Game Chat – Gold Coast v Port Adelaide

Written by Thommo on March 21 2020

Where and when: Metricon Stadium, Saturday March 21, 6.40pm AEST

Last time they met: Adelaide Oval, round 9, 2019: Port Adelaide 13.11 (89) beat Gold Coast 7.9 (51)

What it means for Gold Coast: A chance to kick season number three under Stuart Dew off with a bang. The Suns were impressive during the Marsh Community Series with wins over Geelong and Adelaide and with a team fresh full of new faces there’s genuine optimism at Carrara.

What it means for Port Adelaide: There’s no mincing words at Port in 2020, this is a make-or-break season for coach Ken Hinkley, and his team would expect nothing short of four premiership points against the battling Suns.

The stat: Port Adelaide has won 10 of 11 contests between the clubs, with Gold Coast’s only victory being its historic first-ever as a club in 2011. Port has won the past 10 games by an average of 44 points.

The match-up: Jack Bowes v Robbie Gray

With a few disruptions to its half-back line, Gold Coast has groomed fourth-year midfielder Bowes to the new role. After keeping Gary Ablett quiet in a pre-season game, Bowes is a good candidate to line-up on Port matchwinner Gray.

It’s a big week for: Brandon Ellis

After 176 games and two premierships in eight seasons for Richmond, Brandon Ellis will play his first game in Gold Coast colours. His last match was the Grand Final in front of 100,014 spectators – a vast difference to an empty Metricon Stadium.

Big call: The way my weekend is going, Houston to have 10 possessions and 50 SC points…

Prediction: Port Adelaide by 6 points

 

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18 thoughts on “Game Chat – Gold Coast v Port Adelaide”

  1. So I dumped Rowell, to get Zac Guthrie and Brandon Starcevich (onfield) in.
    Looking forward to now watching Rowell get close or over the ton 🙁

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  2. LATE CHANGES
    Gold Coast: Nil
    Port Adelaide: Riley Bonner (quad) replaced in the selected side by Jarrod Lienert

    FINAL INTERCHANGES
    Gold Coast: Will Brodie, Matt Rowell, Sean Lemmens, James Joyce
    Port Adelaide: Hamish Hartlett, Tom Rockliff, Zak Butters, Justin Westhoff

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  3. HT scores – such as they are!
    Port Adelaide Power: 9.6.60
    Connor Rozee 68
    Travis Boak 67
    Tom Rockliff 67
    Sam Powell-Pepper 59
    Brad Ebert 58
    Todd Marshall 57
    Karl Amon 51
    Steven Motlop 50
    Hamish Hartlett 49
    Trent McKenzie 48
    Robbie Gray 44
    Darcy Byrne-Jones 41
    Ryan Burton 41
    Mitch Georgiades 39
    Xavier Duursma 37
    Scott Lycett 33
    Dan Houston 30
    Zak Butters 27
    Tom Clurey 26
    Justin Westhoff 23
    Tom Jonas 13
    Jarrod Lienert 6

    Gold Coast Suns: 3.2.20
    Touk Miller 71
    David Swallow 56
    Jack Bowes 54
    Ben Ainsworth 51
    Hugh Greenwood 51
    Samuel Collins 46
    Lachlan Weller 44
    Jarrod Witts 40
    Brandon Ellis 40
    Ben King* 39
    Brayden Fiorini 38
    Matthew Rowell 34
    Darcy MacPherson 32
    Jesse Joyce 31
    Sean Lemmens 29
    Noah Anderson 28
    Connor Budarick 24
    Jack Lukosius 13
    Will Brodie 11
    Sam Day 10
    Caleb Graham 5
    Nick Holman 4

    well done those who took Rozee!!

