Pre Game
00:00
Matthew Crouch plays game 150 tonight in Showdown 55 with the head-to-head count locked at 27 each. Crouch has proved himself to be a star on this stage as he has averaged 28.7 disposals in his 12 Showdowns, nine of which have been Crows victories. No player to play in at least 10 Showdowns has averaged more disposals in these contests than Crouch.
Quarter 1
00:00
Q1 is now underway.
02:19
Zak Butters records a running bounce before his first disposal. Butters leads the AFL in 2024 for running bounces with 23.
02:29
SCORE
BEHIND - Power (Connor Rozee)
03:49
SCORE
GOAL - Crows (Darcy Fogarty)
05:30
SCORE
GOAL - Crows (Darcy Fogarty)
05:44
Darcy Fogarty kicks back-to-back goals to kick off Showdown 55, with both shots coming from contested marks inside 50. The Crows have taken just 12 contested marks inside 50 in 2024, the equal second-lowest tally of any side this year.
08:36
Reilly O'Brien leads the AFL with 277 hitouts in 2024, with a hitout win rate of 49.6 per cent which is the best among the top 10 ruckmen for total hitouts. But tonight he has only won two hitouts from his 10 ruck contests attended.
10:51
SCORE
GOAL - Crows (Taylor Walker)
11:12
The Crows have continued on their form from last round with three goals from three inside 50 entries. They have also successfully repelled the Power's attacking forays, conceding just one behind from seven Port Adelaide inside 50's.
12:37
SCORE
GOAL - Power (Charlie Dixon)
13:28
Charlie Dixon kicks the firs goal for the Power, his seventh consecutive goal from seven shots since the start of Round 6. Only Aaron Naughton (nine consecutive goals) has a superior streak of this nature than Dixon since Round 6.
15:58
SCORE
GOAL - Crows (Ned McHenry)
16:55
That goal to Ned McHenry was the Crows second goal that they successfully converted from a defensive 50 possession chain. No team in the AFL has sourced a greater percentage of their total score from defensive 50 than the Crows (27 per cent) in 2024.
21:44
SCORE
GOAL - Crows (Brayden Cook)
22:32
Adelaide have now scored three goals from 18 intercept possession chains, while the Power have not scored from their 17 intercepts. In 2024 the Power have scored from 22.3 per cent of their intercept possession chains, ranked third in the AFL, while the Crows rank 17th with a conversion rate of 17 per cent.
24:54
SCORE
BEHIND - Power (Jase Burgoyne)
26:27
SCORE
BEHIND - Power (Jase Burgoyne)
27:11
SCORE
BEHIND - Power (Travis Boak)
30:10
SCORE
GOAL - Power (Willie Rioli)
31:51
SCORE
GOAL - Power (Todd Marshall)
32:03
Before the 30 minute mark, the Power had successfully found a teammate from just just five out of 16 kicks entering their forward 50. Since the 30 minute mark, they have connected from two out of two, both of which have resulted in set shot goals.
33:44
The story of the first quarter was efficiency. Port were incredibly dominant with 72 per cent of the term spent in their forward half off the back of 12 forward half intercepts to three for their Crows. But their 40 per cent kicking efficiency in their forward half was very wasteful.
Quarter 2
00:00
Q2 is now underway.
07:13
After Adelaide won the mark tally 20-15 in the first term, Port Adelaide have almost matched their figure from the opening quarter on the way to leading the count 12-7 this term. The Power average 99 marks per game in 2024, ranked fourth in the AFL.
09:12
SCORE
GOAL - Crows (Izak Rankine)
09:29
The Crows get the first goal of the second term through Izak Rankine. The Crows average 16 points per second quarter in 2024, the fourth-lowest average score of any side in this term.
11:14
SCORE
BEHIND - Power (Todd Marshall)
12:18
SCORE
BEHIND - Power (Mitch Georgiades)
12:43
In tonight's match, Todd Marshall has become the 2028th player since 1965 to record 1000 career disposals in the VFL/AFL.
15:41
Port Adelaide have completed just four of their 13 tackles (31 per cent completion) attempted in the second term to this point. Their season average tackle efficiency of 67.9 per cent ranks them third in the AFL in 2024.
18:10
SCORE
GOAL - Crows (Lachlan Sholl)
19:15
With five minutes left in the quarter, Port Adelaide are in danger of being held goalless in a quarter for the first time this year, with their most recent goalless quarter coming in the second term against Richmond in Round 11, 2023.
21:42
SCORE
BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)
23:16
SCORE
BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)
23:47
Port Adelaide have failed to capitalise on their dominance around the stoppages in the first half. They lead the clearance count 21-10, and have generated 12 inside 50's from these clearances while conceding just two to Adelaide.
25:54
Adelaide's half-time pressure factor of 194 is their best rating at the main break since their first match of the season against Gold Coast in Round 1 (210).
Quarter 3
00:00
Q3 is now underway.
01:05
SCORE
GOAL - Crows (Taylor Walker)
01:44
Taylor Walker opens the scoring with the first goal of the second half and his second of the match. Walker is the only player to have scored over 50 goals in Showdowns in their career, with this one taking his tally to 53.
08:20
SCORE
GOAL - Crows (Izak Rankine)
08:44
Power Interchange - Connor Rozee off due to an injury.
