Goal-by-goal report: The Swans and Power meet at the SCG with a spot in the AFL grand final on the line. Join Angus Fontaine for updates
Esava Ratugolea of the Power in action during the AFL preliminary final between the Sydney Swans and Port Adelaide at the SCG. Follow live updates.Esava Ratugolea of the Power in action during the AFL preliminary final between the Sydney Swans and Port Adelaide at the SCG. Follow live updates.in that quarter but a late rally from the Power and the growing involvement of Willie Rioli will give Power fans heart.
Here’s Heeney! Nine disposals and three marks so far tonight but until now just the minor score. But again Aliir was left flat-footed and the blond bombshell didn’t even have to jump, he simply muscled his way in front of Burgoyne. That’s another Sydney goal! The margin is now a handsome 21-points and Port fans are starting to sweat a little.
A nine-point margin at the first break. Isaac Heeney’s silky marking and agile crumbing have proven decisive as have Port’s turnovers, three of which have resulted in goals. Sydney have been slow out of the blocks all season but they’ve banished the demons of their scoreless first quarter last time and slammed home four big goals tonight. The last from Papley ignited a brawls as the players headed off field. Papley was the eye of the storm as usual.
Sydney clear again and there’s a big bump on Amartey but there’s no free paid and play goes on. Joel took his revenge with a heavy tackle and this one draws a free. Horne Francis beats his man and this time it’s a Sydney turnover that gives Port a sniff. There’s a shot.. but it’s sprayed across the face and only a minor score ensues.
Early free to Port and they set up camp inside 50. Umpires call heavy contact against the home side and another free to the visitors. And within a minute, there it is – first blood to the Power as Jake Burgoyne slots the opening goal! Another slow start for the Swans. There was not a tremor of disappointment in Terry that he had missed what might’ve been one of the shots of the century, an image that might’ve graced front pages around the world. Instead I got the feeling he was happy to have saved the supposedly extinct thylacine the frenzy of media that mwould surely have followed. That was Terry Phelan – aside from the million of photos he captured, even the moments he missed were epic. Vale Tezza.
There are AFL clubs that invest thousands of hours into reviewing high school talent, hoping they can recruit the kind of players who can some day kick three goals in a high-pressure final. TheWhoever wins tonight’s preliminary final will face the winner of Brisbane v Geelong in the big dance next Saturday. Jonathan Howcroft reckons the oft-maligned Lions’ talisman might yet prove the difference…
Our own Martin Pegan ran the rule over both teams and, noting Port’s 8-0 record over the Bloods but also the heavy weight of history the visitors will carry into this match…
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