Adelaide Crows
96
Match Complete
Port Adelaide
92
| Fourth Quarter | ||||
| J. Dawson |  | 33:14 | ||
| 29:44 |  | T. Boak | ||
| E. Himmelberg | | 25:38 | ||
| E. Himmelberg | | 23:33 | ||
| L. Sholl | | 14:56 | ||
| 12:59 | | S. Mayes | ||
| 7:22 | | M. Frederick | ||
| H. Schoenberg | | 5:09 | ||
| D. Fogarty | | 3:26 | ||
| 1:26 | | T. Marshall | ||
| 10.5 (65) | Third Quarter [+] | 11.12 (78) | ||
| 27:50 | | D. Houston | ||
| L. Murphy | | 25:49 | ||
| 24:24 | | J. McEntee | ||
| 20:41 | | C. Rozee | ||
| B. Cook | | 19:16 | ||
| L. Gollant | | 16:48 | ||
| 15:28 | | Rushed | ||
| 8:32 | | S. Mayes | ||
| L. Murphy | | 7:20 | ||
| 5:36 | | T. Marshall | ||
| L. Gollant | | 3:24 | ||
| 7.3 (45) | Second Quarter [+] | 10.7 (67) | ||
| 32:43 | | T. Marshall | ||
| 1:04 | | S. Mayes | ||
| J. Dawson | | 30:24 | ||
| L. Gollant | | 27:46 | ||
| L. Gollant | | 24:43 | ||
| 22:44 | | O. Wines | ||
| 20:47 | | Rushed | ||
| 18:13 | | S. Lycett | ||
| 15:59 | | M. Georgiades | ||
| 14:32 | | M. Georgiades | ||
| 11:34 | | T. Marshall | ||
| E. Himmelberg | | 8:37 | ||
| 5:54 | | J. McEntee | ||
| J. Dawson | | 4:33 | ||
| E. Himmelberg | | 3:10 | ||
| L. Sholl | | 1:58 | ||
| 2.1 (13) | First Quarter [+] | 5.3 (33) | ||
| 30:47 | | T. Marshall | ||
| 0:29 | | S. Mayes | ||
| 26:27 | | S. Mayes | ||
| 22:19 | | M. Georgiades | ||
| 20:26 | | W. Drew | ||
| J. Rachele | | 15:15 | ||
| 10:46 | | K. Amon | ||
| 9:07 | | Rushed | ||
| H. Schoenberg | | 6:21 | ||
| N. McHenry | | 4:44 | ||
| 1:14 | | S. Motlop | ||
Showdown 51 comes at a crucial time for both Port Adelaide and the Adelaide Crows, with both sides desperate to get their first wins of season 2022. Join The Roar for live scores from 8:20pm (AEDT).
The Power’s 64-point loss to Hawthorn last week was one of the most shocking of the AFL season to date, and has heaped the pressure on the club and coach Ken Hinkley.
Preliminary finalists the last two years, the Power are sorely missing Charlie Dixon in attack, but have still opted to omit tall recruit Jeremy Finlayson as one of three changes.
Wingman Xavier Duursma and debutant Josh Sinn have also been axed, with youngsters Jed McEntee and Jackson Mead returning to the 22 and the versatile Sam Mayes in for his first game of the season.
The Crows have been almost as disappointing in their 0-2 start to the year, with their performance against Collingwood sloppy enough to prompt footy director and club great Mark Ricciuto to label it ‘garbage’ on radio during the week.
Captain Rory Sloane is a big loss with an adductor issue, but reigning best and fairest winner Rory Laird returns from a pre-season broken hand.
