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AFL Round 7 Power surge to pip St Kilda in Cairns (ESPN Australia)

Port Adelaide have recorded a tense one-point win over St Kilda in a scrappy encounter at Cazalys Stadium in Cairns on Saturday night.

"We had our opportunities, there's no doubt about it. "It's a small-margins game, it always has been. "In the end, I was so pleased that our boys showed enough bite to keep going after the first quarter where St Kilda got a bit of an advantage."

Saints suffer agonising defeat, as Port Adelaide revival gains pace (The Age)

In a game where both sides struggled to convert in front of goal, it was fitting that the winning score was a behind, via the boot of Robbie Gray in the ...

It’s not different at Moorabbin where injuries to Rowan Marshall and Jack Hayes gave the much travelled Tom Campbell an unlikely 55th game - and a debut in the red, white and black. Such injuries are far from ideal in a sport where touch and feel is so important though the gloves would not have hurt him in the slippery conditions. This time he was wearing one on his left hand after slicing open a finger in a kitchen accident during the week. “It was going to be hard to make the most of those chances and the conditions, you don’t get many clean balls. Give Port the credit, the back end of the game, they won some critical contests which was up there and the game was in the balance. Campbell did not have a big night, but he allowed the Saints to maintain their preferred structure. It is hard to hang onto the ball. When we defend as a group, we defended as a group tonight, Aliir gets to mop up. Their clash on Friday night against another slow-starting finalist from last year, the Western Bulldogs, will have big implications for both clubs. “We maybe didn’t kick the ball to him enough,” Ratten said. Bad kicking has stymied the Saints - and it did again here. It wasn’t the day where we could lace him out or use ball as well as we wanted to.”

Port's iceman delivers upset one-point win (Wide World of Sports)

Robbie Gray finished off a stunning comeback from Port Adelaide, kicking a behind to secure his side a one-...

The ball then became held in their forward 50, however the Saints failed to punish Port on the scoreboard. In just his second game back from an ACL injury, Kane Farrell converted to bring the Power within a kick as both teams began to pepper the goals. After a dynamic start in Cairns, St Kilda restricted Port to a goalless opening quarter before rocketing out to a game-high 19-point lead in the second term.

Port star's match-winning point as wasteful Saints hit near-record ... (Fox Sports)

Port star's match-winning point as wasteful Saints hit near-record low; Boak's kitchen calamity: 3-2-1.

We’ve spoken about Port Adelaide’s team defence being a little bit Swiss-cheesy earlier in the season,” Buckley said. He’s had a shot just to numb the finger tonight. “So he took the top off, couldn’t have stitches. And he was the match winner in the final term, kicking the all-important final behind before taking a mark outside 50 to milk the clock and hold on for the one-point win. “You used to see the players in these sort of venues and up in Darwin wear gloves pretty regularly to try and deal with the slipperiness,” Darcy said. After the match, Boak joked the glove “came in handy” in the one-point win. “He hasn’t worn a glove for a while, (but) he’s back doing it because he was clumsy in the kitchen.” “They’ve been outplayed in every area of the game but the scoreboard hasn’t got out of control,” commentator Luke Darcy said. “They’ve been outplayed in every area of the game but the scoreboard hasn’t got out of control,” Darcy said. “He knew where the space was, he didn’t have a lot of it but he didn’t stand still – you’ve got to keep the defender guessing. “Nothing pretty about this for Port Adelaide but it was the goal they desperately needed after the Saints had the first three goals of the game,” Richardson added. “It’s just the numbers back there, it becomes hard (for the Saints) to score as well,” he said.

Port bursts inaccurate Saints' bubble in Cairns thriller (AFL)

PORT Adelaide has continued its season rebuild with a tense one-point win against St Kilda in an ugly scrap at Cazalys Stadium in Cairns.

Port Adelaide: Georgiades (calf) Every goal was prized more than normal and St Kilda at least had two, from a King free kick and a Daniel McKenzie shot on the run, to provide the early buffer. Port booted five of the last six goals of the ugly contest to secure its second win of the season.

Saints fall to Port Adelaide up north (St Kilda FC)

PORT Adelaide has recorded a tense one-point win over St Kilda in a scrappy encounter at Cazalys Stadium in Cairns on Saturday night. Power forward Robbie ...

Port Adelaide: Xavier Duursma (replaced Georgiades) Port Adelaide: Georgiades (TBC) St Kilda: Jarrod Lienert (unused)

AFL, Saints blasted for 'worst game of football' (Wide World of Sports)

Port Adelaide legend Kane Cornes has questioned St Kilda and the AFL's decision to take games to North Quee...

the worst game of football I've seen this year in those conditions in Cairns," he said on Nine's AFL Sunday Footy Show. "While it's great for fans to share the game around, and it's good for clubs to earn money, it's hard to remember a quality game." "The quality of the games in Ballarat, the wind, can we remember a good game in Ballarat?" Lloyd added.

AFL Round 7 Power surge to pip St Kilda in Cairns (ESPN)

Port Adelaide have recorded a tense one-point win over St Kilda in a scrappy encounter at Cazalys Stadium in Cairns on Saturday night.

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