Blog log from R7 of 2024: Port Adelaide vs St Kilda

Wilson marks near the boundary 40m out after a rebound but his set shot drifts left across the face. (Q1 3:17)
Owens gets low to rove 35m out in front, Farrell stays high and catches him over the shoulder for an obvious free kick and the first goal of the night. (Q1 4:31)
Bergman marks 50m out on a slight angle but misses to the left. (Q1 8:15)
Sinclair tries to do a one-two with Wilkie on the kick in but Powell-Pepper flies in to catch him HTB on the receive. SPP lines up from 40m on the flank, and hits the left post. (Q1 9:17)
Bergman jets through the centre on rebound and goes over Cordy and Wilkie to Marshall 20m out on a slight angle, but his set shot is across the face to the right. (Q1 10:56)
Rozee snaps the first goal for Port Adelaide after another turnover at half back by St Kilda. (Q1 12:00)
Port have worked the switch well early tonight but it was Bonner who bit off a sideways kick from the boundary to CHB which Dixon spoiled to set up the goal. (Q1 12:59)
Wanganeen-Milera drops an intercept mark 40m out in front, Marshall roves and gives to Boak who snaps across his body off the left from 35m… just wide left. (Q1 14:14)
Repeat inside 50s for Port are piling up already, on the latest by Burgoyne to the hotspot Georgiades takes a contested grab over Stocker and misses. (Q1 16:45)
Wilson tries to pass to Owens from the HFF but misses the target, the ball bounces for a behind. (Q1 17:30)
A rare repeat inside 50 for the Saints, Hill shows the Power how it’s done with a snap from the HFF for a goal! (Q1 18:10)
It was Williams’ kick in that went to a one-on-two that caused that goal. (Q1 18:44)
Houston drops an intercept mark from a chaos ball to 40m on a slight angle, Phillipou roves and gets a push free on Powell-Pepper which he converts! (Q1 20:15)
Port had all the play in the first 15 minutes but kept missing, Saints have gone bang-bang to take an unlikely lead. (Q1 21:00)
Hill roves on the wing and passes to Higgins 45m out on a slight angle, who misses, predictably. (Q1 24:42)
Powell-Pepper misses a snap over his shoulder from the pocket 25m out just before the QT siren. (Qtr Time)
Windhager clears from the first bounce of Q2, Caminiti marks over Ratugolea 40m out in front but misses. (Q2 0:41)
Switch works again for Port with Aliir feeding Farrell for a long ball from the centre over Stocker to Georgiades 50m out on the flank, he misses near side right. (Q2 6:44)
Both sides are tending to go very slow on rebound, that can be trouble and it is when Hill kicks to a one-on-three at CHB, Powell-Pepper sails through the goal. (Q2 7:46)
Wanganeen-Milera fumbles at half back, Byrne-Jones picks up and kicks high towards the hotspot where Dixon marks and goals. Port finally hits a deserved lead. (Q2 15:27)
Georgiades plays on to advantage into the open goal to extend the Power’s lead. (Q2 18:00)
Wines smothers Wilson on outer wing but the ball ricochets back to the Saint, long ball to Caminiti who beats Burgoyne to mark 20m out on a slight angle for the goal. (Q2 21:12)
Owens is over the back to rove a kick to grass in the pocket and snaps the goal from 15m ahead of Jones. (Q2 25:22)
Rioli can’t mark a very long Houston ball to the pocket but he baulks clear between two chasing Saints to snap the goal from 20m. (Q2 27:12)
Farrell roves behind the wing, sprints through traffic and goes long to Dixon who marks over Howard 40m out on the flank and converts. (Q2 29:27)
Rozee passes to Marshall 50m out on the flank, who hangs the set shot left. (Q3 3:48)
Saint defenders have been taking aggressive positions all night and they get burned again here with a Boak pass over Cordy to Dixon in the pocket 20m out, he goals. (Q3 6:03)
Marshall takes an intercept in a pack in the centre, thence to Stocker and Sinclair for the pass up the corridor for Membrey to mark 45m out and convert. (Q3 10:48)
Phillipou gives to Sharman who snaps from 55m out in front, that one sails through as well! (Q3 12:18)
Owens tumbles a quick snap wide off a step from 20m on a slight angle. (Q3 14:42)
Higgins receives from Owens at a throw in and snaps truly from 15m. (Q3 17:18)
Horne-Francis sends a long speculator from members wing to a pack 40m out on the flank, Rioli comes from the side to mark in front and restore Port Adelaide’s lead. (Q3 18:18)
Butters streaks away from the next centre bounce, takes two bounces himself getting around Garcia and spots up Byrne-Jones 35m out in front, who misses. (Q3 20:18)
Rioli gives outside a stoppage at half forward to Mead who sees Burgoyne one his own 35m out on the flank, but it’s another poor Pear set shot for a behind. (Q3 22:18)
Wilkie catches Dixon high 50m out on the flank, the kick is straight but short and does not result in a score. (Q3 23:59)
Farrell kicks long to the boundary 40m out, everybody thinks it’s going OOTF but Byrne-Jones goes up for the mark… boundary ump says it’s good, and DBJ kicks the goal! (Q3 29:04)
Did Byrne-Jones stooge the umpires on that play? Parallax error is a harsh mistress, and the reverse angle shows it was the right decision, fair play DBJ! (Q3 29:19)
Dixon keeps a ground ball alive in the pocket, Butters snaps very high and across the face from 40m on a slight angle. (Q3 30:19)
Horne-Francis blazes wide from half forward. (Q4 0:48)
Georgiades receives from Drew at the hotspot, Battle comes in hot but catches him high for an unlucky but obvious free. Set shot flies wide right. (Q4 3:50)
Repeat inside 50s for Port piling up again, Howard holds Dixon to concede a free 20m out for his fourth goal. (Q4 7:28)
Sinclair roves and grubbers a goal from 30m in front. (Q4 12:01)
Boak roves a smothered Wanganeen-Milera kick and shoots off a few steps from 40m on a slight angle… bounces across the face. (Q4 16:40)
Williams loses the handle on play for an Owens pass to Higgins in the pocket 25m out, Higgins marks, plays on and goals! (Q4 17:49)
6:01 to go and the Saints haven’t looked good enough all night but this is classic Lyonball, his teams often look down and out but somehow come off the canvas at times like these. (Q4 18:28)
Wilkie intercepts on the HBF and switches through Wilson, mad scramble inside 50 for St Kilda but no score results. (Q4 20:48)
Ratugolea starts a rebound after the stoppage, Dixon keeps his feet after contesting in the pocket but blazes OOTF across the face from 30m. (Q4 21:33)
Burgoyne intercepts on the HFF and sends it back in to the hotspot, Horne-Francis reefs out a handball from the pack to Wines who snaps the sealer! (Q4 22:18)
3:06 and three kicks in it, it’s over. (Q4 22:48)
Membrey roves a Hill contest in the pocket and centres for Cordy at the hotspot, he goals quickly. (Q4 26:18)
46 seconds to go and still two kicks in it. (Q4 26:34)