Folks often overlook Joel Bowden but he was very good here, with spells
in attack, playing in the centre and even finishing at full-back on
Traiainidis. Young Joel had 38 possessions and kicked 3 goals. Rory
Hilton, apparently instructed to lose weight over summer, had 19 kicks
and a goal on the wing and Duncan Kellaway produced a nice stopping
effort on Harvey while having 26 disposals himself. His brother Andrew
took 10 strong grabs in defence and had 20 touches and a goal. At the
spearhead Brad Ottens booted 5 goals from 5 marks and 9 kicks, he’s a
very reliable shot. Holland did a good job in defence and Biddiscombe
(20 disposals) was handy too, liked the efforts of King (14 hard-won
touches) in the middle. Cameron finished with 2 goals. Nathan Burke was
comfortably St. Kilda’s best, restored to the centre by Watson he had 26
disposals and used the ball well. Peckett had a decent return with 26
touches and 2 goals. Everitt deserves mention for his 5 goals, but even
in the last quarter he spent too much time wrestling and trying to mark
it one-handed. Harvey had 20 touches but wasted too many of those,
Traianidis played well in a back-pocket in the first three quarters
before a stint in attack at the end. On paper, they should have easily
beaten this second-string Tiger lineup. Watson said "We had a lack of
effort at critical times in the second half when we had the lead. I
actually felt we had them in a position where they were really
struggling…and we let them back into the game because of a lack of
continuous effort around the ball." Frawley shed a tear or two, after
condemning the Tigers of previous years for playing on emotion too
often. "The game was up for grabs at three-quarter time. We were in this
very same position this time last week. Today for three quarters they
were good, for one they were bad so, we can go back to the drawing board
and make sure the second quarter turns into four good quarters."
At Football Park:
Port Adelaide 2.4 6.7 7.10 10.14.74
Hawthorn 4.6 8.9 11.14 16.17.113
Port continue to splutter along, this was a bad loss considering the
Hawks went in without Nick Holland, a late withdrawal with a thigh
strain. And there was another record low crowd, just over 22,000 now
although the crappy scheduling (Sunday night) forced on the AFL by the
SA government didn't help. Why is footy bending over for other sports
(in this case a nuffy car race)? We're the biggest sport in Australia.
We should be calling the shots. Anyway, Port made one change to the
team, discarding Roger James for returning full back Steve Paxman.
Hawthorn replaced Holland with debutant ruckman Steven Rode from
Dandenong, also out were dropped pair Bateman and Krummel and another
late pull-out, Tony Woods. They were replaced by Barry Young, Aaron Lord
and another first-gamer, mystery man Luke McPharlin whose previous
experience entailed one game for East Fremantle Colts and four for Box
Hill in the VFL.
Port appear as an honest bunch of lads lacking genuine stars. Of all
their players only Wanganeen would be a walk-up start at any other club.
Tredrea is quite good and Primus alright, but there are very few -
arguably no - matchwinners on the Power list. Hawthorn started Trent
Croad at full forward in Holland’s absence and he did very well, far too
quick and athletic for Paxman he kicked three goals in the first
quarter, one from a lead and two from marks over the plodding ex-Fitzroy
backman. Port got a goal when Primus was awarded a free for falling over
a Hawthorn trainer, his punt to the goalsquare was roved and converted
by Francou. Danny Morton cleared the opening bounce of stanza secondo,
Tredrea soccered a goal. Crawford, being well-tagged by Wilson, set up
an answering goal for McCabe, Port got to within 8 points when Tredrea
held a strong pack grab from Paxman’s long kick and slotted the goal.
Hawthorn then skipped clear despite Crawford being benched. Port were
going forward when Hawk Harford was donged off the ball, he picked out
Mark Graham for a good mark and goal. Dixon goaled, then Powerman
Kingley’s clearing kick flopped into Salmon’s arms, his pass was
gathered by McPharlin to snap a goal with his first kick. Horforn by 27
points. Port bounced back with two late goals, Tredrea was hit by a Rock
and converted the free, a long Cornes shot bounced fortuitously through.
Harford opened the second half by riding Kingsley for a huge mark, but
he postered from 15m. Port’s Primus also missed before a lovely tap from
Murray onto Francis led to Matthew Bode booting the Power to within 7
points. They had a fair attacking spell but seemed reluctant to shoot
for goal unless within 20m. Eventually the Hawks broke out with
hard-running Chick a big factor. Croad exchanged passes with Barlow and
booted his fourth goal, Crawford and Chick combined well to set up a
nice blind snap for Barlow, then Chick found Croad all alone 20m out,
for another six-pointer, Hawks by 26 points. Port never threatened to
win it and their fans were on the way out well before the end. Richard
Taylor led, marked and goaled to open the final quarter, Collica slotted
one from the boundary line, Croad snapped another sausage. Taylor kicked
the ball to Graham who marked while three Port players stood by, another
sausage as the Horks romped away. The Power showed some fight with three
late goals, the best of which came when Hawk Barry Young was done for
deliberate out-of-bounds and then conceded a 50m penalty for arguing.
