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Blog log from P1 of 2025: St Kilda vs Port Adelaide

Blog log for St Kilda vs Port Adelaide, P1 of 2025

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Richards gets a rather red hot HTB free after laying two tackles at a stoppage, and kicks the first goal of the day from near the hotspot. (Q1 3:05)
Georgiades is one out with O’Connell and marks a Horne-Francis pass easily near the hotspot, after a rebound around outer wing. He misses in fluky winds. (Q1 6:49)
Lukosius uses his silky right boot to deliver a long pass from members side wing to Georgiades in the pocket 20m out for his first goal. (Q1 10:34)
Sweet marks 40m out near the boundary and swerves through an intelligent set shot, using the breeze at his back to perfection. (Q1 15:49)
Port are enjoying the backing of the breeze in Q1, and St Kilda are not working hard enough to stop them as yet. (Q1 16:01)
Byrne-Jones marks at much the same spot but his set shot hooks left and stays left. (Q1 17:49)
Byrne-Jones roves at the hotspot and snaps high and wobbly off the left, the breeze carries it over the line for another one for Port. (Q1 19:16)
Repeat inside 50s piling up for Port, Wilkie finds Rioli to mark in the pocket 25m out, he converts. (Q1 23:21)
Windhager gives wide of a pack at the hotspot to Wood who hits the post off the left from 20m. (Q1 25:03)
Port goes coast to coast from Finlayson’s kick in, Rioli marks behind Stocker 30m out on the flank and goals again. (Q1 25:46)
Horne-Francis is on his own in an acre of space to mark a Powell-Pepper centring ball 35m out on a slight angle. He hooks it way left and OOTF, however (Q2 4:03)
Port’s running handball chains into the wind are showing St Kilda how to play the conditions. (Q2 4:48)
Boxshall sucks a 50m penalty out of Aliir with an obvious flop after incidental contact from behind, he finally get the first St Kilda goal from the top of the goalsquare. (Q2 10:55)
Wanganeen-Milera shows good dash to get past Boak but kicks to the feet of Owens, turnover leads to Boak finding Lukosius at the hotspot, goal. (Q2 12:55)
Caminiti marks over Finlayson near the hotspot on the end of a rare fast break by the Saints, but he blocks the kick well to the left. (Q2 18:12)
Rioli is behind Wilkie on a fast break from the kick in, he can’t mark Lukosius’ pass but butters up and delivers a cheeky checkside for the goal from 20m. (Q2 19:44)
Macrae wins a rather red hot HTB free on Sinn in the pocket 25m out, but he also sprays the set shot to the left and OOTF. (Q2 24:49)
Hall kicks the first goal of Q3 into the wind. (Q3 8:42)
Horne-Francis jets his way through half forward, baulks past a man and just misses off the right from 45m on a slight angle. (Q3 9:35)
Lord earns a high contact free fighting for a ground ball against Wilkie at the hotspot, he kicks straight. (Q3 12:56)
Byrne-Jones snaps a short-range goal from a stoppage, receiving from Soldo who had caught the ball out of ruck. (Q3 17:32)
Garcia runs through CHF after a turnover at CHF forced by good frontal pressure, he passes to Boxshall who turns into the open goal. (Q3 20:47)
Another Port handball chain through midfield at full pace ends with Powell-Pepper blazing wide to the right from 45m. (Q3 24:00)
Higgins is over the back on a fast break to stroll into the open goal after a midfield turnover by a fumbling Powell-Pepper. (Q3 25:38)
Rozee misses a snap from a stoppage in the pocket. (Q3 27:26)
Lukosius roves a Richards contest in the square and boots the first goal of Q4 junk time. (Q4 0:40)
Byrne-Jones gives Powell-Pepper a Joe the Goose special to rub in Port’s dominance on fast break. (Q4 3:08)
Lukosius marks 30m out on the flank but the wind blows his drop punt to the right for a point. (Q4 6:55)
Rozee snaps another goal into the wind. (Q4 8:01)
Lukosius gathers a bounce pass on the HFF, has several teal-clad teammates inside looking for a pass but goes himself from 45m… narrow. (Q4 10:39)
Higgins rolls in another junk time goal from the pocket 20m out. (Q4 11:35)
Powell-Pepper marks a short Drew pass 40m out on a slight angle but leaves his set shot to the right. (Q4 19:09)
Wilson gets a high contact free on Lorenz at the hotspot for some garbage. (Q4 23:11)
Keeler takes a pack mark in the square for a goal in the last minute. (Q4 27:21)

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