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Blog log from R5 of 2025: Port Adelaide vs Hawthorn

Blog log for Port Adelaide vs Hawthorn, R5 of 2025

Butters passes short to Richards 45m out near the boundary, home crowd rises as one to salute a lovely drop punt for the first goal of the night! (Q1 1:22)
Butters releases Mead to speed away from a front half stoppage, reach 45m on a slight angle and steer through the goal! (Q1 3:49)
Morrison’s rebound kick under pressure turns over, that man Butters is there to mop up and find Rioli 40m out in the corridor, he converts, Port on fire early! (Q1 6:43)
Sicily turns the ball over by foot after intercepting at half back, his man Powell-Pepper marks in the pocket 30m out but misses. (Q1 8:56)
Farrell’s short kick at CHB turns over, Ginnivan taps to Weddle who gives back to Ginnivan for the pass to Gunston 40m out on a slight angle, first goal to the Hawks. (Q1 10:35)
Mackenzie has Watson in a heap of space on outer wing on a slingshot play, he feeds Moore for the inside 50 pass to Maginness 20m out on a slight angle, but he misses. (Q1 13:23)
Burgoyne marks near CHF and gives off to Bergman flashing past for a long bomb that is shepherded through for a goal! (Q1 15:00)
Maginness gives to D’Ambrosia who tries a low-percentage checkside from the boundary 30m, floats into the far right goalpost. (Q1 16:46)
Rioli roves in a pack 30m out, ducks under two Hawk tacklers and reefs out a handball to Richards who does the rest off the right boot. (Q1 21:30)
Battle drops an intercept at CHB after the next bounce, Mead gets a bouncing snap off from 40m but it’s to the right. (Q1 22:44)
Another turnover on the Hawk rebound, Georgiades marks Bergman’s long ball from outer wing 30m out on a slight angle but leaves his set shot to the right. (Q1 23:37)
Jiath loses his feet and the contest with Richards chasing a loose ball on members wing, with a Rioli assist Richards passes to Georgiades 40m out on a slight angle, goal Port. (Q1 26:44)
Horne-Francis centres from a stoppage on the HFF, spoiled from the hotspot towards CHF, ball bounces past Moore to Rozee who sails through another one for Port from 40m! (Q2 1:39)
Barrass kicks blind from defence to members wing straight to the oppo, lot of that tonight already, Powell-Pepper snaps the goal from 40m near the boundary. (Q2 5:39)
Rioli has Georgiades all on his own at the hotspot for another one, Power completely in control. (Q2 8:54)
Weddle dumps a long rebound kick to members wing after intercepting but Meek has two on him, Bergman marks easily and hits the corridor for Rozee who strokes through another one! (Q2 12:14)
Lord sends Mead off into the open goal, this is a procession. (Q2 15:42)
Jones marks a Butters pass 45m out and gives off to Rozee who shoots to the left. (Q2 22:12)
Drew joins the party with a snap goal from a ball up 40m out. (Q2 23:51)
Horne-Francis earns a high contact free on Maginness 40m out in front but also shoots to the left. (Q2 26:20)
Rioli snaps wide right from a stoppage 40m out on a slight angle. (Q2 30:00)
Gunston marks just inside 50m out on the flank, Sicily calls for it long and quick but Gunston goes back for the set shot and dobs it. (Q2 30:56)
Meek gets a holding free on Sweet in ruck 45m out on the flank, he also converts. (Q2 33:11)
Newcombe passes to Ginnivan just inside true CHF who kicks OOTF to the right. (Q3 6:52)
Newcombe marks Meek’s pass to 40m out in front and kicks straight. (Q3 8:12)
Sicily beats Bergman to mark a Chol pass from the HFF to the top of the square for another one for the Hawks. (Q3 9:54)
Lord gathers Burgoyne’s soccer kick and snaps over his shoulder for a steadier. (Q3 12:41)
Weddle is in the hole but can’t stop Lord marking a Rioli pass leading to the pocket 25m out, kick is a shank that is eventually rushed by Jiath. (Q3 14:28)
Impey’s poor decision on a fast break around outer wing leads to a turnover, Lord marks in front of Barrass 40m out in front and misses to the left. (Q3 19:21)
Gunston drops an uncontested mark in the goalsquare anticipating contact that didn’t come, but it comes back to him via Mackenzie to snap the goal. (Q3 22:25)
Horne-Francis clears from the centre to Georgiades 30m out, Morrison gives away 50m with late contact to ensure the goal. (Q3 23:52)
Breust flies over Aliir but can’t mark and touches through a long ball to the square by Worpel. (Q3 25:14)
Meek gets another ruck free on Sweet for contact, this one over the shoulder at the hotspot, he converts again. (Q3 26:14)
Gunston marks in the pocket over Farrell and screw through goal number four from 30m. (Q4 2:47)
Cochrane leaps in front of Hardwick to mark a Horne-Francis pass after the next centre bounce, he wobbles it home from 40m on a slight angle for his first senior goal. (Q4 4:40)
Watson snaps from the pocket over Aliir but across the face and OOTF, the crowd loved that one. (Q4 7:03)
Chol juggles a mark at the top of the square after Hardwick halves a ground contest with Burgoyne and Ratougolea on the HFF, he gets some junk. (Q4 9:06)
Worpel marks a centring ball by Breust 40m out in front for some more garbage. (Q4 11:46)
Moore is pinged for a push in the back on Drew at a ball up at the hotspot, but again the set shot is wide. (Q4 13:56)
Mackenzie baulks past Horne-Francis on members wing and goes long for Sicily to mark over Ratugolea 30m out in the corridor, who converts. (Q4 15:09)
Ratugolea and Wines fall into the back of Maginness on the HFF, he gives off to Sicily who shoots off a step from the 50m paint, falls on the line but Aliir touches it through. (Q4 17:43)
Watson’s pressure forces a turnover at half forward, crumb falls for Weddle who has Sicily over the back, Joe the Goose special to Gunston for his fifth goal! (Q4 19:17)
Georgiades takes a link mark on the HFF and goes long, Powell-Pepper roves in the pocket and jinks inside for a settling goal from 20m. (Q4 21:32)
Port bosses the next centre bounce, Rioli receives a Joe the Goose special from Powell-Pepper and shows the ball cheekily to Jiath before kicking the sealer. (Q4 22:57)
And of course it’s a double goal as Jiath scragged Rioli after the goal, further pain for Hawthorn. (Q4 23:37)
Gunston is on the end of a slingshot play for his sixth goal, to little reaction. (Q4 27:02)
Georgiades snaps on the turn from the hotspot but it’s to the left. (Q4 31:11)
Wines deserves a goal but he too misses to the left from 35m. (Q4 31:18)
Breust performs his trademark run to the pocket, shoulder shrug and jink inside for a junk time special, Jones the victim on this one. (Q4 32:12)

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