TonyK
CibbuanoPort outclass Eagles
July 19th 2009 06:43
PORT ADELAIDE has kept its season alive with a 36-point win over West Coast at AAMI Stadium on Sunday afternoon.
The Power got the early jump and were never seriously challenged as they cruised to a 17.10 (112) to 11.10 (76) victory.
The victory sees Port move to ninth place on the AFL ladder with an 8-8 win-loss record while the Eagles have now lost their past 19 matches away from home.
Jason Davenport got the Power going in the first term and finished the match with 26 possessions and two goals while Kane Cornes (27 disposals) kept Matt Priddis to just 13 touches.
Steven Salopek (27) and skipper Domenic Cassisi (26 disposals and 14 tackles) were also instrumental in the win while David Rodan showed his class with 23 possessions and two goals including a contender for goal-of-the-year in the third term.
Jacob Surjan restricted Eagles goal sneak Mark LeCras to two majors while Brett Ebert was his side’s most productive forward with three goals.
For the Eagles, youngster Chris Masten tried hard all day and racked up a game-high 38 disposals and booted one goal, Matt Rosa (26) was a busy contributor while Ashley Hansen chimed in with three majors.
West Coast got the first goal of the match through Patrick McGinnity but the rest of the term belonged to the Power.
They smashed the Eagles at the stoppages and moved the football quickly into the forward line with precision as they slammed on six unanswered goals.
Davenport was particularly influential with 12 possessions, four tackles, two goal assists and two goals to help the Power to a 34-point lead at quarter-time.
Port could have been even further in front at the first change but they kicked a wasteful 6.5 for the term.
Back-to-back goals from Hansen and LeCras in the second term gave the Eagles a glimmer of hope but Port had all the answers as they piled on the last four majors of the first half to go into the main break with a commanding 47-point break.
West Coast lifted their rating in the third term and won the inside 50 count 15-9 but they continually let themselves down with their use of the football going forward.
While the Eagles were wasteful the Power was efficient, managing five goals from their nine inside 50 entries to open up a match-winning 58-point lead at three-quarter time.
With the result well and truly beyond doubt the Power took their foot off the pedal in the final stanza as the Eagles booted five goals to two to add some respectability to the scoreboard.
PORT ADELAIDE: 6.5, 10.8, 15.9, 17.10 (112)
WEST COAST: 1.1,3.3, 6.5,11.10 (76)
GOALS: PORT: Ebert 3, Davenport 2, Tredrea 2, Rodan 2, Gray 2, Salter 2, Broadbent 2, K.Cornes, J.Westhoff
WEST COAST: Hansen 3, Lynch 2, LeCras 2, McGinnity, Kennedy, Rosa, Masten
BEST: PORT: Davenport, Cassisi, Salopek, K.Cornes, Surjan, Rodan, C.Cornes, Brogan
WEST COAST: Masten, Rosa, Selwood, Lynch, Ebert
INJURIES: PORT: TBC
WEST COAST: TBC
REPORTS: TBC
CHANGES: Tyson Stenglein replaced in the selected side by Nic Naitanui
UMPIRES: Vosso, Hay, Pannell
CROWD: 21,106 at the AAMI STADIUM
The Power got the early jump and were never seriously challenged as they cruised to a 17.10 (112) to 11.10 (76) victory.
The victory sees Port move to ninth place on the AFL ladder with an 8-8 win-loss record while the Eagles have now lost their past 19 matches away from home.
Jason Davenport got the Power going in the first term and finished the match with 26 possessions and two goals while Kane Cornes (27 disposals) kept Matt Priddis to just 13 touches.
Jacob Surjan restricted Eagles goal sneak Mark LeCras to two majors while Brett Ebert was his side’s most productive forward with three goals.
For the Eagles, youngster Chris Masten tried hard all day and racked up a game-high 38 disposals and booted one goal, Matt Rosa (26) was a busy contributor while Ashley Hansen chimed in with three majors.
West Coast got the first goal of the match through Patrick McGinnity but the rest of the term belonged to the Power.
They smashed the Eagles at the stoppages and moved the football quickly into the forward line with precision as they slammed on six unanswered goals.
Davenport was particularly influential with 12 possessions, four tackles, two goal assists and two goals to help the Power to a 34-point lead at quarter-time.
Port could have been even further in front at the first change but they kicked a wasteful 6.5 for the term.
Back-to-back goals from Hansen and LeCras in the second term gave the Eagles a glimmer of hope but Port had all the answers as they piled on the last four majors of the first half to go into the main break with a commanding 47-point break.
West Coast lifted their rating in the third term and won the inside 50 count 15-9 but they continually let themselves down with their use of the football going forward.
While the Eagles were wasteful the Power was efficient, managing five goals from their nine inside 50 entries to open up a match-winning 58-point lead at three-quarter time.
With the result well and truly beyond doubt the Power took their foot off the pedal in the final stanza as the Eagles booted five goals to two to add some respectability to the scoreboard.
PORT ADELAIDE: 6.5, 10.8, 15.9, 17.10 (112)
WEST COAST: 1.1,3.3, 6.5,11.10 (76)
GOALS: PORT: Ebert 3, Davenport 2, Tredrea 2, Rodan 2, Gray 2, Salter 2, Broadbent 2, K.Cornes, J.Westhoff
WEST COAST: Hansen 3, Lynch 2, LeCras 2, McGinnity, Kennedy, Rosa, Masten
BEST: PORT: Davenport, Cassisi, Salopek, K.Cornes, Surjan, Rodan, C.Cornes, Brogan
WEST COAST: Masten, Rosa, Selwood, Lynch, Ebert
INJURIES: PORT: TBC
WEST COAST: TBC
REPORTS: TBC
CHANGES: Tyson Stenglein replaced in the selected side by Nic Naitanui
UMPIRES: Vosso, Hay, Pannell
CROWD: 21,106 at the AAMI STADIUM
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