Match

Geelong Cats vs Port Adelaide

Commentary / 21 May 2022

Pre Game

00:00
Connor Rozee has won the centre clearance at 18.3 per cent of the centre bounces he has attended in the last four rounds. Among the Top 30 players in the AFL for total centre clearances, Rozee has the fifth-highest win rate.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
00:20
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Rushed)
01:56
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Gary Rohan)
04:42
Geelong have won the first five clearances of the match, and have been able to use this dominance at stoppage to spend 87 per cent of time elapsed in their forward half thus far.
08:06
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Brandan Parfitt)
08:09
The pressure gauge is up for both sides in a hot start to the match so far. Geelong have recorded a pressure factor 2.41, and Port not far behind at 2.05. The AFL average is 1.80.
10:01
A quiet start to the match on the scoreboard, with Geelong only able to register the only scores of the match with three behinds. Prior to Round 9, Geelong outscored their opponents by 4.9 points per game over the opening 10 minutes of the match, equal third best margin of any side, whereas the Power have been outscored by a goal per game in this period of the match in 2022, ranked second-last.
12:06
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Rushed)
14:28
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Jeremy Finlayson)
16:50
Mark Blicavs (three) is the only Geelong player who has recorded more than three pressure acts in the first term so far. By comparison, Zak Butters and Ollie Wines have an equal team-high eight pressure acts each for Port Adelaide.
17:34
SCORE GOAL - Power (Jeremy Finlayson)
18:08
After missing an easy shot at goal minutes earlier, indigenous man Jeremy Finlayson fittingly gets the first goal of today's match. Every shot at goal that has resulted in a score so far in today's match has come from a snapped shot in general play.
19:20
SCORE GOAL - Power (Kane Farrell)
22:26
Port Adelaide have built their early lead in today's match off the back of their superior forward half kicking efficiency. The Power are kicking at 69 per cent efficiency in their attacking half, compared to just 41 per cent for Geelong in their forward half.
24:01
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Jeremy Cameron)
25:16
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Brad Close)
25:58
Back-to-back goals for the Cats and they retake the lead late in the first term. Both of Geelong's centre clearance chains have resulted in scores for the Cats (one goal, one behind) however the Power's two centre bounce chains, despite ending inside their forward 50, have produced no scores.
28:04
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Rushed)
28:51
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Rushed)
31:14
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Tyson Stengle)
32:22
After conceding 10 of the first 11 clearances of the match, Port Adelaide regained the ascendancy at the stoppage winning 10 of the last 13 clearances in the quarter. However they only registered one scoring chain from this source, compared to five clearance chain scores for Geelong.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
02:21
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Tom Hawkins)
03:40
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Mitch Georgiades)
04:05
SCORE GOAL - Power (Kane Farrell)
05:26
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Rushed)
10:02
SCORE GOAL - Power (Robbie Gray)
10:37
After kicking his game-high second goal of the match, Kane Farrell provided the assist for Robbie Gray's goal to bring the scores back level. Farrell leads all players with eight forward half disposals, 285 forward half metres gained and five inside 50's.
12:00
Cats Interchange - Zach Guthrie off due to an injury.
16:03
Efficiency of disposal by foot is the story of the second term as well, as Port Adelaide's kicking efficiency in the second term is at 88 per cent, 30 per cent higher than Geelong this quarter. This has also meant that Geelong have been stymied in their attack off turnover game style, as they have not recorded an intercept mark this term.
19:26
SCORE GOAL - Power (Todd Marshall)
19:33
Port Adelaide have recorded 9 attacking midfield possession chains to just one for Geelong in the second term. All of the Power's possession chains from this zone have ended inside 50 and three of them have launched goals.
22:52
Port Adelaide have been relentless in their forward movement in the second term, as depicted by their 43 per cent mark play on rate this quarter. By comparison, Geelong's tactic has been to control possession as much as possible, playing on immediately from just nine per cent of their marks this term.
24:02
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Robbie Gray)
26:38
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Tom Hawkins)
27:36
Tom Hawkins gets Geelong's first goal of the term, and Geelong's second from a free kick in today's match. Just eight per cent of Geelong's goals in 2022 have come from free kicks, the second-lowest share of any side from this source.
28:58
Despite recording only one intercept mark in the first term, Tom Stewart leads all players with eight intercept possessions and has launched two goals from his intercepts, the only player to launch multiple goals from this source in today's match.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
02:09
SCORE GOAL - Power (Todd Marshall)
05:50
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Tyson Stengle)
07:56
Todd Marshall's goal to begin the third term was the Power's fourth of six to be kicked from beyond 40 metres out from the goal line. By comparison, Tyson Stengle's goal to get the Cats on the board this term was the Cats' fourth of five to be kicked from within 40 metres of the goal line in today's match.
10:17
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Jake Kolodjashnij)
11:47
After not kicking a goal in the first 126 games of his career, Jake Kolodjashnij has now kicked three goals in his last 16 career games. This season is now the first of eight in his career in which he is a multiple goal kicker.
13:04
Cats Interchange - Mitch Duncan off due to an injury.
14:16
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Cameron Guthrie)
16:46
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Joel Selwood)
17:31
All three of the Cats' goals this term have been launched from intercept possessions, all groundball possession gains. This equals their tally from this source in the first half. Geelong have outscored their opponents by 29 points per game from intercept chains in the last four rounds, ranked fourth in this time.
22:56
Geelong lead the groundball-get count this term 23-13, including 10-3 gets prior to a clearance being recorded at a stoppage.
24:31
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Tom Hawkins)
25:36
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Jeremy Cameron)
27:22
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Tyson Stengle)
29:19
After recording a tackling efficiency of 60 per cent in the first half, Port's performance in this area has dropped off this term, successfully completing just 16 of their 34 tackle attempts this term (47 per cent efficiency). By comparison, Geelong have completed 70 per cent of their tackle attempts this term (14 of 20).
30:23
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Jeremy Cameron)
30:28
Isaac Smith (five) had as many inside 50 entries as Port Adelaide in the third quarter.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
01:08
Power Interchange - Todd Marshall off due to an injury.
03:11
Robbie Gray gets the first goal of the final term to keep the Power in touch, after taking his third mark on the lead for the match, the only player to record a lead mark in today's match. Jeremy Cameron (14) and Tom Hawkins (nine) rank first and equal second among all players in this category over the last four rounds, but each have been held to zero lead marks in today's match by the Power.
05:49
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Rushed)
09:48
Sam De Koning leads all players on the ground in the early stages of the final term in both contested possessions (three) and intercept possessions (three).
13:15
Dan Houston has 177 metres gained in the final term thus far, 100 metres more than any other player on the ground, however none of his four kicks to gain this territory have been able to find a teammate.
14:39
Cats Interchange - Patrick Dangerfield off due to an injury.
15:45
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Jeremy Cameron)
18:34
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Connor Rozee)
19:30
Patrick Dangerfield (lower leg) has been substituted out of today's match, replaced by Gryan Miers.
20:02
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Mark O'Connor)
21:05
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Brad Close)
21:38
Cam Guthrie has been dominant in today's match, recording a rare quadruple-double with game-high figures of 37 disposals, 15 contested possessions, 10 clearances and 12 score involvements.
22:09
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Tom Hawkins)
23:21
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Mitch Georgiades)
26:30
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Rushed)
27:43
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Rushed)
28:32
After an arm wrestle in the first half, the Cats turned it on in the second half, kicking 7.8.50 from 27 inside 50's and holding their opponents to just 2.2.14 from 21 inside 50's. 6.5.35 to 1.0.6 from intercept possession chains in the second half sealed the Geelong victory.