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"The best team in the competition (for defence by attack) has been Port Adelaide - and they are trying to get back to that," Cox said. Franklin kicked 4.2 in the last Port Adelaide-Sydney match played at Adelaide Oval in round 15 last season. Lance Franklin will play his 19th match against Port Adelaide (against whom he has a 9-9 win-loss record spread across Hawthorn and Sydney). In 2019, Port Adelaide averaged 82 points; this is a club-low (in AFL matches) of 74 today. "(Playing against your former team) is an event most players want to get out of the way and move on," Hinkley notes. "One thing with your game plan," says Sydney assistant coach Dean Cox, "is you want to make sure you can do all three phases (defence, midfield and attack) well. Last week, against Richmond, Finlayson and Dixon delivered as a ruck duo to ensure Port Adelaide won the centre clearances on the MCG. Today, Sydney scores at a 93-point average and is still tight in defence conceding 78 points on average. Percentage (currently 103) also needs to be healthier considering there could be a massive jam in the race to eighth position at the end of the home-and-away series. "Brynn Teakle's selection allows us to play our forwards (Finlayson and Dixon) as dangerous players as much as we possibly can and score. Extending the run to a club record six would say plenty of 12th-ranked Port Adelaide stepping up to the challenge of competing against the AFL's flagbearer on contested football. "Since Round 6 they’re five (wins) and two (losses)," Longmire said.
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Port Adelaide and Sydney Swans will be up against each other in an exciting competition in Melbourne.
The game total is expected to be under 150, as both teams are very competitive and focus on scoring direct goals. Port Adelaide has on shot goal accuracy of 40%, which is quite remarkable. If Swans managed to win, they could see themselves in the top 5.
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They don’t care about the injuries, they’re just playing to win,” Healy said. The Swans fought back in the fourth quarter, with Isaac Heeney opening the first goal of a quarter before adding another — his fourth major for the day — to get his team back within 23 points with eight minutes on the clock. Charlie Dixon got Port off to the perfect start in the third term with a goal in the opening play, while Marshall followed it up with his fourth major after nailing a tight set shot from the boundary. In a blow for Port Zak Butters limped from the field in the hands of trainers early in the period with an apparent knee injury before being subbed out of the game for Xavier Duursma in a huge blow to the hosts. Isaac Heeney followed that up with the next major from a long-range set shot to keep momentum with the Swans, who won the inside 50 count 8-2 in the first 10 minutes of the game. The returning Buddy Franklin booted the first goal of the game to the get the visitors some early confidence.
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Port’s pressure was a feature throughout the game with a convincing win in the tackles 69-47, and they also won the disposals 370-302, marks 92-70, clearances 40-32, inside 50s 47-46 and scoring shots 22-19. It was an important win for the Power whose finals flame continues to flicker as they claw within a couple of games of the top eight with nine games to go. Incredibly, the result was sealed in the third quarter when they were down a rotation as they booted six goals in a row.
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Panic has set into the Port Adelaide backline early. The Swans lead the inside 50s 8-2 and Heeney already has five disposals. That was unnecessary from Clurey because Heeney was already underneath the flight of the ball and wasn’t going to mark it.
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The Swans have now kicked three behinds in a row to trail by five points, 5.4.34 to 6.3.39. Jonas saves a certain Sydney goal after Hayward takes the mark 10m out from goal, but incredibly decides to play on.
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The Swans ruckman may come under MRO scrutiny too, with the latter free kick coming after a gut punch to a grounded Wines following a tackle. Amid Port's early five-game losing run, Marshall was arguably the side's most maligned player, managing only six goals in those five games. Butters was hurt when Harry Cunningham landed awkwardly on his left knee in a tackle. Isaac Heeney was Sydney's best, finishing with four goals including two in the last, along with a game-high nine score involvements. Debutant ruckman Teakle hurt his left collarbone when he bumped Justin McInerney and was seen in a sling just before half-time. Port will be sweating on injuries to Butters and mid-season draftee Teakle, who both went down in the second quarter.
Sydney self-sabotaged via an inexplicable hail of brain explosions to gift-wrap a much-needed victory for undermanned Port Adelaide.
