The Bombers clamp down on Port trying to handball from a stoppage deep in defence, Durham causes the spillage but Merrett snaps wide from 20m on a slight angle. (Q1 4:16)
More frontal pressure by Essendon to lock it in their side of half way, Gresham feeds Ridley to snap off a step from CHF but hooks left. (Q1 5:09)
Byrne-Jones’ chase cause Prior to kick OOB and get pinged for intent on outer wing, Georgiades beats McKay to mark at the hotspot for the first goal. (Q1 7:01)
Draper gets a contact free on his man Ratugolea 30m out on a slight angle going for a Menzie pass, crowd cheers as he lines up for the set shot snap… which he curls in. (Q1 11:16)
Centre clearance Essendon, Menzie snaps just wide to the right from the hotspot. (Q1 12:17)
Shiel sends a low ball from the HFF to the square, off hands but Caddy gets a rather soft pushing free on Evans, which he converts. (Q1 13:31)
Moraes receives on outer wing at full tilt following the next bounce with Duursma trailing, he hits the lead of Georgiades near the hotspot for goal number two. (Q1 15:06)
Menzie feeds Duursma for a flying snap exiting a ball up in the centre but it’s wide right from 45m on a slight angle. (Q1 17:19)
Wines coughs the ball up asking for too much of Rioli on outer wing, Edwards marks 45m out on a slight angle but misses to the left. (Q1 18:39)
Powell-Pepper tries an impossible bouncing snap from the behind post after a stoppage, goes near side right. (Q1 21:03)
Horne-Francis passes very short to Berry 45m on a slight angle, who sends it just the right (wrong) side of the post. (Q1 23:20)
Wines roves on the HFF and hits up Georgiades who gets a holding free on Ridley 25m out on a slight angle, he lines up for his third goal of Q1… across the face. (Q1 25:02)
Georgiades leads in front of Ridley and clunks a long Burgoyne pass from members wing to 40m on the flank. He misses again to the right. (Q1 27:12)
Prior spoils another inside 50 target for Georgiades but the ball sits up for the Port gun to gather and feed Boak a Joe the Goose special. (Q1 29:32)
Berry feeds Byrne-Jones who spins and shoots off a step from 45m on a slight angle for his first goal. (Q2 2:47)
Martin beats Aliir to a ground ball in the pocket and spins to pass backwards to Merrett 50m out on the flank… who tries a pass that turns over. (Q2 4:56)
Port rebounds without Essendon touching the footy, Powell-Pepper hits up that man Georgiades 45m out on a slight angle… who tugs it way left for no score. (Q2 7:04)
Farrell spoils a Shiel kick to the square for a point. (Q2 12:30)
Shiel kicks long on a rebound up the guts to Jones to mark over Aliir 40m out then miss to the right. (Q2 15:20)
Draper and McGrath outnumber Berry for a long speculator but McGrath is pinged for a push in the back. Berry doesn’t score from 45m. (Q2 19:41)
Durham roves a ball up on the HFF, jinks clear and hoofs it on the left for Gresham to mark in front of Farrell 35m out on a slight angle. He chips the red time goal. (Q2 25:46)
Merrett passes to Durham 40m out in the corridor who shanks it way left and OOTF, typifying the poor finishing by both sides tonight. (Q3 3:16)
Richards finally delivers a long-range snap that is on target, after yet another period where both sides roll the dice on transition. (Q3 5:38)
Merrett runs up the outer wing and centres for Menzie 40m out in the corridor, who kicks straight. (Q3 8:41)
Durham snaps from 40m in heavy traffic and again the ball flies left and OOTF. (Q3 10:52)
Wines marks a short pass 50m out on a slight angle, feigns a handball to fool Roberts on the mark then goals from 45m on a slight angle. (Q3 13:33)
Sinn misses a flying snap from half forward. (Q3 16:07)
Roberts marks a nice cross-field pass by Durham to 40m on a slight angle, his set shot is a peach. (Q3 18:38)
Kako roves and feeds Merrett for a left-foot curler from 30m on the flank that swerves into the far right post. (Q3 24:09)
Byrne-Jones roves a Soldo contest in the pocket, Ridley grits the teeth on the chase but can’t catch him, DBJ swerves inside for a fabulous finish from 20m! (Q3 26:59)
Caldwell snaps from CHF after the first bounce of Q4 but tugs it left. (Q4 0:14)
Horne-Francis has done bugger all so far tonight but he roves at full pace on the HFF, steadies over a running snap and slots it from 40m. (Q4 1:15)
El-Hawli’s first and second touches come on a rebound up the guts that ends with Martin popping through the goal from 40m, that was exciting! (Q4 3:31)
Saad El-Hawli has a lot of Adam Saad about him, judging from that passage. (Q4 4:09)
Cochrane, the other first-gamer subbed on at 3QT, marks a Horne-Francis pass on the boundary 30m out and just misses near side right. (Q4 6:01)
Essendon have been having pings from outside CHF a lot tonight, finally Redman gets one on target to level the scores! (Q4 8:24)
Evans it was whose handball to grass set up that turnover goal to the Dons. (Q4 8:49)
Draper marks in front of Ratugolea 45m out on the flank, not the spot to try his usual screwing ball so he reverts to the drop punt… short, eventually Martin snaps OOTF. (Q4 10:26)
Aliir is pinged for an arm chop on Caddy 40m out on the flank, kick starts on line but swerves across the face. (Q4 12:37)
Caddy receives deep in the pocket 30m out and tries a checkside off a step, percentages win out as it curls way too early for a point. (Q4 13:40)
Kako marks a Caldwell pass on the HFF, baulks around Evans and hits the hotspot for Caddy to mark over Aliir and convert. Don fans going ape droppings! (Q4 15:56)
Rozee misses a snap from 40m in the corridor after the next bounce. (Q4 17:12)
Draper lumbers up from the square in front of Sweet to clunk another long ball to the hotspot, this one in the perfect spot for his snap style, straight through! (Q4 18:35)
Kako is chased by two for a ground ball in the pocket, decides not to take them on and passes back to Duursma 40m out on the flank, who shanks for no direct score. (Q4 20:40)
Moraes is involved twice on a rebound up the guts started by Bergman, he passes to Rioli 40m out on the flank who misses. Time has elapsed, Port can’t win. (Q4 28:14)
Horne-Francis marks 35m out on the flank, rushes the set shot as we are in the last minute, and pushes it right across the face. (Q4 28:56)
