Match

Collingwood vs Port Adelaide

Commentary / 25 Mar 2023

Pre Game

00:00

Part of the reason the Power dominated the Lions in Round 1 were their tall targets inside 50. Charlie Dixon (seven) and Todd Marshall (six) ranked first and second respectively among all players who played in Round 1 for marks inside 50.

Quarter 1

00:00

Q1 is now underway.

01:56

A goal from the first set shot of the game for the Power through Charlie Dixon. Port Adelaide outscored the Lions by 37 points from set shots in Round 1, the highest margin of any side from this shot type.

04:56

SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Brody Mihocek)

06:12

SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Jamie Elliott)

08:34

SCORE GOAL - Power (Charlie Dixon)

11:44

Collingwood just took their first mark inside 50 from seven targets. By comparison, the Power have one mark from two inside 50 targets to start the match.

11:53

SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Steele Sidebottom)

12:23

Power Interchange - Scott Lycett off due to an injury.

13:12

Two forward half intercept possession chains for Collingwood early in today's match, both of which they have converted into goals. They scored 52 points from this source in Round 1 against Geelong, second only to the Demons (58).

14:34

SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Beau McCreery)

16:11

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Rushed)

17:24

SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Daniel McStay)

19:25

SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Taylor Adams)

20:05

Port Adelaide outscored the Lions by 62 points from possession chains launched from their attacking midfield zone in Round 1, 38 more points than any other side from this zone. However in today's match so far, the tally from this zone is 24-1 in favour of Collingwood.

23:13

SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Mason Cox)

23:50

Collingwood are building an early lead off the back of winning the contested football battle. They have doubled their opponents total contested possession count (32-16) primarily through a 12-6 loose ball get tally, 9-4 free kicks for and 6-2 crumb possessions.

25:21

SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Josh Daicos)

26:49

Willem Drew just recorded his fifth disposal of today's match to be the leading Power player in this category, as well as being the 1972nd player to record 1000 career disposals in VFL/AFL history since 1965.

28:42

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Ollie Wines)

30:13

Power Interchange - Scott Lycett off due to an injury.

30:38

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Rushed)

31:26

SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Jordan De Goey)

34:00

Port Adelaide conceded just over 6 goals per game in 2022 from set shots, ranked fifth in the AFL, of which 1.6 came from free kicks against, ranked seventh. In the first quarter of this match, they have conceded four goals from set shots, three of which have come from free kicks against.

34:05

Collingwood are looking dangerous in attack after the first quarter of today's match. They were the only team that did not win an offensive one-on-one contest in Round 1, however in the first quarter of this match they have won three of their four offensive contests, and also won two of their three defensive one-on-one's without losing any to the Power.

Quarter 2

00:00

Q2 is now underway.

04:06

SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Brody Mihocek)

05:55

SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Jamie Elliott)

06:23

Collingwood's defence has been just as impressive as their attack in today's match so far. Since their last goal, Port Adelaide have been held to just two behinds from eight inside 50's and zero marks inside 50.

07:28

SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Taylor Adams)

08:29

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Orazio Fantasia)

12:46

SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Jordan De Goey)

14:37

SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Darcy Cameron)

15:12

SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Josh Daicos)

15:38

Collingwood have launched all 10 of their goals from possession chains between the 50-metre arc's in today's match. They averaged 55 points per game from this zone in 2022, ranked ninth in the AFL.

17:53

Power Interchange - Connor Rozee off due to an injury.

17:58

SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Nick Daicos)

20:57

A one-sided first half has been illustrated by Collingwood winning both the disposal count (162-131) and the tackle count (34-20) by significant margins. In addition, despite recording more pressure acts than Collingwood, the Power's pressure rating is almost 30 points lower than their opponents (2.00-1.72).

23:12

SCORE GOAL - Power (Kane Farrell)

23:33

Kane Farrell ends a run of nine goals in a row to get the Power's fourth of the match. That goal was scored from their first mark inside 50 since Charlie Dixon took one to kick the first goal of the game in the second minute of the first term.

