Blog log from R1 of 2024: Port Adelaide vs West Coast

Rioli roves a Marshall contest on the HFF and grubbers to the square where Dixon is all on his own to gather and stroll in for the first goal of the evening. (Q1 7:52)
Brockman goes long from members wing to a pack in the pocket on a rebound, Reid roves and gives over the top, Cripps taps, it’s Waterman who baulks and goals from the line. (Q1 9:28)
Bergman kicks in side 50 after the next bounce, Burton feeds Butters who pokes a pass from traffic outside to Mead 40m on on a slight angle, he misses. (Q1 11:27)
Waterman roves a Cripps kick that drifts to a pack near the behind post but misses from 15m. (Q1 13:14)
Port rebounds from the kick in in classic Port spreading style, Marshall passes to Finlayson 45m out on a slight angle, he misses to the right. (Q1 13:42)
Finlayson misses again with a snap from 30m. (Q1 20:13)
Horne-Francis feeds Butters after roving Maric at a stoppage 30m out on a slight angle, snap is true. (Q1 21:58)
Williams grabs the ball out of ruck at a ball up at the Eagles hotspot, he tumbles through a rare goal. (Q1 23:23)
Rioli keeps a ground ball alive on the HFF after Hough overcommits at the front, he goes inboard to Dixon who marks in front of Barrass 20m out and goals. (Q1 25:28)
Burton receives from Dixon and misses from 45m on a slight angle. (Q1 28:34)
Waterman gathers a loose ball in the pocket after Aliir goes under the flight, boundary umpire right there but doesn’t blow play dead, give inside to Petruccelle for the goal! (Q1 29:43)
Parallax is always a bit deceptive when it comes to boundary line decisions on an oval ground, but the Port home crowd was chuntering very loudly that that ball was OOB. (Q1 30:27)
Dixon misses a set shot from 45m on the flank. (Q1 30:43)
Dixon takes a contested grab with Barrass all over him 45m out on a slight angle, lands on his shoulder but gets up and… misses again. (Q1 32:13)
Barrass is uncharacteristically out of position for a long ball by Marshall to Dixon at the hotspot, Charlie clunks the mark and boots goal number three. (Q2 2:54)
Marshall is paid a mark on the lead 30m out in the pocket that he didn’t have the greatest handle on. His kick stays right. (Q2 4:54)
Bergman sharks a pressured Hunt at half back but bounces a snap wide from 45m on a slight angle. (Q2 5:39)
Wines passes to Marshall at the same spot as his last attempt, he puts the screwing set shot aside for a drop punt… which lands on top of the near left goalpost. (Q2 6:47)
Marshall marks within range near the boundary and chooses an inboard pass to Farrell 50m out on a slight angle, he saunters past the mark and strokes through a lovely finish. (Q2 9:13)
Williams misses a ruck free on Finlayson from 50m on a slight angle. (Q2 12:06)
Horne-Francis delivers a nice set shot from 30m on the flank to continue the Teal flow. (Q2 13:14)
Soldo clunks a high speculator by Ratugolea from members wing in front of a big pack 40m out on the flank. He trots in purposefully and slots the goal. (Q2 21:28)
Ginbey roves a Bergman fumbles and passes short from half forward to the hotspot for Cripps to pop through the goal. (Q2 23:28)
Marshall marks 50m out on a slight angle and gives off to Houston who kicks long but wide left. (Q2 27:09)
Petruccelle wears a whack from Aliir after marking 40m out on the flank, no penalty but he kicks the goal anyway. (Q2 28:19)
Butters scythes through midfield on a rebound and passed to Bryne-Jones 45m out in the corridor, he goals. (Q2 29:43)
Butters kicks to the pocket where Dixon can’t mark but Rioli plays for and gets a soft holding free on Cole 20m out for the goal on the HT siren. (Q2 32:28)
Allen marks a Brockman pass 20m out on the boundary and misses to begin Q3. (Q3 0:54)
Rozee marks next to the behind post after another coast-to-coast rebound by the Power, he curls in the goal. (Q3 1:55)
Marshall marks a Horne-Francis pass on the HFF within range but goes to the pocket for Finlayson, who goes again inside to Drew 40m out on a slight angle. Drew goals. (Q3 5:08)
Butters is pinged for a push on Ginbey in a marking contest 40m out on a slight angle, Port home fans didn’t like it but it was technically there. He misses anyway. (Q3 8:49)
Petruccelle breaks a tackle at half forward and shoots from 45m but it swerves across the face, with several Eagles waving hands for a pass. (Q3 10:32)
Byrne-Jones receives from Jones outside a pack on the HFF but snaps across the face. (Q3 13:12)
Cripps has Darling over the back for an easy goal, his first of the year. (Q3 16:24)
Brockman roves a long ball to the top of the square and feeds outside to Duggan for a gaol from 35m. (Q3 18:54)
Chesser bombs long from the next bounce, Allen draws a holding free on Aliir for a tiny jumper tug. Oz hits the right goalpost from 30m on a slight angle. (Q3 20:14)
Boak misses a set shot from the HFF. (Q3 26:06)
Byrne-Jones chips inside 50 to a free Willie Rioli 40m out on the flank on the end of a flowing rebound around outer wing. Rioli misses near side right. (Q3 28:08)
Marshall tugs a set shot from the HFF to the left after the 3QT siren. (Q3 29:43)
Drew misses a set shot from the HFF to kick off Q4 junk time. (Q4 1:14)
Cripps passes over Aliir down the flank to Petruccelle 30m out, who tugs it left. (Q4 2:01)
Soldo spots up Horne-Francis leading to 45m in the corridor, he kicks straight. (Q4 3:21)
Bergman also misses on the run from 40m in front. (Q4 5:55)
Petruccelle gets another set shot chance from 35m in front, this one sails through for his third goal. (Q4 7:40)
Farrell shows them how it’s done with another bomb from outside 50m. (Q4 9:04)
Bergman misses another snap from a pack 35m out on the flank. (Q4 10:53)
Dixon clunks a long ball up the guts to 20m, plays on but gets tackled by McGovern and skews it wide to an empty goalface. (Q4 12:34)
Drew spins out of a tackle and snaps off a step from 40m on a slight angle for some more junk. (Q4 17:06)
Rioli roves his own contest but somehow checkside wide from five yards out. (Q4 19:13)
Boak marks 40m out on a slight angle and misses. (Q4 19:51)
Rozee spins prettily on the HFF away from Duggan and passes to Finlayson 25m out in the pocket, who needs a goal but misses a tough set shot. (Q4 22:17)
Hunt is intercepted kicking across half back by Soldo 40m out in the corridor. Soldo steers through some more reward for effort, his second goal. (Q4 24:58)
Reid to Yeo to burst from the next bounce and hit the lead of Waterman sliding in front of Aliir 45m out on a slight angle, that was a peach of a play. Waterman levers the goal. (Q4 26:37)
Rozee receives to scoot to CHF for the next centre clearance via Wines, his kick inside 50 is a dirty sack but it rolls from the hotspot all the way through! (Q4 28:22)
Long fumbles a crumb at the top of the square, Allen roves but has a man on his hammer and can only snap wide from 15m. Not his day. (Q4 30:17)
Chesser snaps a long goal on the final siren. (Q4 31:15)