Horne-Francis kicks us off with the first goal of the Showdown. (Q1 4:11)
Port rebounds very slowly but Berry finds Georgiades 45m out on a slight angle, good theory but Georgiades kicks poorly as he has been doing lately, barely a behind. (Q1 10:05)
Richards roves a stoppage on the HFF, spins and passes inboard to Whitlock 40m out on a slight angle, he also misses. (Q1 11:56)
Fogarty roves his own contest with Aliir at the top of the square and snaps a wobbler over his shoulder for the goal from 15m. (Q1 15:04)
Rachele tries a party trick grubber from the boundary 45m out, that’s a Showdown special goal! (Q1 16:25)
Butters passes to Bamert 35m out in front who tugs his set shot to the right off his left. (Q1 20:39)
Neal-Bullen roves Thilthorpe’s contest at the hotspot and bounces through a nice snap. (Q1 22:09)
Richards kicks long from outer wing to the pocket for Georgiades to mark in front of Borlase 25m out. His J-curve just avoids the far right post for his first goal. (Q1 23:37)
Whitlock fights for the crumb from Horne-Francis’ centre clearance to Drew, crumb squirts out for Georgiades who skids through another one from 35m! (Q1 24:54)
Taylor feeds Dawson zipping past for a snap across the body from his left from 40m in the corridor… stays left. (Q1 26:43)
Fogarty bounces a snap across the face to the right from half forward. (Q1 27:09)
Thilthorpe marks near the boundary 35m out near the boundary and delivers a lovely set shot for the Crows to regain the lead. (Q1 28:47)
Lukosius’ rebound kick after intercepting is itself picked off by Dawson, he goes quickly to Fogarty 35m out on the flank for the turnover goal. (Q2 4:01)
Worrell prevents Whitlock from snapping from a pack 20m out with a stripping tackle, no HTB free so Durdin thumps through the crumb with a thunderous volley! (Q2 7:35)
Bamert kicks to grass on a slingshot play, Georgiades’ chase on Michalanney forces a clanger kick, then a melee gives away a 50m penalty to gift Burgoyne a goal from the line! (Q2 12:23)
Fogarty leaps over Evans for a contested grab at true CHF, his set shot just clears the pack on the line for a goal. (Q2 14:26)
Whitlock marks in front of Worrell 50m out on a slight angle, his kick is a wobbler and doesn’t score. (Q2 19:03)
Sweet spoils Worrell in the forward pocket, crumb falls inside for Durdin to rove and skid through the goal from 15m! (Q2 19:43)
Butters sends a chaos ball to half forward, Berry is on the end of it to snap across his body from 40m off his left for a fine goal! (Q2 21:16)
Walker takes a link mark on outer wing and passes to the boundary for Fogarty to mark 40m out in front of Zerk-Thatcher. The Fog misses near side left and OOTF. (Q2 23:02)
Berry misses from the pocket but was pushed in the back by Laird as he kicked and gets a free kick for a second chance, which he curls in. (Q2 27:57)
Georgiades marks Sweet’s centre clearance tumbler 45m out in front, he shoots just on the HT siren… straight but short, pack in the square, Richards’ volley is touched. (Q2 30:06)
Bamert takes a contested grab in front of Cumming from Whitlock’s pass to 15m on a slight angle for the first goal of Q3. (Q3 1:06)
Zadow roves a long Lukosius ball to a pack and snaps a lovely goal off his right from 30m in the pocket! (Q3 2:18)
Georgiades marks 50m out on a slight angle and tugs his set shot narrow left. (Q3 4:17)
Repeat inside 50s for Port piling up, Zadow roves the latest one and feeds Durdin zooming past to skid through another one from 20m! (Q3 6:03)
Georgiades takes a crowd-pleasing specky over Borlase from a high ball by Lai to the flank just inside 50m. His drop punt is just narrow right. (Q3 9:23)
Walker drops the knees to draw a high contact free on Sweet 35m out on the flank as they chase a loose ball. The Texan gets booed by the home Power fans, then misses left. (Q3 10:53)
Zadow misses from near the behind post. (Q3 12:58)
Peatling kicks long from outer wing for Fogarty to mark 45m out on a slight angle with Jones losing the leg rope. The Fog draws in a peach of a set shot. (Q3 18:00)
Durdin roves Richards’ chaos ball and snaps a sensational goal off the outside of his right boot from deep in the pocket 20m out! (Q3 19:21)
Nankervis claims he touched it off the boot… (Q3 20:08)
Replay confirms the Crow version of events, score changed to a point. (Q3 20:38)
Durdin gets another chance after the kick in turns over on the HFF but rolls a long snap to the left this time. (Q3 21:18)
Laird is penalised for encroachment on outer wing after a lasso free to bring Butters to 30m on a slight angle, but his drop punt slices right into the post. (Q3 24:51)
Mead’s kick from the pocket to the square is an ABC ball but Burgoyne shows excellent skill to clunk the mark in front of Curtin for a big red time goal! (Q3 25:55)
It’s a Showdown so this margin is not insurmountable, but Port is dominating in all aspects. (Q3 26:39)
Taylor is paid a mark 30m out in front from a very short kick, he converts to keep the game live. (Q3 28:09)
Bamert marks over Laird 45m out on a slight angle after the next centre contest but drives his drop punt to the right off his left. (Q3 30:09)
Richards passes to Horne-Francis 40m out on the flank, whose set shot floats to the left across the face. (Q4 1:37)
Butters sends Horne-Francis to sprint to CHF and ram through a snap, but it nicked the top of the padding on the left post. (Q4 3:22)
Rachele catches a volley by Cook at half forward and goes to the pocket for Thilthorpe 35m out, set shot J-curve falls short for no score. (Q4 7:39)
But from the resultant play the umpire saw a free on Jones to Keays, everyone mystified but it’s a goal to the Crows. (Q4 8:23)
Replay shows the ball had crossed the behind line for a point before the free was paid, but the goal stands! (Q4 8:38)
Port bosses out of the centre, Georgiades pleases the footy gods by skidding through the instant replying goal from the hotspot! (Q4 9:38)
It was Butters clearing to Wines for the inside 50 kick, if Butters doesn’t get the medal the Port fans will tear the stadium down. (Q4 10:08)
Strange things are usually afoot in Showdowns. (Q4 11:06)
Visentini takes a contested grab against Worrell from yet another Butters inside 50 kick. We are in junk time now, the set shot is left and rushed. (Q4 11:53)
50m penalty against Keane for biffing Berry off the ball brings Mead to 20m for a miss. (Q4 13:32)
Walker takes a link mark on outer side and bombs to the square for Neal-Bullen to mark… but it’s taken off him for a block by Fogarty! Not Adelaide’s night. (Q4 14:55)
That free was very technically dubious. (Q4 15:22)
Walker gets cheers from the Power ferals for a miss from long range. (Q4 20:23)
Horne-Francis nicks the left post with a set shot from 35m. (Q4 24:08)
Fogarty checksides his fifth goal from near the behind post. (Q4 24:39)
Fogarty roves and gives outside to Taylor for another junk time goal from close range. (Q4 26:02)
Burgoyne passes to the diving mark of Georgiades 45m out near the boundary who misses across the face to the left. (Q4 27:53)
