Match

Port Adelaide vs Hawthorn

Commentary / 13 Apr 2025

Pre Game

00:00
Hawthorn has won just three of their 11 matches at Adelaide Oval since 2020 by an average losing margin of 20 points.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
01:22
SCORE GOAL - Power (Joe Richards)
01:50
Port Adelaide's first goal comes from a defensive half turnover. This season, Port Adelaide averages 14.8 points from defensive 50 chains, ranked 10th in the competition.
03:49
SCORE GOAL - Power (Jackson Mead)
05:46
Hawthorn has won just one of its last four games coming off a bye – with an average losing margin of 45 points.
06:43
SCORE GOAL - Power (Willie Rioli)
06:51
Port Adelaide's Zac Butters has already had a massive influence on this match. Butters has been involved in all three of the Power's goals. Butters leads the game with three contested possessions, two clearances and five disposals, going at 100% efficiency.
08:56
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Sam Powell-Pepper)
10:35
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Jack Gunston)
11:06
Hawthorn looking to use the ball through the corridor. All four of their inside 50's have come from the corridor zone.
13:23
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Finn Maginness)
15:00
SCORE GOAL - Power (Miles Bergman)
15:16
Port Adelaide has already been dominant in their forward half. 19 of the Power's 25 points have come from the forward half zone. Port Adelaide averages 22.8 points per game from this zone in 2025, ranked 10th.
16:38
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Massimo D'Ambrosio)
21:30
SCORE GOAL - Power (Joe Richards)
22:44
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Jackson Mead)
23:52
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Mitch Georgiades)
25:27
Hawthorn is struggling to transfer the ball from defence into their forward 50. From 10 defensive 50 chains, The Hawks have only gone inside 50 once. This season, Hawthorn only averages an inside 50 efficiency of 15% from defensive 50 chains, ranked 14th.
26:44
SCORE GOAL - Power (Mitch Georgiades)
31:38
Port Adelaide's dominance has come at the contest. Port Adelaide are plus 15 for ground ball gets, plus 11 for contested possessions and plus six for clearances. 13 points have come from clearance chains for The Power.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
01:12
SCORE GOAL - Power (Connor Rozee)
02:53
Port Adelaide has a post-clearance contested possession differential of minus 10.5 – ranked last this season. However, so far this match, The Power are plus seven.
05:30
SCORE GOAL - Power (Sam Powell-Pepper)
05:49
Port Adelaide continues to dominate on the scoreboard from forward half chains. Both goals this term have come from their forward half and a total of 38 points for the match.
09:04
SCORE GOAL - Power (Mitch Georgiades)
10:13
Hawthorn averages 32.8 points per game for turnover scores against, the third best in the competition. The Power has already scored 38 points from turnover chains.
12:06
SCORE GOAL - Power (Connor Rozee)
14:56
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Rushed)
15:42
SCORE GOAL - Power (Jackson Mead)
16:10
It's been territory dominance for the Power this term. Port Adelaide leads inside 50's 9-2 this term and has gone at a score per inside 50 rate of 67%.
18:12
Hawthorn has recorded only nine disposals in their forward 50 zone compared to Port Adelaide with 28 forward 50 disposals.
22:12
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Connor Rozee)
23:01
Connor Rozee has been influencial so far playing 100% of the match in defence. Rozee has a game-high seven defensive half disposals and a game-high nine handballs receives.
23:51
SCORE GOAL - Power (Willem Drew)
24:09
Power Interchange - Miles Bergman off due to an injury.
26:44
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Jason Horne-Francis)
27:08
After a quiet first quarter, Jason Horne-Francis has had a quarter-high 10 disposals, six contested possessions and six ground ball gets. Horne-Francis became the first Power player since 2019 to have 28 disposals, six clearances, and three goals in a game.
30:00
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Willie Rioli)
30:56
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Jack Gunston)
31:31
Hawthorn's first goal of the term comes from a kick in. Hawthorn averages eight points a game from this source, ranked 2nd in the competition this season.
33:22
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Lloyd Meek)
34:39
Port Adelaide continued their dominance in the second term. The damage has been done in Port Adelaide's forward half. The Power scored 38 points from forward half turnovers. In turn, from 23 defensive 50 chains, The Hawks only went inside 50 on four occasions.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
