Where and when: Metricon Stadium, Saturday March 21, 6.40pm AEST
Last time they met: Adelaide Oval, round 9, 2019: Port Adelaide 13.11 (89) beat Gold Coast 7.9 (51)
What it means for Gold Coast: A chance to kick season number three under Stuart Dew off with a bang. The Suns were impressive during the Marsh Community Series with wins over Geelong and Adelaide and with a team fresh full of new faces there’s genuine optimism at Carrara.
What it means for Port Adelaide: There’s no mincing words at Port in 2020, this is a make-or-break season for coach Ken Hinkley, and his team would expect nothing short of four premiership points against the battling Suns.
The stat: Port Adelaide has won 10 of 11 contests between the clubs, with Gold Coast’s only victory being its historic first-ever as a club in 2011. Port has won the past 10 games by an average of 44 points.
The match-up: Jack Bowes v Robbie Gray
With a few disruptions to its half-back line, Gold Coast has groomed fourth-year midfielder Bowes to the new role. After keeping Gary Ablett quiet in a pre-season game, Bowes is a good candidate to line-up on Port matchwinner Gray.
It’s a big week for: Brandon Ellis
After 176 games and two premierships in eight seasons for Richmond, Brandon Ellis will play his first game in Gold Coast colours. His last match was the Grand Final in front of 100,014 spectators – a vast difference to an empty Metricon Stadium.
Big call: The way my weekend is going, Houston to have 10 possessions and 50 SC points…
Prediction: Port Adelaide by 6 points
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So I dumped Rowell, to get Zac Guthrie and Brandon Starcevich (onfield) in.
Looking forward to now watching Rowell get close or over the ton 🙁
Get him back, quick!
Good call. Thanks. Done
Regretting it already 🙁
Have you seen what Guthrie is doing – or not doing???
You need Rowell
Did it. THANK YOU
TU geogiades
TD Jones’ 50
LATE CHANGES
Gold Coast: Nil
Port Adelaide: Riley Bonner (quad) replaced in the selected side by Jarrod Lienert
FINAL INTERCHANGES
Gold Coast: Will Brodie, Matt Rowell, Sean Lemmens, James Joyce
Port Adelaide: Hamish Hartlett, Tom Rockliff, Zak Butters, Justin Westhoff
Houston needs to lift -_-
turning into a real spud …
I think HOuston is afraid of leather poisoning or CoronaVirus from the ball or something …
HT scores – such as they are!
Port Adelaide Power: 9.6.60
Connor Rozee 68
Travis Boak 67
Tom Rockliff 67
Sam Powell-Pepper 59
Brad Ebert 58
Todd Marshall 57
Karl Amon 51
Steven Motlop 50
Hamish Hartlett 49
Trent McKenzie 48
Robbie Gray 44
Darcy Byrne-Jones 41
Ryan Burton 41
Mitch Georgiades 39
Xavier Duursma 37
Scott Lycett 33
Dan Houston 30
Zak Butters 27
Tom Clurey 26
Justin Westhoff 23
Tom Jonas 13
Jarrod Lienert 6
Gold Coast Suns: 3.2.20
Touk Miller 71
David Swallow 56
Jack Bowes 54
Ben Ainsworth 51
Hugh Greenwood 51
Samuel Collins 46
Lachlan Weller 44
Jarrod Witts 40
Brandon Ellis 40
Ben King* 39
Brayden Fiorini 38
Matthew Rowell 34
Darcy MacPherson 32
Jesse Joyce 31
Sean Lemmens 29
Noah Anderson 28
Connor Budarick 24
Jack Lukosius 13
Will Brodie 11
Sam Day 10
Caleb Graham 5
Nick Holman 4
well done those who took Rozee!!
