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Round: 23 Venue: Adelaide Oval Date: Sat, 05-09-2015 3:20 pm Crowd: 38,633 | |||||
Port Adelaide | 1.3.9 | 9.4.58 | 13.8.86 | 18.14.122 | C: Ken Hinkley |
Fremantle | 4.4.28 | 4.4.28 | 7.4.46 | 8.5.53 | C: Ross Lyon |
FREM by 19 | PORT by 30 | PORT by 40 | PORT by 69 |
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Brownlow Medal | 3 Justin Westhoff (PORT) | 2 Sam Gray (PORT) | 1 Michael Barlow (FREM) |
When a team rests 11 players in an AFL match, the chances of that team winning are unsurprisingly very slim. And so it came as no surprise to anyone to see Port Adelaide thrash a depleted Fremantle Dockers - featuring four debutants - at the Adelaide Oval on Saturday to finish what has been a disappointing season on a high. The Dockers - who had already locked in top place on the ladder - have, of course, bigger fish to fry over the next month, and were happy to forego a match of no consequence in order to get their players 'cherry ripe' for the finals.
Fremantle's 'B team' did make a game of it, though, at least for one quarter. After eight minutes of the sides trading behinds, goals to Matt de Boer and Lachie Neale put the Dockers 13 points clear at the 18-minute mark. Jay Schulz kicked Port's first soon after but another two goals via Matthew Taberner and Max Duffy saw Fremantle lead by 19 points at the first break.
But the foot well and truly came off the Dockers' pedal in the second term, to the point that they failed to trouble the scorers. After the Power's John Butcher kicked a behind in the first minute, Port went on a goal-kicking spree that saw it kick the next eight goals straight without a miss. Schulz kicked two more of those and Justin Westhoff also kicked two as the Power took a stranglehold on the contest to lead by five goals at the half.
Schulz's fourth made the difference six goals with two minutes of play commencing after the long break but a brace of goals to Nick Suban and Taberner cut the margin back to 24 points after 10 minutes. Two goals to Robbie Gray stretched the margin back out to 37 and by three-quarter time it was Port 40 points to the good.
Clancee Pearce cut the deficit to 34 points with a goal after just 17 seconds in the final term but Fremantle's resistance ended then and there. Port dominated completely from that point and, after four missed shots at goal, straightened up to add another five goals to run out winners by 69 points and cement ninth place on the ladder, just a game behind North Melbourne.
Best for Port included Sam Gray (34 disposals, five marks), Westhoff (13 marks, 25 touches) and Hamish Hartlett (28 possessions, nine tackles), while Fremantle was well served by Michael Barlow (35 disposals, seven tackles), Taberner (15 possessions, two goals) and debutant Ethan Hughes (eight marks, 22 touches).
Port Adelaide, having come within a kick of playing in the 2014 Grand Final, will have several months to ponder a mid-season slump that saw it miss the finals this year, while for Fremantle, the 'real' season starts next week with a home Qualifying Final against Sydney at Subiaco.
GOALS
Port Adelaide: Schulz 4; R Gray 3; Westhoff, White 2; Hartlett, Butcher, Neade, S Gray, Krakouer, Ryder, Pittard
Fremantle: Taberner 2; De Boer, Neale, Duffy, Suban, Barlow, C Pearce
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Port Adelaide: Westhoff, Hartlett, R Gray, S Gray, Butcher, Ebert
Fremantle: Barlow, Taberner, Duffield
BEST - THE SUNDAY AGE
Port Adelaide: S Gray, Westhoff, Hartlett, Ebert, Boak, Ryder
Fremantle: Barlow, Duffield, Mzungu, Sheridan, Taberner, Hughes
INJURIES
Port Adelaide: Nil
Fremantle: Nil
SUBSTITUTES
Port Adelaide: Karl Amon replaced Jay Schulz in the third quarter.
Fremantle: Jacob Ballard replaced Lachie Neale in the third quarter.
UMPIRES: Farmer, Hosking, Pannel
TELEVISION BROADCAST: Fox Footy
COMMENTATORS: Dwayne Russell, Brad Johnson, Mark Ricciuto, Ben Dixon
Video sourced from YouTube, courtesy of the AFL.
