Aliir, and Darcy Byrne-Jones.
04:19
SCORE GOAL - Power (Todd Marshall)
07:03
Adelaide's Taylor Walker was scoreless in last year’s Round 2 Showdown for the first time in 18 career matches against the Power. He is struggling again tonight, recording just a single disposal to this point.
12:10
Port Adelaide has lost the contested possession differential by 18 and 19 respectively in both of its losses this season. It has won the count in each of its five wins by 17.2 per game. In a positive sign, it is winning this measure so far tonight, 66 to 52.
12:37
SCORE GOAL - Power (Willem Drew)
17:03
Despite the scoreline, Adelaide actually holds a slight edge in the second-quarter time in possession, 38 percent to 32.
19:39
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Charlie Dixon)
21:48
Despite not hitting the scoreboard himself, Port Adelaide's Travis Boak has contributed four score involvements for the Power.
23:30
Crows Interchange - Darcy Fogarty off due to an injury.
24:13
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Taylor Walker)
24:44
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rory Sloane)
27:38
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (James Rowe)
27:39
Of the 14 free kicks that Port Adelaide has conceded, the most common indiscretion has been for holding the man on five occasions.
31:19
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Orazio Fantasia)
31:23
The siren has sounded to end Q2.
31:24
The Crows recorded 17 second-quarter inside 50 entries compared to 11 for Port Adelaide, but actually gave up ground on the scoreboard, kicking an inaccurate 0.4 to 2.2 for the term.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
03:01
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Riley Thilthorpe)
03:02
Riley Thilthorpe has kicked six goals without a behind in his three-game career to this point.
06:37
Adelaide has generated the last seven inside 50 entries, but has gone scoreless from the last six of them.
07:12
SCORE GOAL - Power (Todd Marshall)
07:13
Four of Port Adelaide's five goals have been the end result of a disposal chain that began with an Adelaide turnover.
09:06
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Elliott Himmelberg)
10:28
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Darcy Fogarty)
10:32
Crows Interchange - Riley Thilthorpe off due to an injury.
12:58
Adelaide's Jordon Butts has won five of his nine contests as a defender (55.6 percent). The next most contests won as a defender are two of six (33.3 percent) by Port Adelaide's Aliir Aliir.
13:02
Power Interchange - Dan Houston and is possibly out for the game.
13:03
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Mitch Georgiades)
13:38
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Orazio Fantasia)
15:08
SCORE GOAL - Power (Mitch Georgiades)
17:30
Since quarter time, the Crows have won the inside 50s count 29 to 20. However, they have still been outscored during this period, 4.4 to 2.5.
18:14
SCORE GOAL - Power (Mitch Georgiades)
21:28
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Riley Thilthorpe)
23:20
SCORE GOAL - Power (Todd Marshall)
24:51
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Connor Rozee)
25:59
The Crows lost the disposal count by 106 in the Round 2 Showdown last season. In tonight's game they are again on track to lose this measure comfortably, currently trailing 297 to 223.
29:20
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Kane Farrell)
30:13
SCORE GOAL - Power (Kane Farrell)
31:27
The siren has sounded to end Q3.
31:28
Superior third-quarter disposal efficiency (74 percent to 60) helps the Power extend their lead to 35 at the final change.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
01:14
Early in the final term, the only player on the ground with 100 percent game time is Adelaide key defender Jake Kelly.
02:15
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Mitch Georgiades)
04:06
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Rushed)
05:00
Port Adelaide is dominating the time in possession for the first five minutes of the final term, 68 percent to 21.
05:30
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Paul Seedsman)
06:23
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rory Sloane)
09:24
Adelaide's disposal efficiency in its defensive 50 zone is just 60 percent, far inferior to the 81 percent of the Power.
12:06
Paul Seedsman has recorded 745 metres gained for the Crows. No other player on the ground has even reached 500 metres gained.
12:41
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Rory Sloane)
14:35
SCORE GOAL - Power (Orazio Fantasia)
17:40
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Rushed)
18:53
SCORE GOAL - Power (Connor Rozee)
19:28
Four of the Crows' five goals have been from set shots, with Riley Thilthorpe converting from the square the only goal kicked in general play.
23:15
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Harry Schoenberg)
24:32
SCORE GOAL - Power (Steven Motlop)
24:58
Tom Clurey does the little things to help his team. His tally of 11 one percenters is the most for the Power, in a measure they lead 63 to 60.
27:50
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Mitch Georgiades)
28:59
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Orazio Fantasia)
29:02
The siren has sounded to end Q4.
29:03
Port Adelaide wins Showdown 49 by 49 points. Leading the way for the Power was Karl Amon, contributing 27 disposals at 74 percent efficiency, six clearances, seven score involvements, and five tackles.