Match

Port Adelaide vs Hawthorn

Commentary / 03 Jun 2023

Pre Game

00:00

Hawthorn have recorded the lowest scoring accuracy of any side in 2023, with 53 per cent of their scoring shots being goals. However, they come up against the Power this afternoon who have conceded the highest scoring accuracy of any side with 64 per cent of their opponents scoring shots being goals.

Quarter 1

00:00

Q1 is now underway.

00:22

SCORE GOAL - Power (Jeremy Finlayson)

00:23

Port Adelaide get off to a perfect start with a goal from the opening centre bounce clearance chain of the match. The Power have been outscored by two points per game from centre clearance chains since Round 7, ranked 13th in the AFL.

05:27

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Jeremy Finlayson)

06:43

Port Adelaide's pressure rating of 255 to begin the match is easily in the elite range. The Power have averaged the equal-highest pressure rating of any side over the last five rounds at 186. The AFL average is 181.

08:38

SCORE GOAL - Power (Jeremy Finlayson)

11:29

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Todd Marshall)

12:16

Three goals in a row for Port Adelaide and Hawthorn are struggling to make any impact early in this match. The Hawks have been dominated at the stoppages, losing the clearance count 3-6 and centre clearances 0-3, leading to an inside 50 count of 2-11.

13:59

SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Luke Breust)

15:47

SCORE GOAL - Power (Junior Rioli)

19:18

Hawthorn are making it hard for themselves coming out of defence by kicking the ball at only 63 per cent efficiency in their back half. By comparison, the Power are kicking at 93 per cent efficiency in their defensive half.

20:09

SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Luke Breust)

20:50

SCORE GOAL - Power (Junior Rioli)

21:33

Four of the Power's five goals in the first term, including the last two goals to Junior Rioli, have been scored from shots at goal in general play. Only Melbourne (20 points per game) have outscored their opponents by a larger margin from this shot source than Port Adelaide (17 points per game) since Round 7.

22:20

SCORE GOAL - Power (Ryan Burton)

23:58

SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Tyler Brockman)

24:13

Hawthorn are able to get a goal on the board to stem the tide of six consecutive goals for Port Adelaide. That goal came from Hawthorn's first clearance they have won in their forward half for the quarter.

25:39

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Jeremy Finlayson)

26:26

SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Luke Breust)

26:54

Luke Breust becomes the 63rd player in the history of the game to kick 500 goals with his first of the afternoon. He now joins Leigh Matthews, Jason Dunstall and Jarryd Roughead as the only players in Hawthorn history to score 500 goals and win three premierships for the Hawks

28:27

SCORE GOAL - Power (Jeremy Finlayson)

30:33

SCORE GOAL - Power (Todd Marshall)

31:53

SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Rushed)

33:00

SCORE GOAL - Power (Jeremy Finlayson)

34:54

Port Adelaide's 42 point lead at quarter-time is the second-highest lead recorded at the first break in any match this season. Unsurprisingly, it is the highest scoring opening quarter they have recorded at Adelaide Oval in their history.

Quarter 2

00:00

Q2 is now underway.

01:17

SCORE GOAL - Power (Todd Marshall)

02:48

SCORE GOAL - Power (Dan Houston)

03:20

Hawthorn have had their woes compounded by surrendering two goals from defensive half turnovers to start the second term. The Power have scored 4.2 (26) from ten forward half intercepts to zero points from one forward half intercept for Hawthorn.

06:07

SCORE GOAL - Power (Todd Marshall)

07:52

SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Jacob Koschitzke)

09:02

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Connor Rozee)

09:55

SCORE GOAL - Power (Jason Horne-Francis)

13:20

SCORE GOAL - Power (Jeremy Finlayson)

14:27

Jeremy Finlayson equals his career-best of five goals in a match, with two and a half quarters to go. The Power have scored 5.1 (31) from 40 total disposals in the second term so far in a very clinical performance.

14:33

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Sam Powell-Pepper)

16:21

SCORE GOAL - Power (Zak Butters)

17:31

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Darcy Byrne-Jones)

19:01

Hawthorn are getting to the ball around the ground well in the second term, leading the post-clearance contested possession count 14-10, off the back of winning the groundball-get count 11-9 so far.

21:02

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Ollie Lord)

21:45

Both teams have recorded 10 intercept possessions in the second term to this point. The difference between the two sides is that the Power have generated 4.2 (26) from these 10 chains to zero for Hawthorn.

22:08

SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Luke Breust)

23:03

Cam Mackenzie has replaced Lloyd Meek as Hawthorn's tactical substitute.

24:11

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Miles Bergman)

26:10

SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Mitch Lewis)

27:46

SCORE GOAL - Power (Connor Rozee)

28:12

Port Adelaide bring up the century in the first half for the first time in their club's history. It is their second-highest scoring half ever behind their 111 point second half against Hawthorn in Round 13, 2005, in which they set their club record for points scored in an AFL match (188).

31:30

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Jason Horne-Francis)

31:48

10 goals from intercept possessions in the first half and just two conceded to the Hawks from this source is the story of this match. Port Adelaide have also allowed Hawthorn to record 29 marks in the first half to starve them of possession, while recording 60 of their own. The Hawks average 95 marks per game in 2023, ranked fourth in the AFL.

Quarter 3

00:00

Q3 is now underway.

