Blog log from R16 of 2024: St Kilda vs Port Adelaide

Farrell kicks poorly to CHB straight to Sinclair, he gives off to Wanganeen-Milera who scuffs a snap from 40m OOTF to the left. (Q1 5:30)
First five minutes have been fairly poor. (Q1 5:41)
Clark delivers the first bit of quality in the match with a set shot from 45m in front for the first goal, after marking a short Butler pass. (Q1 7:08)
Butters roves a sweet Sweet tap at the next bounce and sprints away to CHF to ram through the opener for Port Adelaide, that’s more like it! (Q1 8:13)
Lord is paid a mark in the pocket from a very short kick by Rozee to 20m, Saints fans boo lustily but Lord levers that one through. (Q1 14:10)
Bergman sails through a quality snap on the run from 50m on a slight angle after an inside handball by his doppelganger Horne-Francis. (Q1 15:54)
Narkle marks in the pocket 20m out and steers through a drop punt for another one for the Power, who have the jump. (Q1 17:29)
Marshall gets a free on Sweet for timewasting at a stoppage 40m out on a slight angle, the big man threw the ball to a teammate instead of the umpire. Charity goal. (Q1 21:14)
After Butler flies into the centre to catch Houston HTB, Bonner marks 40m out near the boundary and misses near side left. (Q1 22:29)
Butler flies in again to monster Evans after roving to win another HTB free on the HFF, he passes to Wood in the pocket 25m out who curls in the goal. (Q1 24:27)
Farrell is pinged for a throw on the HBF, Higgins misses the lot from 45m. (Q1 26:29)
Wanganeen-Milera roves at half back and slingshots like peak Nicky Winmar, Wilson passes to Higgins 40m out on a slight angle who misses to the left. (Q1 30:31)
Boak marks at half forward after the first bounce of Q2 and feeds Horne-Francis zooming past, the Hornet reaches 45m but blazes left and OOTF. (Q2 0:26)
Finlayson roves a Todd Marshall contest on the HFF and has room to run to 35m for a snap… but it wobbles across the face to the left. (Q2 2:13)
A downfield free against Butters for dropping Wanganeen-Milera after a kick clanger leads to Steele marking 40m out in the corridor, kick falls on the line, Sweet touches. (Q2 3:09)
King’s first touch is a free for off-the-ball contact by Aliir, he feeds Hill streaking past for a long ball which Rowan Marshall marks over Sweet on the behind line, goal. (Q2 5:56)
Georgiades fumbles a crumb from a Lord contest in the square but manages to get a handle on it eventually to feed Mead for the goal from 15m. (Q2 8:24)
Hill rolls through a snap from near CHF after a rebound around outer wing, another lead change in this shoot out on the docks. (Q2 10:35)
Narkle marks a lovely touch kick from the centre by Butters in front of Wilkie 45m out on a slight angle, but pushes the set shot to the right. (Q2 15:14)
Aliir waits after marking on a switch across half forward and passes to a nice lead by Todd Marshall in front of Caminiti 40m out on the flank. His kick is to the right also. (Q2 16:47)
Todd Marshall marks on another lead in front of Caminiti from a Wines pass to the boundary 35m out, this set shot is across the face to the left. (Q2 18:44)
Lord claims a mark over Battle in the pocket 30m out, Battle complains he got a finger to it first but the ump is resolute. Lord misses anyway. (Q2 20:39)
Farrell tries an inboard kick to the centre from behind outer wing but picks out Henry as if he was the target, Henry passes to Rowan Marshall 40m out who converts the gift goal. (Q2 22:14)
Butters passes to Byrne-Jones after exiting the next bounce with two bounces of his own, DBJ lines up from 35m in front and misses to the right, disappointingly. (Q2 23:54)
Clark’s first touch of the quarter is a quick snap that flies wide left from a pack near the hotspot. (Q2 25:25)
