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CONTENTS

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ROUND 8, MAY 7-9, 2021

FEATURES

TOP CAT: Geelong is mourning the passing of former president Frank Costa, who helped steer the Cats from some of their darkest days to a super power of the AFL.

TIGER BACK IN DEN

Richmond will regain Dustin Martin just in time for the 2020 Grand Final rematch against Geelong on Friday.

ASHLEY BROWNE reports.

DOG WITH ATTITUDE

He’s got the looks, the talent and the desire. Meet dashing Bulldog Bailey Smith, a young man going places.

ASHLEY BROWNE reports.

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News from in and around the AFL

DUSTY BACK TO HAUNT CATS AGAIN?

That is just the rub of the green and you get on with it CATS SKIPPER JOEL SELWOOD AFTER JEREMY CAMERON WAS DENIED A MARK LATE IN LAST WEEK’S LOSS TO SYDNEY

TIGER TORMENTOR: Superstar Dustin Martin will be fit and refreshed to take on the Cats in the Grand Final rematch.

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here is no perfect time in which to play the Grand Final rematch, but a cool, crisp May evening with the season nearly a third complete seems as good a moment as any.

Richmond and Geelong staged an entertaining, albeit vastly different Grand Final in 2020, held at the Gabba, under lights and in late October.

The Cats were up by 22 points deep into the second term before Tiger superstar Dustin Martin donned the cape and steered his team back into the game and on to an emphatic 31-point win with a sublime four-goal effort.

It was a particularly disappointing result for the Cats who had also had their feet on Richmond’s throat at half-time in the 2019 preliminary final, leading by 21 points, only to fall away and lose by 19 points.

Geelong has changed things up from a personnel standpoint.

Jeremy Cameron has joined Tom Hawkins in the forward line and

will throw a different look at the Tiger defence than they’re used to against the Cats.

Geelong also brought Isaac Smith across from Hawthorn as a free agent, not to further fortify its already impressive record at home, but to help it on the MCG where he played so often and in so many big games for the Hawks.

But Martin’s shadow looms large over this one.

The three-time Norm Smith medallist missed last week because

u There would be sports editors and TV and radio producers rubbing their hands with glee right now.

The very mention of Collingwood always guarantees extra sales or ratings points. Headlines like ‘Pies On Fire’ or ‘Hot Pies Destroy (insert opponent’s name)’ are good for business.

But when the Magpies are at the other end of the scale, like

they are now, it’s manna from heaven for those sports editors and producers.

Collingwood dominated the back pages and airwaves in the lead-up to its much-anticipated game against North Melbourne on Saturday at Marvel Stadium.

It might be 17th (Collingwood) v 18th (North), but every photographer and TV cameraman will be focusing on one person come 4.35pm.

Martin’s shadow looms large over this one With his contract up at the end of 2021 and his side sitting 1-6, Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley is facing a storm of internal and external pressure.

Buckley is a smart man and he knew what he was in for from the day he signed as a Collingwood player way back at the end of 1993 after one season with Brisbane.

of the AFL’s mandatory concussion protocols, but it was also the chance to rest a niggling foot injury.

After a brief trip to visit his father in New Zealand, he will be refreshed and raring to go and shapes as the logical replacement for skipper Trent Cotchin who will miss with a hamstring strain.

Whatever doubts there were over the Tigers and their capacity to win a fourth flag in five years were put to bed with a powerful second half against the previously unbeaten Other than a premiership, all the cards fell his way as a player. As senior coach since 2012, he and the Magpies have ridden a rollercoaster, but now that ride has bottomed out.

Buckley is a pragmatist and knows only too well what it means if the worst-case scenario happens and the Magpies lose this week. The natives won’t be restless, they will be rioting.

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ONE WEEK at a TIME Western Bulldogs, in which they turned a 19-point deficit into a 24-point win.

They had lost three of four before that, but looked to be as good as ever in dismantling the Dogs.

The Cats were left smarting at the SCG after two late non-decisions might have robbed them of a win over the Sydney Swans.

Cameron wasn’t paid a mark almost in front of goals with only a few seconds remaining after the umpire incorrectly ruled that the ball hadn’t travelled 15 metres, while the final siren rang an instant before Joel Selwood would likely have received a free kick against James Rowbottom for incorrect disposal.

But the Cats only had themselves to blame for letting the Swans back into a game in which they had eight more scoring shots.

And nor was there much sympathy for Geelong, which would likely have lost to the Brisbane Lions in round two had Mark Blicavs been correctly penalised for incorrect disposal

CRUNCH TIME: Another Pies loss would intensify the scrutiny on Nathan Buckley.

in the goalsquare with just seconds remaining.

Apart from the MCG, all eyes will be on Marvel Stadium late Saturday afternoon as a floundering Collingwood attempts to arrest its five-game losing streak against winless North Melbourne.

The Pies were woeful in losing to Gold Coast at the MCG last week and another loss threatens to further diminish support for

embattled coach Nathan Buckley, who wants to remain in the job beyond this season.

The game that will fly under the radar this week is the Gold Coast-St Kilda clash at Metricon Stadium.

The past four clashes between them have been decided by two, one, four and four points again, each time in the Saints’ favour. Surely the improving Suns are due.

NAB AFL Rising Star LUKE JACKSON MELBOURNE

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here are all sorts of reasons behind Melbourne’s best start to a season for 56 years and one of them is emerging big man Luke Jackson, who is enjoying an excellent second season.

The third pick at the 2019 NAB AFL Draft, Jackson earned a Rising Star nomination in 2020 after kicking two goals for the Demons against Adelaide in round 10.

He won his second nomination last weekend after a powerful 22-possession outing against North Melbourne at Blundstone Arena.

As he grows more powerful and confident, the 199cm Jackson is able to spend more time through the midfield and his heat map from last weekend shows him tracking through both sides of the ground and using the ball at 70 per cent efficiency.

The former East Fremantle youngster overcame hamstring injuries last year to make a good impression with the Demons, but is showing the benefits of an excellent and uninterrupted pre-season in 2021.

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The Pies were woeful in losing to Gold Coast

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ROUND 8 MILESTONES GRIPPING TALE: Legendary Port Adelaide player and war hero Bob Quinn, being chaired from the ground, has had his life story documented in Rover of Tobruk (inset).

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MIGHTY QUINN IMMORTALISED ON BIG SCREEN

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ou have likely read all about the incredible Bob Quinn.

Now it is time for the film.

South Australian filmmaker and diehard Port Adelaide supporter Kane McKay has brought Quinn’s gripping story back to life in Rover of Tobruk, a documentary that had its first screening on the big screen at Adelaide Oval before the Power’s round six clash against St Kilda a fortnight ago.

Quinn had already played in three Port Adelaide premiership teams, captained the club and won the 1938 Magarey Medal when he went off to war in 1941.

While serving in Tobruk, North Libya, he was awarded a Military Medal for his incredible bravery while leading his battalion to blow up a barbed wire barrier and attack an enemy post that

was inflicting all sorts of damage on Allied forces.

He was then transferred to the Pacific front where in 1943 he suffered serious knee, arm and facial injuries while fighting in New Guinea.

Yet the following year he resumed his football career with Port Adelaide, winning another Magarey Medal in 1945, two more Port Adelaide best and fairests and captaining South Australia to a draw against Victoria at the MCG in 1946.

It was after reading various accounts of Quinn’s life that McKay, a six-year RAAF veteran himself, including a tour of Afghanistan, decided there needed to be a film.

So he began the process in late 2019, enlisting former Port SANFL skipper Steve Summerton to play

Quinn in several stylised military and football re-enactment scenes and Adelaide AFLW star Erin Phillips to be the narrator.

McKay said he hopes the 23-minute film, produced in partnership with Adelaide-based Beyond Content, will introduce Quinn to younger Port Adelaide supporters and others who are unaware of the story of the player he believes runs second only to Russell Ebert as the club’s greatest.

“If one person sees the film then walks past the Bob Quinn Stand at Alberton or through the Bob Quinn Gates at Adelaide Oval and understands why they carry his name, then that’s a win for me,” he said.

Rover of Tobruk will appear on TV and be available for streaming shortly. Visit beyondcontent.com.au for details.

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THE MAN WHO SAVED THE CATS ASHLEY BROWNE

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hen Frank Costa took over as president of Geelong in 1999, the club was mired in debt and playing at a venue so antiquated that moving all its home games up the road to Melbourne was a distinct possibility.

The next premiership seemed an eternity away.

When he finished up 11 years later, there was money in the bank, Kardinia Park was on its way to becoming one of the premier venues in the AFL and the 2007 and 2009 premiership cups were safely in the club’s keeping. Another flag followed in 2011.

Costa, who passed away last weekend, was already one of the most respected and well-known business and philanthropic leaders in Geelong when he took over the presidency.

He grew the family business from a small fruit shop on Moorabool St and turned it into a national fruit and vegetable empire.

Cats chief executive Brian Cook, whose hiring from West Coast was one of Costa’s first, and most important, moves at Geelong, led the tributes.

“Frank undertook his role with much enthusiasm and generated

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arlton coach David Teague has praised key forward Harry McKay for playing through illness in the Blues’ 16-point win over Essendon last Sunday.

McKay was quiet early, but finished with four goals from 12 disposals and six marks and his efforts as the primary target

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MUCH LOVED: Frank Costa, who passed away last weekend, left a lasting legacy in his 11 years as president of the Cats.

He took a divided club and willed it into the club we know today CEO BRIAN COOK ON FRANK COSTA’S IMPACT AS GEELONG PRESIDENT

were ultimately the difference in the match.

“I was super proud of Harry’s game. He won’t want me to say this, but he was a bit under the weather going into the game and he said, ‘Nah I can get the job done for you coach’,” Teague said post-match.

“He didn’t complain, didn’t tell any of his teammates, he just went out there and kept competing.”

Meanwhile, SEN commentator Kane Cornes believes Sam Walsh has taken the mantle as Carlton’s best player.

The young midfielder was again the Blues’ best last Sunday.

Walsh had 33 disposals, eight score involvements, eight

huge goodwill for the club through his love of the club and the game,” he said.

“Without Frank, there must be a genuine question as to whether or not the Geelong Football Club would exist today.

“It is highly doubtful it would exist in its current form without having had Frank at the helm.

“When the history of the club is written, it will be impossible to do so without having Frank at the forefront of the past 20-25 years.

“He took a divided club and willed it into the club we know today.”

Costa is survived by Shirley, his wife of nearly 61 years, and their eight daughters.

The sad news continued for the Cats this week with the passing of Amanda Brown, the wife of former champion ruckman and media personality John ‘Sam’ Newman.

clearances, six marks and two goal assists, continuing a dominant year.

“He’s a lot tougher than I gave him credit for. He’s their best player now,” the former Port Adelaide star said on SEN Breakfast.

“He’s overtaken Patrick Cripps with the way that he uses the ball and the way that he works.”

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BRAVE BLUE: Key forward Harry McKay played through illness to guide Carlton to victory last week.

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CENTURY UP FOR OLDEST CAT MICHAEL LOVETT

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t was fitting the AFL Record featured Geelong’s oldest living player Alex Mathieson in its 2017 Grand Final edition. The then 96-year-old was described as “inspiringly active for his age”.

Almost four years on and Mathieson is still “inspiringly active” as he prepares to celebrate his 100th birthday next Tuesday (May 11).

He might be the oldest living Cat, but he laments a few things he can’t do these days.

“Had to give away mowing the lawns a year or two ago, my back’s a bit wonky,” he said in the dining room of his home in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs.

“See that garage out there?” he points to where his car used to be parked.

“Built it myself. But I’m not allowed to drive anymore so there’s plenty of room in it now!”

Mathieson is indeed an inspiration. You won’t find him on any long list of honours at GMHBA Stadium, but what he did for his country and his club deserves recognition.

He played seven games in 1944 after being recruited from local club Newtown & Chilwell.

Mathieson made his debut in round five against Essendon at

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GRINNING CAT: Alex Mathieson, pictured in a 1944 Geelong team (above) and as captain-coach of CYMS in 1947 (below), will turn 100 next week.

Never played League footy again ALEX MATHIESON ON CONTRACTING MALARIA SERVING IN THE PACIFIC

Windy Hill and proudly remembers kicking a goal with his first kick.

“Five minutes into the first quarter I nailed (Essendon’s) ‘Duffy’ Plummer in a tackle, got a free kick and kicked a goal. Never played forward in my life, I was always centre half-back or full-back,” he said.

It was the only goal of Mathieson’s seven-game career. He played his last game in round 11 as he juggled his football commitments with his real job – serving in the Royal Australian Air Force.

Later in the year, the then 23-year-old was sent to New Guinea and for the next 15 months was stationed north.

