Round 13
	V
Port Adelaide 25.11 (161)		Western Bulldogs 18.7 (115)

JAYSUS!!! 43 Goals and a bloody good game of footy with some thanks to the illustrious Burgoyne brothers who tore it apart with 11 goals between the two of them. We've now won 6 on the trot for the second time in club history too!

I am so excited by the fact that the team is still full strength, touch wood, and that we can rotate like buggery and still have a great game. We were 4 points off our highest score and with due credit to Western BUlldogs, they certainly would have beat the bottom 12 of the ladder with their performance.

It was a beautiful day with not a cloud in the sky but it did get a bit chilly towards the end when the sun started to dip behind the members stand.

The Power made some beautiful plays out of the middle with less influence from the big ruckmen and more from the crumbers like Francou who was amazing some times when you saw the centre bounce and thought, "Where the hell's the ball gone?" and suddnely Josh is flying out of the pack with the ball in his hands. Magic. We couldn't help laughing at Libber standing Matty Primus for a while. He looked like a big baby with their white away shorts making him look like he was wearing a nappy. What a freak.

Some of our running players ran their legs off and I can't say how much Roger James and Adam Kingsley impress the shit out of me when they get on a run and bounce the ball 50 million times then feed it to one of our forwards. Dew did the same with some fantastic snap goals including one that nearly broke the goal post. There was a very memorable play made up of a couple of kicks and 3 or 4 handballs from a goal square kick-out that resulted in Matty accepting the ball 1 metre in front of goal and scoring. Sweet. Josh Carr's courageous mark on the members side was really indicative of the Power's attitude to their game.

The rest of this report is dedicated to the Burgoyne brothers, Peter and Shaun who just did some absolutely unbelievable stuff, moreso Shaun who really showed some intelligence in his play. Some of the plays were inspirational, especially one where he got caught with the ball in the forward right pocket and broke away from his tackler, had another defender running toward him, dummied a pass, ran around him and carefully tapped the ball in for a goal. Brilliant. Peter was doing his regular sprints, leading in forward and kicking in from 45 metres and 45 degrees out and nailing them every time. What a glorious day.

On a last note, KG finally had to shut up because he could not say "Shaun Burgoyne" when Shaun was getting most of the play. He kept on saying "Shoyne Burgaun" and was getting paid out by his co-comentators to the point where had to be silent. S-s-s-s-s-sorry, K-k-k-k-e-n.

Ladder: 40 points (Brisbane as well) but our percentage is now at 138.1% with Brisbane on 132.51%.

Highlight:
1) ..and Burgoyne kicks a goal... and Burgoyne kicks a goal! Great game for the Burgoyne Bros. AGAIN!!!
2) Some beautiful individual efforts and team play that made you proud as to be a Port supporter. Adam Kingsley, Roger James and Gavin Wanganeen are just legends.

Lowlight:
1) Looks like "Holding the Ball" isn't really given anymore seeing the numerous times that the umpires refused to call it...those idiots.
2) Terry Wallace just can't figure out that flooding won't work sometimes.

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