Match

St Kilda vs Port Adelaide

Commentary / 17 Jul 2021

Pre Game

00:00
Port Adelaide has conceded 58 points per game in wins this season, the fewest of any side in the competition, and is the only side in the competition to be undefeated against bottom-10 teams, winning all nine games.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
02:51
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Rushed)
05:57
Both teams have started the match slowly, but one area that St. Kilda is on top of is the tackle count. They lead this area by six already and since Round 13, they have averaged 15 more tackles per game than their opposition, ranked No.1.
07:21
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Tim Membrey)
09:17
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Jack Steele)
10:16
St Kilda registers the first goal of the match via an intercept possession. Last week, the Saints outscored Brisbane by 47 points from intercepts, ranked No.1 for the round. It also represented St Kilda's best effort in this area all season.
13:17
SCORE GOAL - Power (Mitch Georgiades)
14:30
Port Adelaide's first goal of the match comes via a defensive 50 intercept. Over the last four weeks, the Power have scored from just six per cent of their defensive 50 chains, ranked 17th.
17:11
Since the five-minute mark of the quarter, Port Adelaide has led the tackle count 18 to six. Willem Drew has recorded four of these tackles. He leads the Power with six tackles per game this season.
17:44
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Dan Butler)
21:07
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Max King)
23:33
Power Interchange - Karl Amon off due to an injury.
25:59
St Kilda is enjoying a nine to three advantage in the clearances. In the six games that Paddy Ryder and Rowan Marshall have both played together this season, the Saints have won the clearances in five of them by an average of eight clearances per game. Conversely, they have averaged three fewer clearances per game in the other 10 games this season.
27:06
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Rushed)
28:14
Port Adelaide has won all 10 games in which it has won the contested possession count this season. At quarter time, they trail the contested possession count by six.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
04:00
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Ollie Wines)
05:29
St Kilda has launched all of its 2.4.16 from its forward half of the ground. Port Adelaide has launched all of its 1.1.7 from its defensive half of the ground.
06:07
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Karl Amon)
07:41
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Paddy Ryder)
08:51
St Kilda's third goal of the match has come via a kick-in chain. This is just the sixth goal the Saints have scored from a kick in this season. Overall, the Saints average three points per game from kick-ins, ranked 12th.
10:19
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Rushed)
11:31
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Dan Houston)
11:53
Port Adelaide leads the inside 50 count six to two this quarter and while they are generating a score from 67 per cent of these entries, the Power have just 0.4.4 to show from this territorial dominance. The Saints have 1.0.6 from their two entries.
13:11
SCORE GOAL - Power (Karl Amon)
13:29
Saints Interchange - Tom Highmore off due to an injury.
16:12
Port Adelaide has arrested St Kilda's dominance in contested possession from the opening quarter. The Power lead the contested possession count by nine in the second quarter, after trailing by six in this area in the first term.
19:56
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Callum Wilkie)
21:19
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Darcy Byrne-Jones)
24:08
SCORE GOAL - Power (Karl Amon)
24:44
Karl Amon has enjoyed a tremendous second quarter. The Power midfielder has seven disposals, six coming via an uncontested possession and two goals for the term.
26:17
Saints Interchange - Daniel McKenzie and is possibly out for the game.
26:59
The Power now lead the contested possession count by 14 this quarter. This includes an advantage of six in pre-clearance contested possession and an advantage of eight in post-clearance contested possession. As he so often does, Ollie Wines has led the charge. The Port Adelaide midfielder has eight disposals in the second quarter, with five coming via a contested possession.
29:20
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Scott Lycett)
30:58
SCORE GOAL - Power (Mitch Georgiades)
31:28
Saints Interchange - Zak Jones off due to an injury.
33:37
Port Adelaide won the contested possession count by 19 in the second term and now lead this area by 12 for the match. The Power have won all 10 games this season when they have won the contested possession count.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
