AFL

Port Adelaide
20.13.133
St Kilda
15.10.100
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Match Tracker

Port Adelaide
St Kilda
Q1
4.1.25
4.4.28

    Port Adelaide Events

  • 1 mins - Goal, T.Boak
  • 10 mins - Goal, M.Broadbent
  • 16 mins - Goal, J.Schulz
  • 23 mins - Goal, J.Westhoff
  • 30 mins - Behind, R.Gray

    Port Adelaide and St Kilda Events

  • 3 mins - Goal, J.Lonie
  • 4 mins - Behind, S.Gilbert
  • 8 mins - Goal, J.Gresham
  • 13 mins - Goal, N.Riewoldt
  • 20 mins - Rushed Behind
  • 21 mins - Rushed Behind
  • 25 mins - Goal, M.Weller
  • 28 mins - Behind, M.Weller
Q2
9.2.56
9.8.62

    Port Adelaide Events

  • 6 mins - Goal, R.Gray
  • 8 mins - Goal, B.Ebert
  • 13 mins - Goal, R.Gray
  • 16 mins - Goal, R.Gray
  • 20 mins - Behind, C.Dixon
  • 33 mins - Goal, C.Wingard

    Port Adelaide and St Kilda Events

  • 1 mins - Goal, M.Weller
  • 3 mins - Goal, J.Steven
  • 11 mins - Behind, J.Lonie
  • 14 mins - Behind, M.Weller
  • 16 mins - Rushed Behind
  • 18 mins - Behind, J.Newnes
  • 21 mins - Goal, J.Bruce
  • 25 mins - Goal, S.Gilbert
  • 30 mins - Goal, J.Lonie
Q3
13.9.87
14.9.93

    Port Adelaide Events

  • 1 mins - Rushed Behind
  • 3 mins - Behind, C.Dixon
  • 5 mins - Goal, C.Dixon
  • 7 mins - Behind, J.Westhoff
  • 9 mins - Behind, H.Hartlett
  • 12 mins - Goal, C.Wingard
  • 23 mins - Behind, S.Gray
  • 24 mins - Goal, B.Ebert
  • 28 mins - Goal, O.Wines
  • 30 mins - Behind, C.Dixon
  • 32 mins - Behind, J.Westhoff

    Port Adelaide and St Kilda Events

  • 3 mins - Goal, J.Newnes
  • 10 mins - Goal, B.Acres
  • 14 mins - Rushed Behind
  • 19 mins - Goal, D.Armitage
  • 20 mins - Goal, J.Lonie
  • 21 mins - Goal, J.Bruce
Q4
20.13.133
15.10.100

    Port Adelaide Events

  • 3 mins - Goal, B.Ah Chee
  • 6 mins - Behind, R.Gray
  • 7 mins - Behind, J.Polec
  • 9 mins - Behind, J.Schulz
  • 13 mins - Behind, H.Hartlett
  • 20 mins - Goal, B.Ebert
  • 21 mins - Goal, J.Westhoff
  • 25 mins - Goal, R.Gray
  • 27 mins - Goal, C.Wingard
  • 29 mins - Goal, C.Dixon
  • 31 mins - Goal, C.Dixon

    Port Adelaide and St Kilda Events

  • 22 mins - Rushed Behind
  • 34 mins - Goal, N.Riewoldt

Scorers

Port Adelaide
St Kilda
Goal Scorers Port Adelaide St Kilda
Goals and Behinds Gray (4.2), Dixon (3.3), Ebert (3.0), Wingard (3.0), Westhoff (2.2), Schulz (1.1), Ah Chee (1.0), Boak (1.0), Broadbent (1.0), Wines (1.0), Hartlett (0.2), Gray (0.1), Polec (0.1) Lonie (3.1), Weller (2.2), Bruce (2.0), Riewoldt (2.0), Gilbert (1.1), Newnes (1.1), Acres (1.0), Armitage (1.0), Gresham (1.0), Steven (1.0)

