Blog log from R19 of 2024: Port Adelaide vs Richmond

Blog log for Port Adelaide vs Richmond, R19 of 2024

Prestia pinches the pill off Rozee and checksides off a few steps from 40m on a slight angle, it starts left and curls right through for the first goal! (Q1 1:26)
Rozee curls in a snap from half forward after a stoppage. (Q1 6:55)
Brown feeds Koschitzke a Joe the Goose special after Bolton bounces off two challenges at half forward and gives wide. (Q1 10:26)
Willie Rioli soccers wide from 30m under a Short challenge. (Q1 11:14)
Broad touches through a Mead snap from CHF. (Q1 14:43)
Boak sails through a long snap from the HFF off a step to give Port the lead. (Q1 17:07)
Ryan clunks a pack mark 40m out on a slight angle over Bergman but his kick doesn’t match, short and wide right for no score. (Q1 20:21)
Bolton shoots across the face from the HFF. (Q1 22:23)
Koschitzke arrives late to an OOTF kick and punches it into the crowd to concede 50, Logan Evans makes him pay with the goal from 30m on a slight angle. (Q1 26:57)
Mansell spoils a telegraphed backwards kick by Ratugolea to Logan Evans, butters up and avoids the onrushing Aliir to goal from 20m. (Q1 29:12)
Willie Rioli marks over Miller 15m out in the pocket and goals. (Q1 30:15)
Baker gives behind congestion to Daniel Rioli who curls through a quality snap from 40m in front. (Q2 1:57)
Rozee marks 30m out in front but misses a relatively easy set shot. (Q2 5:41)
Mansell marks 35m out in the corridor and sails through another lead-changing goal. (Q2 7:32)
Horne-Francis catches Baker HTB at half forward and hits the lead of Rozee 35m out on a slight angle. This set shot goes straight, another lead change. (Q2 9:32)
Mansell drops a Bolton snap, the ball is fumbled over the behind line. (Q2 13:59)
Dixon marks a Logan Evans pass from outer wing to the boundary 30m out but his kick is narrow to the left. (Q2 15:03)
Aliir passes to Mead 45m out on a slight angle who misses. (Q2 19:48)
Mead passes to the boundary for Georgiades to mark on the slide in front of Miller 35m out. The set shot drop punt is straight through from a tough angle. (Q2 21:46)
Campbell marks sliding on his knees 45m out in the corridor and delivers a lovely drop punt for the goal. (Q2 24:01)
McIntosh misses a running snap from 40m on the flank. (Q2 25:20)
Byrne-Jones kicks over Balta to Dixon in the pocket 20m out, Charlie threads the needle! (Q2 28:48)
Byrne-Jones rolls through a snap from 55m on a slight angle to an empty square after a feed by Lord. (Q3 1:38)
Bolton marks near CHF and sails through a nice drop punt to get the margin back within a kick. (Q3 4:54)
Dixon marks over Balta on the behind line and curls in his second major. (Q3 7:37)
Banks gathers a bounce pass by Bolton on a switch rebound and feeds Green who slots the running snap from 35m out on a slight angle. (Q3 10:24)
Drew misses from a stoppage on the HFF. (Q3 12:33)
Mansell beats Ratugolea in a ground battle on the HFF and tries a low-percentage snap from near the boundary 45m out but it skids nicely for a big goal! (Q3 13:38)
Georgiades marks a Boak pass from outer wing to 40m near the boundary, Miller gesticulates on the mark but the set shot is a peach! (Q3 19:35)
Bolton is late and drops Byrne-Jones after disposal, Lord accepts the downfield free and goals from point-blank range. (Q3 21:39)
Francis Evans is front and centre for a Lord contest 45m out on a slight angle, he skids through a nice goal. (Q3 25:09)
Daniel Rioli sails through another quality finish from long range after a feed behind a stoppage from Dow. (Q3 27:29)
Smith runs through the centre on a rebound and kicks to McIntosh 35m out in front, who kicks truly. Richmond aren’t going away. (Q3 30:22)
Dixon volleys the crumb from his own contest near the hotspot but it floats wide right. (Q3 33:24)
Butters passes short to Horne-Francis just before the 3QT siren. The Hornet lines up from 40m just to the right of the corridor, but shoots left. (Q3 34:35)
Dixon kicks the first goal of Q4 to make it tough for the plucky young Tigers. (Q4 2:37)
Narkle has a chance to just about put it to bed but blazes wide from 40m on a slight angle. (Q4 3:24)
Willie Rioli sets up Mead who passes from the HFF to the diving Georgiades 20m out in the pocket. Georgiades kicks across the face to the right. (Q4 8:10)
Narkle grubbers across the face for a behind from the pocket 20m out. (Q4 10:31)
Francis Evans marks a Houston pass 45m out on the flank and passes to Georgiades in the pocket 20m out, who steers that one through. (Q4 12:48)
Port have had almost all the territory and Q4 without enough nourishment on the scoreboard, but that is enough to ice the game. (Q4 13:07)
McIntosh misses another running snap from the flank 40m out. (Q4 14:41)
Daniel Rioli flashes through a stoppage at half back but Boak catches him HTB 45m out on a slight angle, his kick is across the face to the left. (Q4 17:56)
Willie Rioli marks in front of Broad 30m out on the flank, anothhr Boak inside 50 kick from the wing to supply it. He converts. (Q4 21:13)
Dixon adds a fourth goal after a pack mark at the hotspot. (Q4 23:53)
Burgoyne passes to the pocket for Willie Rioli 25m out who misses in the last minute. (Q4 28:23)
Narkle misses from 50m on a slight angle after the final siren. (Q4 29:38)