24:20

SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Taylor Adams)

26:03

SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Brody Mihocek)

27:52

SCORE GOAL - Power (Todd Marshall)

29:53

The last three goals, two to Collingwood and one to Port Adelaide, have all been scored from Centre Bounce Clearances. Prior to that, each side had managed just one goal each from 10 combined centre clearances (7-3 in favour of Collingwood). In Round 1, the Power outscored the Lions by a league-leading 14 points from this source.

30:03

Collingwood have recorded their largest halftime scoreboard margin since Round 20, 2021 against West Coast (50 point lead) through their efficient entries into their forward 50. 13 goals from 34 inside 50's (38 per cent efficiency) is double the AFL average since the start of the 2021 season (19 per cent).

Quarter 3

00:00

Q3 is now underway.

01:02

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Orazio Fantasia)

01:53

Travis Boak has replaced Jase Burgoyne as a tactical substitute.

02:18

SCORE GOAL - Power (Todd Marshall)

02:45

After kicking the first goal of the game from a 50 metre penalty, the Power get the first goal of the second half from a 50 metre penalty. Port Adelaide scored just seven goals from 50 metre penalties in 2022, ranked equal 12th in the AFL from this shot source.

04:39

SCORE GOAL - Power (Charlie Dixon)

06:51

SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Rushed)

07:48

After losing the clearance count 14-23 in the first half, the Power have recorded three of the first four clearances of the third term, all through Willem Drew.

09:05

SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Jamie Elliott)

10:18

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Connor Rozee)

14:32

SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Brody Mihocek)

15:47

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Todd Marshall)

20:17

After recording just three repeat inside 50 entries in the first half, the Power have doubled that tally so far in the third quarter alone. Two of their three goals this term have been their first goals launched from forward half possession chains, both of them Intercept Possessions.

24:33

SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Brayden Maynard)

28:40

A look to the future for Collingwood, with the Daicos brothers leading the charge for the Magpies with Nick (game-high 25 disposals, eight score involvements, five inside 50's) and Josh (24 disposals, team-high 566 metres gained, two goals) turning in highly influential performances to three quarter time.

29:10

Very contrasting styles of ball movement in the third term, with the Magpies playing on immediately from 11 per cent of their marks, compared to the Power quadrupling that figure playing on from 44 per cent of their marks this quarter.

Quarter 4

00:00

Q4 is now underway.

00:55

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Charlie Dixon)

02:43

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Mitch Georgiades)

04:20

Magpies Interchange - Brody Mihocek and is possibly out for the game.

06:22

Power Interchange - Todd Marshall off due to an injury.

06:24

SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Will Hoskin-Elliott)

06:33

Reef McInnes has replaced Brody Mihocek (hand) as an injury substitute.

07:44

SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Bobby Hill)

08:13

The Power had a strong start to the final term, recording five of the first six inside 50's of the quarter, however they failed to register any goals from this territory dominance, and have allowed Colllingwood to goal from their second and third entry inside 50 of the term.

09:48

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Mitch Georgiades)

10:53

Despite losing the territory battle at the start of the term, the Magpies efficiency allowed them to stretch their lead by nine points in the first 10 minutes of this term. Only Geelong (223) and Brisbane (218) scored more points in the opening 10 minutes of the final term in 2022 than Collingwood (190).

11:20

SCORE GOAL - Power (Mitch Georgiades)

13:04

SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Tom Mitchell)

15:56

Collingwood have scored nine of their 18 goals from shots at goal within 30 metres of the goal line in today's match. In 2022, they averaged 5.4 goals per game from this distance, ranked 11th in the AFL.

19:06

SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Beau McCreery)

19:13

Collingwood's last three goals have all been launched from stoppage clearances. They have now doubled their opponents for points from this source in today's match (63-30).

22:32

SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Reef McInnes)

24:34

SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Jamie Elliott)

25:14

With two minutes left in this match, the Power will want to lay another tackle or risk recording their equal-lowest tally for any quarter since the final term of Round 6, 2021 against St Kilda.

25:37

SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Rushed)

27:09

SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Nick Daicos)

30:00

Collingwood have secured an emphatic victory off the back of the largest contested possession differential margin in any game since the start of 2020 (155-98). They were also incredibly efficient converting attacking football to points, scoring 21 goals from 57 inside 50's, and holding their opponents to just nine goals from 47 entries.