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Port Adelaide
8.11.59
Geelong
16.11.107
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Port Adelaide
Geelong
Q1
5.4.34
1.4.10

    Port Adelaide Events

  • 3 mins - Goal, M.Broadbent
  • 9 mins - Rushed Behind
  • 14 mins - Goal, O.Wines
  • 19 mins - Behind, J.Neade
  • 20 mins - Goal, C.Dixon
  • 25 mins - Goal, K.Amon
  • 27 mins - Goal, B.Ebert
  • 30 mins - Behind, B.Ebert
  • 32 mins - Rushed Behind

    Port Adelaide and Geelong Events

  • 7 mins - Behind, J.Selwood
  • 10 mins - Behind, R.Stanley
  • 12 mins - Behind, M.Blicavs
  • 16 mins - Behind, T.Hawkins
  • 22 mins - Goal, C.Guthrie
Q2
5.6.36
7.5.47

    Port Adelaide Events

  • 7 mins - Rushed Behind
  • 26 mins - Behind, J.Westhoff

    Port Adelaide and Geelong Events

  • 6 mins - Rushed Behind
  • 17 mins - Goal, J.Selwood
  • 18 mins - Goal, P.Dangerfield
  • 21 mins - Goal, P.Dangerfield
  • 24 mins - Goal, N.Cockatoo
  • 28 mins - Goal, L.McCarthy
  • 30 mins - Goal, R.Stanley
Q3
7.9.51
12.9.81

    Port Adelaide Events

  • 6 mins - Goal, C.Dixon
  • 13 mins - Behind, O.Wines
  • 17 mins - Behind, O.Wines
  • 23 mins - Behind, A.Young
  • 26 mins - Goal, O.Wines

    Port Adelaide and Geelong Events

  • 4 mins - Behind, D.Menzel
  • 8 mins - Goal, S.Kersten
  • 11 mins - Behind, T.Hawkins
  • 15 mins - Behind, Z.Smith
  • 19 mins - Goal, S.Motlop
  • 20 mins - Goal, D.Menzel
  • 21 mins - Rushed Behind
  • 25 mins - Goal, T.Hawkins
  • 28 mins - Goal, L.McCarthy
Q4
8.11.59
16.11.107

    Port Adelaide Events

  • 16 mins - Rushed Behind
  • 19 mins - Goal, C.Dixon
  • 30 mins - Rushed Behind

    Port Adelaide and Geelong Events

  • 3 mins - Rushed Behind
  • 6 mins - Goal, D.Menzel
  • 8 mins - Goal, D.Menzel
  • 11 mins - Behind, P.Dangerfield
  • 14 mins - Goal, S.Kersten
  • 23 mins - Goal, J.Caddy

Scorers

Port Adelaide
Geelong
Goal Scorers Port Adelaide Geelong
Goals and Behinds Dixon (3.0), Wines (2.2), Ebert (1.1), Amon (1.0), Broadbent (1.0), Neade (0.1), Westhoff (0.1), Young (0.1) Menzel (3.1), Dangerfield (2.1), Kersten (2.0), McCarthy (2.0), Hawkins (1.2), Selwood (1.1), Stanley (1.1), Caddy (1.0), Cockatoo (1.0), Guthrie (1.0), Motlop (1.0), Blicavs (0.1), Smith (0.1)

Team Statistics

Port Adelaide
Geelong

Statistics

Port Adelaide Geelong
Goals 8 16
Behinds 11 11
Scoring shots 17 29
Goals/scoring shots 47 55
Disposals 309 372
Port AdelaideGoal Scorers
Players D K M H CP T FF FA HO CL
K.Amon 5 3 1 2 3 6 2 1 0 0
T.Boak 26 12 1 14 15 5 0 1 0 8
M.Broadbent 22 10 4 12 9 3 3 0 0 1
D.Byrne-Jones 26 16 2 10 9 2 1 0 0 1
C.Dixon 9 5 3 4 4 0 0 1 0 1
B.Ebert 16 11 2 5 6 4 2 2 0 2
R.Gray 11 7 2 4 5 7 1 2 0 4
S.Gray 16 6 2 10 4 7 1 2 0 1
H.Hartlett 11 2 1 9 9 6 4 0 0 2
J.Hombsch 6 3 0 3 1 3 1 0 0 0
T.Jonas 11 7 6 4 2 0 0 3 0 0
M.Lobbe 8 3 0 5 4 6 2 2 27 1
J.Neade 11 6 2 5 7 5 2 1 0 1
C.O'Shea 10 4 1 6 3 2 0 0 0 1
J.Pittard 25 18 2 7 6 3 1 1 0 0
P.Stewart 11 7 5 4 3 0 0 2 0 0
J.Toumpas 21 10 2 11 7 4 1 2 0 3
J.Trengove 12 4 2 8 5 0 0 1 1 2
J.Westhoff 8 3 2 5 3 3 0 1 0 0
O.Wines 24 10 0 14 13 10 2 1 0 5
C.Wingard 7 2 2 5 3 3 0 0 0 0
A.Young 13 4 3 9 5 2 0 1 0 1
GeelongGoal Scorers
Players D K M H CP T FF FA HO CL
J.Bartel 20 15 5 5 8 2 0 0 0 4
M.Blicavs 19 6 2 13 10 12 3 1 7 3
J.Caddy 22 9 1 13 11 4 2 1 4 5
N.Cockatoo 9 3 2 6 7 4 0 1 0 2
P.Dangerfield 29 16 3 13 18 7 1 4 2 7
M.Duncan 29 14 4 15 10 7 1 1 0 3
C.Enright 24 13 8 11 8 1 0 0 0 0
C.Gregson 10 4 2 6 2 6 1 1 0 0
C.Guthrie 25 8 2 17 13 4 1 1 0 4
T.Hawkins 12 11 9 1 9 0 0 1 0 0
S.Kersten 8 6 3 2 4 2 1 0 0 0
J.Kolodjashnij 9 6 6 3 2 3 0 0 0 0
T.Lonergan 13 8 6 5 3 2 0 1 0 0
A.Mackie 10 6 4 4 0 2 0 1 0 0
L.McCarthy 14 9 4 5 6 2 2 1 0 2
D.Menzel 18 11 3 7 9 4 2 2 0 1
S.Motlop 19 12 5 7 5 1 1 3 0 1
T.Ruggles 10 8 1 2 5 3 3 1 0 0
J.Selwood 28 20 8 8 14 6 3 0 0 11
Z.Smith 10 6 6 4 6 1 1 2 22 2
R.Stanley 13 7 5 6 9 4 3 1 25 1
H.Taylor 21 14 10 7 6 2 0 0 0 0

