Match

Port Adelaide vs West Coast Eagles

Commentary / 13 Jul 2025

Pre Game

00:00
West Coast have lost its last nine matches at the Adelaide Oval by an average margin of 68 points.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
01:31
SCORE GOAL - Power (Mitch Georgiades)
04:11
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Bailey J. Williams)
04:22
The Eagles have recorded 3-1 clearances and 2-1 inside 50s with 73% time in forward half. The Eagles average 46.8% time in forward half this season - the fourth-lowest percentage in the competition.
07:39
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Tyrell Dewar)
09:56
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Rushed)
10:55
The Eagles have scored both of their first two goals from set shots, with both resulting from their 2-0 marks inside forward 50.
14:03
Port Adelaide have recorded seven of the last eight clearances at 100% efficiency, but only two have been generated in their front half and they are yet to score from this source in this period.
15:50
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Rushed)
17:09
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Jamie Cripps)
19:15
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Tyler Brockman)
20:33
Port Adelaide have recorded 11 of the last 12 clearances. Zak Butters has recorded three of the Powers' clearances in this period, in addition to a game-high four contested possessions and six disposals.
22:37
SCORE GOAL - Power (Miles Bergman)
24:29
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Matthew Owies)
24:45
The Eagles have scored 3.1 to 1.1 from intercept chains thus far. The Eagles are outscored by their opponents in this source by an average of 21.9 points per game this season - the worst differential in the competition.
25:32
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Harley Reid)
26:09
Power Interchange - Aliir Aliir off due to an injury.
30:04
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Harley Reid)
31:42
The Eagles have recorded 16-8 inside 50s, and have converted 35% into scores to the Powers' 25%. They have generated 8-2 from intercept chains.
33:07
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Matt Flynn)
33:10
The Eagles have scored 4.1 to 1.0 from set shots, and have recorded 6-2 marks inside forward 5 - their equal-best differential in a quarter this season. This includes 3-0 contested marks inside forward 50.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
04:01
SCORE GOAL - Power (Joe Richards)
05:49
The Power have recorded the first four clearances of the second term, generating 3-1 inside 50s. However, they have recorded just 35% time in forward half.
06:48
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Mitch Georgiades)
11:31
The Eagles have recorded a pressure rating of 196 to 179 this afternoon. The competition average is 179 this season.
11:41
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Liam Baker)
15:12
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Harley Reid)
15:59
After just two disposals in the first term, Jason Horne-Francis has recorded a game-high three clearances, four inside 50s, and five disposals in the second term.
17:24
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Jack Lukosius)
18:20
SCORE GOAL - Power (Mitch Georgiades)
20:15
Port Adelaide have recorded six of the last eight inside 50s, with Mitch Georgiades capitalising with a goal. In this period, the Power have generated 4-0 inside 50s from 4-0 attacking midfield chains.
22:33
SCORE GOAL - Power (Darcy Byrne-Jones)
23:58
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Liam Baker)
23:59
Power Interchange - Jason Horne-Francis off due to an injury.
25:17
The Eagles have recorded 10-4 intercept marks and 5-2 contested marks so far this afternoon. They average a losing differential of 3.2 and 2.9 per game for these metrics this season, ranked 15th and 17th, respectively.
25:57
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Mitch Georgiades)
27:48
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Jack Lukosius)
29:02
Harry Edwards has recorded a game-high four intercept marks from five intercept possessions in the second term.
30:01
The Eagles have scored 6.3 to 2.4 from intercept chains in the first half, including 3.0 to 0.1 from 11-6 defensive midfield chains. 16.1% of their scores have been generated from defensive midfield this season - the second-lowest percentage in the competition.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
01:33
SCORE GOAL - Power (Jason Horne-Francis)
04:04
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jack Williams)
04:51
The Eagles have scored 3.0 to 0.0 from the centre zone of the ground. They have recorded 10-3 intercepts in this zone and have kicked with 61% efficiency to Port Adelaide's 52%.
07:27
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Mitch Georgiades)
10:44
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Mitch Georgiades)
11:06
Harry Edwards has recorded a career-high seven intercept marks, three contested marks, and 10 intercept possessions today.
13:01
SCORE GOAL - Power (Joe Richards)
15:24
Power Interchange - Connor Rozee off due to an injury.
15:31
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Jason Horne-Francis)
17:54
The Power have recorded 9-3 clearances and 11-6 inside 50s with a pressure rating of 200 to 176 in the third term. The Power have scored 2.2 to 0.0 from stoppages.
20:12
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Zak Butters)
20:57
The Power have increased their time in forward half from 45% in the first half to 70% in the third term. In this period, they have recorded 15-4 forward-half contested possessions and 6-1 forward-half clearances.
22:50
Power Interchange - Connor Rozee and is possibly out for the game.
23:37
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Joe Richards)
25:17
The Power have kicked four of the last five goals. However, during this period, they have been wasteful from set shots, scoring 2.5 to 1.0 from this source.
26:20
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Jobe Shanahan)
27:47
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jobe Shanahan)
29:37
The Eagles have recorded a kick-to-handball ratio of 1.82 to 1.23 today, including 62-37 kicks short.
30:09
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Joe Richards)
30:53
The Power recorded 12-5 clearances and 15-9 inside 50s in the third term, but despite having five more scoring shots, scored just 2.6 to 2.1. This includes 1.3 to 1.0 from the 40-50 metre range.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
04:08
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Mitch Georgiades)
05:15
SCORE GOAL - Power (Darcy Byrne-Jones)
05:25
The Power have recorded 67% to 17% time in possession to begin the final term, generating 4-1 inside 50s from 3-2 clearances.
09:35
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Willie Rioli)
11:01
Port Adelaide have recorded a pressure rating of 213 to 146 in the final term.
15:48
Darcy Byrne-Jones has recorded a game-high five score involvements, nine disposals at 78% efficiency, and one goal in the second half.
16:18
SCORE GOAL - Power (Travis Boak)
20:00
SCORE GOAL - Power (Jason Horne-Francis)
20:36
The Power have scored 2.0 to 0.0 from stoppages in the final term, with both sourced from the forward 50. They have scored 7.6 to 1.2 from stoppages for the match.
21:58
SCORE GOAL - Power (Mitch Georgiades)
24:21
SCORE GOAL - Power (Jason Horne-Francis)
25:33
Jason Horne-Francis has scored an equal game-high three goals and recorded a game-high nine inside 50s, nine score involvements, 12 contested possessions, and 27 disposals.
26:10
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Rushed)
30:15
The Power have scored 5.4 to 3.5 from open play today, with the Eagles scoring 0.4 to 2.1 from the 15-30 zone with shots of this type.
30:33
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Joe Richards)
32:51
The Eagles scored 8.5 to 3.8 from intercept chains today, including 3.1 to 0.2 from defensive midfield. They recorded 75% to 52% forward 50 disposal retention in the first half with a pressure rating of 202, but this fell to just 31% to 28% in the second half with a pressure rating of 135.