Australian Football

Match Report

We kick off the weekend's action with some Friday Night Mayhem, down at the Gliderol Stadium in Glenelg where the Tigers hosted the Magpies. These clubs shared the points from last year's two games, with the Tigers taking out the season opener at home by 17 points, followed by Port's 50-point back-hander in Round 14 at Alberton. The Magpies made a strong start to the season, taking advantage of an under-manned Crows while the Tigers were downed by the Panthers away from home. The Tigers started quite well against the more fancied Magpies in the opening stanza, only inaccuracy on goal letting Port off the hook. Glenelg scored 4.4 to 3.2 to lead by eight points at quarter-time. The Tigers' were more accurate in the second quarter, kicking four goals to the Magpies' 3.1 to stretch the gap to 13 points going into the long break. The Tigers seemed to go to sleep in the third term, after kicking three of the first four goals for the second half it would be the 'Pies in front at the final change. Altogether Port scored 5.2 to Glenelg's two goals to see the visitors up by seven points at three quarter-time. There was a frantic final few minutes as the Tigers threw everything they had left at their old Grand Final nemesis, but despite snatching the lead late on in time-on, the Magpies re-took the lead to win by three points in a 3.3 to 4.1 final term. 

Jarrod Lienert was voted as Port's best, the Tigers named Marlon Motlop as their best.