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Blog log from R22 of 2022: Essendon vs Port Adelaide

Blog log for Essendon vs Port Adelaide, R22 of 2022

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Finlayson engineers the first centre clearance, Marshall taps the bouncing ball to Boak who kicks the first goal from 15m inside 15 seconds! (Q1 0:35)
Martin goals on the run from 45m in front after Shiel clears with a forward handball from a stoppage in the centre. (Q1 4:20)
Wines intercepts on the wing and goes quickly to Rozee 45m out on a slight angle, his set shot falls on the behind line to be marked by Marshall for his first goal. (Q1 9:35)
Laverde is pinged for deliberate OOB under Dixon pressure 30m out after another Finlayson centre clearance, Georgiades plays on and screws through the goal! (Q1 11:35)
Wright gives inside from a pack 20m out in the pocket to Stringer who tries a checkside off a step but it flies wide right. (Q1 17:04)
Redman gets a set shot 50m out on a slight angle but it’s short and off hands of Marshall for a point. (Q1 18:06)
Dixon leaps over Laverde and Ridley to clunk a mark from a Finlayson kick to the hotspot, he kicks truly. (Q1 18:55)
Shiel passes short to D’Ambrosio 35m out near the boundary who threads the needle for his first senior goal. (Q1 22:36)
Bryan takes a link mark on the HFF, dithers then kicks an awkward but effective ball to D’Ambrosio to mark 35m out in front for his second goal. (Q1 24:36)
Heppell catches Boak HTB at a stoppage 45m out on a slight angle, but tugs the free kick right. (Q1 27:36)
The Dons give away an off-field free for scragging behind the play by Stringer on Finlayson, Port work it to Powell-Pepper who marks 15m out in the pocket and goals. (Q1 30:16)
Bonner passes to Marshall 20m out on a slight angle, who recovered first from a big pack collision seconds before. Marshall misses. (Q2 1:00)
Durham kicks from the HBF to the centre but hits grass, Port swoops and McEntee marks a Burton kick near the hotspot for a goal. (Q2 4:00)
The ball lives in Port’s forward half for a while, Aliir passes to Duursma 45m out who passes to Rozee 30m out on the flank, he screws through a nice set shot. (Q2 7:17)
Wines marks at half forward, wheels and hits the lead of Georgiades 35m out in the corridor, who kicks truly. (Q2 9:15)
Duursma feeds Drew a Joe the Goose special after another flowing Port move through Marshall. (Q2 11:11)
Heppell drops a defensive intercept, Dixon roves and gives wide to Bonner who feeds Powell-Pepper to snap the goal across the body from 25m on the flank. (Q2 15:35)
Butters bounces through a stoppage goal from 20m in the pocket, Port can do no wrong! (Q2 19:36)
After Dixon bosses a stoppage at half forward, Bonner gives to Amon who snaps another goal for Port from 45m in front. (Q2 24:01)
Langford curls a snap wide from 35m on a slight angle. (Q2 27:01)
Butters runs free through the centre and passes over Zerk-Thatcher to Marshall 30m out on a slight angle who goals to kick off second half junk time. (Q3 1:10)
Georgiades marks a Marshall kick to the pocket over the hapless Zerk-Thatcher. He hits the post from 20m. (Q3 6:09)
Redman’s kick in is picked off by Butters 40m out on a slight angle, who misses. (Q3 6:54)
Perkins converts a set shot from CHF to stop the rot for the Dons, even if temporarily. (Q3 10:37)
Rozee runs from the next bounce and snaps wide from CHF. (Q3 11:24)
Butters gets a dodgy high contact free on Laverde at a stoppage 35m out on the flank, looked like both had their head over the ball but Laverde went past it. Butters goals. (Q3 14:24)
Burton gives Jonas a hospital handball deep in the pocket 15m out, Wright catches him HTB and screws in the goal. (Q3 18:09)
Hind baulks around Byrne-Jones at half forward and bangs through a junk time special from 40m in front. (Q3 19:55)
Perkins converts a set shot from 45m in front. (Q4 1:48)
Hind passes to Perkins 30m out on the flank after the next bounce, he misses. (Q4 3:43)
Marshall gathers a bouncing Wines ball on the HFF and hits Butters running back to goal 20m out, he goals. (Q4 4:58)
Langford marks a Hind pass 25m out in the pocket and goals. (Q4 6:42)
Finlayson drops a long Amon ball in the pocket in a contest with Durham but regathers and underlines his BOG credentials with a nice goal from 15m. (Q4 8:49)
Rozee misses from a pack 25m out on the flank. (Q4 9:58)
Hind roves and misses from deep in the pocket 20m out. (Q4 10:56)
Finlayson marks an Amon pass in the pocket and gives inside to Georgiades for an easy goal from 15m. (Q4 11:54)
Parish sails through a garbage time goal from half forward. Even the home fans aren’t getting excited by that one. (Q4 13:11)
Finlayson marks a Dixon pass untouched 20m out and gives Powell-Pepper a Joe the Goose special. (Q4 14:34)
Finlayson is playing out of his skin, he receives outside a pack from Boak 50m out on a slight angle, breaks an arm tackle by Draper and rams through another one! (Q4 16:24)
Amon marks 30m out on a slight angle after Dixon wrenches the footy away from Caldwell in midfield, he misses. (Q4 17:54)
Houston intercepts a dump kick 50m out on the flank and roosts a nice finish. (Q4 19:03)
Marshall passes to Bergman 40m out on a slight angle who converts. (Q4 20:55)
Shiel bursts away from the next centre bounce and feeds Stringer who shanks a behind from 45m in front. (Q4 22:26)
Marshall marks in front of poor old Zerk-Thatcher at the hotspot but there’s a free off the play for McEntee 20m out, he kicks the goal. (Q4 23:39)
Boak gives to Powell-Pepper for his fourth goal from 20m in the pocket in the last minute. (Q4 31:40)

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