Port Adelaide

The winless Power are on the brink of crisis, and face a tough task against the reigning champion Demons. Could this be the night to turn things around?

The Demons kicked the first eight goals of the game and held Port Adelaide to their first-ever goalless half in the AFL, as Melbourne kept a team goalless at half-time for the first time since 1994. The result saw the Power slump to 0-4, their worst start to a season since 2008, and Hinkley has now lost five games in a row for the first time as Power coach. Port Adelaide fail to kick a goal in the first half as their horrible start to the season is made worse by a powerful Melbourne performance.

Port Adelaide has failed to kick a goal in a first half for the first time in the AFL as the Power's horror 2022 sank to an unwanted low.

Port Adelaide's season has gone from bad to worse after an absolute thrashing at the hands of defending premiers Melbourne at Adelaide Oval, including the ...

One of the two and I don’t think Kenny’s lost the plot. We shouldn’t really forget this game for a long time. “Just when we thought it couldn’t get worse for Port Adelaide, it actually did right on the siren,” Jordan Lewis said. “Either that or Kenny’s lost the plot. The game got even crueller in the second half when Port looked to have kicked its first goal but it was touched as the Power just couldn’t get a clean kick away. Let the blood letting begin.” Port’s lowest ever score in a first half was 1.2 (8) vs Collingwood in Round 20 2011, the same match the side had its lowest ever score of 3.3 (21). It’s the first time in the club’s history Port Adelaide have not kicked a goal in the first half of a match. “They didn’t get a chance to get a goal in that first half and it almost looked like Melbourne were half-laughing at what Port Adelaide dished up in this first half. It meant the free kick was reversed and the last chance to score a goal in the first half was gone. It was 1.3 (9) to 0.3 (3) at the end of the first quarter and it got so much worse in the second quarter as Melbourne kicked away to a 6.6 (42) to 0.5 (5) lead. It was never going to get easier against the Demons but the first half in particular was horrific for the Power.

Port Adelaide was dreadful in a loss to the Melbourne Demons and its woes were summed up perfectly by a but...

For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by clicking here! The 27-year-old kicked the ball through the sticks, but a desperate James Jordan claimed to have touched the footy and was proven correct by a video review. Port Adelaide scored just five points in the opening half to register its lowest-ever half-time total, while it was the first time in its history it had failed to kick a goal in the first half.