ANALYSIS: The maddest start to an AFL season in memory has set up an unreadable 2019 season
as it outran, outthought and outmuscled the highly-fancied Dees for what Ken Hinkley has labelled the best win of his Power reign. Port was infectious, with the steady hand of Justin Westhoff combining with the likes of Zac Butters and Xavier Duursma for the perfect mix of youth and experience.
It wasn't the Port Adelaide, or Melbourne, we were told to expect. In truth, the Power looked a hell of a lot likeWhat happened there? The off-season expectation of a glorious return to Adelaide glory is, on this early evidence, a false prophecy. There were some big losers in round one, but seven goals on the Crows' home deck is a sobering return, and the loss of Tom Doedee is injury on top of insult.
On the other hand, the Hawks were a pleasant surprise in the limited way Hawthorn being good at football can be considered a surprise. They'll play the Western Bulldogs next week fresh off a spirited opening display of their own in what threatens to be a quick and slick game of footyThen up north on Saturday night came the perfect storm. These Brisbane Lions have spent six months growing tighter and tighter, building up a force of energy that was just waiting to explode at the Gabba.
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