Match

North Melbourne vs Port Adelaide

Commentary / 25 May 2024

Pre Game

00:00
Yartapuulti has applied a pressure factor of 188 this season, ranked first in the competition.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
02:07
SCORE GOAL - Power (Kane Farrell)
03:13
Yartapuulti open the scoring with a goal from intercept. The Power are ranked 4th in the competition for average points from intercept, with 13.7 per game in 2024.
04:48
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Nick Larkey)
05:23
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Tom Powell)
06:25
SCORE GOAL - Power (Zak Butters)
08:02
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Liam Shiels)
11:16
The Power lead the pressure factor 231-166. However, North Melbourne are ahead in inside 50s 7-4 and contested possessions 14-9.
12:31
SCORE GOAL - Power (Todd Marshall)
14:38
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Eddie Ford)
17:27
North Melbourne has taken 4-1 marks inside 50 early in this game. The Kangaroos are ranked 18th in the competition for marks inside 50, with 9.3 per game in 2024.
20:44
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Toby Pink)
21:17
Power Interchange - Willie Rioli off due to an injury.
21:39
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Darcy Byrne-Jones)
23:21
Luke Davies-Uniacke has a game-high eight disposals, two clearances, 174 metres gained, and three inside 50s.
26:17
North Melbourne have scored 2.2 (14) to 0.0 (0) from forward-half intercepts.
28:16
SCORE GOAL - Power (Zak Butters)
30:24
SCORE GOAL - Power (Mitch Georgiades)
30:35
Travis Boak has a game-high five marks, three score involvements, nine disposals and 206 metres gained.
31:33
North Melbourne led inside 50s 15-13, contested possession 32-24, ground ball gets 23-17 and clearances 9-8. However, they only scored from 27% to 54% of their inside 50s, with a scoring accuracy of 50% to 71%.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
03:36
Power Interchange - Todd Marshall off due to an injury.
03:45
After losing the clearance count 8-9 in the first quarter, the Power have won the first three clearances of the second term.
06:36
The Power have scored 4.1 (25) to 2.2 (14) from set shots. 3.1 (19) of this score has been scored from within 31-40 metres.
08:33
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Mitch Georgiades)
10:55
Despite North Melbourne winning the hitout count 7-2 in the second term, they trail in clearances 1-7 as hitouts to advantage are level at 1-1.
13:09
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Dan Houston)
13:49
Yartapuulti has scored 1.1 (7) to 0.0 (0) from forward 50 chains in the second term. The Power were scoreless from forward 50 chains in the first term.
16:22
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Paul Curtis)
18:12
Both teams have struggled to score from their inside 50s in the second term, with the Kangaroos scoring from 17% to 10% from 6-10 inside 50s.
19:51
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Mitch Georgiades)
21:26
Both teams are displaying contrasting styles of play, with North Melbourne leading uncontested marks 28-19 while Yartapuulti lead handball receives 21-12.
25:09
After just two disposals in the first term, Ollie Wines has a game-high 12 disposals, 162 metres gained, five contested possessions, four clearances, two score involvements and a goal in the second term.
27:29
The Power have scored 55.3% to 26.0% of their total score from 31-40 metres today. They have scored 22.7% of their points from this part of the ground in 2024, ranked third-last in the competition.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
01:42
SCORE GOAL - Power (Todd Marshall)
05:00
SCORE GOAL - Power (Todd Marshall)
05:22
The Power have kicked the last six of seven goals of the game. In this period, they have scored from 37% of their 19 inside 50s to 10% from 10 inside 50s for the Kangaroos.
07:17
After losing the first four clearances of the second term, the Kangaroos won the first three clearances of the third term. They lead the clearance count 4-1 for the term.
07:51
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Jordon Sweet)
10:15
The Power have scored the first three goals of the second half, despite losing clearances 1-4. They lead inside 50s 5-2, and marks 15-1 after the Kangaroos won the marks count 40-23 in the second term.
12:11
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (George Wardlaw)
12:33
The Power lead scores from stoppages 3.2 (20) to 1.1 (7) for the match. They have scored 2.1 (13) to 0.0 (0) from the Jordon Sweet vs Tristan Xerri ruck matchup as Sweet leads hitouts to advantage 7-5.
14:19
SCORE GOAL - Power (Todd Marshall)
16:18
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Jed McEntee)
17:38
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Rushed)
19:21
After just five disposals in the first half, Zak Butters has a game-high eight disposals, four contested possessions, two clearances, two inside 50s and a goal assist in this third term.
21:31
SCORE GOAL - Power (Darcy Byrne-Jones)
21:48
Every goal of this third term has come from intercepts, with Yartapuulti scoring 5.2 (32) to 1.0 (6) from this source.
22:47
SCORE GOAL - Power (Darcy Byrne-Jones)
25:26
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Tristan Xerri)
28:49
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Travis Boak)
30:46
Although the pressure factor count is relatively even with the Power leading 177-176, the post-clearance pressure factor is 171-158 in favour of the Power in this third term. The Power lead post-clearance tackles 8-2 in the same period.
30:56
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Darcy Byrne-Jones)
32:33
The Power have scored 9.6 (60) to 4.3 (27) from intercepts today, with 5.3 (33) to 1.0 (6) coming from that third term. They had nine intercept chains from attacking midfield, entering forward 50 from 89% of these chains, and scoring from 44% of these chains. In the first half, they scored from 33% of their six intercept chains from attacking midfield for 1.1 (7).

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
02:49
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Luke Davies-Uniacke)
08:22
The Power lead the inside 50 count 7-3 in the final term, but are yet to score. The Kangaroos have capitalised with a goal.
09:51
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Connor Rozee)
10:50
After having 64-77 handball receives in the first three quarters, the Kangaroos have started to take the game on more with 16-11 handball receives.
13:34
George Wardlaw has a game-high eight disposals, 139 metres gained, three contested possessions, four marks, two inside 50s and a goal assist in this last term.
18:31
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Luke Davies-Uniacke)
19:02
Luke Davies-Uniacke has a game-high 32 disposals and an equal-season-high 17 contested possessions. Davies-Uniacke also has eight clearances and a goal today.
20:11
SCORE GOAL - Power (Mitch Georgiades)
22:18
SCORE GOAL - Power (Ollie Wines)
24:27
Yartapuulti have scored 5.4 (34) to 1.3 (9) from stoppages today. They are ranked first in the competition for score launches from stoppages in 2024 with 11.1 per game.
24:44
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Cameron Zurhaar)
26:21
Although North Melbourne lead contested possessions 63-55 and clearances 19-12 in the second half, the Power lead inside 50s 31-15 and marks 59-34. The Power have won the second half 9.6 (60) to 3.3 (21).
27:08
SCORE GOAL - Power (Todd Marshall)
29:32
The Power were damaging from the midfield today, scoring 5.3 (33) to 1.1 (7) from defensive midfield, 3.0 (18) to 0.2 (2) from centre bounces, and 4.4 (28) to 2.1 (13) from attacking midfield. They had a total of 63-44 chains from these zones.