Upon his discharge, he returned, married local Geelong girl Norma – the love of his life for 70 years until she passed away in 2016 – but then discovered he was “a bit crook”.

He’d contracted malaria and the first two years of his married life saw him ailing badly.

“I was 11 stone (70kg) and my body was weak, I had the sweats all the time … never played League footy again,” he said.

Fortunately, he eventually recovered and raised a family, many of whom will be at the big celebration this weekend at his local RSL.

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SMITH THE WORLD’S AT HIS FEET In just over two seasons, Bailey Smith has made his mark on the field and off it. The rising Bulldogs star is now one of the most marketable young players in the game.

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estern Bulldogs chief executive Ameet Bains was out walking his dog one day late last year, not long after the club returned from its Queensland hub.

As he turned the corner, he spotted rising Bulldogs midfield star Bailey Smith coming from the opposite direction, walking his two dogs. They stopped to have a chat. Or at least attempted to.

“I reckon in the course of 10 minutes, we only spoke for perhaps a minute because different groups of boys and girls came past and wanted to chat.

And he spoke to them all,” Bains told the AFL Record.

“Eventually I patted him on the shoulder and said, ‘See you later’.

I had to keep going.”

Bains and the Bulldogs are getting used to that sort of thing.

Smith is becoming a phenomenon, a midfield weapon on the field and one of the most popular and marketable off it.

With the flair, the hair, the looks and the engaging personality, he has the world at his feet.

It starts with the football.

The pedigree is excellent. East Malvern Junior Football Club, Xavier College, Sandringham Dragons, Vic Metro, NAB AFL Academy.

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He was the seventh selection at the 2018 NAB AFL Draft.

The Bulldogs already had high expectations and then he walked through the door.

“Bailey came in and blew everyone away with his resilience and competitiveness,” Bulldogs senior assistant coach Steven King said.

What was noticeable at Whitten Oval was how he attacked his training from the get-go.

“We saw him run and break lines and then saw him in the gym and we just thought this is an exceptional athlete, but you never know how that translates into match simulation,” King said.

“But he was never intimidated by bigger bodies or mature players. He was up for it.”

Smith made his debut for the Bulldogs in the opening round of 2019 and hasn’t missed a game since.

He brought energy and work rate to the side that according to King “lifted his teammates”.

He can play as an inside midfielder because of his strength and high football IQ, while his endurance and speed make him a high-end outside midfielder.

He’s done plenty of both through his 48 games in two-and-a-bit seasons, although the addition of Adam Treloar to

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an already-stacked midfield has meant more time outside the centre square in 2021.

And they hope it can remain that way for the duration of the home and away season while Josh Dunkley recovers from a shoulder reconstruction.

“This year has been another education for him about a different role,” King said.

“I feel he has all the attributes to be one of the elite wingmen in the competition with his ability to cover the ground and his repeat speed and he has this combative side that not many wingmen have in their game and that’s natural for Bailey.”

HOW BAILEY SMITH STACKS UP 2021 (WING)

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DASHING DOG: Aggression and flair were traits of the young Bailey Smith, pictured with Vic Metro right, and he has carried that into his AFL career. Off the field, he has become an Instagram sensation (below).

Ah yes, the combativeness.

Smith’s ultra-competitiveness has raised eyebrows in some quarters this year with Dermott Brereton, himself no shrinking violet when he played, calling Smith out for what he believed was belittlement and taunting of opponents, including North Melbourne skipper Jack Ziebell during the Good Friday clash.

“He had an opponent against the West Coast Eagles who dived headlong to try and stop his snap, Bailey snaps it, goes out of his way to retrace his steps to step over the Eagles player, who’s still lying on the ground thinking ‘woe is me’ … that was determined to be a humiliation of the vanquished. I just want him to stop it,” Brereton said on SEN while admitting to be a huge fan of Smith as a player.

The Dogs would prefer to call it aggression and flair, saying it was part of his make-up when he was emerging through the pathway programs and that it had major appeal to a club in the midst of a mini recalibration after winning the 2016 flag.

“A couple of elements might have been misconstrued,” Bains said.

“That’s just the way he plays.

It hasn’t spilled over into any undisciplined acts and is part and parcel of the game in many respects.”

For his part, Smith has heard the chatter. In a recent interview with Sports Day, he told hosts Gerard Healy and Sam McClure

that it wasn’t the way he wanted to play or perhaps even be portrayed.

“But if you view AFL football as a battle, it is very hard to switch off at times and leave no prisoners. There’s a fine line between respect and rubbing their noses in it,” he said.

“I try to be as ruthless as I can to an extent just because it helps me stay locked in and focused when I play I suppose and keeps me focused and on my toes.”

Smith might have been at home in the Australian Test cricket teams of the Steve Waugh era, famed for their ‘mental intimidation’, but it is not too often that a player with such an edge also admits to having some mental demons and for feeling especially anxious before a game.

In a candid discussion with AFL.com.au on the eve of the season, Smith described himself as an “over-thinker” and “perfectionist”.

“We’ve all got demons, we’ve all got things that make us anxious or struggle, and I’ve got my own mental health which I deal with, as I’m sure lots of people do, but it’s just not spoken about as much as I’d like it, and I know we are getting better as a society and as footballers, talking about it, but we can be seen as easy going, living the dream, loving it,” he said.

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KING OF THE KIDS: Smith is a huge hit with youngsters back where it all began, at East Malvern Junior Football Club.

analytics platform, he is the most popular player on social media.

On Instagram (@bazlenka) he is the only player to have generated one million interactions (likes and comments) and on that platform has rocketed into third place in terms of followers behind only Dustin Martin and Lance Franklin.

He has added 120,000 new followers in the past 12 months, three times as many as the next best player, Matt Rowell.

PAUL CONNORS

His off-field brand is in the hands of leading player manager Paul Connors, a longtime family friend who lives just around the corner.

For now, he is picking through various commercial opportunities and, given that Smith is yet to turn 21, time is on their side.

Connors is borrowing from the playbook of another from his

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stable, Nic Naitanui, with whom he thinks Smith has a bit in common, albeit a fair bit younger.

“He’s not going to promote things he doesn’t believe in and at the moment he’s just doing it for fun. He’s got his own style and he is his own person,” Connors said.

“He knows what he wants to portray through his social media, but it is his love of footy that comes through. It always is, and always will be, number one.”

He is one of the most engaging people at the Bulldogs, polite and respectful and happy to initiate deep conversations with anyone.

He also has the rare gift of being equally as comfortable pressing the flesh with well-heeled sponsors as he is playing kick-to-kick with adoring boys and girls at school clinics.

Those who have seen it will attest to it – and the data confirms it – that his popularity among 12-to-17-year-olds is off the charts.

At East Malvern, his beloved junior club, various teams are named for former players who have gone to greater heights in the game. The under-nine, 10 and 11 teams are known as the ‘Smiths’.

Sports marketing types speak

He’s got his own style and he is his own person PLAYER MANAGER PAUL CONNORS ON SMITH’S MARKETABILITY

of a trend for younger sports fans to follow athletes ahead of teams – with LeBron James the leading example of this – which leaves the Bulldogs well placed for a surge in support with Smith, Marcus Bontempelli and Aaron Naughton among their ranks.

And Jamarra Ugle-Hagan is still to come.

“We have a suite of players who are unique and admired by fans across the competition,” Bains said.

Smith is tracking well to head that list and is putting in the work to get there. All the other stuff will then follow.

“There’s lots of room to improve and that’s what we see each week in our meetings and our edits and we see that as exciting,” he told Sports Day. “It doesn’t get boring, because when you have so much to improve on, the sky is the limit.”

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BAILEY SMITH

Born: December 7, 2000 Recruited from: East Malvern (Vic)/Xavier College (Vic)/Old Xavs (Vic)/Sandringham U18 Debut: Round 1, 2019, v Sydney Height: 185cm Weight: 86kg Games: 48 Goals: 22 Honours: NAB AFL Rising Star nominee 2019.

Brownlow Medal: career votes 7.

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BEST ROUND 7

COLLINGWOOD v GOLD COAST SUNS

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BRANDON ELLIS KEY STATS DISPOSALS 35 KICKS 26 MARKS 16 TACKLES 5 DISPOSAL EFFICIENCY

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Suns with their first trip to the MCG since August 2019 and it was certainly worth the wait.

The Suns produced their third win of the season and second in succession by beating Collingwood by 24 points on a sunny Saturday on the hallowed turf.

It also marked a return to the old haunt of Brandon Ellis, who was back at the ’G for the first time since Richmond’s 2019 Grand Final triumph.

The two-time flag winner with the Tigers enjoyed a day out with a familiar setting as the backdrop, finishing with a game-high 35 disposals, which is his biggest haul for the Suns.

Remarkably, the 27-year-old went at 97 per cent disposal efficiency.

Ellis also had a career-best 26 kicks and took an equal career-high 16 marks, plus three inside 50s and a goal.

He provided plenty of run and drive off a wing and attracted high praise from coach Stuart Dew. “He’s come from a really good system,” Dew said.

“He understands and he appreciates AFL footy.

“He’s a giver, to people on and off the field, and within his own family and his network.

“That kind of character trait for us is a hard worker that drives the group.

“We love having him at the Gold Coast Suns, he’s loving his time and he’s an advocate for us as we are (for him).”

ANDREW SLEVISON

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With Lauren Arnell retiring in her mid-30s after the Grand Final, I was wondering who is the oldest player to have played in the AFLW? BRITTANY GARNER, AUBURN, VIC LE: GWS Giants forward Cora Staunton was the oldest player in the competition in 2021. The Irishwoman turns 40 in December and if she plays on next season will overtake former Collingwood defender Cecilia McIntosh as the oldest player in the AFLW’s short history. McIntosh played 17 games for the Magpies between 2017-19, including the historic first game. Before football, she enjoyed a successful javelin career, winning a silver medal in the 2002 Commonwealth Games, and also represented Australia in the bobsled in the 2010 Winter Olympics.

McIntosh also holds the record for the oldest player on AFLW debut at 37 years and 227 days. Former Adelaide ruck Jess Foley was the oldest player to win a premiership medallion,

YOUNG AT HEART: Former Magpie Cecilia McIntosh and (inset) Giants forward Cora Staunton.

OLDEST AFLW PLAYERS – MOST RECENT GAME AGE

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Cecilia McIntosh

COLL

2017-19

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39y, 105d

Cora Staunton*

GWS

2018-

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29

36y, 52d

38y, 172d

Courtney Gum

GWS/ADEL

2018-20

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36y, 131d

37y, 207d

Jess Bibby

GWS

2017

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37y, 155d

Jodie White

FREM

2018

4

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37y, 135d

37y, 80d

Nicole Callinan

WB

2017-20

24

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34y, 40d

36y, 316d

Jess Foley

ADEL

2019-20

13

4

35y, 288d

36y, 254d

Alison Downie*

CARL

2017-

39

9

32y, 201d

36y, 90d

Bree White

COLL

2017-18

11

1

35y, 47d

36y, 43d

Meg Hutchins

COLL

2017-18

12

3

35y, 0d

35y, 348d

Tanya Hetherington* GWS

2018-

26

0

32y, 295d

35y, 333d

Erin Phillips*

ADEL

2017-

35

42

31y, 261d

35y, 208d

Phoebe McWilliams*

GWS/GEEL

2017-

35

25

31y, 157d

35y, 197d

Leah Kaslar*

BL/GCS

2017-

36

3

31y, 147d

35y, 180d

Emma Mackie

WB/STK

2018-20

9

1

33y, 148d

35y, 86d

Melissa Hickey

MELB/GEEL

2017-20

25

2

32y, 49d

35y, 71d

Lauren Spark*

WB

2017-

28

0

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35y, 47d

Kate Sheahan

COLL

2017

1

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35y, 47d

35y, 5d

Katie Loynes*

CARL

2017-

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35y, 4d

Erin Todd*

GWS

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aged 35 years and 345 days when the Crows won the 2019 Grand Final.

Another Crow, two-time premiership player Erin Phillips, holds the record for the oldest player to win the league’s Best and Fairest, being 33 years and 316 days when she claimed her second award in 2019.

Like Phillips, many of the AFLW players in the 30-plus age group had previously represented Australia or their state in other sports before crossing to football, including Jess Bibby (basketball), Nicole Callinan (indoor cricket) and Emma Mackie (cycling). It goes to show age is just a number.

CAN YOU ASSIST? u The AFL is seeking information regarding the following former players – Ted Heffernan (Carlton 1897), Sam A. Reid (Carlton 1897), Joe Marr (Carlton, Essendon 1900-03), Tom F. Lee (Collingwood 1897-98), Paddy McDonald (Essendon 1918-19), Jack James McKenzie (Essendon 1929), George Prismall (Essendon 1935), Ray P. Ross (Essendon 1921), Charlie Jenkins (Fitzroy 1898), Eric Watson (Fitzroy 1911), Alf Neeson (Fitzroy, Hawthorn 1935-38), George Lockwood (Geelong, Collingwood 1899-1904) and Bill Woods (Geelong 1909).