Game information
Opening bounce: 8:20pm AEDT
Venue: Adelaide Oval
TV: Fox Footy
Live stream: Kayo Sports, Foxtel Now, Foxtel Go
Betting: Crows $2.90, Power $1.42 (odds via PlayUp)
Adelaide
B: B. Frampton, J. Butts, L. Brown
HB: B. Smith, T. Doedee (c), C. Jones
C: J. Dawson, R. Laird, L. Sholl
HF: N. McHenry, E. Himmelberg, J. Rowe
F: J. Rachele, D. Fogarty, L. Gollant
FOLL: R. O’Brien, B. Keays, M. Crouch
I/C: L. Murphy, B. Cook, M. Hinge, H. Schoenberg
EMG: J. Hately, L. Pedlar, J. Soligo, N. Murray
IN: Frampton, Murphy, Laird
OUT: Pedlar, Murray, Sloane
Port Adelaide
B: R. Burton, T. McKenzie, S. Skinner
HB: R. Bonner, T. Jonas (c), D. Byrne-Jones
C: D. Houston, O. Wines, K. Amon
HF: Z. Butters, M. Georgiades, C. Rozee
F: S. Mayes, T. Marshall, S. Powell-Pepper
FOLL: S. Lycett, W. Drew, T. Boak
I/C: S. Motlop, L. Jones, J. McEntee, J. Mead
EMG: X. Duursma, S. Hayes, T. Dumont, M. Frederick
IN: McEntee, Mayes, Mead (R2 medi-sub)
OUT: Finlayson, Sinn, Duursma
Hawks12
Guest
My original post about clarko is not a cheap shot. And I have no doubt my hawks won’t be on top for too long. I’m a realist . Anyway best of luck
Doctor Rotcod
Roar Rookie
Ditto
Angela
Roar Rookie
An excellent result (but Swans could have used Dawson on Thursday night, boo-hoo).
Chanon
Roar Rookie
Picking port against the Dees next week, a season defining victory could put your team on a run of victories. let’s be optimistic :thumbup:
Chanon
Roar Rookie
Lots of drums beating for your coaches head but l feel they will stick fat!
Maxy
Roar Rookie
nah mate,someone fell asleep at the wheel
Brendon the 1st
Roar Rookie
That’s not an opinion, it’s a cheap shot, a bit of humility goes a long way. Your teams on top for two weeks and you turn into an ugly winner, good one. You probably like to kick people when they’re down I guess, good for you
Hawks12
Guest
We all can have opinions u wan*er
Brendon the 1st
Roar Rookie
Yeah, all good, I love a bit of a pi55 take. Nothing worse than a poor winner though, especially from Melbourne fans, short memories some people :laughing:
Doc Disnick
Roar Guru
To be honest, I was just messing with ya. It was a tough beat. These Showdowns are always tough. Your boys will still be in the fight.
dab
Roar Rookie
Not happy. Tipping 1 from 3. PA have some questions to answer.
AD
Guest
Oh, he does interviews. But it's him interviewing the club to see if they're worthy of being coached by him rather than the other way around.
Brendon the 1st
Roar Rookie
Unlike your good self, I've known Disnick for a long time, he has many good opinions
ElDiablo14
Guest
:laughing: :laughing: brilliant comment
Doc Disnick
Roar Guru
They are generally 50-50 games. I can never pick them.
XI
Roar Guru
It's a real shame Travis Boak likely won't get a chance to play in a grand final. I've liked him a long time. Reminds me of Callan Ward at the Giants: a skillful player no doubt, but what makes him special is his efforts. It's a shame neither will likely get to play for a premiership
Doctor Rotcod
Roar Rookie
Conceding two five goal quarters… What happened? Lycett has bad games. O’Brien has good ones. Marshall played well. Wines played well. Not enough friends.
Rowdy
Roar Rookie
Maybe this might spark the Crows to believe. Showdowns rarely follow the formguide
Empole
Roar Rookie
I'm not happy with the loss, Brendon. I just can't say I'm that torn up because by all accounts it would've happened one day, Ken or no Ken (the miracle, I mean). But as for my focus: From my point of view, sure, we do need change. And calling it out, pointing out our failing is important. But that's only half the battle. If you don't have areas of strength that you can identify and use as a building point, then you're nowhere. Change without reason, and without using those building blocks won't get you anywhere. It'll turn you into us under Primus. That's the case regardless of whether we're heading into a Grand Final or stuck at the bottom of the ladder. You have to find those key moments, performances to use as examples and build around them. Strengths need to be reinforced, weaknesses addressed. If you don't do both, you'll fail to reach where we want to be.
Virgil
Roar Rookie
Agree. They get alot of the ball but too often to their detriment. They do alot more short kicking than the opposition. I think they would have been better to run the ball and create quick movement and then kick long to expose Adelaide's high press.