Port Adelaide |
Match Stats
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Career
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# |
Player |
K |
M |
H |
D |
G |
B |
HO |
T |
FF |
FA |
Age |
Games |
G |
41 | Ah Chee, Brendon | 8 | 2 | 14 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 21y 258d | 11 | 6 |
15 | Amon, Karl | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20y 17d | 7 | 5 |
1 | Boak, Travis | 11 | 2 | 16 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 27y 35d | 177 | 106 |
5 | Broadbent, Matthew | 14 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 25y 35d | 125 | 41 |
11 | Butcher, John | 7 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 24y 64d | 28 | 36 |
7 | Ebert, Brad | 14 | 6 | 14 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 25y 156d | 169 | 86 |
9 | Gray, Robbie | 11 | 3 | 12 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 27y 159d | 136 | 186 |
46 | Gray, Sam | 16 | 5 | 18 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 23y 216d | 17 | 10 |
8 | Hartlett, Hamish | 19 | 4 | 9 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 25y 22d | 112 | 65 |
36 | Hombsch, Jack | 11 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 22y 182d | 61 | 0 |
24 | Impey, Jarman | 8 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20y 58d | 35 | 4 |
42 | Jonas, Tom | 9 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 24y 239d | 73 | 1 |
48 | Krakouer, Nathan | 17 | 8 | 4 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27y 123d | 67 | 20 |
23 | Lobbe, Matthew | 10 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 26y 205d | 84 | 21 |
3 | Neade, Jake | 6 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 21y 99d | 34 | 30 |
13 | O'Shea, Cam | 16 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 23y 176d | 68 | 7 |
29 | Pittard, Jasper | 14 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 24y 157d | 76 | 10 |
4 | Ryder, Paddy | 6 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 27y 175d | 188 | 135 |
28 | Schulz, Jay | 8 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 30y 140d | 187 | 323 |
39 | Westhoff, Justin | 13 | 13 | 12 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 28y 339d | 181 | 229 |
19 | White, Matthew | 12 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 28y 143d | 145 | 96 |
20 | Wingard, Chad | 9 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22y 38d | 89 | 148 |
Rushed | 4 | |||||||||||||
Totals | 243 | 113 | 165 | 408 | 18 | 14 | 38 | 71 | 22 | 19 | 24y 320d | 2070 | 1565 |
Fremantle |
Match Stats
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Career
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# |
Player |
K |
M |
H |
D |
G |
B |
HO |
T |
FF |
FA |
Age |
Games |
G |
44 | Ballard, Jacob | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21y 191d | 1 | 0 |
21 | Barlow, Michael | 17 | 4 | 18 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 27y 261d | 111 | 73 |
19 | Blakely, Connor | 3 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 19y 187d | 1 | 0 |
30 | Clarke, Zac | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 25y 161d | 87 | 45 |
17 | Crozier, Hayden | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 21y 255d | 34 | 25 |
9 | de Boer, Matt | 7 | 3 | 13 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 25y 179d | 132 | 47 |
41 | Duffield, Paul | 17 | 6 | 8 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 30y 212d | 171 | 33 |
24 | Duffy, Max | 5 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22y 147d | 3 | 3 |
28 | Grey, Brady | 11 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 20y 47d | 1 | 0 |
38 | Hannath, Jack | 6 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 24y 58d | 18 | 8 |
42 | Hughes, Ethan | 12 | 8 | 10 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 20y 272d | 1 | 0 |
5 | Ibbotson, Garrick | 6 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 27y 174d | 149 | 22 |
26 | Langdon, Ed | 9 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19y 216d | 2 | 0 |
13 | Mzungu, Tendai | 9 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 29y 189d | 95 | 54 |
27 | Neale, Lachie | 7 | 1 | 15 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 22y 104d | 68 | 35 |
25 | Pearce, Alex | 6 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 20y 88d | 13 | 3 |
46 | Pearce, Clancee | 6 | 2 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24y 317d | 95 | 36 |
11 | Sheridan, Tommy | 16 | 7 | 8 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21y 312d | 36 | 14 |
22 | Smith, Tanner | 11 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 21y 181d | 2 | 0 |
8 | Suban, Nick | 12 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 25y 119d | 127 | 52 |
20 | Taberner, Matt | 12 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 22y 80d | 27 | 23 |
14 | Weller, Lachie | 7 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19y 194d | 3 | 0 |
Totals | 186 | 75 | 167 | 353 | 8 | 5 | 32 | 50 | 19 | 22 | 23y 130d | 1177 | 473 |