Feat at MCG’ was the headline in The Football Record on May 19, 1934, following a remarkable match in round two between Melbourne and Hawthorn.

Of the 20 goals scored by Melbourne, there were only three goalkickers – Alan La Fontaine kicked nine, Jack Mueller seven and Percy Beames four.

La Fontaine and 18-year-old Mueller were both playing in just their second VFL matches.

Hawthorn’s six goals were kicked by two players – Jack Green with four and Ted Pool two.

In all, the 26 goals in the game came from just five players, with the Redlegs winning 20.13 (133) to 6.8 (44).

La Fontaine, Mueller and Beames were teammates in Melbourne’s successive premierships in 1939-41.

Mueller also played in the 1948 flag and, despite losing the tops of two fingers in a work accident early in his career, became a match-winning forward.

In the 1946 finals series, he kicked 18 goals, and in 1948, kicked eight in the preliminary final, followed by six in both the tied Grand Final and the replay.

MARK GENGE

Have a great goalkicking story? Contact AFL historian Mark Genge at mark.genge@afl.com.au.

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and 54 points (to Port Adelaide), the Saints clicked into top gear in round seven with a 69-point thumping of Hawthorn at Marvel Stadium. And it was no coincidence that the appearance of veteran big man Paddy Ryder in his first game for 2021 helped to spark the listless Saints. Back in March, Ryder took personal leave to

spend time with his family and elders in the community, and after a warm-up game with Sandringham in the VFL the previous week, he was back in the big time.

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FANTASY PIG OF THE WEEK

u Those who picked Brandon Ellis (169) in Fantasy Draft, with a whopping average draft pick of 119, will know full well he’s had a dominant season. Averaging 123 since round two, the Sun had a day out at the MCG, collecting 35 disposals and a game-high 16 marks. He laid five tackles and kicked a goal for good measure. A perfect Fantasy game, getting into the right spots for all the +6s (mark and kicks).

HONOURABLE MENTIONS

u In round six it was Jack Ziebell racking up points in the Roos’ backline, but last

week it was Aaron Hall (143) who took a team-high 12 marks and was the top scorer in the game. Carlton’s main man in the engine room, Sam Wash (127), is averaging 123 in the past three weeks.

Similarly, Tim Taranto (140) has improved his season average to 111, close to his 2019 output where he averaged 113 in 22 games.

Tim Kelly (141) came through with the goods in the final game of the round, collecting 42 disposals and nine tackles.

TOP ROUND 7 SCORERS PLAYER

SCORE

Brandon Ellis GCS

169

Zak Jones STK

151

Aaron Hall NM

143

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The Giants superstar appeared to be spending far more time on the wing where we like him and his score reflected that with a season-high 121. He has dropped $135K since the start of the season and is a bargain pick-up.

CALEB DANIEL

WESTERN BULLDOGS

DEF, $575,000 The hard-running defender has been a nightmare for his owners the past three weeks with a couple of sub-par performances and a suspension. He repaid the faith last week with 112, which bottoms out his price. Jump on.

141 140

Brody Mihocek COLL

136

DEF/FWD, $575,000 The line-breaking Roo is not a pick for the faint-hearted, but while he is rolling, it will be one hell of a good time. Injury is the biggest risk, but his ceiling is hard to ignore with 123 and 143 within his past three games.

Has a BE of just 38.

Touk Miller GCS

130

Tom Mitchell HAW

128

Sam Walsh CARL

127

Ollie Wines PA

126

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ARCHIE PERKINS ESS, MID/FWD – 79 u Essendon’s draftees are showing great signs as they impact games.

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RYAN BYRNES STK, MID – 75 u Took nine marks to go with 18 disposals in the second game of his career.

LEADERBOARD: 15 – Tom Powell; 13 – Chad Warner; 11 – Errol Gulden, James Jordon; 8 – Matt Flynn; 5 – Daniel McKenzie, Jy Farrar, Archie Perkins.

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FWD/MID, $674,000

Tim Taranto GWS

MICHAEL BARLOW MEDAL VOTES TOM POWELL NM, MID/FWD – 104 u Back-to-back tons for the junior ball-magnet could see him in our teams right up to the byes (and maybe beyond), considering his output. Powell racked up 23 disposals, took four marks, laid six tackles and kicked a goal as he became the first cash cow to reach $500K this season.

JAMES JORDON MELB, MID – 91 u An impressive display finding the ball 20 times and laying seven tackles.

JOSH KELLY

GWS GIANTS

Tim Kelly WCE

CASH COWS OF THE WEEK 5

BUY

AARON HALL

NORTH MELBOURNE

HOLD TOM POWELL

NORTH MELBOURNE

MID/FWD, $517,000

SELL TAYLOR WALKER

ADELAIDE

FWD, $616,000

It may be upgrade season, but this rookie is going nowhere! He is a gun. For the second week in a row he reached triple figures after overcoming a big knock to return to the ground for 104. He has a BE of 26 and can sit in the forward line for the year at this rate.

What an outstanding ride it has been for big ‘Tex’, increasing his value by a whopping $250K since the start of the year. Unfortunately, his scores are drying up and it looks like a good time to upgrade while he is at top dollar with a BE of 134.

JAMES JORDON

SYDNEY

MELBOURNE

MID, $439,000 After a run of games with low time on the ground, Jordon was back up over 72 per cent and his score reflected that with 91 from 20 possessions and seven tackles. That gives him a BE of just 42, which means he still has plenty of growth.

MILES BERGMAN

PORT ADELAIDE

ERROL GULDEN FWD/MID, $484,000

The Swan has been a revelation after increasing $276K since the start of the year. Has averaged an impressive 78 for the season but that has dropped to 60 in the past three games and his BE has increased to 83.

A nice time to upgrade.

ORAZIO FANTASIA

PORT ADELAIDE

DEF/FWD, $470,000

ALSO CONSIDER: Martin Frederick, Ryan Byrnes, Riley Collier-Dawkins

In a tough outing for the Power where many players struggled, the youngster defied the trend and had a huge second half, which included a goal, to score 83. Has a BE of just seven.

The Power recruit has had an outstanding start to his career in teal, but his 34 points last week is a reminder of how hard it can be to score consistently as a small forward. His score of 34 leaves him with a BE of 80.

ALSO CONSIDER: Chad Warner, Lachie Hunter, Reilly O’Brien

Jordan De Goey, Matt Flynn, Braeden Campbell

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u Lachie Hunter, Nick Haynes, Lachie Neale, James Worpel and Jason Johannisen have dropped the most cash this season. ‘Value pick’ Jordan De Goey is seventh on the list.

u Four of the top six highest-owned players in Fantasy Classic are cash cows. Jacob Koschitzke, Errol Gulden, James Jordon and Tom Powell have made plenty of coin.

u I’ve pushed up in the rankings over the past few weeks to be inside the top 2500 coaches.

A massive increase after starting the season ranked as low as I have ever been.

WARNE DAWGS

DEF/FWD, $371,000

DESTROY

ALSO CONSIDER:

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2021 LEAGUE LEADERS DISPOSALS

KICKS

Disposing of the ball via a handball or kick.

PLAYER

HANDBALLS

Disposing of the ball by foot.

MTS AVE EFF %

PLAYER

Disposing of the ball by hand.

MTS AVE EFF %

PLAYER

STATS PROVIDED BY

MARKS

Catching a kicked ball that has travelled 15m.

MTS AVE EFF %

PLAYER

MTS AVE

1 J.Macrae (WB)

7 35.1 79.3

1 J.Ziebell (NM)

7 24.0 85.7

1 T.Mitchell (Haw)

7 21.9 79.1

1 B.Ellis (GCS)

2 T.Mitchell (Haw)

7 33.3 74.2

2 D.Rich (BL)

7 22.1 76.1

2 J.Dunkley (WB)

6 18.7 84.8

2 J.Rotham (WCE)

7 9.1

3 O.Wines (PA)

7 32.3 68.6

3 J.Bowes (GCS)

7 21.3 79.9

3 O.Wines (PA)

7 18.6 80.8

3 T.Barrass (WCE)

6 8.8

4 C.Oliver (Melb)

7 31.4 70.5

4 S.Docherty (Carl)

7 19.7 79.7

4 J.Macrae (WB)

7 18.0 88.1

4 T.Stewart (Geel)

7 8.7

5 S.Walsh (Carl)

7 30.9 78.7

5 B.Ellis (GCS)

7 19.3 77.8

5 S.Walsh (Carl)

7 17.6 88.6

5 J.Ziebell (NM)

7 8.6

7 10.0

6 Z.Merrett (Ess)

7 30.6 70.6

6 J.Short (Rich)

7 19.3 74.1

6 C.Oliver (Melb)

7 17.4 79.5

6 M.Duncan (Geel)

5 8.2

7 J.Dunkley (WB)

6 30.3 77.5

7 M.Duncan (Geel)

5 19.2 72.9

7 R.Laird (Adel)

7 15.9 82.9

7 H.Andrews (BL)

7 7.9

8 C.Guthrie (Geel)

7 30.0 77.1

8 T.Stewart (Geel)

7 19.0 81.2

8 J.O’Meara (Haw)

6 15.7 79.8

8 A.Gaff (WCE)

7 7.9

9 T.Taranto (GWS)

7 29.3 64.9

9 H.McCluggage (BL)

7 18.9 52.3

9 P.Cripps (Carl)

7 15.4 80.6

9 G.Birchall (BL)

7 7.7

10 C.Petracca (Melb)

7 29.0 59.1

10 C.Salem (Melb)

7 18.4 73.6

10 N.Fyfe (Frem)

6 15.3 81.5

10 S.Docherty (Carl)

7 7.7

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AFL PLAYER RATINGS

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1 T.Walker (Adel)

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1 D.Martin (Rich)

6 19.3

1 B.Grundy (Coll)

7 13.9

1 T.Adams (Coll)

4 4.5

1 N.Anderson (GCS)

7 4.7

2 C.Petracca (Melb)

7 9.3

2 Z.Butters (PA)

4 19.0

2 M.Gawn (Melb)

7 11.4

2 T.Liberatore (WB)

7 4.1

2 T.Liberatore (WB)

7 4.3

3 T.Greene (GWS)

7 9.1

3 T.Walker (Adel)

7 18.6

3 M.Pittonet (Carl)

7 11.0

3 J.O’Meara (Haw)

6 4.0

3 H.Greenwood (GCS) 7 4.1

4 N.Fyfe (Frem)

6 9.0

4 D.Mundy (Frem)

7 17.8

4 N.Naitanui (WCE)

7 10.4

4 P.Cripps (Carl)

7 3.4

4 J.Lyons (BL)

7 4.0

5 M.Duncan (Geel)

5 8.8

5 J.Dunkley (WB)

6 17.6

5 S.Darcy (Frem)

6 8.3

5 T.Boak (PA)

6 3.3

5 L.Neale (BL)

6 4.0

6 J.Macrae (WB)

7 8.1

6 J.Macrae (WB)

7 17.5

6 S.Lycett (PA)

7 8.3

6 D.Parish (Ess)

7 3.3

6 C.Guthrie (Geel)

7 4.0

7 D.Mundy (Frem)

7 8.0

7 M.Bontempelli (WB) 7 17.5

7 O.McInerney (BL)

6 8.0

7 N.Naitanui (WCE)

7 3.3

7 J.Hopper (GWS)

7 4.0

8 H.McCluggage (BL)

7 7.9

8 B.Grundy (Coll)

7 17.2

8 M.Flynn (GWS)

4 8.0

8 D.Sheed (WCE)

7 3.3

8 C.Oliver (Melb)

7 4.0

9 H.McKay (Carl)

7 7.7

9 T.Liberatore (WB)

7 17.2

9 R.O’Brien (Adel)

7 7.3

9 T.Kelly (WCE)

7 3.1

9 J.Viney (Melb)

5 4.0

10 C.Oliver (Melb)

7 7.7

10 N.Naitanui (WCE)

7 17.0

10 T.Nankervis (Rich)

7 7.3

10 H.Greenwood (GCS) 7 3.0

10 S.Walsh (Carl)

7 3.9

PRESSURE POINTS

TACKLES

METRES GAINED

Distance gained with the ball by running, kicking or handballing, combining measures towards and away from goal.

CONTESTED MARKS A mark under physical pressure of an opponent or in a pack.

