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CibbuanoPower demolish Crows
February 13th 2010 08:16
PORT ADELAIDE has kicked off its NAB Cup campaign with a 56-point demolition of Adelaide at AAMI Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
The Power broke the game wide open in the third quarter before going on to prevail 2.15.15 (123) to 1.8.10 (67).
Mark Williams’ men will now face West Coast at Subiaco Oval in a fortnight while the Crows will clash with the loser of St Kilda v Collingwood in a NAB Challenge match in Alice Springs.
Port had nine individual goal kickers for the match - Justin Westhoff the most effective with three while promising youngsters Mitch Banner, Cameron Hitchcock, Daniel Stewart and Wade Thomson chipped in with two apiece.
Travis Boak showed his class with 21 possessions while Nathan Krakouer generated plenty of run from defence with 20 disposals.
For the Crows, skipper Simon Goodwin collected 22 disposals and booted a super goal while Patrick Dangerfield also helped himself to 22 possessions.
Bernie Vince, Brett Burton and Chris Knights kicked two goals each.
Adelaide kicked the first goal of the match through Knights at the five-minute mark but the rest of the term belonged to the Power.
Port suffocated the Crows’ running game with their relentless pressure, dominated the clearances and moved the football well as they slammed on four of the last six goals of the quarter - one of which was a super goal from skipper Domenic Cassisi - to go into the first change with a 16-point advantage.
The Crows won more of the football in the second term and closed to within eight points thanks to majors from Vince and Burton who converted a set shot from an acute angle.
The Power struggled to play with the same level of fluidity that they did in the opening stanza but they hung tough and went into the main break with a handy 14-point break after Banner kicked a late goal.
Knights booted his second on the back of a soft free kick before Port took control of the contest.
They won the clearances 12-3, the inside 50 count 16-6 and piled on seven unanswered goals.
Thomson got Port going with two goals in the space of a minute before Westhoff kicked the last three majors of the quarter to give his side a match-winning 57-point lead at three-quarter time.
ADELAIDE: 0.3.3, 0.6.7, 0.7.7, 1.8.10 (67)
PORT ADELAIDE: 1.4.4, 1.7.6, 1.14.13, 2.15.15 (123)
SUPER GOALS: ADELAIDE : Goodwin
PORT ADELAIDE: Cassisi 2
GOALS: ADELAIDE: Vince 2, Knights 2, Burton 2, Douglas, Walker
PORT ADELAIDE:Westhoff 3, Banner 2, Thompson 2, Hitchcock 2, Stewart 2, Boak, Ebert, Schulz, Logan
BEST: ADELAIDE: Goodwin, Dangerfield, Douglas, Vince
PORT ADELAIDE: Krakouer, Boak, Salopek, Cassisi, Westhoff, Banner, Hitchcock
INJURIES: ADELAIDE: Nil
PORT ADELAIDE: Brogan (quad), Hitchcock (shoulder)
REPORTS: Nil
CHANGES: Nil
UMPIRES: Jeffery, Hay, Mitchell
CROWD: TBC
The Power broke the game wide open in the third quarter before going on to prevail 2.15.15 (123) to 1.8.10 (67).
Mark Williams’ men will now face West Coast at Subiaco Oval in a fortnight while the Crows will clash with the loser of St Kilda v Collingwood in a NAB Challenge match in Alice Springs.
Port had nine individual goal kickers for the match - Justin Westhoff the most effective with three while promising youngsters Mitch Banner, Cameron Hitchcock, Daniel Stewart and Wade Thomson chipped in with two apiece.
Travis Boak showed his class with 21 possessions while Nathan Krakouer generated plenty of run from defence with 20 disposals.
For the Crows, skipper Simon Goodwin collected 22 disposals and booted a super goal while Patrick Dangerfield also helped himself to 22 possessions.
Bernie Vince, Brett Burton and Chris Knights kicked two goals each.
Adelaide kicked the first goal of the match through Knights at the five-minute mark but the rest of the term belonged to the Power.
Port suffocated the Crows’ running game with their relentless pressure, dominated the clearances and moved the football well as they slammed on four of the last six goals of the quarter - one of which was a super goal from skipper Domenic Cassisi - to go into the first change with a 16-point advantage.
The Crows won more of the football in the second term and closed to within eight points thanks to majors from Vince and Burton who converted a set shot from an acute angle.
The Power struggled to play with the same level of fluidity that they did in the opening stanza but they hung tough and went into the main break with a handy 14-point break after Banner kicked a late goal.
Knights booted his second on the back of a soft free kick before Port took control of the contest.
They won the clearances 12-3, the inside 50 count 16-6 and piled on seven unanswered goals.
Thomson got Port going with two goals in the space of a minute before Westhoff kicked the last three majors of the quarter to give his side a match-winning 57-point lead at three-quarter time.
ADELAIDE: 0.3.3, 0.6.7, 0.7.7, 1.8.10 (67)
PORT ADELAIDE: 1.4.4, 1.7.6, 1.14.13, 2.15.15 (123)
SUPER GOALS: ADELAIDE : Goodwin
PORT ADELAIDE: Cassisi 2
GOALS: ADELAIDE: Vince 2, Knights 2, Burton 2, Douglas, Walker
PORT ADELAIDE:Westhoff 3, Banner 2, Thompson 2, Hitchcock 2, Stewart 2, Boak, Ebert, Schulz, Logan
BEST: ADELAIDE: Goodwin, Dangerfield, Douglas, Vince
PORT ADELAIDE: Krakouer, Boak, Salopek, Cassisi, Westhoff, Banner, Hitchcock
INJURIES: ADELAIDE: Nil
PORT ADELAIDE: Brogan (quad), Hitchcock (shoulder)
REPORTS: Nil
CHANGES: Nil
UMPIRES: Jeffery, Hay, Mitchell
CROWD: TBC
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