08:45
Izak Rankine makes it a run of four goals for the Crows to take the lead out to a game-high 31 points. That is the first goal from a forward 50 possession chain in tonight's match. Since Round 5, the Crows average 22 points per game from forward 50 chains, ranked fifth in the AFL.
13:31
SCORE
BEHIND - Power (Darcy Byrne-Jones)
14:27
SCORE
BEHIND - Power (Rushed)
15:10
Adelaide are moving the ball aggressively when they take a mark, playing on immediately from 38 per cent of their marks in the third term and 33 per cent for the match. The Crows rank equal eighth in the AFL in 2024 with a mark play on rate of 21.2 per cent.
15:28
SCORE
BEHIND - Power (Charlie Dixon)
17:04
SCORE
BEHIND - Crows (Darcy Fogarty)
18:04
SCORE
BEHIND - Power (Travis Boak)
25:19
Jordon Sweet is showing that he belongs in the AFL with his second club. He has held his own against one of the premier ruckmen in the AFL, with both he and Reilly O'Brien recording 25 hitouts, eight of those to the advantage of the teammate.
26:12
SCORE
BEHIND - Crows (Taylor Walker)
28:24
SCORE
GOAL - Power (Jason Horne-Francis)
28:30
Jason Horne-Francis kicks a goal with under a minute left in the term to save Port Adelaide from recording back-to-back goalless quarters for what would have been the second occasion in the clubs history. That was the Power's first goal from 37 intercept possessions in their defensive half in tonight's match.
29:57
Port Adelaide now lead the mark inside 50 count 9-8 for the match. The Power have led the AFL in 2024 by averaging seven more marks inside 50 per game than their opponents. However they have not been able to translate this onto the scoreboard, with the Crows leading 43-22 in points from marks.
Quarter 4
00:00
Both substitutes have been activated for the final term of tonight's match, with Brodie Smith replacing Daniel Curtin and Jackson Mead replacing Conor Rozee who appeared to injure his left leg, which is not the leg he injured last week.
04:29
SCORE
BEHIND - Crows (Ben Keays)
04:30
Jordan Dawson just took his 11th contested mark of the season. No other midfielder in the AFL has reached double-digits in this category in 2024, with Marcus Bontempelli second with eight.
05:19
After repelling four inside 50 entries without conceding a score, the Crows score from their first inside 50 of the term. The Crows have conceded a score from 49 per cent of their opponents inside 50's in 2024, the third-worst defensive record of any side.
06:38
SCORE
GOAL - Power (Jason Horne-Francis)
07:04
Two goals to former number one draft pick Jason Horne-Francis either side of the final interval has Port Adelaide back to within three goals of the Crows. That was the Power's first goal from a forward half possession chain in tonight's match.
08:28
SCORE
BEHIND - Power (Jed McEntee)
10:14
SCORE
BEHIND - Power (Rushed)
11:31
SCORE
BEHIND - Power (Jason Horne-Francis)
12:40
Port Adelaide have locked the ball in their forward half for 86 per cent of time elapsed to this point in the final term, with four forward half intercept possessions to zero and four forward half clearances to zero, leading to 11 inside 50's to one. But the Power have just one goal to show for it.
17:22
Crows Interchange - Ned McHenry off due to the blood rule.
17:31
Port Adelaide are turning up the heat in the final term, recording a pressure factor of over 200 for the first time in any quarter in the match (223). However Adelaide are not shying away, and are slightly ahead of the Power in this regard in the final quarter (226).
17:50
SCORE
BEHIND - Power (Travis Boak)
18:45
SCORE
GOAL - Crows (Josh Rachele)
19:40
The Crows kick their seventh goal of the game sourced from an intercept possession. The Power have generated more inside 50's from this source (29-27) but their inaccuracy from this source has been remarkable, kicking 1.11 (17) to Adelaide's 7.5 (47).
20:08
SCORE
BEHIND - Power (Willie Rioli)
20:49
SCORE
BEHIND - Power (Rushed)
21:52
Port Adelaide have scored eight behinds from 12 shots at goal in general play without kicking a goal. The Power have averaged an goal kicking accuracy of 47 per cent from general play in 2024, ranked fourth in the AFL in this regard.
22:38
Power Interchange - Mitch Georgiades off due to an injury.
23:41
SCORE
GOAL - Crows (Ben Keays)
26:53
Power Interchange - Todd Marshall off due to an injury.
26:57
Crows Interchange - Ned McHenry off due to an injury.
27:27
Zak Butters has been a workhorse for the Power in the midfield, amassing game-high figures with 32 disposals and 16 contested possessions. He is two contested possessions shy of his career-best figure in this metric, which he recorded against Melbourne in Round 10 last year.
27:31
SCORE
BEHIND - Crows (Josh Rachele)
28:27
SCORE
BEHIND - Power (Willie Rioli)
29:05
SCORE
GOAL - Crows (Izak Rankine)
30:01
Izak Rankine puts the icing on the Showdown cake with under a minute remaining. Rankine leads all players on the ground having scored or directly assisting the scoring of 30 of the Crows 78 points in tonight's match.
31:30
Jake Soligo wins the 55th Showdown medal for his equal team-high 28 disposals from 15 contested possessions and 10 tackles as part of a game-high 31 pressure acts.