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Blog log from R21 of 2026: Port Adelaide vs Western Sydney

Blog log for Port Adelaide vs Western Sydney, R21 of 2026

Durdin kicks off the scoring in this one with a miss to the left after a stoppage at half forward. (Q1 1:41)
Horne-Francis draws a holding free on Himmelberg at a stoppage 45m out in front, he avoids the left post barely to score the first goal of the night. (Q1 5:29)
Watkins intercepts Himmelberg’s rebound kick on outer side and goes back in quickly for Marshall 40m out on a slight angle, who converts. (Q1 9:01)
Cadman passes low and hard after roving at half forward for Stringer to mark in front of Lai 25m out on a slight angle, his J-curve is straight through. (Q1 11:43)
Cadman marks Rowston’s clearance kick to the top of the square over Jones for his first major. (Q1 24:11)
Georgiades rolls a behind across the face from the pocket. (Q1 26:11)
Coniglio marks 40m out on a slight angle after Oliver engineers a centre clearance, he converts with a peach of a drop punt. (Q2 0:51)
Horne-Francis marks 30m out on the flank but shoots left. (Q2 2:53)
Angwin receives from Brown and sails through a lovely snap from the HFF. (Q2 4:46)
Gruzewski gets a holding free on Aliir 20m out on a slight angle but shoots left. (Q2 8:01)
Delana also misses to the left from half forward. (Q2 10:16)
Aliir passes to Bergman 40m out in front on a slow play, who kicks straight. (Q2 12:55)
Durdin has Georgiades over the back in the square after Idun drops a mark at half back for a turnover goal. (Q2 14:21)
Georgiades gets a 50m penalty on Taylor to late contact for a gift goal. (Q2 18:21)
Zadow extends Port’s lead with his first goal. (Q2 20:22)
Another 50m on the Giants, this one for encroachment by Delana, brings Sweet from the centre to the hotspot where he misses. (Q2 22:20)
Coniglio converts another mid-range set shot, this one from the hotspot. (Q2 22:52)
Stringer bounces through a goal from half forward, Aliir tried to go back with the flight but the ball eluded him. (Q2 29:14)
Cadman hits the far left post on the lope from the HFF. (Q2 30:48)
Coniglio bounces through his third goal from half forward. (Q3 2:17)
Stringer misses to the left from the pocket. (Q3 5:49)
Stringer keeps his feet after contesting with Jones to grubber the next goal from the hotspot. (Q3 10:55)
Brown misses from the HFF. (Q3 12:35)
Whitfield runs onto his right and roosts a lovely snap from near the boundary 40m out! (Q3 14:57)
Brown marks 45m out on a slight angle and sails through another peach of a drop punt. (Q3 16:30)
Bamert goals from the square and Sweet fails to get a snap away. (Q3 21:28)
Marshall earns a high contact free on Oliver 45m out in the corridor and boots goal number two, a big red time score for Port who needed it. (Q3 29:06)
Thomas receives from Bedford but hooks a quick snap from 35m on the flank. (Q3 30:32)
Lorenz sharks Angwin’s handball on members wing and passes to Horne-Francis who marks 50m out on a slight angle but shanks left and OOTF. Port owning territory without scoring. (Q4 9:09)
Stringer marks in front of O’Brien 50m out on a slight angle, he shoots right for a behind. (Q4 11:39)
Georgiades roves a Burgoyne contest and snaps high off his right on the turn from 40m, no goalkeeper in the square and the ball bounces through! (Q4 12:49)
That kick needed a slight off break and got it. (Q4 13:24)
Cadman tries an ill-advised Joe the Goose special towards Stringer that is broken up by Aliir, rushed behind eventuates from the stoppage. (Q4 15:24)
Hamilton bounces a behind across the face from the flank 40m out. (Q4 16:12)
Cadman tries to snap the goal himself with two defenders on him at the top of the square but that one flies right. (Q4 17:22)
Wines marks on the boundary 40m out, his set shot goes across the face to the left. (Q4 18:54)
Durdin roves and tries a grubber off the left from 40m on a slight angle, needs it to roll left but it stays right. (Q4 20:08)
Bergman marks over Coniglio on outer wing and sends a long speculator to a pack 35m out on a slight angle, Georgiades is fourth in line but marks on his chest, then misses left. (Q4 22:17)
Brown is pinged for insufficient intent in the back pocket, Bamert takes the free 35m out but curls his snap too early to the right. (Q4 24:39)

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