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Glenelg vs Port Adelaide Magpies

Scoreboard | Match report

2SF   Venue: Adelaide Oval   Date: Sun, 08-09-2019 3:15 pm   Crowd: 11,406 (Avg 5,703)  
Glenelg 2.3.155.3.337.4.4611.6.72  
Port Adelaide Magpies 3.2.206.5.419.8.6211.10.76  
  PORT by 5PORT by 8PORT by 16PORT by 4  

Match Report

Next up its the 2nd Semi-Final, with the winner advancing straight into the Grand Final. This year was a renewal of old rivalries as the Tigers took on the Magpies. When it comes to this final there is only one specialist... Port Adelaide. 50 appearances with 27 wins, including their most recent outing in 2017 against the Eagles. Port also carry the highest score with 24.20 (164) in 1980 and played 15 out of a possible 16 during the years of 1951 to 1966. That one year missed -- 1958 -- is the only way the Bulldogs trump said feat with 12 consecutive 2nd Semi victories between 2000 and 2011. The Tigers have appeared in 14 Grand Final playoffs, winning just four of them. Their first appearance in finals in 1934 saw them face the Magpies in that year's 2nd Semi-Final, but despite losing by 65 points they would rebound for their inaugural premiership. It would take over 40 years before they faced each other in this situation again, Port getting vengeance in the worst way with four consecutive victories in 1976, 1977, 1981 and 1984. They crossed paths again in 1990, but after dropping that match the Magpies again put one over the Tigers in the Grand Final. Norwood are second in games played with 24 appearances, but have won only nine and also share an unwanted record of lowest score with West Adelaide of 2.5 (17).

The Tigers won both minor round outings this season, the first being a 49-point win at Glenelg in Round 8, followed by a three-goal win at Alberton in Round 14. Interesting fact about this game, the Tigers have not won a final for quite some time... their tally is on the cusp of 4000 days. Their last victory was the 2008 Preliminary Final against Sturt, but would become just another victim of the Dogs' premiership run. Very little would separate these sides at the breaks, the Magpies taking the first couple of goals only for the Bays to get a couple of their own. It was only a single miss by the Tigers late in the term that allowed Port to lead at quarter-time, the board reading 3.2 to 2.3. A few missed opportunities by the Magpies in the second term allowed Glenelg to stay within a couple of kicks at the long break, but there were signs that Port were perhaps starting to hit their stride. They scored 3.3 to the Tigers' three goals without a miss to stretch the lead to eight points by half-time. The Magpies would manage to take their lead out to 16 points going into the final change, but in a quarter that went for over 30 minutes perhaps they could have made more of their chances after scoring 3.3 to 2.1. The Tiger charge was expected and deep into time-on, they were able to wrestle the lead out of Port's hands with the first three goals to lead by three points half-way in. But the Magpies held firm and with a piece of brilliance later in the term, scored 2.2 to 1.2 to nick the first Grand Final spot with a four-point win. Trent McKenzie was named best for the Magpies, the Tigers named Jesse White as their best.

Source

Match Report by RA Boyle

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.