Match

Port Adelaide vs Gold Coast Suns

Commentary / 06 Jul 2023

Pre Game

00:00
Gold Coast averages 185.9 uncontested possessions per game this season, ranked last in the competition. Since Round 10, the Suns have lost the uncontested possession count in every game by an average of 50.7 - also ranked last in the AFL.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
01:32
SCORE GOAL - Power (Jeremy Finlayson)
01:41
Jeremy Finlayson gets the first goal of the game for the Power, in his 100th game. Finlayson averages 2.2 goals per game this season, ranked first for the Power.
04:30
Connor Rozee has had a hot start to the match, leading all players on the ground for disposals (five), uncontested marks (two) and inside 50s (two) in the first five minutes of the game.
06:31
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Rushed)
07:16
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Rushed)
09:15
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Levi Casboult)
09:27
Levi Casboult kicks Gold Coast's first goal, from an attacking midfield stoppage chain. The Suns average 34.3 point per game from stoppages in 2023, ranked fifth in the league.
10:35
Power Interchange - Travis Boak off due to an injury.
11:37
Charlie Ballard has taken his first contested mark in defensive 50. Ballard has averaged 2.4 contested marks per game this season, ranked third in the competition.
14:55
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Jeremy Finlayson)
15:15
The Power's ball movement in their attacking midfield is effective so far, entering forward 50 with all five of their attacking midfield ball-movement chains.
17:10
Touk Miller gets on the board with a goal, in his first game since Round 6. The goal is the Suns' first goal of the night from an intercept possession chain; Gold Coast averages 41.9 points from this source in 2023, ranked 15th overall.
20:01
The Power have only registered four tackles so far this match - half of the Suns' total. Port average 3.4 more tackles than the opposition this season, ranked fourth in the competition.
21:25
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Levi Casboult)
21:52
Levi Casboult kicks his second goal, from his fourth contested mark of the match. Casboult averages 1.5 contested marks per match this season, ranked only behind Charlie Ballard for Gold Coast.
22:18
Power Interchange - Trent McKenzie off due to an injury.
23:21
SCORE GOAL - Power (Junior Rioli)
27:00
Gold Coast has now taken three marks inside forward 50, and converted each one into a goal. The Suns also have 14 forward-50 disposals, while the Power have only managed six.
31:12
Gold Coast take a solid lead into the second quarter, thanks to their defensive ball-movement. From the Power's 15 inside-50s, the Suns rebounded the ball 13 times, and also managed to kick 2.1 (13) from defensive-half ball-movement chains.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
00:48
Despite trailing Jarrod Witts in hitouts 14-8, Sam Hayes leads the hitout-to-advantage count four to three. Witts has averaged 13.2 hitouts-to-advantage since Round 10, ranked first in the competition.
03:07
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Jack Lukosius)
04:15
Jack Lukosius kicks his first goal for the Suns tonight. It's the second goal from a defensive-midfield intercept possession for the Suns this match, while the Power have not yet registered a score from this source.
05:09
SCORE GOAL - Power (Todd Marshall)
08:15
Gold Coast are going at an exceptional 85% kicking efficiency for the quarter; meanwhile, Port Adelaide are only managing a kicking efficiency of 53% for the term.
10:44
Aliir Aliir has now taken four intercept marks for the match - three of which have been contested marks in the Power's defensive 50 this quarter.
12:29
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Bailey Humphrey)
14:00
Neither team has been able to successfully transfer the ball from their defensive 50 to their attacking 50 this quarter, leading to a rather stagnated quarter ball-movement wise.
14:14
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Rushed)
14:57
SCORE GOAL - Power (Connor Rozee)
15:35
Connor Rozee brings Port back within a goal with his first for the match. It's the Power's second goal this quarter from an attacking-midfield intercept chain. The Power averages 36.0 points from forward-half intercepts this season, ranked second in the competition.
17:42
SCORE GOAL - Power (Junior Rioli)
20:48
Matt Rowell leads all players on the ground for disposals (15), clearances (six) and contested possessions (10). No other Sun player has more than six contested possessions or more than two clearances for the match.
25:37
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Nick Holman)
27:20
After averaging 50.7 fewer uncontested possessions than their oppositions since Round 10, the Suns have registered 25 more uncontested possessions than the Power for the match tonight.
28:33
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Ben Ainsworth)
28:54
Aliir Aliir has now registered three spoils, five intercept possessions and four one-percenters for the quarter, to go with his three defensive-50 intercept marks in this term.
29:19
The Power managed to get their intercept-possession game going in the second quarter, scoring 3.1 (19) from intercept possessions. However, they were not able to register a single score from a stoppage clearance for the quarter.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
00:46
