Brisbane Lions-16.11 (107)
Port Adelaide-14.8 (92)
The Brisbane Lions have pretty much shot Port Adelaide’s finals aspirations by causing a spectacular comeback after the first quarter deficit of 47 points, to completely run over a yo-yo Power side and win by 15 points.
Big Moment
In the first quarter Port Adelaide came out firing and was surging ahead. The kicked the first 4 goals of the game before the Lions could manage one. By the end of the quarter Port had kicked 10.0 to finish the quarter on 60 points, while the Lions could only manage 3.2 to be on 20 points.
The game seemed completely done and dusted by the time the second quarter had begun. But Lions at home had another idea. They kicked the only four goals in the second term and only let the Power add 4 behinds to their tally. From the second quarter onwards Port Adelaide were disappointing and very terrible compared to their opening quarter efforts, kicking only another 4 goals for the remainder of the match (held goaless in the last term) compared to the Lions 13 goals.
Key Players for the Brisbane Lions
Luke Power – He never stopped running and didn’t seem to get tired. He collected 31 possessions (equal game high 23 uncontested), took 7 marks and laid 6 tackles.
Ashley McGrath – Spent the night on Ebert and easily beat him. He ended his evening with 20 disposals and was 90% efficient. He took 8 marks, laid 7 tackles, had 4 inside 50s and kicked 1 goal.
Daniel Bradshaw – Was the biggest multiple goal scorer for the night. He kicked 5.1 from 11 disposals (10 kicks) on Toby Thurstans.
Key Players for Port Adelaide
Travis Boak – Had a consistent evening for the Power. He collected a game high 32 possessions (including game high 19 handballs and equal game high 23 uncontested), took 8 marks and had 5 inside 50s.
Dean Brogan – Close to being Port’s best for the night. He kicked the first goal for the night and ended with 23 possessions. He also had 20 hit outs, 6 marks, 8 frees for and equal game high 12 contested possessions.
Nathan Krakouer – He spent most of the night running off Harding. He ended with second game high 26 possessions (game high 19 kicks) and took 8 marks.
Musings from the Match
• If you can believe it, the Lions were down by the most 47 points half way through the first quarter.
• Even though Port Adelaide kicked 10 goals zip in the first quarter they died after that, only kicking 4 goals in the third quarter and were held goaless in the second and fourth.
• The Lions were down by the same margin against Port Adelaide last year before coming back to win by 20 points.
• The Lions only hit the lead 12 minutes into the final quarter.
• Daniel Merrett injured his hamstring, which will see him out for at least a couple of weeks.
• Port had 124 possessions to the Lions 74 in the first term and ended the night with 39 more.
• Port Adelaide had 14 more clearances.
• Clangers for the night were even; 42 a piece.
• Port Adelaide also had 34 more uncontested possessions 261-227.
• The Lions now beat the Sydney Swans next week, they will earn a home elimination final in the first week of September against either Carlton or Adelaide.
SuperCoach News
Daniel Merrett got injured in the second quarter, with what seemed to be an ankle injury and then seemed to pull his hamstring. If you are like me and have him in your team in the finals series of Supercoach, you would be bitterly disappointed with his score of 9.
The big scorers with the Lions were; Ashley McGrath, who was the highest point’s scorer for the night (for both teams) finishing on 150pts. Daniel Bradshaw also had a good solid evening finishing with 119pts.
For the Power; Travis Boak was the highest scorer finishing with 129pts followed by Kane Cornes, who finished with 107pts.
Tags: Ashley McGrath, Daniel Bradshaw, Daniel Merrett, Dean Brogan, Luke Power, Nathan Krakouer, Travis Boak
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