Port Adelaide
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Frantic finish keeps Power's season alive; Sun shines in stunning ... (Fox Sports)
Frantic finish keeps Power's season alive; Sun shines in stunning career turnaround: 3-2-1.
It’s a credit to Rankine and the Suns that the turnaround has been so substantial. He finished with four goals and five score involvements against the Suns to go with four goals against Sydney last week and three against Richmond the week before. The improvement of those two is vital given it reduces the reliance on Charlie Dixon, who kicked just the one goal but was allowed to roam up the ground and contend with a dominant Jarrod Witts as a result. Rankine kicked a goal in the opening minute of the final quarter to trim the margin and, despite a goal to Todd Marshall, the Suns continued to charge, with a goal to Chol making it a one-goal margin. Making Port Adelaide’s forward line all the more impressive too is the combination with Mitch Georgiades, who kicked two goals and four behinds to go with a goal assist and eight score involvements. Port Adelaide clung to its lead in the dying seconds, despite having to defend in its defensive 50 amid a series of desperate Suns attacks. There were no late changes for either side. A frantic finish from a desperate Suns side forced the Power to defend desperately in their defensive 50, but ultimately they hung on to seal a crucial win. A brilliant finish from Lachie Jones in the forward half saw Port Adelaide move to five goals and then Jones set up another goal with a great kick to Todd Marshall. A controversial moment came when a Kane Farrell kick was deemed goal by the goal umpire but was overturned on review in a decision that was contentious for the Port Adelaide faithful. Goals to Chol, Malcolm Rosas and Izak Rankine gave the Suns the lead for the first time of the afternoon. There’s plenty at stake for Port Adelaide and the Gold Coast Suns in a season-defining 11th v 12th twilight matchup.
AFL Round 15 Port Adelaide pip Gold Coast in AFL thriller (ESPN)
Emerging forward Todd Marshall has kicked four goals to help Port Adelaide pip a gallant Gold Coast by two points in an AFL thriller.
The Power only added one more goal - another from Marshall - in a frantic final term as the Suns scored three majors. That advantage disappeared when Port's Connor Rozee scored two goals in two minutes, with the Power hitting the front again in the fourth lead change of a pulsating 15 minutes of action. But the Suns rattled on four of the next five goals - the last of which, a clever Rankine major on the run from a tight angle, giving the visitors a seven-point buffer.
Power keep finals hopes alive with thrilling win against Suns (AFL)
In a pulsating game at Adelaide Oval on Sunday night, Port was able to hold off a brave Gold Coast by two points to move within a win of the top eight. The ...
The only time Gold Coast has ever walked away with the four premiership points was the club's first ever victory in 2011 – and that was at Football Park. The first was a brilliant left foot snap from a tight angle that glanced the back of the left goalpost, and the second – initially judged a goal by the goal umpire – was shown to have grazed the right post. Dixon's first career goal came 11 years ago – it doubled as the first goal in Gold Coast's history. Port got off to a blistering start, kicking the game's first three goals to lead by 18 points at the first change on the back of suffocating pressure. Gold Coast again pounded the ball forward and were camped inside their forward 50 for the final 30 seconds, but were unable to come up with a winner. In a pulsating game at Adelaide Oval on Sunday night, Port was able to hold off a brave Gold Coast by two points to move within a win of the top eight.
Match report: Port Adelaide power over Suns in thriller (Port Adelaide Football Club)
Port Adelaide has won a close one - with a two-point win at home in an epic contest against the much-improved Gold Coast. The tough road to the AFL top ...
This figure finished at 16-13 in Port Adelaide's favour at centre bounces and 43-42 with Port Adelaide holding the edge at all stoppages. For the highlights reel - and the team review - is yet another Jonas moment of desperate defence when working against the odds. It took 17 minutes for Port Adelaide to score its first goal of the second term - and regain the lead - with Georgaides marking strongly ... and kicking soundly from 40 metres. The AFL's score review "ARC" was busy during the second term using the "snickometer" on both goal posts at the northern end to deny goals to Gold Coast off Chol's boot. The team's fifth goal - and first for Marshall - in the 25th minute gave Port Adelaide a 26-point lead that was reduced to 18 on the quarter-time siren after some defensive lapses in time-on. His field play while serving as a "makeshift" ruckman cannot be underestimated - and is not suitably defined on reading the raw statistics of 13 disposals. First, Karl Amon missed from a set shot; then Mitch Georgiades did the same; and Travis Boak with the snap that gave Port Adelaide an eight-point lead with 3:38 to play. Gold Coast's ascendancy in time-on of the first term was actually a warning of a momentum swing. These included Riley Bonner's kick-in to Trent McKenzie being intercepted by Mabior Chol and a free kick to Gold Coast journeyman Nick Holman on the siren when Port Adelaide was working down the clock. No surprise then that Port Adelaide made the better start - and its second-best opening score of the season (5.4, seven points less than the 6.5 against North Melbourne at Hobart in round 9). Now the conversation on where Port Adelaide really sits in this race to September - with eight rounds to play - becomes more interesting. Port Adelaide's opening against Sydney last week was manic - in-your-face pressure to the opposition.
Suns coach backs AFL goal-line technology (PerthNow)
Gold Coast coach Stuart Dew remains in favour of AFL goal-line technology despite being on the receiving end of two calls in a two-point loss to Port ...
Replays showed a fraction of the ball behind the line of the goal-post padding - the entire ball must cross over it for a goal to be scored. The audio from the microphones is correlated with video feeds to determine if the ball struck a post. You would hate for that to be a final and get it wrong."
Match report: Port Adelaide power over Suns in thriller (Port Adelaide Football Club)
Port Adelaide has won a close one - with a two-point win at home in an epic contest against the much-improved Gold Coast. The tough road to the AFL top ...
This figure finished at 16-13 in Port Adelaide's favour at centre bounces and 43-42 with Port Adelaide holding the edge at all stoppages. For the highlights reel - and the team review - is yet another Jonas moment of desperate defence when working against the odds. It took 17 minutes for Port Adelaide to score its first goal of the second term - and regain the lead - with Georgaides marking strongly ... and kicking soundly from 40 metres. The AFL's score review "ARC" was busy during the second term using the "snickometer" on both goal posts at the northern end to deny goals to Gold Coast off Chol's boot. The team's fifth goal - and first for Marshall - in the 25th minute gave Port Adelaide a 26-point lead that was reduced to 18 on the quarter-time siren after some defensive lapses in time-on. His field play while serving as a "makeshift" ruckman cannot be underestimated - and is not suitably defined on reading the raw statistics of 13 disposals. First, Karl Amon missed from a set shot; then Mitch Georgiades did the same; and Travis Boak with the snap that gave Port Adelaide an eight-point lead with 3:38 to play. Gold Coast's ascendancy in time-on of the first term was actually a warning of a momentum swing. These included Riley Bonner's kick-in to Trent McKenzie being intercepted by Mabior Chol and a free kick to Gold Coast journeyman Nick Holman on the siren when Port Adelaide was working down the clock. No surprise then that Port Adelaide made the better start - and its second-best opening score of the season (5.4, seven points less than the 6.5 against North Melbourne at Hobart in round 9). Now the conversation on where Port Adelaide really sits in this race to September - with eight rounds to play - becomes more interesting. Port Adelaide's opening against Sydney last week was manic - in-your-face pressure to the opposition.
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