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Pre Game
00:00
Brisbane has won its past four games against Port Adelaide by an average margin of 38 points.
Quarter 1
00:00
Q1 is now underway.
03:28
SCORE
GOAL - Lions (Darcy Fort)
03:29
Darcy Fort opens proceedings with his seventh career goal, and first for Brisbane. In five games for Geelong last season, Fort kicked a single major.
05:30
Power Interchange - Robbie Gray off due to an injury.
06:52
The Power have recorded five of the last six clearances, including the last three to Karl Amon.
10:00
After ten minutes of play, the Lions hold the edge in time in possession, 44 percent to 35.
10:50
SCORE
BEHIND - Power (Jeremy Finlayson)
12:11
Brisbane's kicking efficiency is far superior to that of the Power, 83 percent to 59.
19:09
SCORE
BEHIND - Lions (Zac Bailey)
19:43
Port Adelaide is retaining possession from 42 percent of its disposals, slightly better than Brisbane's disposal retention rate of 38 percent
20:44
Power Interchange - Xavier Duursma off due to an injury.
22:10
SCORE
BEHIND - Lions (Rushed)
24:29
SCORE
GOAL - Power (Travis Boak)
25:10
Port Adelaide has conceded six first-quarter free kicks, with three coming for holding the man.
31:02
SCORE
GOAL - Lions (Darcy Fort)
31:04
The siren has sounded to end Q1.
31:05
A low-scoring first term at the 'Gabba, with both sides struggling to convert inside 50 entries into goals. Port Adelaide kicked just a single major from 11 entries (9.1 percent), while the Lions kicked two from 12 entries (16.7 percent).
Quarter 2
00:00
Q2 is now underway.
03:00
Port Adelaide has opened the second term with the first five inside 50 entries, after the Lions recorded the final four of the opening term.
03:10
SCORE
BEHIND - Power (Sam Powell-Pepper)
04:15
SCORE
BEHIND - Lions (Joe Daniher)
05:16
SCORE
GOAL - Power (Karl Amon)
06:48
Brisbane's kick-to-handball ratio in the early stages of the second quarter is 4.50, significantly different from the 1.22 of Port Adelaide.
08:46
Lions Interchange - Daniel Rich off due to an injury.
09:23
SCORE
GOAL - Power (Dan Houston)
10:32
Brisbane is not kicking the ball well inside forward 50, currently at 18 percent. This compares poorly to Port Adelaide which is kicking the ball with 44 percent efficiency in this zone.
11:39
SCORE
GOAL - Lions (Lincoln McCarthy)
13:06
SCORE
BEHIND - Lions (Lincoln McCarthy)
15:14
Marcus Adams has taken three intercept marks for the Lions, leading all players on the ground, and nearly matching Port Adelaide's team tally of five.
15:52
SCORE
BEHIND - Power (Ollie Wines)
16:45
Power Interchange - Aliir Aliir off due to an injury.
19:11
SCORE
BEHIND - Lions (Joe Daniher)
20:29
SCORE
GOAL - Power (Todd Marshall)
20:30
Two of Port Adelaide's three second-quarter goals have been sourced from kick-ins.
22:11
SCORE
GOAL - Power (Connor Rozee)
24:38
SCORE
BEHIND - Lions (Cam Rayner)
26:31
Jeremy Finlayson has been targeted a match-high four times inside forward 50 for the Power, but is yet to take a mark in this zone.
27:39
SCORE
GOAL - Lions (Joe Daniher)
29:53
SCORE
BEHIND - Power (Connor Rozee)
32:23
The siren has sounded to end Q2.
32:24
A seesawing battle sees the Power in front at half-time by four points. Leading the way for Port Adelaide has been Dan Houston, with 16 disposals at 75 percent efficiency, six marks, six contested possessions, 355 metres gained, and one goal.
Quarter 3
00:00
Q3 is now underway.
01:21
Brisbane's Brandon Starcevich was directly out-marked in just one of the 43 one-on-one contests he defended during 22 Home and Away games last season. Tonight he lost his only first-half contest as a defender.