3QTR Time scores
Port Adelaide Power: 9.9.63
Travis Boak 97
Tom Rockliff 90
Connor Rozee 87
Brad Ebert 81
Karl Amon 78
Darcy Byrne-Jones 78
Sam Powell-Pepper 76
Steven Motlop 71
Todd Marshall 69
Robbie Gray 68
Ryan Burton 66
Trent McKenzie 66
Hamish Hartlett 62
Dan Houston 59
Xavier Duursma 55
Scott Lycett 51
Mitch Georgiades 47
Tom Jonas 37
Zak Butters 34
Tom Clurey 34
Justin Westhoff 31
Jarrod Lienert 20
Gold Coast Suns: 4.5.29
Touk Miller 96
Hugh Greenwood 94
Ben Ainsworth 82
Jack Bowes 77
Brandon Ellis 74
David Swallow 69
Samuel Collins 69
Matthew Rowell 63
Brayden Fiorini 58
Ben King* 51
Lachlan Weller 49
Jarrod Witts 45
Jesse Joyce 44
Darcy MacPherson 41
Sean Lemmens 37
Noah Anderson 36
Jack Lukosius 34
Nick Holman 32
Connor Budarick 32
Will Brodie 23
Sam Day 22
Caleb Graham 17
I was so hopeful this year..
Greenwood looking good … Houston doubled his half time score … wonder if he can double again?? … a nice 60 to 100 would make me feel better!!
Final scores …
Port Adelaide Power: 10.16.76
Travis Boak 113
Tom Rockliff 105
Connor Rozee 105
Darcy Byrne-Jones 97
Sam Powell-Pepper 91
Robbie Gray 90
Karl Amon 89
Ryan Burton 88
Brad Ebert 87
Steven Motlop 79
Todd Marshall 73
Mitch Georgiades 72
Dan Houston 69
Xavier Duursma 69
Trent McKenzie 67
Scott Lycett 64
Hamish Hartlett 64
Tom Clurey 56
Justin Westhoff 50
Tom Jonas 41
Zak Butters 38
Jarrod Lienert 28
Gold Coast Suns: 4.5.29
Touk Miller 104
Hugh Greenwood 99
Jack Bowes 87
Ben Ainsworth 85
Samuel Collins 84
David Swallow 83
Brandon Ellis 75
Matthew Rowell 72
Brayden Fiorini 62
Jesse Joyce 59
Lachlan Weller 57
Ben King* 54
Darcy MacPherson 50
Jack Lukosius 47
Jarrod Witts 47
Connor Budarick 40
Sean Lemmens 39
Noah Anderson 37
Will Brodie 34
Nick Holman 32
Sam Day 27
Caleb Graham 26
Only 2935 points still … so if they stick to the stupid rule of 3300 points, and they haven’t been earnt, there’s some serious scaling to be done … could look like anything.
This is the chance for CD to get real with just allocating points for what players do or dont do, without any scaling etc …
Sorry folks, rant over, but its the one thing that is just wrong in this game …
OK scores updated after scaling up 305 points …
Port Adelaide Power: 10.16.76
Connor Rozee 125
Travis Boak 125
Tom Rockliff 115
Darcy Byrne-Jones 114
Sam Powell-Pepper 105
Brad Ebert 104
Robbie Gray 104
Ryan Burton 101
Steven Motlop 93
Karl Amon 92
Todd Marshall 80
Dan Houston 79
Xavier Duursma 79
Trent McKenzie 79
Mitch Georgiades 78
Scott Lycett 70
Hamish Hartlett 68
Tom Clurey 61
Justin Westhoff 57
Tom Jonas 50
Zak Butters 42
Jarrod Lienert 38
Gold Coast Suns: 4.5.29
Hugh Greenwood 116
Touk Miller 111
Ben Ainsworth 93
Jack Bowes 93
David Swallow 92
Samuel Collins 92
Matthew Rowell 80
Brandon Ellis 79
Brayden Fiorini 71
Jesse Joyce 64
Lachlan Weller 61
Ben King* 59
Jack Lukosius 57
Darcy MacPherson 56
Jarrod Witts 50
Sean Lemmens 47
Connor Budarick 44
Noah Anderson 42
Will Brodie 36
Nick Holman 34
Sam Day 32
Caleb Graham 31
Rozee up 20, Greenwood up 17, Boak up 12, Houston up 10 biggest winners in the scaling lottery!!