1 D.Rich (BL)

7 663

1 M.Gawn (Melb)

7 2.9

1 C.Petracca (Melb)

1 H.Greenwood (GCS) 7 69.3

1 H.Greenwood (GCS) 7 9.1

2 P.Seedsman (Adel)

7 644

2 O.Allen (WCE)

7 2.6

2 M.Bontempelli (WB) 7 6.7

2 T.Liberatore (WB)

7 64.9

2 T.Miller (GCS)

7 7.3

3 B.Smith (Adel)

7 634

3 T.English (WB)

6 2.5

3 B.Keays (Adel)

7 6.4

3 J.Graham (Rich)

7 63.6

3 J.Viney (Melb)

5 7.0

4 J.Short (Rich)

7 614

4 H.McKay (Carl)

7 2.4

4 D.Zorko (BL)

7 6.4

4 A.McGrath (Ess)

7 61.2

4 A.McGrath (Ess)

7 6.7

7 601

5 J.Lever (Melb)

7 2.4

5 P.Seedsman (Adel)

7 6.1

5 D.Zorko (BL)

7 60.3

5 J.Steele (StK)

7 6.4

6 M.Bontempelli (WB) 7 583

6 A.Naughton (WB)

7 2.4

6 D.Martin (Rich)

6 6.0

6 T.Kelly (WCE)

7 59.0

6 D.Zorko (BL)

7 6.0

7 J.Crisp (Coll)

7 560

7 T.Walker (Adel)

7 2.3

7 A.Treloar (WB)

7 5.9

7 J.Viney (Melb)

5 58.7

7 T.Liberatore (WB)

7 6.0

8 C.Petracca (Melb)

7 555

8 A.Aliir (PA)

7 2.3

8 Z.Merrett (Ess)

7 5.6

8 T.Taranto (GWS)

7 58.7

8 R.Laird (Adel)

7 5.9

9 S.Docherty (Carl)

7 553

9 C.Dixon (PA)

7 2.3

9 O.Wines (PA)

7 5.6

9 T.Miller (GCS)

7 58.4

9 J.Graham (Rich)

7 5.9

10 J.Dawson (Syd)

7 541

10 M.Lewis (Haw)

4 2.3

10 C.Wingard (Haw)

4 5.5

10 S.Berry (Adel)

6 57.7

10 B.Parfitt (Geel)

6 5.8

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MTS AVE 7 7.3

PLAYER

MTS AVE

Using physical contact to prevent an opponent in possession of the ball from getting an effective disposal.

MTS AVE

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MTS AVE

Weighted sum of pressure acts – 3.75 for physical pressure, 2.25 for closing, 1.5 for chasing and 1.2 for corralling.

PLAYER

5 J.Ziebell (NM)

PLAYER

INSIDE 50s

Moving the ball from the midfield into the forward zone. Excludes multiple entries within the same chain of possession.

PLAYER

MTS AVE

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OFFICIAL 2021 TOYOTA AFL

PREMIERSHIP SEASON LADDER AFTER ROUND 7, 2021

P

W

L

D

Gls

For Beh

Pts

Gls

Against Beh Pts

Mtch Home Away Form Scores pts W L D W L D W/L High Low

%

Av margin W < 7 L < 7 Pls Rnd 7 1st Yr Qtrs 4th W L pts pts used 2020 Players Won Qtrs W

1 Melbourne

7

7

0

0

93

89

647

64

50

434 149.08

28

3 0 0 4 0 0

7W

104

80

30

-

0

0

30

11

1

20

7

2 Western Bulldogs

7

6

1

0

98

98

686

62

65

437

156.98

24

3 0 0 3 1 0

1L

167

55

45

22

0

0

33

10

3

18

4

3 Port Adelaide

7

5

2

0

91

73

619

72

83

515

120.19

20

3 0 0 2 2 0

1L

119

44

38

43

1

0

31

1

3

17

3

1W

125

60

22

21

2

1

33

16

3

16

3

1L

136

60

33

13

2

1

32

6

3

16

3

4 Sydney Swans

7

5

2

0

98

77

665

83

95

593

112.14

20

3 1 0 2 1 0

5 Geelong Cats

7

4

3

0

87

80

602

73

70

508

118.50

16

4 0 0 0 3 0

6 Richmond

7

4

3

0

84

87

591

72

78

510

115.88

16

2 1 0 2 2 0

1W

134

48

40

27

0

1

30

5

3

15

6

7 Brisbane Lions

7

4

3

0

87

77

599

75

75

525

114.10

16

2 1 0 2 2 0

3W

103

54

31

17

1

1

31

2

3

15

5

8 West Coast Eagles

7

4

3

0

96

64

640

91

70

616

103.90

16

4 0 0 0 3 0

1W

132

39

37

41

0

0

31

9

1

14

2

9 Fremantle

7

4

3

0

78

93

561

83

80

578

97.06

16

3 0 0 1 3 0

1L

99

58

27

42

0

0

35

15

3

14

3

10 Gold Coast Suns

7

3

4

0

77

73

535

73

82

520

102.88

12

2 1 0 1 3 0

2W

100

56

41

27

0

0

30

8

0

13

2

11 GWS Giants

7

3

4

0

76

78

534

77

85

547

97.62

12

0 3 0 3 1 0

1W

106

56

33

28

1

0

33

13

3

14

4

12 Carlton

7

3

4

0

89

86

620

94

76

640

96.88

12

1 3 0 2 1 0

1W

123

68

24

23

0

0

33

12

1

15

4

13 Adelaide Crows

7

3

4

0

87

83

605

95

87

657

92.09

12

2 2 0 1 2 0

3L

109

39

21

28

0

1

30

18

4

9

3

14 St Kilda

7

3

4

0

79

70

544

101

74

680

80.00

12

2 2 0 1 2 0

1W

128

39

32

58

0

0

32

7

2

9

3

15 Essendon

7

2

5

0

94

76

640

99

78

672

95.24

8

1 2 0 1 3 0

1L

143

45

49

26

0

2

34

3

6

12

3

16 Hawthorn

7

2

5

0

74

57

501

97

83

665

75.34

8

1 2 0 1 3 0

1L

102

49

2

33

2

1

33

14

4

10

4

17 Collingwood

7

1

6

0

74

63

507

92

56

608

83.39

4

0 5 0 1 1 0

5L

106

53

21

20

0

1

34

4

5

11

3

18 North Melbourne

7

0

7

0

53

61

379

112

98

770

49.22

0

0 4 0 0 3 0

7L

73

39

-

55

0

0

31

17

3

8

1

5

Leigh Haussen

AFL UMPIRES 2021 1

Chris Donlon

Games 335 Finals 15

6

Dean Margetts

Games 364 Finals 12

11

Curtis Deboy

Games 115 Finals 4

16

Brendan Hosking

Games 176 Finals 2

21

Simon Meredith

Games 395 Finals 36

27

Andre Gianfagna

Games 54 Finals 1

32

Jacob Mollison

Games 264 Finals 4

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2

Nick Foot

Games 161 Finals 2

7

Jeff Dalgleish

Games 221 Finals 6

12

Andrew Stephens

Games 135 Finals 3

17

John Howorth

Games 27 Finals 0

22

Nathan Williamson

Games 93 Finals 2

28

Cameron Dore

Games 28 Finals 0

33

Brent Wallace

Games 82 Finals 0

3

Leigh Fisher

Games 159 Finals 1

8

Brett Rosebury

Games 440 Finals 44

13

Nick Brown

Games 69 Finals 0

18

Ray Chamberlain

Games 338 Finals 29

23

Robert Findlay

Games 261 Finals 8

29

Andrew Heffernan

Games 14 Finals 0

34

4

Justin Power

Games 35 Finals 0

9

Matt Stevic

Games 408 Finals 45

14

Hayden Gavine

Games 76 Finals 1

19

Alex Whetton

Games 41 Finals 0

24

David Harris

Games 153 Finals 1

30

Dan Johanson

Games 12 Finals 0

Games 71 Finals 0

10

Robert O’Gorman

Games 133 Finals 1

15

Mathew Nicholls

Games 367 Finals 27

20

Jamie Broadbent

Games 12 Finals 0

26

Craig Fleer

Games 147 Finals 5

31

Paul Rebeschini

Games 11 Finals 0

Eleni Glouftsis

Games 45 Finals 0

ROOKIES: Andrew Adair, Matthew Baigent, Peter Bailes, Tom Bryce, Jordan Fry, Dean Garroway, Courtney Gibson, Louis Jago, Nicholas Jankovskis, Giles Lewis, Nicholas McGinness, Chris Melin, Michael Pell, Luke Porter, Martin Rodger, Leighton Rowe, Gabby Simmonds, James Strybos, Nathan Toner. BOUNDARY: Jordan Andrews, Michael Baker, Michael Barlow, Adam Bastick, Peter Bock, Chris Bull, Ian Burrows, Sean Burton, Adam Coote, Patrick Cran, Damien Cusack, Brett Dalgleish, Chris Delany, Patrick Dineen, Nathan Doig, Chris Esler, Daniel Field-Read, Joshua Furman, Josh Garrett, Christopher Gordon, Patrick Jackson, Matthew Jenkinson, Matthew Konetschka, Drew Kowalski, Mitchell Le Fevre, Tim Lougoon, Ben MacDonald, Damien Main, Michael Marantelli, Josh Mather, Jason Moore, Sean Moylan, Lachlan Rayner, Adam Reardon, Michael Saunders, James Scully, Sam Stagg, Nick Swanson, Shane Thiele, Mark Thomson, Matthew Tomkins, David Wood. GOAL: Steven Axon, Jesse Baird, Dylan Benwell, Sally Boud, Matthew Bridges, Peter Challen, Alex Chisholm, Michael Craig, Matthew Dervan, Luke Edwards, Mark Ensbey, Daniel Hoskin, Sam Hunter, Brodie Kenny-Bell, Matt Maclure, Angus McKenzie-Wills, Alistair Meldrum, Steven Piperno, Simon Plumridge, David Rodan, Chelsea Roffey, Brett Rogers, Sam Walsh, Stephen Williams, Daniel Wilson, Adam Wojcik, Jason Yazdani (rookie).

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2021 TOYOTA AFL PREMIERSHIP SEASON ROUND 1

Thursday, March 18 Rich 15.15 (105) v Carl 11.14 (80) (MCG) (N) Friday, March 19 Coll 7.11 (53) v WB 10.9 (69) (MCG) (N) Saturday, March 20 Melb 11.14 (80) v Frem 8.10 (58) (MCG) Adel 15.13 (103) v Geel 13.13 (91) (AO) (T) Ess 13.13 (91) v Haw 14.8 (92) (MRVL) (N) BL 14.10 (94) v Syd 19.11 (125) (G) (N) Sunday, March 21 NM 9.11 (65) v PA 17.15 (117) (MRVL) GWS 11.12 (78) v StK 13.8 (86) (GS) WCE 12.11 (83) v GCS 8.10 (58) (OS) (T)

ROUND 2

Thursday, March 25 Carl 13.7 (85) v Coll 16.10 (106) (MCG) (N) Friday, March 26 Geel 12.9 (81) v BL 11.14 (80) (GMHBA) (N) Saturday, March 27 Syd 18.13 (121) v Adel 11.22 (88) (SCG) PA 18.11 (119) v Ess 9.11 (65) (AO) (T) St K 11.7 (73) v Melb 12.19 (91) (MRVL) (N) GCS 14.14 (98) v NM 5.9 (39) (MS) (N) Sunday, March 28 Haw 7.7 (49) v Rich 11.12 (78) (MCG) WB 14.16 (100) v WCE 14.9 (93) (MRVL) Frem 11.21 (87) v GWS 7.14 (56) (OS) (T)

ROUND 3

Thursday, April 1 Coll 11.6 (72) v BL 11.7 (73) (MRVL) (N) Friday, April 2 NM 5.9 (39) v WB 25.17 (167) (MRVL) (T) Adel 14.11 (95) v GCS 12.13 (85) (AO) (N) Saturday, April 3 Rich 10.12 (72) v Syd 17.15 (117) (MCG) Ess 22.11 (143) v StK 9.14 (68) (MRVL) (T) WCE 16.12 (108) v PA 11.5 (71) (OS) (N) Sunday, April 4 Carl 16.13 (109) v Frem 9.10 (64) (MRVL) GWS 11.2 (68) v Melb 15.12 (102) (MO) (N) Monday, April 5 Geel 10.9 (69) v Haw 9.10 (64) (MCG)

ROUND 4

Thursday, April 8 Syd 11.17 (83) v Ess 12.8 (80) (SCG) (N) Friday, April 9 PA 11.13 (79) v Rich 11.11 (77) (AO) (N) Saturday, April 10 WB 10.13 (73) v BL 8.6 (54) (MARS) StK 15.12 (102) v WCE 13.4 (82)(MRVL) (T) GCS 8.11 (59) v Carl 9.16 (70) (MS) (N) Coll 9.6 (60) v GWS 14.6 (90) (MCG) (N) Sunday, April 11 NM 10.8 (68) v Adel 16.13 (109) (MRVL) Melb 12.13 (85) v Geel 9.6 (60) (MCG) Frem 13.18 (96) v Haw 12.9 (81) (OS) (T)