Team Statistics

Port Adelaide
St Kilda

Statistics

Port Adelaide St Kilda
Goals 20 15
Behinds 13 10
Scoring shots 34 24
Goals/scoring shots 59 63
Disposals 381 428
Port AdelaideGoal Scorers
Players D K M H CP T FF FA HO CL
B.Ah Chee 12 4 2 8 7 5 0 1 0 3
T.Boak 17 8 2 9 7 3 0 0 0 2
M.Broadbent 26 14 1 12 9 4 0 0 0 1
A.Carlile 10 5 2 5 3 3 0 0 0 1
C.Dixon 11 8 3 3 9 5 4 1 0 0
B.Ebert 25 17 4 8 12 8 1 2 0 2
R.Gray 26 14 4 12 14 5 1 0 0 8
S.Gray 37 18 5 19 17 3 1 1 0 6
H.Hartlett 24 16 5 8 12 9 1 0 0 3
J.Hombsch 8 5 2 3 6 3 0 0 0 0
J.Impey 5 4 0 1 1 8 0 0 0 0
T.Jonas 16 10 3 6 6 5 0 0 0 2
M.Lobbe 9 2 2 7 5 7 0 0 42 2
J.Neade 9 2 0 7 4 8 2 0 0 0
J.Pittard 27 19 6 8 8 1 0 0 0 0
J.Polec 19 13 2 6 8 3 1 2 0 1
J.Schulz 17 8 6 9 9 2 0 2 0 0
J.Trengove 19 12 6 7 8 2 0 0 4 0
J.Westhoff 17 11 6 6 8 6 2 1 3 1
M.White 2 2 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 2
O.Wines 24 12 1 12 12 5 1 1 0 7
C.Wingard 21 13 2 8 11 9 1 0 0 3
St KildaGoal Scorers
Players D K M H CP T FF FA HO CL
B.Acres 22 14 3 8 10 2 2 0 0 4
D.Armitage 28 12 1 16 19 7 0 0 0 14
J.Billings 22 10 4 12 6 2 0 0 0 1
J.Bruce 11 6 5 5 6 1 0 0 0 0
S.Dempster 8 6 4 2 2 2 0 0 0 1
L.Dunstan 10 2 1 8 8 9 1 1 0 6
S.Fisher 18 14 5 4 4 2 1 4 1 0
J.Geary 19 11 3 8 10 1 2 1 0 1
S.Gilbert 27 10 3 17 12 5 0 3 4 4
J.Gresham 9 3 1 6 5 4 0 0 0 1
T.Hickey 20 9 2 11 13 3 0 1 56 6
J.Lonie 9 5 4 4 3 1 0 0 0 1
L.Montagna 29 17 7 12 9 4 0 0 0 3
J.Newnes 26 14 3 12 6 3 0 3 0 1
N.Riewoldt 10 4 5 6 0 1 0 0 0 0
D.Roberton 20 11 2 9 5 2 1 1 0 2
S.Ross 30 16 5 14 7 6 0 0 4 3
S.Savage 25 16 3 9 6 2 0 0 0 0
J.Steven 36 19 2 17 16 5 0 0 0 7
E.Templeton 10 4 2 6 2 3 0 1 0 0
J.Webster 18 11 3 7 6 1 4 0 0 0
M.Weller 21 9 2 12 11 6 0 1 1 6

Match Details

Port Adelaide
St Kilda
START TIME
12:20PM
WEATHER
Unknown
VENUE
Adelaide Oval
Umpires
Mathew Nicholls, Chris Kamolins, Curtis Deboy

Port leave it late to power home over spirited Saints

Port Adelaide  4.1 9.2 13.9 20.13  (133)
St Kilda            4.4 9.8 14.9 15.10  (100)

GOALS
Port: R. Gray 4, Ebert, Dixon, Wingard 3, Westhoff 2, Wines, Schulz, Broadbent, Boak, Ah Chee.
St Kilda: Lonie 3, Riewoldt, Weller, Bruce 2, Gilbert, Steven, Gresham, Newnes, Acres, Armitage.