00:16

After Port Adelaide scored the first goal of the match from the first centre bounce clearance chain of the match, Hawthorn do the same from the first centre clearance of the second half. Hawthorn have outscored their last five opponents by just over one point per game from this source, ranked eighth in the AFL over the last five weeks.

01:38

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Riley Bonner)

03:07

SCORE GOAL - Power (Junior Rioli)

05:32

SCORE GOAL - Power (Darcy Byrne-Jones)

06:55

Back-to-back goals from forward 50 possession chains for the Power. They are the only team to outscore their opponents by over 20 points per game from possession chains launched inside their forward 50 over the last five rounds.

07:57

SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Mitch Lewis)

08:39

Hawthorn brings the scoreboard back to equal for the quarter with their second goal. After recording a low pressure rating of 161 in the first half, they have lifted their effort to record and above average rating at 184.

09:54

SCORE GOAL - Power (Jed McEntee)

11:19

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Connor Rozee)

12:44

SCORE GOAL - Power (Junior Rioli)

13:49

Unsurprisingly, the clearance count for the term (10-2 in favour of Port Adelaide) closely resembles the inside 50 count for the term (13-2 to the Power). The Power have won the inside 50 count by an average of 13 per game since Round 7, ranked second in the AFL in this metric.

15:59

Joshua Sinn has replaced Scott Lycett as Port Adelaide's tactical substitute.

16:04

SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Jarman Impey)

16:24

Hawthorn have been accurate when taking shots at goal from general play in today's match. They have scored 4.1 (25) from six shots at goal in this play state. Hawthorn rank equal 13th in the AFL with Port Adelaide for goalscoring accuracy from general play at 37 per cent.

18:41

SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Luke Breust)

20:34

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Zak Butters)

21:19

SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Cam Mackenzie)

23:36

SCORE GOAL - Power (Dan Houston)

25:02

Hawthorn have won five of their six defensive one-on-one contests in the third quarter. The Hawks have won 34.6 per cent of their defensive one-on-one's in 2023, ranked equal fifth in the AFL.

27:29

SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Sam Frost)

29:49

SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Jai Newcombe)

31:41

SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Luke Breust)

32:25

After being outscored 16-3 from centre bounce clearances, and 39-6 from defensive 50 chains in the first half, Hawthorn have outperformed the Power from these two zones in the third term, winning the centre clearance scores 12-6 and defensive 50 scores 13-1.

34:13

Hawthorn broke even on the scoredboard in the third term in an improved performance. They won the contested possession count for the first time in the third term (44-41) and outscored the Power from intercept possessions 13-9.

Quarter 4

00:00

Q4 is now underway.

00:28

SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Connor Macdonald)

01:18

A goal from the opening centre bounce of the final term means Hawthorn have launched a score from half of their 12 centre clearances (3.3 (21)). Port Adelaide have recorded only one more behind than the Hawks from this source despite winning seven more centre clearances in the match.

04:03

SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Luke Breust)

06:00

SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Blake Hardwick)

07:45

The pressure battle has almost completely reversed from the first half to the second half. The Power won the pressure factor 198-161 in the first half, but the Hawks have returned the favour in the second half leading the Power 191-168.

08:24

SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Mitch Lewis)

08:54

Mitch Lewis has just recorded his 100th career goal, becoming the 1071st player in the history of the game to do so and the 63rd player to kick 100 goals for Hawthorn. All three of the Hawks goals this term have been launched from stoppage clearances, after scoring four goals from this source in the first three terms combined.

10:32

SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Lachlan Bramble)

11:39

Hawks Interchange - Josh Weddle off due to an injury.

12:08

SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Sam Butler)

14:40

SCORE GOAL - Power (Todd Marshall)

15:25

Port Adelaide get their first goal of the final term from just their second inside 50 after conceding eight inside 50's in a row to Hawthorn. The Power's set shot accuracy, kicking 6.5 (41) from them in today's match, has limited their ability to go on with their frenetic scoring of the first half.

16:12

SCORE BEHIND - Power (Rushed)

17:16

Power Interchange - Aliir Aliir off due to an injury.

17:46

SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Karl Amon)

20:57

Miles Bergman has been injected into the midfield to give Conor Rozee a spell in the forward line. After not attending a centre bounce in the first three quarters, Bergman has attended three in the final quarter and is the only Power player to record a clearance in the final term, excluding relieving ruckman Jeremy Finlayson.

24:04

Port Adelaide just recorded their 71st inside 50 of today's match, eclipsing the previous season record of 70 which Hawthorn recorded in their big win over West Coast in Round 10. This is also their highest inside 50 tally in any game since 2019.

24:55

SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Luke Breust)

27:41

SCORE GOAL - Power (Todd Marshall)

29:26

SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Mitch Lewis)

30:04

Hawthorn can hold their heads high after a strong second half performance, although the heat was well and truly off from Port Adelaide.The Hawks have scored three goals to one from centre bounce clearances and five goals to one from intercept possessions, and won contested possessions 82-65 in the second half.

31:03

SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Rushed)

32:04

Port Adelaide won the mark inside 50 count 11-4 in the first half, but only managed 4.5 (29) from these 11 marks. This equalised in the second half and the two teams tied for both marks inside 50 (15-15) and scores from marks (35-35).