Gallop bombs very long from members wing, spoil to the front of the pack where Wil Ashcroft roves and rolls through the first goal from 30m on a slight angle. (Q1 1:48)
Zorko starts a slingshot play, McCluggage passes to Cameron 40m out who hits the post. (Q1 7:01)
Quick repeat inside 50 for the kick in to a contest, Wil Ashcroft roves and passes to the pocket 20m out for his first goal. (Q1 7:50)
Cameron leaps in a contest with Aliir in the pocket to juggle the mark from a high Fletcher kick from outer wing to 25m, but his kick is short and off hands for a point. (Q1 10:33)
Yet another inside 50 kick by Wil Ashcroft, this one in a pack which is marked by Hipwood in front of Zerk-Thatcher 30m out on a slight angle, he hooks his set shot right. (Q1 12:47)
Georgiades has a while to settle over a running snap from the HFF on outer side, but misses narrow right. (Q1 13:20)
Bamert’s pressure forces a turnover in defence but the ball is eventually smothered for a behind. (Q1 14:19)
Bailey marks another long ball inside 50 over Lai at the top of the square and starts up the DJ again. (Q1 16:04)
Marshall gets a set shot from 45m in front, his drop punt starts right and draws in perfectly to sail over the goal umpire. (Q1 18:26)
Moraes passes to Georgiades leading to 45m on the flank. Do we get Good George today or Bad George? This drop punt is a peach. (Q1 22:03)
Horne-Francis receives outside a pack on the HFF and passes to Whitlock 40m out on a slight angle, who shanks for a rushed behind. (Q1 25:30)
Morris calls his own snap as touched off the boot by Aliir after a clanger handball by Joe Berry. (Q1 28:17)
Morris marks a Gallop repeat inside 50 from outer side in front of Lai 40m out, gets up gingerly as he is struggling with back soreness then hits the left post. (Q2 2:48)
Whitlock outruns Lester to be third man up over Gallop for a mark at the hotspot, but he misses left. (Q2 4:41)
Zorko roves at defensive hotspot and is incensed after being whistled for HTB under Sweet’s tackle, no 50m for dissent and Sweet misses another gettable set shot for Port. (Q2 6:54)
Bamert roves Visentini’s spoil of the kick in and passes over two Lions to Durdin 30m out in front. Will he kick straight? Goal umpire doesn’t move. (Q2 7:28)
Watkins roves on the last line and gets a slingshot to go all the way with Visentini marking in the square to put Port Adelaide into the lead! (Q2 13:29)
Wil Ashcroft catches Horne-Francis HTB on the HFF, plays on inside but tugs the snap narrow left. (Q2 16:43)
Kick in by Byrne-Jones misses the target badly and hits grass, Rayner starts up Neil Diamond with the go-ahead goal from 30m. (Q2 17:24)
Tunstill misses a very tough snap from the HFF 40m out under huge pressure. (Q2 17:55)
O’Brien is whistled for a hold on Morris to allow Aliir to intercept 40m out on the flank. Morris tries a very long J-curve set shot, and curls it in! (Q2 23:11)
Whitlock marks over Gallop 45m out on the flank but hooks left and OOTF after the HT siren. (Q2 32:15)
Marshall draws a front-on contact free on Gallop on the end of a slingshot from stoppage on the HBF. He lines up from 45m in front. This kick starts right but doesn’t straighten. (Q3 3:49)
Cameron roves over the back in the pocket, baulks inside Watkins but his man Lai prevents a goal with a desperate tackle to force the snap wide. (Q3 5:19)
Georgiades marks 45m out on the flank, his set shot flies across the face to the left. (Q3 7:00)
Rayner bursts through a double tackle after receiving from Jarrod Berry and snaps a typically hardfought goal from 40m. (Q3 8:15)
McKenna kicks to two Lions on their own inside 50, Cameron wins the raffle with Morris to run into goal for his second. (Q3 10:15)
Horne-Francis quietens the crowd’s John Denver singalong with a quality snap from 50m on a slight angle after the next centre contest. (Q3 11:25)
Lester is all over Georgiades to give away a contact free going for a Wines pass to 40m on the boundary outer side. Again his set shot refuses to draw, stays left. (Q3 13:20)
Bailey sails through a quality snap from the HFF. (Q3 14:55)
Lohmann marks over Lai but misses from the HFF. (Q3 16:56)
Aliir slaloms through traffic at half forward and grins ruefully after misses left from 40m on a slight angle. (Q3 18:42)
Horne-Francis intercepts at half forward and passes inboard to Burgoyne 40m out on a slight angle, who converts. (Q3 20:56)
Surge in maroon colours from the next centre contest, Rayner baulks at half forward and sends Bailey away to goal on the burst from 35m. (Q3 21:56)
Horne-Francis clears from the centre to the lead of Georgiades in front of Lester 40m out on a slight angle, another peach of a drop punt from the Power spearhead! (Q3 23:32)
Lohmann and Aliir fight for a mark 20m out, Lohmann wrestles clear and snaps the goal over his shoulder. (Q3 25:22)
Draper lopes away from the next centre contest and slams through another stoppage goal from CHF! (Q3 26:22)
Georgiades pulls his set shot from 45m in front to the left. (Q3 27:55)
Drew’s rebound kick to a contest turns over, Wil Ashcroft marks Fletcher’s pass in the pocket 30m out, his drop punt splits the middle as the 3QT siren sounds. (3 Qtr Time)
Sweet roves deep in defence but his kick is pressured by Hipwood’s tackle and goes short to Morris who snaps the goal from 20m. (Q4 1:24)
Port Adelaide have been highly competitive today with all-ground pressure, but it would not be surprising if the Lions opened the floodgates in Q4. (Q4 1:44)
Wil Ashcroft places a pass to the lead of Morris 40m out in front, whose drop punt is a mongrel but swerves through. (Q4 3:44)
McCluggage adds a cherry goal from 40m. (Q4 6:55)
The Ashcroft borthers wax it in the centre, Morris marks 40m out but goes further to Hipwood in the pocket 25m out who curls in a junk time goal. (Q4 9:33)
Marshall takes a contested grab from Bergman’s centre clearance in front of Gallop 40m out on a slight angle for some garbage. (Q4 11:25)
Morris marks in front of Aliir on the boundary 30m out and misses to the right. (Q4 13:16)
Dunkley intercepts Evans’ kick in just inside 50m on the flank, his shank is marked by Lohmann 15m out for his third goal. (Q4 14:00)
Cameron takes a specky on the shoulder on his man Lai and plays on for the goal from the top of the square, to celebrate his 200th game. (Q4 17:44)
Visentini slots a set shot from 35m on the flank, crowd not singing or even speaking. (Q4 20:17)
Durdin catches Wilmot HTB near CHF, his set shot falls on the goal line for Draper to rush. (Q4 21:45)
Neale tries a bouncing snap from 45m on a slight angle but it takes a wicked off break into the right post. (Q4 23:00)
Wilmot rushes the next set shot from Byrne-Jones. (Q4 24:02)
Cameron adds a third goal from 40m. (Q4 25:04)
Bailey marks a Fletcher pass 45m out on a slight angle but misses. (Q4 26:51)
Bergman snaps to the left from half forward. (Q4 28:29)