Horne-Francis has an acre to run from the resulting rebound around members wing, he reaches 35m and pops through the levelling goal. (Q2 26:05)
Wood roves a Rowan Marshall contest and snaps awkwardly off the right from 35m on the flank, it skews left and OOTF just before HT. (Q2 27:56)
King snaps over his shoulder from a pack near the hotspot but it stays right. (Q3 3:25)
Todd Marshall marks a Georgiades pass 40m out in the corridor despite a late challenge by Caminiti, but he kicks to the right. (Q3 8:36)
Rowan Marshall runs back with the flight to mark a long Wood ball on his chest 20m out on a slight angle, Jones arrives late but no penalty for the bump, RoMa misses to the right. (Q3 10:01)
Boak passes to Georgiades on the end of a rebound around members wing with Marshall and Horne-Francis linking up. The set shot drop punt hits the far left post. (Q3 12:21)
Finlayson marks just inside the 50m paint on the flank, almost smashing into Bergman coming back with the flight. His kick is short and rushed. (Q3 15:40)
King receives from Higgins and somehow manages to snap wide from the top of the square under Bergman pressure. (Q3 17:42)
Port rebounds up the guts, Horne-Francis marks 35m out on the flank but misses. 0.3.3 to 0.4.4 for the quarter so far. (Q3 18:26)
Evans intercepts Sinclair’s short kick-in near the hotspot, he finally gets a kick for goal on target for his first senior six-pointer. (Q3 19:01)
Battle beats Lord to spoil one-out at half forward for Port, but Finlayson crumbs and goes to the fat side for Drew to mark near the hotspot and miss badly to the left. (Q3 21:55)
Lord props on the HFF behind a pack, no Saints come at him so he has time to spot Finlayson with an inside pass 50m out on a slight angle. Dorsal bangs through a strong set shot! (Q3 24:06)
Byrne-Jones gets a lucky bounce from a chaos ball near CHF, he bounces through the snap from 45m but the 3QT siren sounded just before he kicked, no score. (3 Qtr Time)
Sharman drifts in front of King in a pack to mark at the hotspot for his first goal off the subs bench. (Q4 2:10)
Hill centres to Wanganeen-Milera on his own in the centre, he waltzes to 55m on a slight angle but hooks to the left. (Q4 4:26)
Schoenmaker bombs long to the square from the centre, Zerk-Thatcher drops a difficult intercept, Sharman keeps his feet to rove and feed Higgins for the levelling goal! (Q4 8:30)
Narkle marks a Wines pass 50m out on a slight angle and tugs the set shot left. (Q4 14:15)
BUtler beats the second-gamer Evans to mark a Caminiti kick to half forward, he hits Higgins’ lead 25m out on a slight angle, the screwing set shot is short and rushed. (Q4 14:46)
Horne-Francis passes to Narkle just inside 50m near the boundary, another tough set shot with scores level, Sparkle roosts it to the goal line to be rushed. (Q4 16:29)
Lord marks 50m out wide on the flank, he sets up a kick to the top of the square but the Saints clear. (Q4 20:30)
Caminiti starts a switch on a rebound, Wanganeen-Milera finds Steele to mark untouched at true CHF. This to level the scores or change the lead again… no score. (Q4 22:15)
Wilkie starts the next rebound from an aimless Mead kick to no one but it breaks down at half forward, clock ticks under two minutes. (Q4 23:06)
Bergman kicks long to a pack in the pocket, Drew catches Owens high on the Saints HBF to start another rebound with 1:07 to play… (Q4 24:03)
Rozee goes long to the pocket for Georgiades who drops the mark, ball out for a throw in, 49 seconds with St Kilda needing to go coast to coast. (Q4 24:48)
Georgiades gets a free at the throw-in 20m out in front catching Steele HTB, he takes his full allotted time to drain the clock and ice the game, then misses. Siren goes, Port win! (Q4 25:45)