Lyle dobbed it.
Mark Graham underlined the paucity of Power marking forwards by
gathering a huge 29 touches at half-back and pushing forward, he also
kicked 2 goals. Croad’s all-round talent was on display as he finshed
with 6 goals from 9 kicks with 6 marks. Fierce, relentless running
across the middle from Harford (24 disposals), Tallis (24), McCabe (17,
a goal) and Dan Chick (21) was the key to the victory, they just ran the
Power off their feet. Michael Collica (20 touches) played well at
half-back and Crawford ended the game well for 27 disposals. Ben Dixon
also kicked 2 goals. Port’s best was probably defender Matthew Bishop,
who did a good job on various Hawk forwards as he was shunted around.
Josh Francou got 22 touches and kicked a goal, Wilson did an excellent
job on Crawford in the first half. Tredrea looked dangerous but missed
shots again, ending with 3.2 from 5 marks and 12 kicks. He needs
support. Wanganeen was good once more with 18 touches, he should play on
the ball more. Schofield had 21 touches plus a late goal and Burgoyne 19
handlings. Bode kicked 2 goals. No coaches quotes available, mi scusi.
Ladder after Round Five:
Pts. % Next week
Essendon 20 157.3 Footscray (Colonial, Fri. night)
Collingwood 20 131.7 North Melbourne (MCG, Saturday)
Geelong 16 130.3 Melbourne (Kardinia Park, Sunday)
Melbourne 12 126.9 Geelong (Kardinia Park, Sunday)
Footscray 12 113.9 Essendon (Colonial, Fri. night)
Sydney 12 108.7 Richmond (SCG, Sunday)
North Melbourne 12 97.1 Collingwood (MCG, Saturday)
West Coast 10 111.8 Fremantle (Subiaco, Sat. night)
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Brisbane 8 94.9 St. Kilda (Colonial, Sat. night)
Carlton 8 91.1 Port Adelaide (Princes Park, Saturday)
Richmond 8 90.8 Sydney (SCG, Sunday)
Fremantle 8 90.6 West Coast (Subiaco, Sat. night)
Hawthorn 8 84.0 Adelaide (Football Park, Sunday)
Port Adelaide 4 72.7 Carlton (Princes Park, Saturday)
St. Kilda 2 71.4 Brisbane (Colonial, Sat. night)
Adelaide 0 71.1 Hawthorn (Football Park, Sunday)
Cheers, Tim
e-mail: t.murphy@rmit.edu.au
in attack, playing in the centre and even finishing at full-back on
Traiainidis. Young Joel had 38 possessions and kicked 3 goals. Rory
Hilton, apparently instructed to lose weight over summer, had 19 kicks
and a goal on the wing and Duncan Kellaway produced a nice stopping
effort on Harvey while having 26 disposals himself. His brother Andrew
took 10 strong grabs in defence and had 20 touches and a goal. At the
spearhead Brad Ottens booted 5 goals from 5 marks and 9 kicks, he’s a
very reliable shot. Holland did a good job in defence and Biddiscombe
(20 disposals) was handy too, liked the efforts of King (14 hard-won
touches) in the middle. Cameron finished with 2 goals. Nathan Burke was
comfortably St. Kilda’s best, restored to the centre by Watson he had 26
disposals and used the ball well. Peckett had a decent return with 26
touches and 2 goals. Everitt deserves mention for his 5 goals, but even
in the last quarter he spent too much time wrestling and trying to mark
it one-handed. Harvey had 20 touches but wasted too many of those,
Traianidis played well in a back-pocket in the first three quarters
before a stint in attack at the end. On paper, they should have easily
beaten this second-string Tiger lineup. Watson said "We had a lack of
effort at critical times in the second half when we had the lead. I
actually felt we had them in a position where they were really
struggling…and we let them back into the game because of a lack of
continuous effort around the ball." Frawley shed a tear or two, after
condemning the Tigers of previous years for playing on emotion too
often. "The game was up for grabs at three-quarter time. We were in this
very same position this time last week. Today for three quarters they
were good, for one they were bad so, we can go back to the drawing board
and make sure the second quarter turns into four good quarters."
At Football Park:
Port Adelaide 2.4 6.7 7.10 10.14.74
Hawthorn 4.6 8.9 11.14 16.17.113
Port continue to splutter along, this was a bad loss considering the
Hawks went in without Nick Holland, a late withdrawal with a thigh
strain. And there was another record low crowd, just over 22,000 now
although the crappy scheduling (Sunday night) forced on the AFL by the
SA government didn't help. Why is footy bending over for other sports
(in this case a nuffy car race)? We're the biggest sport in Australia.
We should be calling the shots. Anyway, Port made one change to the
team, discarding Roger James for returning full back Steve Paxman.