ROUND 5

Thursday, April 15 StK 7.6 (48) v Rich 20.14 (134) (MRVL) (N) Friday, April 16 WCE 16.7 (103) v Coll 11.10 (76) (OS) (N) Saturday, April 17 WB 17.16 (118) v GCS 8.8 (56) (MRVL) Syd 10.9 (69) v GWS 9.17 (71) (SCG) Carl 9.14 (68) v PA 15.6 (96) (MCG) (N) BL 15.12 (102) v Ess 6.9 (45) (G) (N) Sunday, April 18 Adel 11.6 (72) v Frem 12.12 (84) (AO) Haw 8.6 (54) v Melb 15.14 (104) (MCG) Geel 10.17 (77) v NM 7.5 (47) (GMHBA) (T)

ROUND 6

Friday, April 23 GWS 9.11 (65) v WB 15.14 (104) (MO) (N) Saturday, April 24 Geel 21.10 (136) v WCE 5.9 (39) (GMHBA) GCS 15.10 (100) v Syd 9.6 (60) (MS) Carl 12.13 (85) v BL 15.13 (103) (MRVL) (T) Melb 12.10 (82) v Rich 6.12 (48) (MCG) (N) Frem 14.15 (99) v NM 6.12 (48) (OS) (N)

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Sunday, April 25 Haw 15.12 (102) v Adel 16.3 (99) (UTAS) Coll 13.7 (85) v Ess 16.13 (109) (MCG) PA 14.9 (93) v StK 5.9 (39) (AO) (N)

ROUND 7

Friday, April 30 Rich 11.11 (77) v WB 7.13 (55) (MCG) (N) Saturday, May 1 Coll 7.13 (55) v GCS 12.7 (79) (MCG) Adel 4.15 (39) v GWS 15.16 (106) (AO) StK 19.14 (128) v Haw 9.5 (59) (MRVL) (T) BL 13.15 (93) v PA 5.14 (44) (G) (N) Syd 14.6 (90) v Geel 12.16 (88) (SCG) (N) Sunday, May 2 NM 11.7 (73) v Melb 16.7 (103) (BA) Ess 16.11 (107) v Carl 19.9 (123) (MCG) WCE 20.12 (132) v Frem 11.7 (73) (OS)

ROUND 8

Friday, May 7 Richmond v Geelong Cats (MCG) (N) Saturday, May 8 GWS Giants v Essendon (GS) Gold Coast Suns v St Kilda (MS) North Melbourne v Collingwood (MRVL) (T) Melbourne v Sydney Swans (MCG) (N) Port Adelaide v Adelaide Crows (AO) (N) Sunday, May 9 Hawthorn v West Coast Eagles (MCG) Western Bulldogs v Carlton (MRVL) Fremantle v Brisbane Lions (OS)

ROUND 9

Friday, May 14 St Kilda v Geelong Cats (MRVL) (N) Saturday, May 15 Sydney Swans v Collingwood (SCG) Hawthorn v North Melbourne (UTAS) Gold Coast Suns v Brisbane Lions (MS) (T) Richmond v GWS Giants (MRVL) (N) Port Adelaide v Western Bulldogs (AO) (N) Sunday, May 16 Essendon v Fremantle (MRVL) Melbourne v Carlton (MCG) West Coast Eagles v Adelaide Crows (OS)

ROUND 10

Friday, May 21 Brisbane Lions v Richmond (G) (N) Saturday, May 22 Carlton v Hawthorn (MCG) Geelong Cats v Gold Coast Suns (GMHBA) Adelaide Crows v Melbourne (AO) (T) Western Bulldogs v St Kilda (MRVL) (N) Fremantle v Sydney Swans (OS) (N) Sunday, May 23 GWS Giants v West Coast Eagles (GS) Collingwood v Port Adelaide (MCG) Essendon v North Melbourne (MRVL) (T)

ROUND 11

Friday, May 28 Western Bulldogs v Melbourne (MRVL) (N) Saturday, May 29 Collingwood v Geelong Cats (MCG) Brisbane Lions v GWS Giants (G) St Kilda v North Melbourne (MRVL) (T) Gold Coast Suns v Hawthorn (TIO) (N) West Coast Eagles v Essendon (OS) (N) Sunday, May 30 Richmond v Adelaide Crows (MCG) Sydney Swans v Carlton (SCG) Port Adelaide v Fremantle (AO) (T)

ROUND 12

Friday, June 4 Melbourne v Brisbane Lions (TP) (N) Saturday, June 5 St Kilda v Sydney Swans (MRVL) Adelaide Crows v Collingwood (AO) (T) Essendon v Richmond (MCG) (N) Sunday, June 6 Carlton v West Coast Eagles (MCG) Fremantle v Western Bulldogs (OS) (T) Byes: Geelong Cats, Gold Coast Suns, GWS Giants, Hawthorn, North Melbourne, Port Adelaide

ROUND 13

Round begins Thursday, June 10* Fremantle v Gold Coast Suns (OS) Melbourne v Collingwood (MCG) North Melbourne v GWS Giants (BA) Port Adelaide v Geelong Cats (AO) St Kilda v Adelaide Crows (CS) Sydney Swans v Hawthorn (SCG) Byes: Brisbane Lions, Carlton, Essendon, Richmond, West Coast Eagles, Western Bulldogs

ROUND 14

Round begins Thursday, June 17* Geelong Cats v Western Bulldogs (GMHBA) Gold Coast Suns v Port Adelaide (MS) GWS Giants v Carlton (GS) Hawthorn v Essendon (MCG) North Melbourne v Brisbane Lions (MRVL) West Coast Eagles v Richmond (OS) Byes: Adelaide Crows, Collingwood, Fremantle, Melbourne, St Kilda, Sydney Swans

ROUND 15

Round begins Thursday, June 24* Brisbane Lions v Geelong Cats (G) Carlton v Adelaide Crows (MRVL) Collingwood v Fremantle (MRVL) Essendon v Melbourne (MCG) GWS Giants v Hawthorn (GS) North Melbourne v Gold Coast Suns (BA) Port Adelaide v Sydney Swans (AO) Richmond v St Kilda (MCG) West Coast Eagles v Western Bulldogs (OS)

ROUND 16

Round begins Thursday, July 1* Adelaide Crows v Brisbane Lions (AO) Collingwood v St Kilda (MCG) Fremantle v Carlton (OS) Geelong Cats v Essendon (GMHBA) Gold Coast Suns v Richmond (MS) Hawthorn v Port Adelaide (MRVL) Melbourne v GWS Giants (MCG) Sydney Swans v West Coast Eagles (SCG) Western Bulldogs v North Melbourne (MRVL)

ROUND 17

Round begins Friday, July 9* Brisbane Lions v St Kilda (G) Carlton v Geelong Cats (MCG) Essendon v Adelaide Crows (MRVL) GWS Giants v Gold Coast Suns (GS) Hawthorn v Fremantle (UTAS) Port Adelaide v Melbourne (AO) Richmond v Collingwood (MCG) West Coast Eagles v North Melbourne (OS) Western Bulldogs v Sydney Swans (MRVL)

ROUND 18

Round begins Friday, July 16* Adelaide Crows v West Coast Eagles (AO) Collingwood v Carlton (MCG) Fremantle v Geelong Cats (OS) Gold Coast Suns v Western Bulldogs (MS) GWS Giants v Sydney Swans (GS) Melbourne v Hawthorn (MCG) North Melbourne v Essendon (MRVL) Richmond v Brisbane Lions (MCG) St Kilda v Port Adelaide (MRVL)

ROUND 19

Round begins Friday, July 23* Carlton v North Melbourne (MRVL) Essendon v GWS Giants (MRVL) Geelong Cats v Richmond (MCG) Gold Coast Suns v Melbourne (MS) Hawthorn v Brisbane Lions (MCG) Port Adelaide v Collingwood (AO) Sydney Swans v Fremantle (SCG) West Coast Eagles v St Kilda (OS) Western Bulldogs v Adelaide Crows (MARS)

ROUND 20

Round begins Friday, July 30* Adelaide Crows v Hawthorn (AO) Brisbane Lions v Gold Coast Suns (G) Collingwood v West Coast Eagles (MCG) Essendon v Sydney Swans (MRVL) Fremantle v Richmond (OS) GWS Giants v Port Adelaide (MO) Melbourne v Western Bulldogs (MCG) North Melbourne v Geelong Cats (BA) St Kilda v Carlton (MRVL)

ROUND 21

Round begins Friday, August 6* Adelaide Crows v Port Adelaide (AO) Brisbane Lions v Fremantle (G) Carlton v Gold Coast Suns (MRVL) Geelong Cats v GWS Giants (GMHBA) Hawthorn v Collingwood (MCG) Richmond v North Melbourne (MCG) Sydney Swans v St Kilda (SCG) West Coast Eagles v Melbourne (OS) Western Bulldogs v Essendon (MRVL)

ROUND 22

Round begins Friday, August 13* Brisbane Lions v Collingwood (G) Fremantle v West Coast Eagles (OS) Geelong Cats v St Kilda (GMHBA) Gold Coast Suns v Essendon (MS) GWS Giants v Richmond (GS) Hawthorn v Western Bulldogs (UTAS) Melbourne v Adelaide Crows (MCG) North Melbourne v Sydney Swans (MRVL) Port Adelaide v Carlton (AO)

ROUND 23

Round begins Friday, August 20* Adelaide Crows v North Melbourne (AO) Brisbane Lions v West Coast Eagles (G) Carlton v GWS Giants (MRVL) Essendon v Collingwood (MCG) Geelong Cats v Melbourne (GMHBA) Richmond v Hawthorn (MCG) St Kilda v Fremantle (MRVL) Sydney Swans v Gold Coast Suns (SCG) Western Bulldogs v Port Adelaide (MRVL)

2021 TOYOTA AFL FINALS SERIES

Date TBC Week One – Qualifying & Elimination Finals (4) Date TBC Week Two – Semi-Finals (2) Date TBC Week Three – Preliminary Finals (2) Date TBC Week Four – Toyota AFL Grand Final *All matches in rounds 11-23 are listed alphabetically with timeslots to be determined at a later date.

Note: fixture is subject to change.

(T) Twilight match; (N) Night match; (AO) Adelaide Oval; (BA) Blundstone Arena, Hobart; (CS) Cazalys Stadium; (G) Gabba, Brisbane; (GMHBA) GMHBA Stadium, Geelong; (GS) Giants Stadium, Sydney; (MO) Manuka Oval, Canberra; (MARS) Mars Stadium, Ballarat; (MRVL) Marvel Stadium, Melbourne; (MCG) Melbourne Cricket Ground; (MS) Metricon Stadium, Gold Coast; (OS) Optus Stadium, Perth; (SCG) Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney; (TIO) TIO Stadium, Darwin; (TP) TIO Traeger Park, Alice Springs; (UTAS) University of Tasmania Stadium, Launceston.

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SCOREBOARD – ROUND 7 Richmond 1.4 2.8 7.10 11.11 (77) Western Bulldogs 3.6 5.9 6.10 7.13 (55) BEST: Richmond – Lynch, Cotchin, Bolton, Houli, Short, Broad. Western Bulldogs – Dale, Liberatore, Bontempelli, Treloar, Daniel, Macrae.

GOALS: Richmond – Lynch 3, Bolton 3, Aarts, Riewoldt, Graham, Baker, Houli. Western Bulldogs – Naughton 3, Scott, Bruce, B. Smith, Schache.

Substitutes: Richmond – Naish (replaced Cotchin). Western Bulldogs – McNeil (unused).

AFL Coaches Votes: 10 Bolton (Rich), 7 Lynch (Rich), 5 Broad (Rich), 4 Houli (Rich), 2 Balta (Rich), 1 Cotchin (Rich), 1 Dale (WB).

Umpires: L. Fisher, C. Fleer, E. Glouftsis, D. Harris.

Crowd: 52,402 at the MCG. Gold Coast Suns 2.2 6.3 9.3 12.7 (79) Collingwood 2.3 2.8 5.11 7.13 (55) BEST: Gold Coast Suns – Miller, Ellis, Corbett, Greenwood, Bowes.

Collingwood – Mihocek, Daicos, Pendlebury, Quaynor, Noble.

GOALS: Gold Coast Suns – Corbett 4, King 2, Swallow 2, Rankine, Ellis, Greenwood, Burgess. Collingwood – Mihocek 4, Daicos, Noble, Grundy.