05:02
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Rowan Marshall)
06:07
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Boyd Woodcock)
06:25
Port Adelaide has kicked 2.3.15 from set shots today. The Saints have kicked 0.3.3 from set shots.
08:18
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Luke Dunstan)
09:54
It has been relatively even at the stoppages with Port Adelaide enjoying a clearance advantage of just one. The Power lead scores from stoppages 1.4.10 to 0.1.1 while the Saints have averaged 39 metres gained per clearance compared to 37 metres gained per clearance from Port Adelaide.
10:47
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Rushed)
12:08
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Boyd Woodcock)
12:33
Both sides have been wasteful in front of goal this term. The Saints lead 0.3.3 to 0.2.2 for the term with both sides kicking 0.2.2 apiece form set shots.
13:44
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Dean Kent)
14:05
The Saints lead the inside 50 count seven to two this quarter and have enjoyed 60 per cent time in forward half for the term.
14:59
SCORE GOAL - Power (Boyd Woodcock)
16:26
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Rushed)
17:04
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Rowan Marshall)
20:09
SCORE GOAL - Power (Mitch Georgiades)
20:44
With both of their goals coming via this source for the quarter, the Power now lead scores from stoppages 3.4.22 to 0.1.1. Meanwhile, the Saints have scored 2.1.13 from kick-ins, their highest tally from this score source this season.
21:42
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Rushed)
23:36
SCORE GOAL - Power (Ollie Wines)
23:45
Power Interchange - Mitch Georgiades off due to an injury.
25:37
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Sam Powell-Pepper)
26:09
The Power have launched 17 chains from their attacking midfield zone, resulting in 4.3.27. Conversely, the Saints have had 20 attacking midfield chains and have only registered 1.3.9 from these chains.
28:08
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Jimmy Webster)
31:39
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Max King)
32:37
The St Kilda midfield got to work in the third quarter with Jack Steele, Brad Crouch and Luke Dunstan having 39 disposals, 17 contested possessions and six clearances between them for the term. Brad Crouch has been particularly industrious with 28 disposals for the match, a match-high 16 contested possessions and eight stoppage first possessions all of which have been clearances.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
01:28
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Rushed)
02:45
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Rowan Marshall)
06:58
SCORE GOAL - Power (Mitch Georgiades)
07:16
Mitch Georgiades has been a good target up forward for the Power. He has four of the Power's eight marks inside forward 50 and has also kicked four of Port Adelaide's eight goals.
09:02
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Brad Crouch)
09:49
Saints Interchange - Paddy Ryder off due to an injury.
12:29
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Bradley Hill)
12:51
The Saints have outscored Port Adelaide 3.1.19 to 1.2.8 from defensive 50 chains. This equals St Kilda's highest score generated from defensive 50 chains this season.
16:06
The Saints lead the inside 50 count nine to three in the last quarter and have enjoyed 63 per cent time in forward half for the term.
16:15
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Rushed)
16:59
Ollie Wines has been enormous for Port Adelaide this quarter with nine disposals, seven contested possessions and six clearances already this quarter.
17:24
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Charlie Dixon)
18:22
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Sam Mayes)
19:45
Power Interchange - Boyd Woodcock off due to an injury.
20:03
SCORE GOAL - Power (Sam Mayes)
20:52
Port Adelaide has outscored St Kilda 8.6.54 to 2.8.20 from midfield chains.
26:49
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Rowan Marshall)
27:16
St Kilda has kicked 0.6.6 from set shots today. Port Adelaide has kicked 4.5.29.
29:02
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Todd Marshall)
29:37
SCORE GOAL - Power (Charlie Dixon)
29:52
Port Adelaide keeps its streak alive! The Power have now won all 11 games this season in which they have won the contested possession count. They lead the contested possession count by 10 and enjoy a 13 point lead with one minute to go.
31:42
Ollie Wines was magnificent for the victors, finishing with 36 disposals, 19 contested possessions, 11 clearances, five inside 50s and a goal. It is the 11th time in 17 games that Wines has amassed 30 or more disposals and the sixth time that he has tallied more than 35 disposals.