Blog log from R6 of 2025: Sydney vs Port Adelaide

Rozee streaks away from his tagger Jordon at half back to start a quick rebound, Georgiades has Powell-Pepper on his own in the square for the easiest of first goals. (Q1 3:42)
Heeney is front and centre for a Hayward contest 40m out near the boundary, he only has one step to measure a screwing snap off the right but skids it through, high quality! (Q1 6:58)
Jordon rolls a pressured snap to the right from the hotspot. (Q1 9:56)
Farrell intercepts Bice’s rebound kick on members wing and goes to the boundary 30m out to Georgiades, who curls in a lovely set shot checkside off the right! (Q1 14:18)
Horne-Francis holds on to a contested grab in front of Melican 45m out near the boundary but shoots near side right and OOTF. (Q1 19:08)
McLean beats Sweet one out to mark 30m out in the pocket but shoots near side left. (Q1 20:41)
Cleary’s missed tackle on Butters at a stoppage on members wing leads to a handball chain ending with Byrne-Jones who goes long for Lord to mark over Hamling, goal from 15m. (Q1 22:54)
Cleary misses another tackle on Horne-Francis at half back, pass to Rozee 45m out on a slight angle who goals. Port dominating early, as they did in Q1 last week. (Q1 25:11)
Bice gathers a soccer from a stoppage by Sweet, baulks clear and shoots from 45m on the flank but it’s OOTF to the right. (Q1 29:41)
Mead passes to the pocket 20m out for Cochrane who checksides through a nice finish off the right. (Q2 5:52)
Cleary kicks OOTF on members wing, Boak roves the repeat inside 50 kick and gives inside to Rioli who puts a right-foot step on Bice and snaps the goal from the hotspot. (Q2 12:06)
McLean marks 40m out on a slight angle on a repeat inside 50, but he shoots left. (Q2 14:14)
McCartin keeps a ground ball alive in the pocket and wobbles a short kick inside for Hayward to leap over Bergman 20m out on a slight angle and goal. (Q2 15:04)
That goal came from a rare uncontested mark dropped by Aliir in the pocket, anticipating contact that didn’t come. (Q2 15:56)
Blakey receives in the centre from McInerney and has a ping from 55m but pulls it to the right off his left. (Q2 17:19)
Rioli marks 35m out on the flank but shoots across the face for a behind. (Q2 22:26)
Wicks intercepts at half back over Powell-Pepper and starts a quick counter up the guts, Blakey takes the running snap from 50m on a slight angle but hits the right post. (Q2 25:32)
Horne-Francis fights for the crumb at a stoppage 20m out, stumbles and earns a high contact free on Lloyd, but shanks the kick for a behind to the right. (Q2 26:58)
Blakey bounces his way through CHF on another classic scoot into scoring position, Ratugolea playing goalkeeper but watches another poor Lizard attempt dribble right for no score. (Q2 28:02)
Port goes coast to coast from the kick in, Powell-Pepper has Georgiades over the back to mark and run into the open goal! (Q2 28:31)
Another slingshot goal for Port, this one via Rioli to Byrne-Jones, amid a fusillade of goals to begin Q3. (Q3 12:43)
Powell-Pepper marks 35m out on a slight angle and misses across the face to the right. (Q3 14:13)
Chad Warner can’t mark a Florent pass inside 50 with Drew spoiling, but on the subsequent scramble Jordon gets a high contact free on Drew but shanks for no score from 40m. (Q3 19:38)
Horne-Francis roves on members wing and runs inside for a long bomb over the back to Rioli to mark near the square for a settler. (Q3 20:50)
Rioli snaps from a stoppage 20m out, even he signals that it was touched off the boot but the umps review anyway to confirm it. (Q3 31:02)
Powell-Pepper checksides a bouncing snap over Rampe from the hotspot, ball bounces near the right goalpost but the goal umpire signals goal! (Q4 1:01)
Heeney shoots on the lope from 45m on a slight angle off the left but Aliir is in the square to cut it off, not enough Wheaties for the wheat-haired Heeney. (Q4 3:58)
Francis roves a long repeat inside 50 kick to the square after contesting with Aliir for a goal. (Q4 4:26)
Francis is over the back next to the goalpost to mark a long Roberts kick for his second goal. (Q4 7:07)
Rampe sends a high speculator repeat inside 50 kick to a pack at the hotspot, Francis leaps in front of it to clunk the mark for his third goal in a row! (Q4 12:01)
Farrell intercepts on the HFF and kicks long to the square, Georgiades provides the crumb for Rioli to rove and goal! (Q4 15:31)
Heeney blazes a pass from the centre to the lead of McLean 35m out in the corridor following the next centre bounce. The kick is tugged to the left. (Q4 17:19)
Farrell is pinged for a block at half back on Heeney, pass over Sinn in the hole to the flank for McLean to mark on the lead 30m out but again he misses to the left. (Q4 20:17)
McCartin is pinged for throwing Georgiades to ground as they wait for a long ball 20m out on a slight angle. Georgiades converts with no problem. (Q4 22:47)
Heeney draws a contact free on Drew in the pocket 20m out in the pocket and screws in the left-foot set shot. (Q4 24:44)
Campbell bounces a snap to the left from the pocket. (Q4 26:42)
Francis scythes through traffic on the HFF and shoots for a goal of the year contender from 40m but it helicopters to the left. (Q4 27:54)
Campbell has another ping from the boundary 30m out, another miss to the left. (Q4 29:23)
Rowbottom kicks long from half back to Blakey who has McLean over the back to mark 20m out and keep the game alive with the goal. (Q4 30:18)
2:22 on the clock and two straight kicks for Sydney to pinch this in outrageous fashion! (Q4 30:42)
Rowbottom strips Butters of the footy in a tackle in the pocket 35m out, Francis gives back to him for a quick snap but it’s narrow to the right. (Q4 31:54)
Roberts has a chance for a snap from 50m on a slight angle but he tumbles it for a bounced behind to the right off his left. (Q4 32:51)
Wicks bombs long to the square, McLean has a chance for a mark but drops it cold, Port clears! (Q4 33:17)
Powell-Pepper gets a blocking free on outer wing to ice the game. Port good for the four points all day, to be fair. (Q4 34:04)
Francis sets up Chad Warner for a running snap from CHF… yep, wobbles wide right. (Q4 34:48)