Substitutes: Collingwood – Rantall (unused). Gold Coast Suns – Sexton (unused).

AFL Coaches Votes: 9 Miller (GCS), 8 Greenwood (GCS), 5 Corbett (GCS), 4 Ellis (GCS), 2 Collins (GCS), 2 Mihocek (Coll).

Umpires: N. Brown, J. Mollison, R. O’Gorman.

Crowd: 24,397 at the MCG. GWS Giants 1.8 6.12 10.14 15.16 (106) Adelaide Crows 1.1 2.4 3.9 4.15 (39) BEST: GWS Giants – Taranto, Kelly, Hogan, Whitfield, Hopper, Perryman, Himmelberg. Adelaide Crows – Keays, Sholl, Laird, Seedsman, Walker.

GOALS: GWS Giants – Hogan 4, Himmelberg 3, Green 2, Reid 2, Greene, Hill, Kelly, O’Halloran. Adelaide Crows – Walker 2, Murphy, Murray.

Substitutes: Adelaide Crows – Fogarty (unused). GWS Giants – Buntine (replaced Daniels).

AFL Coaches Votes: 9 Taranto (GWS), 6 Taylor (GWS), 6 Hopper (GWS), 5 Kelly (GWS), 3 Whitfield (GWS), 1 Mumford (GWS).

Umpires: L. Haussen, A. Stephens, N. Williamson.

Crowd: 28,853 at Adelaide Oval.

St Kilda 5.4 10.9 14.11 19.14 (128) Hawthorn 0.0 4.2 6.3 9.5 (59) BEST: St Kilda – Jones, Clark, Hill, Crouch, Butler, Ross. Hawthorn – Worpel, Scrimshaw, Hardwick, T. Mitchell.

GOALS: St Kilda – Higgins 4, Butler 3, Jones 2, King 2, Membrey 2, Marshall 2, Clark 2, Coffield, Sinclair. Hawthorn – Koschitzke 2, Breust 2, Hanrahan, Lewis, Shiels, McEvoy, Moore.

Substitutes: St Kilda – Wood (unused). Hawthorn – Greaves (unused).

AFL Coaches Votes: 10 Jones (StK), 7 Hill (StK), 6 Sinclair (StK), 3 Ross (StK), 3 Crouch (StK), 1 Clark (StK).

Umpires: C. Deboy, C. Dore, B. Hosking.

Crowd: 26,433 at Marvel Stadium.

Sydney Swans 2.1 7.2 10.6 14.6 (90) Geelong Cats 6.5 7.8 10.10 12.16 (88) BEST: Sydney Swans – Mills, Hickey, McLean, Florent, Rowbottom, McCartin. Geelong Cats – C. Guthrie, Selwood, Duncan, Stewart, Cameron, Henry.

GOALS: Sydney Swans – McLean 4, Florent 2, Papley 2, Warner, Gulden, Stephens, McInerney, Hickey, Rowbottom. Geelong Cats – Cameron 3, Rohan 2, Close 2, Miers, Menegola, Duncan, Hawkins, Dahlhaus.

Substitutes: Sydney Swans – Clarke (replaced Melican). Geelong Cats – Z. Guthrie (replaced Miers).

AFL Coaches Votes: 10 Hickey (Syd), 6 Duncan (Geel), 4 Henry (Geel), 3 Florent (Syd), 3 McCartin (Syd), 2 Rohan (Geel), 1 McLean (Syd), 1 Selwood (Geel).

Umpires: A. Heffernan, M. Nicholls, B. Rosebury.

Crowd: 29,123 at the SCG. Brisbane Lions 4.5 8.8 11.15 13.15 (93) Port Adelaide 1.2 2.6 3.9 5.14 (44) BEST: Brisbane Lions – McCluggage, Andrews, Daniher, Zorko, Cameron, Lyons. Port Adelaide – Wines, Aliir, Drew, Amon.

GOALS: Brisbane Lions – Cameron 4, Daniher 2, Bailey, Ah Chee, McCarthy, McCluggage, McStay, Prior, Zorko. Port Adelaide – Bergman, Drew, Gray, Wines, Woodcock.

Substitutes: Brisbane Lions – T. Berry (unused). Port Adelaide – Mayes (replaced Burton).

AFL Coaches Votes: 9 McCluggage (BL), 9 Andrews (BL), 5 Cameron (BL), 3 Wines (PA), 2 Birchall (BL), 1 Lyons (BL), 1 McCarthy (BL).

Umpires: N. Foot, H. Gavine, M. Stevic.

Crowd: 20,007 at the Gabba.

Perth 6.2 7.4 9.6 11.8 (74) East Fremantle 1.2 3.5 4.6 6.8 (44) BEST: Perth – Grey, Henderson, Hill, Taylor, Eyres. East Fremantle – Eardley, Jupp, Tucker, Meade, Davies.

GOALS: Perth – Langlands 3, Stubbs 2, Sinclair, Grey, Richardson, Cary, Baldwin-Wright, Eyres. East Fremantle – Kommer, Leggett, Davies, Murdock, Lester-Smith, Jansen.

Claremont 2.2 8.6 13.7 16.11 (107) West Perth 4.2 5.3 6.5 8.7 (55) BEST: Claremont – Smallwood, Martinis, Mitchell, Patmore, Lim. West Perth – West, Moulton, Pegoraro, Black.

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Melbourne 3.2 6.4 12.7 16.7 (103) North Melbourne 4.1 9.5 10.6 11.7 (73) BEST: Melbourne – Fritsch, Jackson, Salem, May, Pickett, Petracca.

North Melbourne – Cunnington, Hall, Powell, McKay, Turner, Simpkin.

GOALS: Melbourne – Fritsch 6, Pickett 3, B. Brown 2, Langdon, Jackson, Spargo, Jordan, Oliver. North Melbourne – Larkey 2, Campbell 2, Cunnington 2, Zurhaar, Mahony, Atley, Simpkin, Powell.

Substitutes: North Melbourne – Menadue (replaced Bonar).

Melbourne – Jones (replaced Tomlinson).

AFL Coaches Votes: 10 Fritsch (Melb), 8 Cunnington (NM), 3 Hall (NM), 3 Salem (Melb), 3 Petracca (Melb), 2 Pickett (Melb), 1 Jackson (Melb).

Umpires: C. Donlon, S. Meredith, J. Power.

Crowd: 6009 at Blundstone Arena.

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Hugh McCluggage

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Ollie Wines

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Jack Macrae

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Christian Salem

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Sam Walsh

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Touk Miller

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Christian Petracca

Melbourne

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Taylor Walker

Adelaide Crows PERFECT 10: Tom Hickey has been a surprise packet for the Swans.

Carlton 4.2 8.5 14.7 19.9 (123) Essendon 6.4 8.7 12.8 16.11 (107) BEST: Carlton – Walsh, Saad, E. Curnow, Cuningham, Cripps, Weitering.

Essendon – McGrath, Hooker, McDonald-Tipungwuti, Stringer, Perkins.

GOALS: Carlton – McKay 4, Betts 3, Owies 3, Cuningham 2, Fogarty 2, Cripps, E. Curnow, McGovern, Saad, Walsh. Essendon – Hooker 5, McDonald-Tipungwuti 4, Jones 3, Stringer 3, Smith.

Substitutes: Essendon – Zaharakis (unused). Carlton – Petrevski-Seton (replaced Dow).

AFL Coaches Votes: 10 Walsh (Carl), 8 Weitering (Carl), 5 Stringer (Ess), 3 McGrath (Ess), 2 Hooker (Ess), 1 Perkins (Ess), 1 Saad (Carl).

Umpires: R. Chamberlain, R. Findlay, J. Howorth.

Crowd: 57,447 at the MCG. West Coast Eagles 4.2 11.4 17.8 20.12 (132) Fremantle 4.0 9.3 9.3 11.7 (73) BEST: West Coast Eagles – Kelly, Gaff, Sheed, Redden, Naitanui, Kennedy, Rotham, Darling. Fremantle – Brayshaw, Fyfe, Mundy, Taberner, Walters, Conca.

GOALS: West Coast Eagles – Darling 3, Kennedy 3, Waterman 3, Brander 2, Cripps 2, Jones 2, Langdon 2, Gaff, Petruccelle, Vardy. Fremantle – Taberner 3, Lobb 2, Colyer, Frederick, Mundy, Serong, Walters, Watson.

Substitutes: West Coast Eagles – Ainsworth (unused). Fremantle – Duman (replaced Hughes).

AFL Coaches Votes: 10 Kelly (WCE), 8 Gaff (WCE), 3 Naitanui (WCE), 3 Sheed (WCE), 3 Darling (WCE), 2 Rotham (WCE), 1 Jones (WCE).

Umpires: J. Dalgleish, D. Johanson, D. Margetts.

Crowd: No crowd permitted at Optus Stadium.

WAFL ROUND 5 Swan Districts 6.2 7.4 8.5 10.8 (68) East Perth 0.1 4.2 6.12 7.13 (55) BEST: Swan Districts – Anderson, Fisher, Stephens, Reidy, Noble.

East Perth – Simpson, Lynch, Msando, Ameduri, North.

GOALS: Swan Districts – Palmer 2, Anderson, Riley, Fisher, Reidy, Gault, Edwards, Noble, Watson. East Perth – Simpson 5, Ajang, Merritt.

AFLCA Champion Player of the Year

GOALS: Claremont – Buller 5, Treacy 2, Barton 2, Edwards, England, Patmore, Manuel, Hardisty, McCracken, Minear. West Perth – Moulton 2, Knott 2, Alexandre, Riddoch, Pegoraro, Boyes.

South Fremantle 1.1 8.1 12.6 12.8 (80) Subiaco 2.2 4.3 6.5 9.8 (62) BEST: South Fremantle – Thompson, Donaldson, Dragovich, Schloithe.

Subiaco – Clark, Kitchin, Stainsby, Miller, Faraone.

GOALS: South Fremantle – Shaw 3, Schloithe 2, Ninyette 2, Rioli, Donaldson, McCarthy, Parker, Datson. Subiaco – Sokol 2, Martin 2, Delahunty, Harris, Putt, Faraone, Heal.

Peel Thunder 6.2 13.4 17.9 24.12 (156) West Coast 3.1 6.2 10.4 12.5 (77) BEST: Peel Thunder – Thorne, Bell, Schofield, Treacy, Western.

West Coast – Borgogno, O’Neill, Cameron, Jamieson, Ah Chee.

GOALS: Peel Thunder – Bell 6, Treacy 5, Sturt 4, Thorne 2, Banfield 2, Lawler, Western, Valente, Giro, Henry. West Coast – Cameron 3, Jamieson 2, Ah Chee 2, L. Edwards, Humble, Deegan, Robilliard, Hansen.

LEADING GOALKICKERS

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Player Taylor Walker Harry McKay Cale Hooker Jack Riewoldt Matt Taberner Ben King Josh Bruce Toby Greene Jack Darling Bayley Fritsch Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti Aaron Naughton Oscar Allen Josh Kennedy Brody Mihocek

Club Goals Behinds % (Adel) 27 13 67.5 (Carl) 26 16 61.9 (Ess) 21 9 70.0 (Rich) 20 10 66.7 (Frem) 20 10 66.7 (GCS) 20 7 74.1 (WB) 20 6 76.9 (GWS) 19 20 48.7 (WCE) 19 6 76.0 (Melb) 18 8 69.2 (Ess) 18 6 75.0 (WB) 16 15 51.6 (WCE) 16 6 72.7 (WCE) 16 5 76.2 (Coll) 15 13 53.6

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STATE LEAGUE

Clarence 5.1 8.3 10.8 11.10 (76) Tigers 2.4 3.5 4.6 8.10 (58) BEST: Clarence – Davis, Buechner, Paprotny, Preshaw, Howlett, Holmes.

Tigers – McCulloch, Gardner, Campbell, Clifford, Cole, Sawdy.

GOALS: Clarence – Howlett 3, Preshaw 3, McCallum 2, Steele, Swinton, Gardner. Tigers – Gardner, Clifford, Sawdy, Reynolds, O’Neill, Collidge, Campbell, Carter.

Casey Demons 4.6 8.9 11.13 19.17 (131) North Melbourne 0.2 0.3 2.5 3.6 (24) BEST: Casey Demons – Sparrow, Harmes, Bedford, Weideman, Bowey, Chandler. North Melbourne – Gunther, Roos, Appleby, Walker, Clayton, Dumont.

GOALS: Casey Demons – Weideman 4, Foot 3, Harmes 2, White 2, Chandler 2, Grey 2, MacHaya, Bedford, Rosman, Munro. North Melbourne – Polidoros, Gunther, Scott.

