Big wind blowing today on a cloudless day at Ballarat.
Port Adelaide wins the toss and kicks with the gale.
Rioli bounces a snap from a stoppage in the pocket, called touched off the boot by Bontempelli, review shows no touch, first goal Port!. (Q1 0:57)
Sanders fumbles twice in the one passage near CHB to allow Drew to run to the paint of 50m for a snap, but it slices to the right. (Q1 11:23)
Another turnover in midfield from the kick in, Powell-Pepper also misses a long snap. (Q1 11:46)
Lobb gives Williams a hospital handball in the back pocket, Joe Richards wins the HTB free 35m out but his set shot is blown left by the wind for a point. (Q1 14:46)
Ed Richards passes to Naughton 40m out near the boundary, into the wind this is practically impossible… drifts across the face to the behind line where Khamis claims a mark… (Q1 16:05)
Review shows the goal umpire’s call of a mark is good, Khamis gets the set shot from the behind line and screws it in off the left. (Q1 17:40)
Butters wins the next centre clearance and kicks up the guts to 40m where Rioli marks leading in front of Cleary, his set shot is straight through on the breeze. (Q1 19:20)
West is fro0nt and centre for a Khamis contest in the pocket, he has a moment to measure a drop punt across the body from 40m near the boundary and dobs it! (Q1 22:28)
Davidson roves a big Harmes fly to a Richards speculator to the big pack 20m out but hoofs it to the left off his left under pressure. (Q1 24:26)
The Bulldogs are bossing territory into the wind in the second half of Q1, Port Adelaide with a big breeze not making any hay with it. (Q1 27:23)
English feeds Richards to run from a stoppage on the HFF and snap off the left from 35m near the boundary… slots it! (Q2 2:52)
Kennedy worries Butters off the footy at the next centre bounce, eventually Bontempelli gets a rather soft contact free on Lorenz 25m out on the flank but misses. (Q2 4:38)
Aliir chops the arms of Khamis going for a Johannisen kick up the guts to the hotspot. Khamis makes no mistake with the set shot. (Q2 6:59)
Rozee is pinged for HTB after roving a ball up just inside CHB for Port, Sanders takes the free and steers it through on the wind. (Q2 9:45)
The scoreboard may have looked even at QT but given the wind, Port were well behind. The scores are now starting to reflect the true nature of the contest. (Q2 9:57)
Treloar clears long from the next centre bounce, not the best kick but there’s a downfield free to gift Naughton a set shot from the behind line which he misses. (Q2 11:25)
Sweet it was pinged for late contact on Treloar for that shot. (Q2 11:37)
Dale intercepts at half back and starts a quick surge play on rebound, Naughton accepts a Joe the Goose special from Vandermeer, Dogs in control now! (Q2 12:37)
Cleary snaps off a few steps from 45m in front with a few teammates waving arms for a give in space, good decision as his kick rides the wind to fall in for his first senior goal! (Q2 19:13)
Series of ball up deep in attack for Part Adelaide, English is whistled up for a hold around the torso of Sweet. Set shot from 15m out goes through, Power needed that desperately. (Q2 22:43)
Joe Richards passes to Georgiades on a fast break, but the Port forward settles things down to go back for the set shot 30m out on the flank… which he misses far side left. (Q2 27:58)
Horne-Francis gets a set shot almost 50m out on the flank, has to start it way left but goes too far, just a behind. (Q2 29:59)
Bulldogs go coast to coast around outer wing on the kick in, Naughton marks Liberatore’s long bomb at the top of the square for a much easier set shot, his second goal. (Q2 30:23)
Bergman kicks long from outer wing to Georgiades one out with Williams, they wrestle and Georgiades puts up the right arm to juggle the mark 30m out. HT siren, Georgiades misses. (Q2 32:59)
Horne-Francis soccers from a stoppage in the pocket 25m out but misses near side left. (Q3 2:23)
The Bulldogs rebound around members wing, West goes long from the HFF to the hotspot where English gets back behind Sweet to mark and goal. (Q3 3:12)
English marks again leading in front of Sweet to a Vandermeer pass to 35m on a slight angle. Tricky into the wind from here, has to start left… but this one stays left. (Q3 5:45)
Ed Richards slots a set shot from the pocket 25m out, Dogs kicking away into the breeze with more territorial dominance. Just about iced, this game in cold Ballarat. (Q3 7:52)
Kennedy roves English’s tap at the next bounce ahead of Wines and hits McNeil kicking up the guts to 40m, set shot is straight but short into the wind, rushed point. (Q3 9:16)
Byrne-Jones marks within range at half forward but chooses a short pass to Georgiades 40m out on a slight angle, called too short for a mark so he spins and shoots… through! (Q3 10:12)
Powell-Pepper roves a crumb over the back and waltzes into the open goal for a rare bright spot in his 150th match, which otherwise has been unremarkable. (Q3 14:52)
McNeil gives to Freijah at half forward, he baulks past Evans and checksides the goal from the hotspot! (Q3 16:12)
English feeds Bontempelli who snaps across the body off the left from 40m on a slight angle, into the wind that is a tough shot but the Bont makes it look easy. (Q3 18:26)
Bontempelli leaves Aliir sprawling after a contest to mark an errant West snap on the behind line, he goals again. (Q3 21:18)
Sweet is pinged for a block in ruck 20m out in front, another soft goal for English from a free kick. (Q3 24:53)
Johannisen kicks to Naughton in the pocket who gets an arm chop free on Ratugolea 20m out, he curls in another one into the wind. Bulldogs in complete control. (Q3 28:11)
Johannisen’s flying snap from 50m lands in the pocket, English marks and centres for Harmes 30m out on the flank who misses. (Q3 33:23)
McNeil beats a languid Farrell to a crumb from a Khamis contest in the pocket but his checkside flies across the face to the left from 20m. (Q4 1:04)
Treloar receives from Ed Richards on outer wing and passes between two Power defenders for Kennedy to mark 40m out on the flank, but he misses near side left. (Q4 1:35)
Horne-Francis gets a contact free at a stoppage 30m out on a slight angle but fails to take the wind into account at all, and slices his kick OOTF to the right. (Q4 4:26)
McNeil gets a set shot from 45m on a slight angle, his kick is a dirty floater but the breeze carries it over the fence for a junk time goal. (Q4 6:36)
Wines hits the post with a mid-range snap. (Q4 8:25)
A series of pressured handballs in the Dogs forward pocket ends with English popping through the goal from 15m. (Q4 9:38)
Sanders feeds Davidson who shoots across the face to the left from 40m on the flank. (Q4 12:08)
Lord marks in front of Lobb on the boundary 40m out, his set shot is rushed on the behind line. (Q4 13:36)
Horne-Francis marks over Khamis at the hotspot but his low, punching set shot goes to the right. (Q4 15:41)
Bontempelli roves and walks into the open goal for his third, all in second half garbage time. (Q4 17:39)
Treloar snaps a cherry goal from a pack at the hotspot. (Q4 21:31)
Ed Richards misses on the run from 50m on the flank under a Byrne-Jones tackle. (Q4 26:04)
Lord marks on the HFF and centres for Byrne-Jones near the hotspot, DBJ shanks for no score. (Q4 26:57)
West takes a contested grab from a long Naughton ball from members wing to the hotspot in front of Horne-Francis, he adds another cherry on top. (Q4 28:27)
Vandermeer catches Bergman HTB near the hotspot but misses with seconds to play. (Q4 31:22)
