Port Adelaide

Adelaide has won an absolute Showdown thriller, with Jordan Dawson stepping up as the hero to kick the match-winner after siren and seal a four-point win at ...

A couple of really costly ones when the Crows had all the momentum.” Just getting way to close in the protected zone,” he said. “He’s launched at the football. After a finger injury hindered the start of his 2021 campaign, Gollant put together a strong run of games at SANFL level, booting 16 goals from eight games. “It’s disappointing for Adelaide. They had all the momentum. “We’ve seen that a couple of times, just the ability to get out the back very quickly and react to the fact Port Adelaide have won it. “Really impressive by Drew and that’s costly for the Crows.” “Mayes forces the opposition to make a choice – ‘do you want to come with me and sprint back to goal or do you want to stay up at the play and try impact the ball?’ They have an ability to come at the football … He also has a great technique when kicking at goal “They’ve said to the Crows, ‘Hey I’m going to challenge you here around the mark’ and it’s led to a couple of 50m penalties. “They lack a little bit of the skill level the opposition have, but they refuse to be beaten in endeavour and desire so you’ve got to applaud that,” Dunstall said. When the third-gamer Gollant kicked his third with a clever snap, the Crows were again back in the match.