North Hobart 3.1 7.3 8.5 12.7 (79) Lauderdale 3.3 3.3 8.3 9.7 (61) BEST: North Hobart – Liefhebber, McGinniss, Menzie, Williams, Sandric, Poke. Lauderdale – Hevey, Sookee, Salmon, Shaw, Stanley, Hodoniczky.

GOALS: North Hobart – Menzie 4, McCulloch 2, Poke 2, Kilpatrick, Liefhebber, Pullen, Caswell. Lauderdale – Salmon 4, Franklin, Richmond, Siggins, Stanley, Martin.

Collingwood 1.4 6.7 7.9 9.12 (66) Gold Coast Suns 3.2 5.2 7.5 9.8 (62) BEST: Collingwood – Henry, Sier, Wilson, T. Brown, Tardrew, Fowler. Gold Coast Suns – Uwland, Brodie, Davies, MacPherson, Murtagh, McLennan.

GOALS: Collingwood – Henry 3, Dib 2, Wilson, Glover, McInnes, Sier.

Gold Coast Suns – Atkins 2, Sharp, Jeffrey, Murtagh, Bella, Reeves, Fiorini, Davies.

Footscray 2.4 6.9 6.15 12.18 (90) Northern Bullants 2.3 2.5 4.9 6.11 (47) BEST: Footscray – Sweet, Boyd, Wallis, Khamis, Garcia, Hayes.

Northern Bullants – Wilson, Mackie, King, Silvagni, Smith, Kennedy.

GOALS: Footscray – Bedendo 3, Weightman 2, William 2, Garcia, Sweet, Cavarra, Glass-McCasker, Ugle-Hagan. Northern Bullants – Murphy 3, Ahern, Smith, Kennedy.

Werribee 5.5 7.8 11.14 18.16 (124) Richmond 0.1 4.2 5.4 6.7 (43) BEST: Werribee – Lobbe, Gribble, Cooper, Declase, Garoni, Hayes.

Richmond – Eggmolesse-Smith, Coleman-Jones, Stack, Naish, McDonagh, Street.

GOALS: Werribee – Garoni 3, Declase 3, Buzza 2, Mannagh 2, Stubbings 2, Augerinos, Sodomaco, Hanson, Gribble, Hayes, Maishman. Richmond – Cumberland 2, Coleman-Jones, Stack, Street, Chol.

Geelong Cats 3.1 6.3 6.7 9.10 (64) Sydney Swans 2.3 3.8 6.10 8.12 (60) BEST: Geelong Cats – Fort, Black, Tate, Thurlow, Constable, McMullan.

Sydney Swans – Fox, Sheather, Gould, Taylor, Brand, Gray.

GOALS: Geelong Cats – Jenkins 2, Smith 2, Chalcraft 2, Johnston, McLachlan, Ratugolea. Sydney Swans – McDonald 3, Amartey 2, Sheather, Taylor, Cordell.

Frankston 2.4 6.6 10.10 13.14 (92) Aspley 3.1 9.3 9.7 10.11 (71) BEST: Frankston – Riley, Newman, Brolic, Styles, Freeman, Lambert.

Aspley – Hammelmann, Payne, Dawson.

GOALS: Frankston – Lambert 4, Young 2, Mentha 2, Riley 2, Begley, Scagliarini, Williams. Aspley – Hammelmann 6, Stackelberg 2, Lyons, Peppin.

Williamstown 4.5 5.7 8.13 15.17 (107) Port Melbourne 4.2 5.5 8.7 10.9 (69) BEST: Williamstown – Hibberd, Marcon, Polson, Miles, Meadows, Henderson. Port Melbourne – Templeton, Jolley, Anastasio, Hooper, Koenen, Holmes.

GOALS: Williamstown – Marcon 2, Myers 2, Meadows 2, Pickess 2, Ottavi, Hibberd, Polson, Gallucci, Henderson, Rich, Rodda. Port Melbourne – Hooper 2, Koenen 2, Signorello, Anastasio, Templeton, Delahunty, Holmes, Bristow.

IN GOOD TOUCH: Ben Crocker continued his fine form with three goals in Carlton's easy win over Essendon.

Coburg 1.5 5.6 8.10 9.19 (73) Brisbane Lions 2.1 3.4 7.5 8.7 (55) BEST: Coburg – Lentini, Thompson, Exon, Silvestro, Ballard, Nelson.

Brisbane Lions – Coleman, Berry, Michael, Ballenden, Reville, Tasker.

GOALS: Coburg – Clarke 2, Nelson 2, Lowson 2, D’Intinosante, Boucher, Thompson. Brisbane Lions – Coleman 2, McFadyen 2, Coleman, Reville, Lanthois, Sharp.

GWS Giants 2.3 7.5 10.7 14.10 (94) Southport 1.6 4.7 5.14 8.16 (64) BEST: GWS Giants – Riccardi, Bruhn, Shipley, Ross, Wehr, Briggs.

Southport – Crossley, Willis, Murdoch, Dawson, Thurlow, Manteit.

GOALS: GWS Giants – Ross 3, Pollock 3, Smout 2, Flynn, Shipley, Angwin, Sproule, Bruhn, Boag. Southport – Thurlow 2, Gowers 2, Nutting 2, Manteit, Crossley.

Carlton 2.5 7.12 11.15 14.17 (101) Essendon 5.1 5.1 8.2 8.4 (52) BEST: Carlton – Setterfield, Crocker, Newman, O’Brien, De Koning, Radovanovic. Essendon – O’Kearney, Conforti, McBride, Evans, Hobbs, Eyre.

GOALS: Carlton – Crocker 3, Wooller 3, Caluzzi 2, Honey 2, De Koning, Durdin, O’Brien, Setterfield. Essendon – Hobbs 2, Hickman, Cootee, Smithson, Waterman, O’Kearney, Ambrose.

Box Hill Hawks 7.2 7.5 13.10 19.14 (128) Sandringham 4.2 13.6 14.7 15.8 (98) BEST: Box Hill Hawks – Adduci, Newcombe, Deluca, Howe, Brooksby, Mascitti. Sandringham – Highmore, Connolly, Hipwell, Seaton, Lonie, Dunstan.

GOALS: Box Hill Hawks – Greene 5, Adduci 4, Brockman 2, Kilpatrick, Mynott, Newcombe, Howe, Hartley, Morris, Blanck, Walker. Sandringham – Lonie 3, Dunstan 3, Henness 2, McHale 2, Lok, McKernan, Alabakis, Clavarino, Wood.

St George 9.5 16.10 19.16 25.21 (171) Camden Cats 2.0 3.2 6.6 8.7 (55) BEST: St George – Dol, Guthrie, Casalini, Hodgson, Lycakis, Tegg. Camden Cats – Evans, Veerhuis, Woolley, Thomas, Flanagan, Gilheany.

GOALS: St George – Casalini 12, Tegg 3, Soffe 3, Guthrie 2, Pearson 2, Wynn, Bridgland, Saunders. Camden Cats – Woolley 3, Gilheany 2, Gamble, Talbott, Evans.

Inner West Magpies 2.1 8.4 11.5 16.7 (103) East Coast Eagles 0.4 1.6 4.9 7.9 (51) BEST: Inner West Magpies – O’Connell, McEvoy-Gray, Klemke, Lagana, Wilmot, McCormack. East Coast Eagles – Mitchell, Dowle, Wilson, Merson, Stewart, Cutting.

Launceston 7.3 16.4 19.10 30.13 (193) Glenorchy 2.1 2.1 6.1 7.3 (45) BEST: Launceston – Riley, Donnellan, Pitcher, Blackberry, Tuthill, Thorp.

Glenorchy – Reibelt, Wyatt, Roberts, Joseph, Webb, Patterson.

GOALS: Launceston – Riley 9, Donnellan 4, Blackberry 3, Thorp 3, Musicka 2, Palfreyman 2, Pitcher 2, Leedham, McKercher, Woolley, Groenewegen, Taylor. Glenorchy – Webb 2, Roberts 2, Geard, Thompson, Oakley.

Bye: North Launceston

SANFL ROUND 5 Norwood 2.3 7.4 7.6 7.9 (51) South Adelaide 2.1 3.2 4.4 6.6 (42) BEST: Norwood – Douglas, Rokahr, Knoll, Kennerley, McKenzie, Nunn.

South Adelaide – Haines, Gibbs.

GOALS: Norwood – Shenton 2, Tranfa, Spence, Rokahr, Puopolo, Callow.

South Adelaide – Cross 2, Wilkinson, Schwarz, Tarca, Rose.

Glenelg 6.2 9.3 10.5 15.10 (100) North Adelaide 2.2 7.5 9.9 10.9 (69) BEST: Glenelg – Partington, McBean, Turner, Allen, Snook, Durdin.

North Adelaide – Spina, Combe, Minervini, Schwarz.

GOALS: Glenelg – McBean 5, Reynolds 3, Motlop 2, Hosie 2, Turner, Bradley, Allen. North Adelaide – Schwarz 3, Combe 2, Harvey, Allmond, Hilder, Minervini, Young.

West Adelaide 4.2 6.3 9.7 13.7 (85) Central District 5.0 8.2 8.9 8.13 (61) BEST: West Adelaide – Keough, Gore, Duval, P. Fairlie, Sinderberry, C. Fairlie. Central District – Hoskin, Schiller, Fort, Presbury, Marsh.

GOALS: West Adelaide – Keough 4, Beech 3, Haysman 2, Gore 2, C. Fairlie, Meline. Central District – Barreau 2, Hoskin 2, Grace, Olsson, Dahms, Dew. Sturt 3.5 7.8 10.10 12.12 (84) Adelaide 3.2 7.2 9.2 13.5 (83) BEST: Sturt – Edmonds, Carey, Page, Battersby, Johnson, Lewis.

Adelaide – Jackson, O’Connor, Jones, Wright, Worrell, Strachan, Fogarty.

GOALS: Sturt – Johnson 4, Evans 3, Patullo 2, Davis, Kirkwood, Lewis.

Adelaide – Wright 4, Jackson 2, J. Mathews 2, Boyle, Fogarty, Frampton, Marini, O’Connor.

Port Adelaide 4.2 11.6 13.9 16.11 (107) Eagles 3.1 4.1 5.2 7.5 (47) BEST: Port Adelaide – Farrell, Rockliff, Ladhams, Sutcliffe, Williams, Bonner. Eagles – Not available.

GOALS: Port Adelaide – Edwards 4, Williams 3, Sutcliffe 3, Samblich 2, Ladhams, Wong, Weidemann, Bonne. Eagles – Not available.

AFL SYDNEY ROUND 4 Sydney University 1.4 3.8 6.12 10.15 (75) UTS 3.0 5.2 6.5 7.6 (48) BEST: Sydney University – Williams, Gilfedder, Hiscox, Foster, Hawtin, Bennett. UTS – Lee, Borrillo, Lambert, Pretto, Leddy, Hayward.

GOALS: Sydney University – Foster 3, Picken 2, Hughes, Wilson, Hiscox, Day, Stevenson. UTS – Pretto 2, Williams 2, Lipinski, Borrillo, Glover.

TSL ROUND 5

GOALS: Inner West Magpies – Zoppo 4, Lagana 2, Harper 2, O’Connell 2, Robinson, McEvoy-Gray, Bux, Klemke, Zoppo, McCormack. East Coast Eagles – Clark 2, Cutting 2, Stewart, Zdrilic, Merson.

Pennant Hills 6.2 8.7 11.8 14.10 (94) Manly Warringah 0.7 1.8 5.8 5.11 (41) BEST: Pennant Hills – Angel, Wales, Hunt, Mudge, Edmonds, Lee. Manly Warringah – Brown, Field, Channell, Rogers, McMeeken, Sheldrick.

GOALS: Pennant Hills – Preen 3, Angel 3, Skrivanic 2, Moraitis 2, Elliott, Cousens, Mudge, Maguire. Manly Warringah – Laws 2, Fraser, Brown, McMeeken.

North Shore 1.2 3.6 4.9 8.10 (58) UNSW-ES 3.6 4.7 5.12 6.13 (49) BEST: North Shore – Robertson, Rogers, Hill, Campbell, Brewer, Roseby. UNSW-ES – Endemann, Conn, Bartholomaeus, Geddes, Richardson, Middleton.

GOALS: North Shore – Rogers 3, Hill 2, Vlatko, Roseby, Smith.

UNSW-ES – Bartholomaeus 2, Middleton, Peter, Endemann, Emery.

