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Blog log from R8 of 2026: Adelaide vs Port Adelaide

Blog log for Adelaide vs Port Adelaide, R8 of 2026

Thilthorpe kicks a floaty little ball across the face of goal for a point to open proceedings. (Q1 2:53)
Aliir is pinged for holding the arms of Thilthorpe and gives away a costly free kick. Thithorpe chips it wide though. (Q1 7:00)
Burgoyne finds the lead of Georgiades down into the pocket. Georgiades slots the set shot for the first of the game! (Q1 9:11)
Wines takes a powerful contested mark 35m out on an angle and converts well to make it two quick goals for Port! (Q1 12:04)
Murray almost turns it over in the middle of the ground. Keays cleans it up, finds Rachele who kicks wide to Cook. Cook finds Pedlar who then roosts it through! (Q1 18:31)
Horne-Francis minces the Crows out the middle and a free kick is picked out at the top of the square. Durdin is the beneficiary, and he slots it! (Q1 19:34)
Whitlock pushes a set shot across the face of goal for a behind. (Q1 22:32)
Berry tries to crumb the ball out the back of the pack, could’ve been paid high but play goes on, Durdin tries to toe it off the deck but it his the post. (Q1 25:33)
Georgaides misses a set shot at one end of the ground and the Crows quickly go end to end, with Rachele missing at the other end. (Q2 8:54)
Keays snaps through a classic crumbing goal and gets into Butters! (Q2 9:34)
Rachele misses an absolutely freebie from 10m out. (Q2 10:35)
Rachele marks with courage on centre wing and then kicks it to the pack, where Sweet rises to clunk a mark. Sweet misses left. (Q2 13:54)
It’s a sloppy passage of play as the ball slides around Adelaide’s forward 50. Rachele is at the end of the chain and he sneaks a little dribbler through! (Q2 26:05)
Butters milks a free kick on Soligo to win himself a set shot 40m out on the boundary line. He goes back and nails the set shot in the shadows of half time! (Half Time)
Rankine goes for goal from 40m out but it drops short and is spoiled over by Marshall. (Q3 2:38)
Port turn it over in a dangerous spot and Rachele gets a kick away but misses. (Q3 2:53)
Port manage to get it down the other end now with Whitlock chipping it short to Durdin who marks 20m out and pops it through! (Q3 3:35)
Georgiades misses a set shot from 35m out on an angle. (Q3 6:34)
Richards brushes off a Keays tackle and gets a kick away, but misses. (Q3 7:21)
Wehr gives away a 50m penalty which brings Cook just outside 50 where he scans for an option, he misplaces the kick but Aliir can’t mark the ball. Rachele receives and goals! (Q3 9:23)
Horne-Francis weaves through traffic on the flank before spearing a ball to the advantage of Georgaides who marks well. He snaps through the set shot! (Q3 15:24)
Aliir tries to smash the ball out of D50 but gets smothered, Curtin quickly flashes a handball to Soligo who snaps through a goal! (Q3 18:04)
Nevermind, ARC lotto has struck! It’s a point. (Q3 19:15)
Berry to Thilthorpe to Rankine on the forward flank, Rankine streams away and loads up from 50m out, dead straight through the middle! (Q3 20:19)
Borlase goes back with the flight but can’t complete the mark which sets up Visentini to jag a goal! (Q3 23:35)
Soligo bursts away from congestion and goes for glory, but pushes it right. (Q3 26:37)
Peatling kicks a grubber to Taylor who instantly swings around and smashes a kick for goal, but misses. (Q3 29:01)
Curtin roves a forward contest and flicks a lovely handpass out to Keays who dashes by. He opens it up and goals! (Q3 30:54)
Murray puts the moves on Marshall and marks on a lead deep in the pocket. He goes for the drop punt and slots a sizzler for his first AFL goal! (Q3 33:15)
Murray is building a head of steam as he leads up again for another mark. He lumbers in to kick from 40m out and slots his second goal within a minute! (Q3 34:20)
Curtin tries to hoof one through the big sticks from 45m out, but just pulls it right. (Q4 3:15)
Adelaide win back possession with Curtin marking and finding the short lead of Keays to mark 40m out. Keays just about sneaks it through! (Q4 3:51)
Rachele slaps the ball back in from the pocket and it leaves Port’s defence scrambling as Thilthorp pounces and snaps it through! (Q4 4:02)
Durdin hits up Georgiades from CHF, and he duly responds with the goal! (Q4 7:30)
Port get out through the middle of the ground and Butters finds Georgiades on another lead. He shanks it and kicks a point. (Q4 14:05)
Farrell pumps it deep and it’s Berry out the back who takes a great mark. He sneaks off to play on and goal! 8 point game! (Q4 18:16)
Wehr kicks the ball to the pack and it’s Whitlock who has drifted down without a man who marks at the front of the pack. Whitlock slots the set shot and it’s down to 2! (Q4 21:01)
It’s chaos at Adelaide Oval as everything comes unglued. Port go end to end and Durdin snaps through a point to make it a 1 point game!! (Q4 27:50)
The ball is locked in the Port forward half with repeat stoppages. Adelaide are trying to milk the clock and force more stoppages. (Q4 28:28)
1:06 on the clock and the stoppages keep coming. (Q4 28:50)
Wines shovels the ball out from a forward stoppage unopposed. He finds Berry slinking out the side, Berry has time, he has space, he kicks it true and Port are in front!! (Q4 29:51)
Rankine high free kick as we go under 30 seconds. All Adelaide now. (Q4 30:20)
Curtin shovels the ball up from the deck at half forward. He flicks it out to Cook on the wing, he streams inside 50, he kicks a drop punt from 45 on the boundary. IT’S GOOD!! (Q4 31:50)
Wines tries to soccer off the deck to get it forward, he misses it and Adelaide will hold on in an absolute classic! (Final Siren)

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