Hawthorn replaced Holland with debutant ruckman Steven Rode from
Dandenong, also out were dropped pair Bateman and Krummel and another
late pull-out, Tony Woods. They were replaced by Barry Young, Aaron Lord
and another first-gamer, mystery man Luke McPharlin whose previous
experience entailed one game for East Fremantle Colts and four for Box
Hill in the VFL.
Port appear as an honest bunch of lads lacking genuine stars. Of all
their players only Wanganeen would be a walk-up start at any other club.
Tredrea is quite good and Primus alright, but there are very few -
arguably no - matchwinners on the Power list. Hawthorn started Trent
Croad at full forward in Holland’s absence and he did very well, far too
quick and athletic for Paxman he kicked three goals in the first
quarter, one from a lead and two from marks over the plodding ex-Fitzroy
backman. Port got a goal when Primus was awarded a free for falling over
a Hawthorn trainer, his punt to the goalsquare was roved and converted
by Francou. Danny Morton cleared the opening bounce of stanza secondo,
Tredrea soccered a goal. Crawford, being well-tagged by Wilson, set up
an answering goal for McCabe, Port got to within 8 points when Tredrea
held a strong pack grab from Paxman’s long kick and slotted the goal.
Hawthorn then skipped clear despite Crawford being benched. Port were
going forward when Hawk Harford was donged off the ball, he picked out
Mark Graham for a good mark and goal. Dixon goaled, then Powerman
Kingley’s clearing kick flopped into Salmon’s arms, his pass was
gathered by McPharlin to snap a goal with his first kick. Horforn by 27
points. Port bounced back with two late goals, Tredrea was hit by a Rock
and converted the free, a long Cornes shot bounced fortuitously through.
Harford opened the second half by riding Kingsley for a huge mark, but
he postered from 15m. Port’s Primus also missed before a lovely tap from
Murray onto Francis led to Matthew Bode booting the Power to within 7
points. They had a fair attacking spell but seemed reluctant to shoot
for goal unless within 20m. Eventually the Hawks broke out with
hard-running Chick a big factor. Croad exchanged passes with Barlow and
booted his fourth goal, Crawford and Chick combined well to set up a
nice blind snap for Barlow, then Chick found Croad all alone 20m out,
for another six-pointer, Hawks by 26 points. Port never threatened to
win it and their fans were on the way out well before the end. Richard
Taylor led, marked and goaled to open the final quarter, Collica slotted
one from the boundary line, Croad snapped another sausage. Taylor kicked
the ball to Graham who marked while three Port players stood by, another
sausage as the Horks romped away. The Power showed some fight with three
late goals, the best of which came when Hawk Barry Young was done for
deliberate out-of-bounds and then conceded a 50m penalty for arguing.
Lyle dobbed it.
Mark Graham underlined the paucity of Power marking forwards by
gathering a huge 29 touches at half-back and pushing forward, he also
kicked 2 goals. Croad’s all-round talent was on display as he finshed
with 6 goals from 9 kicks with 6 marks. Fierce, relentless running
across the middle from Harford (24 disposals), Tallis (24), McCabe (17,
a goal) and Dan Chick (21) was the key to the victory, they just ran the
Power off their feet. Michael Collica (20 touches) played well at
half-back and Crawford ended the game well for 27 disposals. Ben Dixon
also kicked 2 goals. Port’s best was probably defender Matthew Bishop,
who did a good job on various Hawk forwards as he was shunted around.
Josh Francou got 22 touches and kicked a goal, Wilson did an excellent
job on Crawford in the first half. Tredrea looked dangerous but missed
shots again, ending with 3.2 from 5 marks and 12 kicks. He needs
support. Wanganeen was good once more with 18 touches, he should play on
the ball more. Schofield had 21 touches plus a late goal and Burgoyne 19
handlings. Bode kicked 2 goals. No coaches quotes available, mi scusi.
Ladder after Round Five:
Pts. % Next week
Essendon 20 157.3 Footscray (Colonial, Fri. night)
Collingwood 20 131.7 North Melbourne (MCG, Saturday)
Geelong 16 130.3 Melbourne (Kardinia Park, Sunday)
Melbourne 12 126.9 Geelong (Kardinia Park, Sunday)
Footscray 12 113.9 Essendon (Colonial, Fri. night)
Sydney 12 108.7 Richmond (SCG, Sunday)
North Melbourne 12 97.1 Collingwood (MCG, Saturday)
West Coast 10 111.8 Fremantle (Subiaco, Sat. night)
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Brisbane 8 94.9 St. Kilda (Colonial, Sat. night)
Carlton 8 91.1 Port Adelaide (Princes Park, Saturday)
Richmond 8 90.8 Sydney (SCG, Sunday)
Fremantle 8 90.6 West Coast (Subiaco, Sat. night)
Hawthorn 8 84.0 Adelaide (Football Park, Sunday)
Port Adelaide 4 72.7 Carlton (Princes Park, Saturday)
St. Kilda 2 71.4 Brisbane (Colonial, Sat. night)
Adelaide 0 71.1 Hawthorn (Football Park, Sunday)
Cheers, Tim
e-mail: t.murphy@rmit.edu.au