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Power surge in final term to stop Saints

Port Adelaide have booted seven goals to one in the final quarter to overwhelm St Kilda.

BEST – Port: S. Gray, Pittard, R. Gray, Ebert, Broadbent, Hartlett. St Kilda: Hickey, Steven, Gilbert, Armitage, Fisher, Montagna, Gilbert.

INJURIES: Port: White (shoulder). REPORTS: Nil. UMPIRES: C. Deboy, M. Nicholls, C. Kamolins.
CROWD: 43,807 at Adelaide Oval

The Power may have snatched the premiership points with a 33-point win at Adelaide Oval, but no one can take away the much-revived spirit of the Saints and the hope of their fans.

Fleet-footed: Robbie Gray evades a tackle from St Kilda's Dylan Roberton.
Fleet-footed: Robbie Gray evades a tackle from St Kilda's Dylan Roberton. Photo: Daniel Kalisz

They were never supposed to be a chance and they looked the better side for three quarters, but as much as St Kilda deserve recognition the good sides take the battle until the end.

You've got to admire Port for their showing of character to recover from a 21-point deficit 20 minutes into the third quarter in which they kicked 4.7 to the Saints' 5.1. Their dominance in the last quarter was reminiscent of their best, and signs that the Saints, as encouraging as their effort was, still have a way to go.

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St Kilda's dramatic fade-out – and Port's dominance with a 7.4 to 1.1 last term – ended what had been a great contest.

It was sad that Nick Riewoldt was jeered for taking a mark and kicking a goal late in the game because it stopped Port's run of nine goals, and disappointing he didn't get applause as it was his 650th.

No contest: Port Adelaide's Jay Schulzs marks.
No contest: Port Adelaide's Jay Schulzs marks. Photo: Daniel Kalisz

This win got down to persistence and Port finding a few key players who came good after very quiet performances based on their fine reputations.

Charlie Dixon wasn't one that created this revival. His much-anticipated debut for the Power was overall average... dropped marks, poor shots for goal, but not without trying to getting into the thick of play and knocking the Saints over like pins. He finished with three goals – all from free kicks – but there were signs he will be a lot more dangerous against Adelaide this week.

Aerial battle: Charlie Dixon of the Power competes with Sam Fisher of the Saints.
Aerial battle: Charlie Dixon of the Power competes with Sam Fisher of the Saints. Photo: Daniel Kalisz

Port's three-pronged talls attack with Dixon, Justin Westhoff and Jay Schulz wasn't as effective as expected, and it was largely Robbie Gray's three goals in the third quarter and Brad Ebert's admirable desire to win the hard ball amidst the forward stoppages that gave Port the edge on the scoreboard early in the last term.

In fairness, Port missed run and creativity of wingman Matt White when he suffered a right shoulder injury late in the first quarter seemed to unsettle them in the first half.

The good parts about the Saints were obvious... their ability to win the hard ball in congestion, the manner in which they moved the ball end-to-end swiftly and sharply, and compared with last season their improved decision making under pressure.

The performance in ruck by Tom Hickey was amazing – 57 hit-outs and 20 disposals, an effort almost matched by Port's Sam Gray, who had 37 disposals.

As good as the result was, for most part there were concerns with Port's game plan. They seemed to want to protect the open spaces yet allowed their opposition to find gaps. They seemed to under-estimate the confidence of the young Saints; their willingness to take the game on by running and having teammates backing up.

There was a lot to like about the Saints, but not for long enough. It's been 245 days since they have won, but better times are ahead. Their coach Alan Richardson played a huge role in Port's revival when he was their director of coaching, and there is no doubt he is taking St Kilda on the same road to recovery. It's just that there's still a long way to go.