01:55
SCORE
GOAL - Power (Sam Powell-Pepper)
04:03
Early in the third term, Brisbane's Lachie Neale has recorded an equal match-high five tackles, already exceeding his 2021 per-game average of 4.1 across 21 matches.
04:51
SCORE
BEHIND - Lions (Cam Rayner)
08:06
Power Interchange - Connor Rozee off due to an injury.
08:56
SCORE
BEHIND - Power (Mitch Georgiades)
11:33
In 2021, Port Adelaide scored from 44.2 percent of Travis Boak’s kicks into the forward 50 during the Home and Away season, ranked second in the AFL. Tonight, none of Boak's four kicks inside 50 has resulted in a score.
11:52
SCORE
GOAL - Power (Mitch Georgiades)
13:33
Power Interchange - Mitch Georgiades off due to an injury.
14:22
SCORE
GOAL - Power (Steven Motlop)
14:23
All three Port Adelaide goals in the third term have been the end result of a disposal chain that began with a Brisbane turnover.
18:31
Six of the Power's eight goals have been kicked from a distance beyond 30 metres from goal.
18:58
Lions Interchange - Dayne Zorko off due to an injury.
19:05
SCORE
GOAL - Lions (Zac Bailey)
20:28
SCORE
BEHIND - Power (Dan Houston)
21:21
SCORE
GOAL - Power (Willem Drew)
24:15
SCORE
BEHIND - Power (Karl Amon)
24:59
Mitch Georgiades' three contested marks represent half of Port Adelaide's tally of six.
25:17
SCORE
BEHIND - Lions (Hugh McCluggage)
26:06
SCORE
GOAL - Lions (Joe Daniher)
29:13
SCORE
BEHIND - Lions (Joe Daniher)
31:01
SCORE
BEHIND - Lions (Rushed)
31:14
The siren has sounded to end Q3.
31:15
Brisbane won the final quarter in 15 of their 22 Home and Away matches last season, best in the competition. They will need this trend to continue tonight if they are to run down the Power's lead of 15 points on a ground where the Lions have won 28 of their last 30 matches.
Quarter 4
00:00
Q4 is now underway.
01:54
Brisbane's Zac Bailey is the only player on the ground with multiple tackles inside the forward 50 zone. His tally of three matches the entire Port Adelaide team for this measure.
02:46
SCORE
BEHIND - Lions (Daniel Rich)
04:26
SCORE
GOAL - Lions (Joe Daniher)
04:27
The Lions have opened the final term with the first four inside 50s, converting these entries into 1.2.
06:14
SCORE
GOAL - Lions (Joe Daniher)
06:15
A tally of four goals to Joe Daniher tonight matches his best output of 2021, recorded on three separate occasions last season.
09:19
SCORE
BEHIND - Lions (Oscar McInerney)
14:39
Power Interchange - Trent McKenzie and is possibly out for the game.
14:43
Port Adelaide has not scored since the 25th minute of the third quarter. In the time since, Brisbane has kicked 3.6.
19:31
The Lions are controlling time in possession for in the final term, 52 percent to 34.
21:54
SCORE
GOAL - Lions (Lincoln McCarthy)
24:26
SCORE
GOAL - Lions (Oscar McInerney)
24:49
Darcy Gardiner does the little things to help his team. His tally of eight one percenters is the most for Brisbane, and includes three spoils gaining possession.
26:39
SCORE
GOAL - Power (Dan Houston)
28:38
SCORE
GOAL - Lions (Charlie Cameron)
31:11
SCORE
BEHIND - Power (Rushed)
32:05
Dan Houston has gained 679 metres for the Power, clearly the most of anyone on the ground. The only other player with over 500 metres gained is his Port Adelaide teammate Riley Bonner with 588.
33:18
Lions Interchange - Jarrod Berry off due to an injury.
33:51
SCORE
BEHIND - Power (Dan Houston)
36:08
SCORE
BEHIND - Lions (Lincoln McCarthy)
36:58
The siren has sounded to end Q4.
36:59
After trailing by 24 points during the third quarter, Brisbane surges home, outscoring the Power five goals to one in the final term, running out 11-point winners. The star for the Lions was Lachie Neale, contributing 31 disposals at 84 percent efficiency, 15 contested possessions, seven clearances, seven marks, and six tackles.