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Coach David Noble Captain Jack Ziebell

Coach Nathan Buckley Captain Scott Pendlebury GOALS

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 33 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44

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GOALS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 41 43 44 46

Jack MAHONY Jaidyn STEPHENSON Jed ANDERSON Aidan CORR Curtis TAYLOR Taylor GARNER Jack ZIEBELL Bailey SCOTT Luke DAVIES-UNIACKE Ben CUNNINGTON Luke McDONALD Jy SIMPKIN Jared POLEC Trent DUMONT Atu BOSENAVULAGI Aiden BONAR Lachie YOUNG Shaun ATLEY Josh WALKER Nick LARKEY Dom TYSON Todd GOLDSTEIN Ben McKAY Tom POWELL Robbie TARRANT Tarryn THOMAS Will WALKER Kayne TURNER Will PHILLIPS Charlie COMBEN Connor MENADUE Patrick WALKER Charlie LAZZARO Phoenix SPICER Kyron HAYDEN Tristan XERRI Flynn PEREZ Eddie FORD Matt McGUINNESS Tom CAMPBELL Aaron HALL Cameron ZURHAAR

Jay RANTALL Jordan DE GOEY Isaac QUAYNOR Brodie GRUNDY Jamie ELLIOTT Tyler BROWN Josh DAICOS Trent BIANCO John NOBLE Scott PENDLEBURY Mark KEANE Tom WILSON Taylor ADAMS Darcy CAMERON Max LYNCH Chris MAYNE Callum BROWN Finlay MACRAE Levi GREENWOOD Will KELLY Trey RUSCOE Steele SIDEBOTTOM Jordan ROUGHEAD Josh THOMAS Jack CRISP Reef McINNES Caleb POULTER Nathan MURPHY Liam McMAHON Darcy MOORE Beau McCREERY Will HOSKIN-ELLIOTT Jack GINNIVAN Isaac CHUGG Oliver HENRY Brayden SIER Brayden MAYNARD Jeremy HOWE Brody MIHOCEK Anton TOHILL Jack MADGEN Mason COX

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Coach Simon Goodwin Captain Max Gawn

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Steven MAY Nathan JONES Christian SALEM James HARMES Christian PETRACCA Luke JACKSON Jack VINEY Jake LEVER Charlie SPARGO Angus BRAYSHAW Max GAWN Toby BEDFORD Clayton OLIVER Michael HIBBERD Ed LANGDON Bailey LAURIE Jake BOWEY Jake MELKSHAM Fraser ROSMAN Adam TOMLINSON Marty HORE Aaron VANDENBERG James JORDON Trent RIVERS Tom McDONALD Sam WEIDEMAN Aaron NIETSCHKE Majak DAW Jayden HUNT Alex NEAL-BULLEN Bayley FRITSCH Tom SPARROW Oskar BAKER Deakyn SMITH Harrison PETTY Kysaiah PICKETT Kade CHANDLER Mitch BROWN Neville JETTA Jay LOCKHART Joel SMITH Austin BRADTKE Ben BROWN

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ROUND

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HEAD to HEAD Played 48: Port Adelaide 24, Adelaide Crows 24.

Since 2016: Port Adelaide 3, Adelaide Crows 6.

Most recent game: round 2, 2020, Port Adelaide d Adelaide Crows by 75 points at Adelaide Oval.

Highest attendance: 53,698, round 3, 2017, at Adelaide Oval.

PORT ADELAIDE

Match Preview

u Showdown 49 throws up an intriguing battle between Port Adelaide and Adelaide at Adelaide Oval on Saturday night. The Power and Crows both enter the local derby in substandard form following heavy defeats last weekend. Port was beaten by 49 points by the Lions in Brisbane, while Adelaide was brushed aside at home by GWS by 67 points.

In poor reading for the South Australian sides, they combined for just nine goals and kicked the lowest scores of the round. The neutrals will be hoping both teams are back in scoring touch otherwise this promises to be a dour affair. The Power drew level with the Crows at 24 wins apiece back in round two last year and have won the past two

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ANDREW SLEVISON

Highest score: 23.15 (153), round 3, 2001, at Football Park.

Lowest score: 5.10 (40), first semi-final, 2005, at Football Park.

Home record: 14-10.

Away record: 10-14.

Greatest winning margin: 75 points, round 2, 2020, at Adelaide Oval.

Longest winning sequence: 7, round 22, 2000, to round 22, 2003.

Most goals in a game: 7, Warren Tredrea, round 7, 2004, at Football Park.

ADELAIDE CROWS

Highest score: 22.12 (144), round 19, 1998, at Football Park; 22.12 (144), round 2, 2016, at Adelaide Oval.

Lowest score: 5.5 (35), round 2, 2020, at Adelaide Oval.

Away record: 10-14.

Home record: 14-10.

Greatest winning margin: 84 points, round 20, 2017, at Adelaide Oval.

Longest winning sequence: 5, round 16, 2015, to round 20, 2017.

Most goals in a game: 7, Tony Modra, round 4, 1997, at Football Park; Peter Vardy, round 19, 1998, at Football Park.

Prediction: Port Adelaide by 32 points

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ADELAIDE CROWS

Coach Ken Hinkley Captain Tom Jonas

Coach Matthew Nicks Captain Rory Sloane GOALS

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Tom JONAS Sam POWELL-PEPPER Ryan BURTON Todd MARSHALL Dan HOUSTON Steven MOTLOP Xavier DUURSMA Hamish HARTLETT Robbie GRAY Travis BOAK Tom ROCKLIFF Trent McKENZIE Orazio FANTASIA Miles BERGMAN Karl AMON Ollie WINES Tom CLUREY Zak BUTTERS Mitch GEORGIADES Connor ROZEE Aliir ALIIR Charlie DIXON Dylan WILLIAMS Kane FARRELL Sam HAYES Riley BONNER Joel GARNER Willem DREW Scott LYCETT Ollie LORD Trent BURGOYNE Sam MAYES Darcy BYRNE-JONES Lachie JONES Boyd WOODCOCK Taj SCHOFIELD Peter LADHAMS Jarrod LIENERT Jackson MEAD Martin FREDERICK Jake PASINI Tyson GOLDSACK

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Fischer McAsey

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Jack Strange

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Matthew Wright

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Thomas Corcoran

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24 Josh Worrell

24 Kane Farrell

28 Nick Murray

25 Sam Hayes

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26 Riley Bonner

32 Darcy Fogarty

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Joel Garner

29 Benjamin Edwards

35 James Borlase

30 Oliver Lord

37 Ronin O’Connor

32 Sam Mayes

39 Jake Cook 40 Ben Davis

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Daniel Jackson

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38 Peter Ladhams

45 Kieran Strachan

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50 Oliver Clarke

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52 Mitch Marini

45 Martin Frederick

55 Ben Salt

46 Simon Wong

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48 Sean Samblich

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u It will be a historic occasion when the round six SANFL Statewide Super League Showdown between Port Adelaide and Adelaide is played for the first time as a curtain-raiser to the AFL Showdown at Adelaide Oval on Saturday at 3.35pm.

The two AFL clubs’ state league teams will be searching for their third win of the season.

Port is coming off its most convincing victory of the year, thrashing reigning premier Woodville-West Torrens by 60 points, while the Crows lost to Sturt in a one-point nail-biter.

Magpies captain Cam Sutcliffe is expected to have an influence on the outcome through the midfield and in attack while father-son selection Taj Schofield and ruckman Sam Hayes are showing promising signs.

Adelaide skipper Matthew Wright kicked four goals in round five, while defender Josh Worrell and midfielder Ronin O’Connor are settling in nicely for the Crows.

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Harry MORRISON Mitch LEWIS Tom MITCHELL Jarman IMPEY James WORPEL James SICILY Ben McEVOY Sam FROST Shaun BURGOYNE Jaeger O’MEARA Conor NASH Will DAY Oliver HANRAHAN Jack SCRIMSHAW Blake HARDWICK Lachlan BRAMBLE Daniel HOWE Jonathon CEGLAR Jack GUNSTON Chad WINGARD Tom PHILLIPS Luke BREUST Tim O’BRIEN James COUSINS Jonathon PATTON Liam SHIELS Michael HARTLEY Kyle HARTIGAN Changkuoth JIATH Damon GREAVES Keegan BROOKSBY Finn MAGINNESS Harry PEPPER Jacob KOSCHITZKE Josh MORRIS Dylan MOORE Ned REEVES Denver GRAINGER-BARRAS Emerson JEKA Seamus MITCHELL Connor DOWNIE Tyler BROCKMAN Jack SAUNDERS

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Coach Luke Beveridge Captain Marcus Bontempelli

Coach David Teague Co-captains Patrick Cripps /Sam Docherty GOALS

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Adam TRELOAR Lewis YOUNG Mitch WALLIS Marcus BONTEMPELLI Josh DUNKLEY Bailey SMITH Lachie HUNTER Stefan MARTIN Hayden CROZIER Easton WOOD Jack MACRAE Zaine CORDY Josh SCHACHE Rhylee WEST Taylor DURYEA Toby McLEAN Josh BRUCE Louis BUTLER Cody WEIGHTMAN Ed RICHARDS Tom LIBERATORE Jamarra UGLE-HAGAN Laitham VANDERMEER Buku KHAMIS Ben CAVARRA Dominic BEDENDO Patrick LIPINSKI Anthony SCOTT Mitch HANNAN Lachlan McNEIL Bailey DALE Will HAYES Aaron NAUGHTON Bailey WILLIAMS Caleb DANIEL Roarke SMITH Riley GARCIA Jason JOHANNISEN Jordon SWEET Alex KEATH Ryan GARDNER Tim ENGLISH Lin JONG

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IT’S BLACK AND WHITE: Port Adelaide’s prison bar guernsey is a significant part of the club’s heritage; (inset) Eddie McGuire and David Koch.

with Ashley Browne

No holds barred in jumper debate The Port Adelaide prison bar guernsey issue must be settled – just let the Power wear it.

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hen discussing the merits or otherwise of Port Adelaide sporting its famous prison bar jumper for its pair of Showdown matches, let’s compare what made the club such a highly-sought addition to the competition when the push for national expansion began in earnest.

West Coast and Brisbane came on board in 1987.

The Eagles represented the collective aspiration of a footy-mad state and home to many of the greatest to have played the game.

The Bears were established as a beachhead in a rapidly growing part of Australia that liked, but had never grown to love, the indigenous code.

Adelaide was next in 1991, in what was a hastily compromised agreement between the AFL and the SANFL after an initial push for Port Adelaide to enter the competition.

In 1995, Fremantle came along, a nod to the need to have matches played in Perth every weekend and a recognition to an area of the state with a deep and rich football heritage of its own.

Port Adelaide came into the AFL at the second attempt in 1997.

Alberton wasn’t a growth market the League hoped to conquer, nor was it a region crying out for a team of its own.

Port’s home base was only a few kilometres up the road from the West Lakes base of the Crows.

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Rather, Port was the most successful club in South Australia with 29 SANFL flags to its name, and with a supporter base large enough to sustain it in the AFL, given most of them had not jumped on the Crows bandwagon.

The AFL, not once, but twice sought to admit Port to the competition because it was as low-risk an expansion team could be, with enough rusted-on support to be viable from day one.

That’s why Port got the nod ahead of other South Australian options, including a Norwood-Sturt combination.

Port Adelaide’s initial AFL leadership did itself no favours in choosing to carve out a fresh existence and initially keep the old SANFL Magpies at arm’s length.

They wanted to cash in on Port’s name and popularity while ignoring the heritage, and it was a decision that has come back to haunt the club in the ongoing skirmish with the AFL and Collingwood over the famous prison bar jumper.

Collingwood and Port Adelaide have been going at it for several years now, with headstrong presidential duo Eddie McGuire and David Koch leading the way for their respective clubs.

Given their enormous media profiles, it has dominated the back pages for years.

Collingwood’s continued unwillingness to budge even a smidgeon on this issue is disappointing. It was the hill that the combative McGuire was prepared to die on, but the hope was that his

successor, Mark Korda, would be the face of a newer, more progressive and pragmatic Collingwood.

Sadly that’s not the case.

Collingwood’s “there’s only one black and white team in the AFL” thinking isn’t in keeping with many of the premier sporting clubs around the world, with which it aspires to keep company.

The New England Patriots wear red, white and blue, but the New York Giants beat them to it. As did the Buffalo Bills.

The pinstripes are synonymous, but not exclusive to, the New York Yankees. Sworn enemies Liverpool and Manchester United both wear primarily red home strips.

None of the aforementioned sporting behemoths feel ever so slightly threatened by another club wearing similar colours.

The AFL loves its negotiated outcomes. Get Gillon McLachlan, Richard Goyder, Koch and Korda together, confiscate their phones and lock them in a room until they reach an outcome that recognises both Collingwood’s status as the AFL’s pre-eminent black and white club and the significance of the prison bar to Port’s rich heritage and tradition that the AFL has always found attractive – and the minimal damage caused by wearing it twice a year in Showdown games.

Sign the agreement and be done with it. And let the game move on to what actually matters. @hashbrowne

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