Match

Adelaide Crows vs Port Adelaide

Commentary / 07 Aug 2021

Pre Game

00:00
Port Adelaide has won the last three Showdowns by an average margin of 60 points.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
04:03
Aliir Aliir has won two possessions, with both breaking an Adelaide chain. He has won 7.7 intercept possessions per game this season - ranked No.1 at the club.
06:13
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rory Laird)
06:55
Both teams have combined to take six marks, with four coming from apposition kicks.
10:12
SCORE GOAL - Power (Zak Butters)
10:22
Port Adelaide has won 26.1 forward half intercepts per game this season - ranked second. It has won two tonight, with that goal to Zak Butters coming from this source.
11:30
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Elliott Himmelberg)
11:40
The Power leads the clearance count by one (5-4), with the Crows generating the only two scores from this source.
17:44
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (David Mackay)
17:54
Adelaide now leads the clearance count 7-6, with all three of its scores coming from this source. The Crows have scored 28.6 points per game from stoppages this season - ranked 10th.
20:32
Aliir Aliir has grabbed three marks, all from opposition kicks - a game-high and two more than any other player.
21:56
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rory Laird)
24:48
Mitch Georgiades just grabbed his team's first mark inside 50. Port has taken 12.1 marks inside 50 per game this season - the fifth-most in the league.
26:38
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Rushed)
27:07
Aliir Aliir continues to dominate with seven intercept possessions - five more than any other teammate. He has also had a game-high four spoils.
28:49
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Rushed)
29:37
Adelaide generated just one inside 50 from 14 defensive 50 chains in the first quarter (7.1%). It has generated an inside 50 from 19.6% of its defensive 50 chains this season - the third-lowest percentage in the league.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
01:37
Aliir Aliir just grabbed his fifth intercept mark - an equal season-high.
02:59
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Darcy Fogarty)
03:09
That goal to Darcy Fogarty was sourced from an intercept won in defensive 50. The Crows have now generated two inside 50s from 17 defensive 50 chains (11.8%).
05:35
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Peter Ladhams)
06:22
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Orazio Fantasia)
07:37
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)
07:47
The Crows have kicked just two goals from nine shots at goal (22.2%). They have recorded three missed shots.
09:21
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Ollie Wines)
09:31
Port Adelaide has recorded a shot at goal accuracy of just 12.5%. It has failed to score from two shots.
13:22
The Power have applied 12 effective tackles from 15 attempts in the second term (80%), missing none. The AFL average is 61.2%.
17:01
Port Adelaide has kicked just one goal from 23 inside 50s (4.3%). It has scored a goal from 23.4% of entries this season - the sixth-highest percentage in the AFL.
18:43
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Darcy Fogarty)
18:53
Adelaide has taken four marks inside 50 and scored 1.2 (8) from this shot source.
21:33
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Ned McHenry)
24:03
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Ned McHenry)
24:13
Darcy Fogarty has had five disposals this quarter, with three coming in scoring chains. He has kicked one goal as well as assisting that goal to Ned McHenry.
25:59
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Tom Lynch)
28:16
The Power have scored just 11 points - their lowest half-time score since Round 20, 2017.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
02:10
SCORE GOAL - Power (Mitch Georgiades)
02:20
Mitch Georgiades has grabbed three marks inside 50 - a game-high and two more than any other teammate. He has now taken 39 marks inside 50 this season - ranked No.1 at the club.
04:06
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Peter Ladhams)
04:38
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Xavier Duursma)
07:40
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Mitch Georgiades)
07:50
Port Adelaide has generated four inside 50s this quarter, scoring from all of them. It scored six times from 25 entries in the first half.
09:17
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Ben Keays)
09:27
Both goals this quarter have been sourced from forward half intercepts. Just one goal came from this source in the first half.
11:15
SCORE GOAL - Power (Ollie Wines)
11:25
The Power are dominating in the air with 16-0 marks this quarter, including four marks inside 50.
14:46
SCORE GOAL - Crows (David Mackay)
18:22
Brodie Smith has been held to just three disposals, gaining 51 metres for his team. He has gained at least 600 metres in 12 games this season.
20:12
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Tom Lynch)
20:57
Trent McKenzie just grabbed his second and his team's 16th intercept mark for the game. The Power has taken 15.8 intercept marks per game this season - ranked eighth.
21:42
SCORE GOAL - Power (Zak Butters)
24:01
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Robbie Gray)
24:11
Port Adelaide has kicked four goals from 13 scoring shots (30.8%). It has recorded a scoring accuracy of 60.1% this season - ranked fifth.
25:34
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Connor Rozee)
27:27
Crows Interchange - Brodie Smith off due to the blood rule.
29:06
Karl Amon finished with team-highs of 31 disposals, 683 metres gained, nine inside 50s and four score assists last round. He has had just eight disposals tonight, with none being involved in a scoring chain.
31:47
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Riley Thilthorpe)
31:50
Adelaide applied just nine tackles in the third quarter, with defenders Tom Doedee and Nicholas Murray laying three each. The Crows have been out-tackled by 9.9 per game this season - the worst differential of any side.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
00:24
SCORE GOAL - Power (Orazio Fantasia)
00:34
Both teams have scored 35 points from intercepts. Adelaide has conceded 57.1 points per game from its turnovers this season - the most conceded by any side.
02:40
Crows Interchange - Will Hamill and is possibly out for the game.
09:46
Aliir Aliir just grabbed his eighth intercept mark for the game - a career-high. Adelaide has taken seven intercept marks.
12:57
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Ollie Wines)
15:41
Willem Drew leads Port for contested possessions (13), tackles (10), and clearances (five).
19:43
Tom Doedee just applied his eighth tackle for the game - a career-high.
22:31
SCORE GOAL - Power (Sam Powell-Pepper)
22:41
Both teams have gone inside 50 six times this quarter, with the Power kicking two goals to none. Sam Powell-Pepper is the only player to be involved in both goals, assisting the first and kicking the second.
24:41
Jordon Butts is up to 11 intercept possessions for the game - a career-high. He has also had an equal game-high eight spoils.
25:55
SCORE GOAL - Power (Charlie Dixon)
26:05
Sam Powell-Pepper has now scored or assisted all three of his team's goals in the final term.
27:35
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Rushed)
30:46
Paul Seedsman is up to 12 disposals this quarter, gaining 325 metres for his team.
33:33
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Tom Lynch)
35:31
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Ollie Wines)
36:12
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)
38:17
With the game in the balance, Aliir Aliir grabs his 10th intercept mark - the equal-most by any player in a game this season.
38:48
Port beat the Crows to the ball after half-time with 90-69 contested possessions, including 12-3 contested marks. They scored 6.8 (44) to 3.3 (21) from one fewer inside 50 (23-24) during this period.