Match Details

Port Adelaide
Geelong
START TIME
5:45PM
WEATHER
Clear
VENUE
Adelaide Oval
Umpires
Chris Kamolins, Brendan Hosking, Jeff Dalgleish

AFL season 2016: Geelong maintain discipline to defeat Port Adelaide

Geelong 1.4 7.5 12.9 16.11 (107) Port Adelaide 5.4 5.6 7.9 8.11 (59)
GOALS: Geelong: Menzel 4, Dangerfield 2, Kersten 2, Hawkins, Motlop, Selwood, Cockatoo, Stanley, Guthrie, Caddy. McCarthy. Port Adelaide: Dixon 3, Wines 2, Ebert Amon, Broadbent.
BEST: Geelong: Selwood, Duncan, Enright, Guthrie, Menzel, Dangerfield. Port Adelaide: Byrne-Jones, Boak, Pittard, Wines, Pittard, Toumpas.
UMPIRES J. Dalgleish, B. Hosking, C. Kamolins.
CROWD 44,937 at Adelaide Oval.

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Brawl breaks out between Port Adelaide and Geelong

The first quarter between Port Adelaide and Geelong culminated in a mass brawl that refused to simmer down way after the siren had sounded.

Port Adelaide resorted to playing almost "dirty" football to solve their woes, but ultimately got cleaned up by Geelong at Adelaide Oval on Saturday night.

The match review panel is set to issue a lot of fines to players from both sides following an ugly, near all-in melee at quarter-time, started when Port's Tom Jonas charged into Patrick Dangerfield and rekindled when the Power's Jasper Pittard knocked over third-game player Tom Ruggles.

Geelong and Port Adelaide players wrestle at the quarter-time break.
Geelong and Port Adelaide players wrestle at the quarter-time break. Photo: Getty Images

The AFL is also likely to investigate a heated exchange between Geelong coach Chris Scott and Port's Hamish Hartlett as the teams went to their huddle at quarter-time.

And it was after these off-the-ball spates of anger that  the Power lost control. Port led by four goals at quarter-time, but Geelong then punished them by kicking nine of the next 10 goals, again leaving the Power in disarray, at times as if they lacked unity.

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The match was televised live on China Central Television and the Chinese would have even choked on their rice when Port looked the better side early only to have a meltdown in discipline and allow Geelong to seize control.

Full credit to Port for their early vastly improved intensity; their hard tackling and relentless attack on the ball, but ultimately Geelong exposed their weakness – not enough quality players who can execute skills and have impact to change the tide of the game when Geelong gained momentum, starting with two vital goals by Dangerfield late in the second term.

Geelong captain Scott Selwood is taken down by Ollie Wines of the Power.
Geelong captain Scott Selwood is taken down by Ollie Wines of the Power. Photo: Getty Images

This was far from a classic win; the Cats simply ground their opposition into oblivion and made it 13 wins from their past 15 clashes, including the record-breaking 2007 grand final.

Joel Selwood exemplified the Anzac spirit. His leadership was inspiration, his courage unquestionable as per normal, and his workrate was astonishing.

Geelong midfielder Patrick Dangerfield puts his boot to good use.
Patrick Dangerfield: Just another opponent says Crows coach Don Pyke. Photo: Getty Images

However, this win was also largely about a terrific team effort. Port, under pressure given their record-loss to GWS  the previous week, were always going to go in harder, and for Geelong to weather the ugly stuff early was great work.

Dangerfield probably copped more attention, especially early, from Port than he probably will when he confronts his former club Adelaide for the first time, at the Adelaide Oval in round eight. Overall, he played well given the circumstances.

Mitch Duncan was brilliant midfield, Corey Enright resilient in defence and Tom Hawkins and Steven Motlop caused Port headaches in the forward lines. Also pleasing was the most effective game by Daniel Menzel, who after going into the game kicking 1.7 in two games, bagged goals to put this result well beyond doubt.

It was the same across the board. Geelong didn't start well, but Port's rising inefficiencies – and the tenacity of the Cats – allowed them as a team and players  to work into good form.

No one should question Port's workrate, but their execution under pressure was ordinary. The good news was that Darcy Byrne-Jones, a 20-year-old playing his third game, again showed a lot of poise in the backlines and appears to have a long future in this game.

Charlie Dixon contested extremely well, and deserved to kick goals. Unfortunately for him, his teammates didn't deliver enough quality inside-50 entries to give him more chances.

But when Port desperately needed their higher-profile players like Robbie Gray, Chad Wingard, Justin Westhoff and Hartlett to set the example in that disastrous second-quarter they weren't to be found. And it won't be only the Chinese left to ponder how a side could kick five goals in the first quarter and struggle to kick another over the next three quarters.