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CibbuanoSlick Swans pummel Power
May 24th 2009 06:39
SYDNEY has moved into the top eight with a 55-point win over Port Adelaide at the SCG on Sunday afternoon.
The Swans set up their fifth win of the season with a dominant first term before cruising to a comfortable 18.15 (123) to 10.8 (68) victory.
Sydney has now won its past five matches against Port.
Brett Kirk led from the front with a game-high 32 possessions and two goals while Jude Bolton was also influential with 29 disposas.
Jarrad McVeigh won plenty of the football and chimed in with two goals while Ryan O’Keefe was a busy contributor with 21 touches.
The Swans shared the load in front of goal - they had 12 individual goal kickers for the match.
For Port, Kane Cornes (23 possessions), skipper Domenic Cassisi and promising youngster Hamish Hartlett tried hard all day but they simply didn’t have enough winners to challenge the Swans who were a class above their opposition.
Sydney jumped out of the blocks in the opening stanza, winning more of the contested football and running hard as they slammed on eight goals including seven unanswered to go into quarter-time with a commanding 43-point lead.
The Power’s only score for the term came through Hartlett who kicked his first goal in AFL football at the 25-minute mark.
Port started the second term better with Tredrea kicking truly inside the first minute but the Swans responded with quick goals from McVeigh and Darren Jolly to blow the margin out to 51 points.
The goals dried up for the remainder of the term but their were still plenty of highlights with Adam Goodes and Michael O'Loughlin taking spectacular diving grabs while Heath Grundy took a contender for mark-of-the year.
Daniel Motlop took a brilliant mark late in the term but he failed to convert and was made to pay with a Barry Hall major giving the Swans a 51-point lead at half-time.
Early goals from Warren Tredrea and Hartlett gave the Power a sniff but the Swans had all the answers and went into three-quarter time with a match-winning 49-point lead before adding a further five majors in the final stanza to cap off an impressive performance.
SYDNEY: 8.1, 11.6, 13.13, 18.15 (123)
PORT ADELAIDE: 1.0, 3.3, 6.6, 10.8 (68)
GOALS: Sydney:McVeigh 2, Jolly 2, Hall 2, White 2, Goodes 2, Kirk 2, Buchanan, Moore, O'Loughlin, Mattner, O'Keefe, J. Bolton,
Port Adelaide:Tredrea 2, Hartlett 2, Ebert 2, Motlop, Burgoyne, Cassisi, Logan,
BEST: Sydney:Kirk, Bolton, McVeigh, O’Keefe, Jolly, Buchanan
Port Adelaide:K. Cornes, Hartlett, Cassisi, Gray, Thomas,
INJURIES: Sydney:Craig Bird was stretchered off the field in the 15th minute of the third term after landing heavily on his right knee attempting to take a leaping grab.
Port Adelaide:Nil
REPORTS:Nil
CHANGES:Jared Crouch replaced Sydney defender Lewis Roberts-Thomson (hamstring) in the match-day 22. Veteran midfielder Josh Carr was a late addition for Port Adelaide in place of Matthew Westhoff.
UMPIRES: Kennedy, Stevic, Ryan
CROWD: 23,229 at the SCG
The Swans set up their fifth win of the season with a dominant first term before cruising to a comfortable 18.15 (123) to 10.8 (68) victory.
Sydney has now won its past five matches against Port.
Brett Kirk led from the front with a game-high 32 possessions and two goals while Jude Bolton was also influential with 29 disposas.
Jarrad McVeigh won plenty of the football and chimed in with two goals while Ryan O’Keefe was a busy contributor with 21 touches.
The Swans shared the load in front of goal - they had 12 individual goal kickers for the match.
For Port, Kane Cornes (23 possessions), skipper Domenic Cassisi and promising youngster Hamish Hartlett tried hard all day but they simply didn’t have enough winners to challenge the Swans who were a class above their opposition.
Sydney jumped out of the blocks in the opening stanza, winning more of the contested football and running hard as they slammed on eight goals including seven unanswered to go into quarter-time with a commanding 43-point lead.
The Power’s only score for the term came through Hartlett who kicked his first goal in AFL football at the 25-minute mark.
Port started the second term better with Tredrea kicking truly inside the first minute but the Swans responded with quick goals from McVeigh and Darren Jolly to blow the margin out to 51 points.
The goals dried up for the remainder of the term but their were still plenty of highlights with Adam Goodes and Michael O'Loughlin taking spectacular diving grabs while Heath Grundy took a contender for mark-of-the year.
Daniel Motlop took a brilliant mark late in the term but he failed to convert and was made to pay with a Barry Hall major giving the Swans a 51-point lead at half-time.
Early goals from Warren Tredrea and Hartlett gave the Power a sniff but the Swans had all the answers and went into three-quarter time with a match-winning 49-point lead before adding a further five majors in the final stanza to cap off an impressive performance.
SYDNEY: 8.1, 11.6, 13.13, 18.15 (123)
PORT ADELAIDE: 1.0, 3.3, 6.6, 10.8 (68)
GOALS: Sydney:McVeigh 2, Jolly 2, Hall 2, White 2, Goodes 2, Kirk 2, Buchanan, Moore, O'Loughlin, Mattner, O'Keefe, J. Bolton,
Port Adelaide:Tredrea 2, Hartlett 2, Ebert 2, Motlop, Burgoyne, Cassisi, Logan,
BEST: Sydney:Kirk, Bolton, McVeigh, O’Keefe, Jolly, Buchanan
Port Adelaide:K. Cornes, Hartlett, Cassisi, Gray, Thomas,
INJURIES: Sydney:Craig Bird was stretchered off the field in the 15th minute of the third term after landing heavily on his right knee attempting to take a leaping grab.
Port Adelaide:Nil
REPORTS:Nil
CHANGES:Jared Crouch replaced Sydney defender Lewis Roberts-Thomson (hamstring) in the match-day 22. Veteran midfielder Josh Carr was a late addition for Port Adelaide in place of Matthew Westhoff.
UMPIRES: Kennedy, Stevic, Ryan
CROWD: 23,229 at the SCG
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