Port Adelaide vs Gold Coast

2022 - 6 - 26

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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 preview: Port Adelaide vs Gold Coast (Port Adelaide Football Club)

Port Adelaide-Gold Coast matches rarely have been billed as blockbusters. This home clash will have a significant say in how the big matches in September ...

"We are the suns of the Gold Coast sky ..." Gold Coast, after facing a 28-point deficit leading into the final term, won by three points with Port Adelaide forward Justin Westhoff missing a shot after the siren. The match is memorable for Port Adelaide ruckman Matthew Lobbe having 56 hit-outs - and earning the three Brownlow Medal votes. "To their credit, they put enormous pressure on us and we turned the ball over coming out of our back half. Against Gold Coast with Witts, we - as midfielders - will have to be on our toes and not expect as many hits." His follow-up work has been critical to ensuring whatever Port Adelaide loses in the hit-out count is not directly translated to the clearance ledger. "You can judge the strength of a team by its high forwards. Their contest stuff - as we found out in the pre-season - is at an improved level," says Hinkley. "They are a big final-eight contender." He is there just as much to stop the scoreboard ticking over. Gold Coast lost the match by 72 points while the Greater Western Sydney midfield kept the gap on the clearance ledger at four (47-43). The tightrope walk to September has Port Adelaide on edge. It is another of those classic "eight-point games". Gold Coast needs to win to avert the agenda focusing on previous promising campaigns that have fallen apart during the second half of the season. The Adelaide game last week (won by Gold Coast by 43 points with a late scoring surge) showed we did not stop running.

Port Adelaide v Gold Coast - The Stuff - The Mongrel Punt (The Mongrel Punt)

A nailbiter at the Adelaide Oval saw Port hang in for a two-ppint win to keep finals chances alive. Slugger has all The Stuff from this one.

Not just for his hot start to this game, where he got plenty of the footy and showcased good footy smarts and a clean pair of hands, but also for his glorious mane. Both teams have plenty to take out of it and I’m sure they are both going to feature in some classic games in the next few weeks. Fremantle, GWS, Melbourne and Geelong in the next month, and they need to go at least 2-2, to keep themselves in the hunt. I really feel for Graham and Burgess, but they had to offer more for the Suns in this match. Kudos has to go to the goal umpire as well, for being good at his craft. Does not need a lot of the footy, he just needs to do what he does well. No moment was more telling than when Touk Miller looked to try and lift his team in the dying minutes of the game. Ellis was just professional and unfazed as he stepped up when the Suns needed with multiple goals in the third quarter. He has to reward himself and his team for all the hard work to get the ball forward. When Witts wasn’t lacing out teammates with his sublime ruck work, he was doing it himself and taking the ball out of the ruck and creating something for the Suns to work with. Dixon drew crowds of Suns players just to stop his ability to draw the pressure and still release the footy. I was also salivating at the match up of Rowell and Miller vs Wines and Boak.

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