Jarrod Witts has taken full control of the ruck battle, registering 27 hitouts for the match (with Sam Hayes's nine the next highest). Nine of Witts' hitouts so far have been to advantage.
01:27
SCORE GOAL - Power (Todd Marshall)
02:56
Todd Marshall's goal is the first of Port Adelaide's scores to come directly from an Aliir Aliir intercept chain, despite Aliir's seven intercept possessions and five intercept marks for the game.
03:14
SCORE GOAL - Power (Charlie Dixon)
04:49
SCORE GOAL - Power (Darcy Byrne-Jones)
05:11
The Power have come out of the blocks firing in the third term, registering three goals and 16 disposals in the first five minutes of the term. In that time, the Suns have only managed four disposals.
07:21
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Bailey Humphrey)
09:07
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Darcy Byrne-Jones)
09:43
Ben King is yet to have any impact on the match so far tonight, registering only a single disposal for the match. King averages 2.2 goals per game this season, ranked first at Gold Coast this season and 15th in the competition.
10:16
SCORE GOAL - Power (Dan Houston)
11:28
Dan Houston kicks his first goal of the game, picking up from last week's after-the-siren-winner with another set shot from outside 50. Houston has now kicked at least one goal in four of his last seven matches.
12:55
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Junior Rioli)
13:58
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Rushed)
16:14
SCORE GOAL - Power (Quinton Narkle)
18:36
Since Round 13, the Suns have lost the forward-50 groundballs count by 11.3 per game - ranked last. Tonight, they lead the forward-50 groundball count 12-9.
20:05
SCORE GOAL - Power (Sam Powell-Pepper)
20:36
Sam Powell-Pepper's goal is his seventh this year from outside 30 meters. Powell-Pepper has scored 7.17 from outside 30 this season, however, he has kicked 11.2 from within 30 meters.
22:28
After registering a career-high 14 contested possessions last round, Sam Flanders already has nine to his name tonight. Flanders also registered four clearances last round - he has already matched that tally tonight.
26:27
Since Round 10, Connor has averaged 8.0 inside 50s per game, ranked first in the league. Rozee leads all players on the ground with six tonight.
27:26
SCORE GOAL - Power (Jeremy Finlayson)
30:46
SCORE GOAL - Power (Connor Rozee)
33:02
SCORE GOAL - Power (Travis Boak)
34:07
Everything that worked for the Suns in the first half fell away in the third quarter. Gold Coast collected 58 fewer disposals than Port Adelaide for the term - they were -38 in uncontested possessions and -20 in contested possessions, while also losing the inside 50 count by 12 and clearances by eight.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
01:28
Noah Anderson has battled wilfully for the Suns so far tonight. Anderson leads the Suns for disposals (23), contested possessions (15), inside 50s (five) and tackels (five).
01:39
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Hewago Oea)
03:00
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Jeremy Finlayson)
03:36
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Jack Lukosius)
03:51
The Suns have responded in the fourth quarter, registering the first three clearances of the quarter - after losing the clearance count by eight in the third quarter.
04:57
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Jeremy Finlayson)
06:18
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Ben Ainsworth)
07:22
Gold Coast captain Touk Miller is leading from the front this quarter, registering four disposals, two stoppage first possessions, two clearances and three inside-50s - the best in each measure for all players on the ground this term.
09:44
SCORE GOAL - Power (Jason Horne-Francis)
11:52
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Connor Rozee)
13:01
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Sam Flanders)
13:48
Suns defenders Charlie Ballard and Sam Collins have both registered nine spoils, both equal-highest for the game - with only four of these coming outside Gold Coast's defensive-50. Collins averages 8.3 per game in 2023, ranked fourth overall.
16:12
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (David Swallow)
18:16
Gold Coast have managed to even the contested possession ledger this quarter - a turnaround of 20 from the third quarter. The Suns also lead the tackle count 10-5 for the term.
19:24
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Jeremy Finlayson)
19:56
Jeremy Finlayson has now kicked 3.4 tonight. Finlayson averages 1.5 behinds per game in 2023, ranked fifth overall.
21:44
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Darcy Byrne-Jones)
23:34
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Levi Casboult)
24:33
Levi Casboult's goal is the first of the game from a kick-in scoring chain. The Suns average 1.9 points per game from kick-ins this season - ranked second in the league.
27:18
Port Adelaide has been unable to score a single point from an intercept-possession chain in their forward-50 this match. The Power averages 12.0 points from this source in 2023, ranked first in the league.
28:33
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Levi Casboult)
31:52
Despite an indifferent first half, Port Adelaide needed only a quarter of dominance to notch their 13th win in a row. The Power's win stemmed from their ruthless ball movement forward of centre, scoring 8.4 (52) from attacking midfield chains - a scoring conversion rate of 35% in that zone.