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  4. 3QTR Time scores

    Port Adelaide Power: 9.9.63
    Travis Boak 97
    Tom Rockliff 90
    Connor Rozee 87
    Brad Ebert 81
    Karl Amon 78
    Darcy Byrne-Jones 78
    Sam Powell-Pepper 76
    Steven Motlop 71
    Todd Marshall 69
    Robbie Gray 68
    Ryan Burton 66
    Trent McKenzie 66
    Hamish Hartlett 62
    Dan Houston 59
    Xavier Duursma 55
    Scott Lycett 51
    Mitch Georgiades 47
    Tom Jonas 37
    Zak Butters 34
    Tom Clurey 34
    Justin Westhoff 31
    Jarrod Lienert 20

    Gold Coast Suns: 4.5.29
    Touk Miller 96
    Hugh Greenwood 94
    Ben Ainsworth 82
    Jack Bowes 77
    Brandon Ellis 74
    David Swallow 69
    Samuel Collins 69
    Matthew Rowell 63
    Brayden Fiorini 58
    Ben King* 51
    Lachlan Weller 49
    Jarrod Witts 45
    Jesse Joyce 44
    Darcy MacPherson 41
    Sean Lemmens 37
    Noah Anderson 36
    Jack Lukosius 34
    Nick Holman 32
    Connor Budarick 32
    Will Brodie 23
    Sam Day 22
    Caleb Graham 17

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  5. Greenwood looking good … Houston doubled his half time score … wonder if he can double again?? … a nice 60 to 100 would make me feel better!!

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  6. Final scores …

    Port Adelaide Power: 10.16.76
    Travis Boak 113
    Tom Rockliff 105
    Connor Rozee 105
    Darcy Byrne-Jones 97
    Sam Powell-Pepper 91
    Robbie Gray 90
    Karl Amon 89
    Ryan Burton 88
    Brad Ebert 87
    Steven Motlop 79
    Todd Marshall 73
    Mitch Georgiades 72
    Dan Houston 69
    Xavier Duursma 69
    Trent McKenzie 67
    Scott Lycett 64
    Hamish Hartlett 64
    Tom Clurey 56
    Justin Westhoff 50
    Tom Jonas 41
    Zak Butters 38
    Jarrod Lienert 28

    Gold Coast Suns: 4.5.29
    Touk Miller 104
    Hugh Greenwood 99
    Jack Bowes 87
    Ben Ainsworth 85
    Samuel Collins 84
    David Swallow 83
    Brandon Ellis 75
    Matthew Rowell 72
    Brayden Fiorini 62
    Jesse Joyce 59
    Lachlan Weller 57
    Ben King* 54
    Darcy MacPherson 50
    Jack Lukosius 47
    Jarrod Witts 47
    Connor Budarick 40
    Sean Lemmens 39
    Noah Anderson 37
    Will Brodie 34
    Nick Holman 32
    Sam Day 27
    Caleb Graham 26

    Only 2935 points still … so if they stick to the stupid rule of 3300 points, and they haven’t been earnt, there’s some serious scaling to be done … could look like anything.

    This is the chance for CD to get real with just allocating points for what players do or dont do, without any scaling etc …

    Sorry folks, rant over, but its the one thing that is just wrong in this game …

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  7. OK scores updated after scaling up 305 points …

    Port Adelaide Power: 10.16.76
    Connor Rozee 125
    Travis Boak 125
    Tom Rockliff 115
    Darcy Byrne-Jones 114
    Sam Powell-Pepper 105
    Brad Ebert 104
    Robbie Gray 104
    Ryan Burton 101
    Steven Motlop 93
    Karl Amon 92
    Todd Marshall 80
    Dan Houston 79
    Xavier Duursma 79
    Trent McKenzie 79
    Mitch Georgiades 78
    Scott Lycett 70
    Hamish Hartlett 68
    Tom Clurey 61
    Justin Westhoff 57
    Tom Jonas 50
    Zak Butters 42
    Jarrod Lienert 38

    Gold Coast Suns: 4.5.29
    Hugh Greenwood 116
    Touk Miller 111
    Ben Ainsworth 93
    Jack Bowes 93
    David Swallow 92
    Samuel Collins 92
    Matthew Rowell 80
    Brandon Ellis 79
    Brayden Fiorini 71
    Jesse Joyce 64
    Lachlan Weller 61
    Ben King* 59
    Jack Lukosius 57
    Darcy MacPherson 56
    Jarrod Witts 50
    Sean Lemmens 47
    Connor Budarick 44
    Noah Anderson 42
    Will Brodie 36
    Nick Holman 34
    Sam Day 32
    Caleb Graham 31

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