Irresistible Adelaide pulled off a Showdown stunner to get its season heading in the right direction, Jake Soligo starring in an impressive win over wayward Port Adelaide, who lost skipper Connor Rozee to injury.
In the first Showdown to be played as a standalone match in a primetime timeslot , Adelaide stole the limelight, seeing off a late challenge to take a 28-27 Showdown lead, with Soligo earning the Showdown Medal as best player afield.
Despite Rozee’s absence the Power poured on the pressure in a frantic final term, with the Crows’ run drying up. Darcy Fogarty converted two strong contested marks and Taylor Walker stroked home a superb running goal from 50 from Adelaide’s first three trips inside 50. Eagle-eyed Adelaide converted its first seven shots at goal, booting the only two majors of the second quarter, wayward Power adding three behinds to its quarter-time tally to trail by 19 points at the main break.
Rozee had nine possessions and four clearances in the first half, but spent around 10 minutes on the bench in the third quarter with the game in the balance. Izak Rankine did his best impersonation of Eddie Betts in the retired great’s favourite pocket early in the third quarter.
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