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Port Adelaide Power vs Gold Coast Suns highlights: AFL scores, blog

Roar Guru
26th August, 2017
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Saturday 26th August 2017
Adelaide Oval, South Australia 7:40 pm AET
Broadcast: Fox Footy.
Betting: Port Adelaide $1.06 Gold Coast $9.00 Draw $151
Head to Head: Played 8, Port Adelaide 7 Gold Coast 1 Draws 0.
Last time they met: Port Adelaide 16.14 (110) d Gold Coast 4.14 (38) at Jiangwan China.

Port Adelaide Power
B Riley Bonner, Tom Clurey, Dan Houston
HB Darcy Byrne-Jones, Jasper Pittard, Hamish Hartlett
C Justin Westhoff, Ollie Wines, Jared Polec
HF Sam Gray, Todd Marshall, Robbie Gray
F Aidyn Johnson, Charlie Dixon, Chad Wingard
FOL Paddy Ryder, Brad Ebert, Travis Boak
I/C Sam Powell-Pepper, Jake Neade, Karl Amon, Dougal Howard
EMG Jackson Trengove, Matthew White, Jarman Impey

Gold Coast Suns
B Max Spencer, Steven May, Trent McKenzie
HB Pearce Hanley, Callum Ah Chee, Adam Saad
C Brayden Fiorini, Will Brodie, Matt Rosa
HF Jarrod Harbrow, Jack Martin, Touk Miller
F Ben Ainsworth, Keegan Brooksby, Darcy Macpherson
FOL Peter Wright, David Swallow, Aaron Hall
I/C Jarryd Lyons, Jesse Joyce, Mitch Hallahan, Brad Scheer
EMG Jack Leslie, Michael Rischitelli, Alex Sexton
Port Adelaide are the dark horses for the 2017 AFL finals. (Photo by Daniel Kalisz/Getty Images)
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Match result:

Port Adelaide have finished their regular season off with a crushing win over the Gold Coast Suns by 115 points.

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Final score
Port Adelaide Power 20.15.135
Gold Coast Suns 3.2.20

Match preview:

Port Adelaide Power take on the Gold Coast Suns in the final round of the home and away season. Join The Roar for live scores and a blog from 7:40pm AEST.

Port Adelaide find themselves playing for a chance at a top four spot and if results from other games go their way they will have that all important second chance locked up.

For the Suns, the final game will bring to a close another disappointing season which started with hope.

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Port Adelaide are coming into the game after an impressive 17-point win over the reigning premiers in what was a see sawing battle all day.

The Suns were comprehensively beaten by a Bombers side hoping to play finals footy, eventually going down by 33 points.

This will be the second time these two teams face each other this season after their Round 8 clash. That was played in China and saw the Power take a 72-point victory against the “home” side.

For Gold Coast this game is about looking forward to the next season with interim head coach Dean Solomon wanting to put a strong performance in to boost his chances of being rehired next season.

Gary Ablett has failed to make the team in what could be his final game as a Sun, with so much speculation surrounding him returning to Geelong or retiring at season’s end.

Port Adelaide will try to get the win and keep their top four chances alive but they will also be trying to prevent any serious injuries to key players, Port will have a clearer vision of what is needed of them before the game starts with Sydney facing Carlton earlier in the day however they are still going to be waiting for the final result of the Richmond versus St Kilda game on Sunday.

The matchup between Peter Wright and Paddy Ryder will set the tone for much of the game with Paddy Ryder being in such dominating form this season nullifying him will help the Suns chances of keeping the game competitive.

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Prediction
Port Adelaide by 45

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