Port Adelaide 123 v Nth Melbourne 102
Alberton Oval, Adelaide
It was a fast start by both teams kicking 21 Goals midway through the 2nd Qtr, inevitably the game did slow down from that point to become a low pressure contest.
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Player Notes (Not all players covered)
Tom Rockliff
Started well in the midfield & resting forward, continued to accumulate disposals when the pace was out of the game, 41 Disposals & 16 Marks, excellent game.
Travis Boak
Similar start to Rockliff but slowed down significantly after Qtr time, played through the midfield & rested forward at times, 28 Disposals from 84% game time.
Justin Westhoff
Game was free flowing enough for Westhoff to move up the ground from his forward role, was used as a spare in a team zone structure at times, 21 Disposals & 10 Marks from 83% game time.
Scott Lycett
Impacted well, hit the scoreboard, 16 Disposals & 18 Hit Outs.
Xavier Duursma
16 Disposals in the second half for a total of 24, played a half-back defensive role, did turn it over a couple of times, a Round 1 chance.
Willem Drew
16 Disposals & 7 Marks, solid enough, will likely play Round 1.
Robbie Gray
Was on fire early hitting the scoreboard, 8 Disposals in the second half for a total of 20, solid game.
Zak Butters
Played a small pressure forward role, was able to hit the scoreboard with 3 Goals, highly likely to play Round 1.
Connor Rozee
Quiet game, 11 Disposals from 78% game time.
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Jared Polec
Very slow start, impacted well through the middle of the ground, 25 Disposals from 74% game time.
Bailey Scott
19 Disposals from 58% game time, looks settled, added a couple of goals, big chance to play Round 1.
Paul Ahern
Kicked 3 early Goals, played a forward role at times.
Aaron Hall
Avoided the ball early in the game, 18 Disposals from 76% game time.
Tom Campbell
Faded late after a solid start, 10 Disposals & 23 Hit Outs, was ok.
Dom Tyson
Extremely quiet throughout the game, played through the middle of the ground at times.
Luke Davies-Uniacke
Went missing for periods when on the ground, just a bit off the pace today, 16 Disposals from 65% game time.
AFL Fantasy Game Notes: GWS Giants v Adelaide
Team Disposals
Port Adelaide 411
Nth Melbourne 367
Top Scorers
Port Adelaide
178 Tom Rockliff
112 Travis Boak
106 Darcy Byrne-Jones
Nth Melbourne
99 Shaun Higgins
95 Jared Polec
84 Bailey Scott
Points Per Game Time Leaders
Port Adelaide
2.05 Tom Rockliff
1.77 Karl Amon
1.37 Xavier Duursma
Nth Melbourne
1.45 Bailey Scott
1.28 Jared Polec
1.19 Paul Ahern
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