Back in the team after a demotion to the SANFL, Georgiades presented powerfully and athletically in attack after a quiet opening term, only to let himself down with a missed set shot on the half-time siren. He booted Port’s first goal after a clean groundball swoop before his ferocious tackle on Colin O’Riordan resulted in Connor Rozee’s snapped play-on six-pointer to give the Power the lead, which they would not relinquish. Mid-season draftee Teakle’s first day as an AFL player ended when he shirt-fronted Sam McInerney in the second quarter. “I thought their [Port’s] pressure was outstanding,” Longmire said. It was as un-Swans-like as any performance in recent memory. You hope it didn’t happen, [but] it happened, and hopefully, he learns from it.”
Pt.Adel 4.3, 6.6, 12.8 (80) Sydney 3.1, 5.8, 6.10 (46). GOALS Pt.Adel: Marshall 4, Dixon 2, Butters, Rozee, Houston, Powell-Pepper, Burton, Bonner
The Power’s injury woes worsen with debutant Teakle’s left arm in a sling, with what looks like an AC joint or collarbone injury. After looking so good early when they kicked the first three goals, the Swans have looked lethargic, slow and lacking poise. The ball hasn’t been in Sydney’s forward 50 yet this quarter. And all of a sudden, the Power lead by a commanding 36 points nearing the halfway mark of the third quarter, 11.8.74 to 5.8.38. We’re working to restore it. Another couple of goals in a row from the Power sees their lead blow out to a game-high 24-point lead. The hosts also have a handsome lead in disposals 274-231 and marks 75-57, and also have the edge in clearances 29-28. The Power lead 12.10.82 to 8.11.59. The Swans are not giving up and with 8:43 to go, the margin has been cut to 23 points after that man again Heeney snaps truly from the boundary for his fourth goal after marking strongly against Clurey. We’re sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. The Power lead 12.10.82 to 8.11.59. The Swans are not giving up and with 8:43 to go, the margin has been cut to 23 points after that man again Heeney snaps truly from the boundary for his fourth goal after marking strongly against Clurey.
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The seventh-placed Swans raced to a 19-2 advantage in the first quarter with their three big guns - Franklin, Heeney and Mills - all scoring goals. A goal after the siren from Hawkins in his only touch of the term gave the Cats a 13-point edge at quarter time, and the storyline was going to script when Geelong skipped out to a 25-point lead early in the second quarter. Port duo Zak Butters (knee) and first-gamer Brynn Teakle (collarbone) were both hurt in a 10-minute span in the second quarter. Jack Petruccelle's behind early in the third quarter gave the home side a one-point edge, but Geelong did enough from that point on to secure their ninth win of the season and replace Carlton in fourth spot. The margin was just 11 points in favour of the Cats with seven minutes remaining in the match, but Hawkins' third goal of the game sealed the 12.9 (81) to 9.9 (63) victory in front of 32,526 fans. Hawkins kicked goal number 700 in the second quarter when he won a lucky free kick, with the 33-year-old becoming just the 26th player to achieve the feat in VFL/AFL history.
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He took off from half-back at one stage, managed to have a couple of bounces in the process, as well. The Swans… well, they have a bit of a cut-throat game against the Saints next week before heading to the ‘G to beat the Bombers… oops, I meant “play” the Bombers. Seriously though, Sydney need both these games, as well. Wines was a monster, crashing though tackles and working the ball forward with power, whereas Amon’s run and carry working up and down the wing continually gave Port an option on the outside. And if he can start hitting the scoreboard a little more, he will add an aspect to his game that Walsh does not have. He fought for front spot against a bloke much bigger than him, refused to be pushed around, and was integral in Pot gaining a 43-32 clearance advantage (again, embarrassing for Ladhams). Buddy had a bit of the death rattle about him this week. I’ve often looked at Marshall as more an opportunistic tall forward than a true key position player, but with every game, he seems to be finding space and losing his opponent often, which is a skill in and of itself. losing the ball and his opponent in the contest… However, with this type of form, Rozee should be able to start closing the gap on the Carlton star over time. He consistently led Dane Rampe to the footy (Paddy McCartin started picking him up in the third) and beat him hands down on multiple occasions. Ladhams gave away three of them for the quarter, including the idiotic downfield free-kick that gifted a goal to Charlie Dixon. What we saw from him in this game may just be the reason Port Adelaide were fine with him departing.