Blog log from R20 of 2025: Adelaide vs Port Adelaide

Bergman kicks off proceedings by taking the ball cleanly, doing a 180 and kicking into his defensive 50, straight down the gullet of Fogarty! Fogarty misses left though. (Q1 1:54)
Keays grubbers a kick for goal but can only register a point (Q1 1:58)
Keays sprints through a forward stoppage and gets a shot away whilst being tackled, but misses again. (Q1 3:33)
Lukosius hooks through a set shot that sticks left for a point. (Q1 7:25)
Dawson has a set shot at the other end, this one near 50m out on the flank, which drops short and is seen through. (Q1 7:35)
Neal-Bullen toes the ball forward and it slides across the deck, wobbling through for the first goal of the night! (Q1 11:25)
The half forwards are running riot, as Keays pounces on another stoppage, streaming through and snapping a goal! (Q1 14:05)
Thilthorpe snatches the ball out of the ruck and heaves a kick towards goal that just misses right. (Q1 18:05)
Walker pulls down a nice mark 40m out as he gets away from Zerk-Thatcher. His set shot lazily drifts right. (Q1 20:59)
Adelaide get the ball back on the wing through a clever Walker punch to Berry who takes it on the run and casually slots it from 55! (Q1 21:36)
Georgiades crashes a pack and it pops up perfectly for Mead who quickly snaps a kick that bounces through for a much needed goal! (Q1 28:20)
O’Brien is pinged for a silly free kick in the ruck and it allows Sweet a free chance at goal. He strikes it well and now Port have arrived in this game! (Q1 30:07)
Georgiades gets a nice kick away under pressure and McEntee dives down to mark deep in the pocket. The siren sounds as McEntee kicks a lovely goal! (Qtr Time)
Keane intercepts and sends it back inside 50 with interest as Peatling dashes into the hole to mark. He kicks true, sparking a little melee! (Q2 4:21)
Laird throws the ball up under pressure and gives away the free to Byrne-Jones some 40m out on the flank. His kick drifts back in the wind but falls short and is rushed over. (Q2 6:00)
Thilthorpe pulls in a nice mark on the flank, he opts to play on and goes for goal off his left, it bounces straight as an arrow and through! (Q2 8:36)
Farrell hoofs the ball towards the square and Georgiades, who tussles with Murray. The ball pops up, Georgiades swings a boot and it bounces into and off the arm of Murray. (Q2 18:11)
Following a long review, the call was insufficient evidence, meaning it was called a behind. (Q2 18:38)
Pedlar is unable to pull down a mark but it falls perfectly for Walker who is able to just step around and kick a goal! (Q2 20:22)
Keays has ball in hand 65m out from goal and decides to try and sneak a goal form long range, it grubbers along the deck but wide, for a point. (Q2 21:24)
Peatling goes fishing for a goal (quite literally in this weather), but comes up offline. (Q2 27:38)
Farrell just hacks a kick out of the D50 that is gobbled up by Neal-Bullen who then sends it back inside 50 to Rankine who marks. He takes his time, and kicks the goal! (Q2 33:23)
Thilthorpe hacks a kick high across the forward 50 and Curtin contests to win a free kick. It’s been a quiet game for the rising star contender, but he misses left. (Q3 8:10)
Keays toes it off the deck and Thilthorpe reaches down to pick it up, and quickly snap through a cheeky goal! (Q3 12:36)
Walker gathers the ball off the deck and shovels it up to Dawson who then props and snaps through a goal! (Q3 15:37)
Boak tries to take on a swarm of Crows and loses possession, Wines then kicks the ball away to concede 50 which lets Walker walk down to the square and kick another goal! (Q3 19:10)
A Keays snap on the run drifts into the post. (Q3 19:36)
Butters brutes his way through a tackle at a forward stoppage and handballs it to McEntee who has the time and space to snap through his second goal. (Q3 21:53)
Georgiades gets his name on the board with a low set shot from 35m out. (Q3 23:53)
Fogarty kicks for goal but it drops short and somehow into the hands of O’Brien! He gives off to Keays, but it’s called back. After Keays fails again to get it off him, he snaps it (Q3 28:31)
Walker scoops the ball up for Berry on the run and with no one manning the square, slots another one on the run from outside 50! (Q3 29:36)
Thilthorpe starts the term by roosting a monster set shot through following a simple mark on a lead. (Q4 2:10)
A Georgiades set shot drops short and is easily delt with on the line by Milera. (Q4 6:38)
Peatling snaps for goal but is well off to the right for a point. (Q4 10:25)
Soligo piles on the pain as he helps himself to a goal. (Q4 11:56)
Walker charges in on a lead and marks a Milera kick on his chest under pressure from Bergman. He then brings up the ton for the Crows with a goal!
(Q4 14:27)
Byrne-Jones panics as Soligo bears down on him, coughing up a soft ball which Soligo duly snaps through! Ouch. (Q4 21:11)
Keays leads into the hole inside 50 and Neal-Bullen eventually spots him, pulling a kick inside. Keays kicks his second goal as the Power has been cut at Alberton (Q4 24:43)
Mead drops Laird after he dumps a kick inside 50 and it’s Pedlar who gets to take it. He pops it through and all of a sudden this could get to 100 points! (Q4 27:13)
Cook kicks to the top of the square and Fogarty leads out to mark. Fogarty slots it and we’re up to a 93 point margin! (Q4 28:27)
Soligo almost snaps through a miraculous goal but Keays marks it on the line. Keays quickly snaps it through! 99 points! (Q4 30:27)
Port scramble a point through at the other end. (Q4 31:25)