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CibbuanoTredrea inspired Power sink Tigers
May 17th 2009 06:45
WARREN Tredrea has inspired Port Adelaide to a thrilling three-point win over Richmond in a high quality contest at AAMI Stadium on Sunday afternoon.
The former Port skipper booted seven goals to help lift his side to a 14.18 (102) to 15.9 (99) victory over the brave Tigers.
Tredrea booted the sealer and also took a match-saving mark in the dying stages when Richmond made its last foray forward.
The results sees the Power move to fourth place on the ladder with a 5-3 win-loss record while the Tigers are languishing in second last spot with just one win from their first eight matches.
Peter Burgoyne was a busy contributor in the middle with a team-high 26 possessions. He was well supported by Travis Boak, Danyle Pearce and skipper Domenic Cassisi who racked up 20-plus disposals.
For the Tigers, Shane Tuck was influential in close with a game-high 31 touches while Mark Coughlan continued his impressive return from injury with 28 possessions.
Ben Cousins helped get his side back into the contest in the second half and finished with 24 disposals while Robin Nahas booted five goals.
Tredrea was simply unstoppable in the opening stanza, receiving plenty of quality supply as he booted 4.3 for the quarter.
His efforts were almost matched by Nahas who booted three opportunistic goals to get his side to within nine points at quarter-time.
The Tigers won more of the football and went inside their forward 50 more times than Port in the second term but failed to capitalise.
They were made to pay with Brett Ebert kicking a late goal to give Port an 18-point lead at half-time.
The contest appeared to be over when the margin blew out to 31 points but the Tigers lifted their rating and hit back with four unanswered goals to reduce the deficit to just seven points.
Tredrea’s sixth gave the Power some breathing space but Richmond was dominating the clearances and responded with majors from Nahas, Mitch Morton and Nathan Brown to open up a four-point lead at three-quarter time.
Morton ended a 10-minute goal scoring drought with a brilliant snap from the boundary in the final stanza and when Trent Cotchin kicked truly the margin was out to 16 points.
Richmond looked set to cause a major upset but the Power hit back through Boak and Chad Cornes.
Troy Chaplin had a chance to put his side in front but he missed from close range and when Nahas kicked a clever goal the Tigers appeared to have secured just their second of the season.
But some late heroics from Tredrea ensured the Power came away with a valuable four premiership points.
PORT ADELAIDE: 5.4, 7.8, 10.13, 14.18 (102)
RICHMOND: 4.1,5.2, 12.5, 15.9 (99)
GOALS: PORT: Tredrea 7, Gray, Pearce, Ebert, Cassisi, Boak, C.Cornes, Motlop
RICHMOND: Nahas 5, Brown 2, Morton 2, Simmonds, Foley, Tambling, Pettifer, Collins, Cotchin
BEST: PORT: Tredrea, Boak, P.Burgoyne, Cassisi, Pearce, Surjan, Ebert
RICHMOND: Tuck, Cousins, Coughlan, Brown, Jackson, Pettifer
INJURIES: PORT: TBC
RICHMOND: TBC
REPORTS: TBC
CHANGES: Nil
UMPIRES: Meredith, Avon, Keating
CROWD: 22,034 at the AAMI STADIUM
The former Port skipper booted seven goals to help lift his side to a 14.18 (102) to 15.9 (99) victory over the brave Tigers.
Tredrea booted the sealer and also took a match-saving mark in the dying stages when Richmond made its last foray forward.
The results sees the Power move to fourth place on the ladder with a 5-3 win-loss record while the Tigers are languishing in second last spot with just one win from their first eight matches.
Peter Burgoyne was a busy contributor in the middle with a team-high 26 possessions. He was well supported by Travis Boak, Danyle Pearce and skipper Domenic Cassisi who racked up 20-plus disposals.
For the Tigers, Shane Tuck was influential in close with a game-high 31 touches while Mark Coughlan continued his impressive return from injury with 28 possessions.
Ben Cousins helped get his side back into the contest in the second half and finished with 24 disposals while Robin Nahas booted five goals.
Tredrea was simply unstoppable in the opening stanza, receiving plenty of quality supply as he booted 4.3 for the quarter.
His efforts were almost matched by Nahas who booted three opportunistic goals to get his side to within nine points at quarter-time.
The Tigers won more of the football and went inside their forward 50 more times than Port in the second term but failed to capitalise.
They were made to pay with Brett Ebert kicking a late goal to give Port an 18-point lead at half-time.
The contest appeared to be over when the margin blew out to 31 points but the Tigers lifted their rating and hit back with four unanswered goals to reduce the deficit to just seven points.
Tredrea’s sixth gave the Power some breathing space but Richmond was dominating the clearances and responded with majors from Nahas, Mitch Morton and Nathan Brown to open up a four-point lead at three-quarter time.
Morton ended a 10-minute goal scoring drought with a brilliant snap from the boundary in the final stanza and when Trent Cotchin kicked truly the margin was out to 16 points.
Richmond looked set to cause a major upset but the Power hit back through Boak and Chad Cornes.
Troy Chaplin had a chance to put his side in front but he missed from close range and when Nahas kicked a clever goal the Tigers appeared to have secured just their second of the season.
But some late heroics from Tredrea ensured the Power came away with a valuable four premiership points.
PORT ADELAIDE: 5.4, 7.8, 10.13, 14.18 (102)
RICHMOND: 4.1,5.2, 12.5, 15.9 (99)
GOALS: PORT: Tredrea 7, Gray, Pearce, Ebert, Cassisi, Boak, C.Cornes, Motlop
RICHMOND: Nahas 5, Brown 2, Morton 2, Simmonds, Foley, Tambling, Pettifer, Collins, Cotchin
BEST: PORT: Tredrea, Boak, P.Burgoyne, Cassisi, Pearce, Surjan, Ebert
RICHMOND: Tuck, Cousins, Coughlan, Brown, Jackson, Pettifer
INJURIES: PORT: TBC
RICHMOND: TBC
REPORTS: TBC
CHANGES: Nil
UMPIRES: Meredith, Avon, Keating
CROWD: 22,034 at the AAMI STADIUM
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