01:22
Nick Watson had 21 disposals and 11 contested possessions in Round 3 – both career-highs – finishing with nine score involvements. To half time, Watson had only three disposals.
02:56
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (James Worpel)
05:15
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Miles Bergman)
07:29
Hawthorn has been able to transfer the ball inside 50 this term so far but has been unable to convert. The Hawks are going at a 100% inside 50 rate from five midfield zone launches this term.
08:28
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Jai Newcombe)
10:15
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (James Sicily)
10:23
Hawthorn with the last five inside 50's and five of the last six clearances resulting in two goals.
12:41
SCORE GOAL - Power (Ollie Lord)
12:43
Power Interchange - Miles Bergman off due to an injury.
14:43
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Rushed)
16:18
So far this match, Port Adelaide has scored 20 points from forward 50 stoppage chains. This season, the Power only averages 2.8 points per match from this zone and source.
19:21
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Ollie Lord)
22:25
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Jack Gunston)
23:52
SCORE GOAL - Power (Mitch Georgiades)
24:57
After being minus 20 for contested possessions in the first half, Hawthorn lead contested possessions by 13 for the quarter.
25:07
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Rushed)
25:38
Power Interchange - Mitch Georgiades off due to an injury.
26:29
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Lloyd Meek)
27:14
While Lloyd Meek has scored two goals, in the ruck battle between Meek and Sweet, Port Adelaide leads clearances by six, and has scored 34 points to Hawthorn's 20 points when the two have lined up against each other.
28:04
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Rushed)
33:08
Jai Newcombe lead the way for the Hawks in the third term. Newcombe had nine disposals at 89% efficiency, a team-high four score involvements, three inside 50's and a goal.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
00:43
Hawthorn has led at three-quarter time in 11 of their last 12 games – the one they didn’t was last year’s semi-final against Port Adelaide.
01:05
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Rushed)
02:47
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Jack Gunston)
04:40
SCORE GOAL - Power (Tom Cochrane)
09:30
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Mabior Chol)
09:56
The Hawks have continued their second half dominance at the contest leading contested possessions 12-3 and ground ball gets 10-2 for the term.
11:15
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (James Worpel)
11:36
Connor Rozee has a game-high four intercept marks, playing predominantly in defence. This is Rozee's career-high in intercept marks, with his previous best being two.
14:20
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Willem Drew)
15:35
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (James Sicily)
16:06
Zac Butters has a game-high 29 disposals, 15 contested possessions and 15 ground ball gets. It's Butters career-high in ground ball gets.
17:43
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (James Sicily)
18:59
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Jack Gunston)
20:10
Hawthorn has been efficient going forward in the final term. The Hawks have scored five goals from just eight entries.
21:17
SCORE GOAL - Power (Sam Powell-Pepper)
22:07
Sam Powell-Pepper has had an impactful night up forward with two goals for the match but more importantly has had three tackles and five contested possessions inside 50.
22:38
SCORE GOAL - Power (Willie Rioli)
23:37
SCORE GOAL - Power (Willie Rioli)
26:50
Power Interchange - Connor Rozee off due to an injury.
27:16
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Jack Gunston)
31:11
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Mitch Georgiades)
31:38
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Ollie Wines)
32:03
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Luke Breust)
33:37
Hawks Interchange - James Worpel off due to an injury.
33:52
Port Adelaide has scored 97 points from the corridor zone compared to Hawthorn who only score 44 points.
36:29
Port Adelaide were more dominant on the turnover. The Power scored 60 points from turnover chains compared to Hawthorn with 32 points. Most noticeably, 81 points were scored from forward half chains to Hawthorn's 38 points in the same zone.