Round 8
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Port Adelaide 15.13 (103)		Kangaroos 7.7 (49)

Port Adelaide has broken through to record its first win over the Kangaroos since entering the AFL in 1997. The Power was forced to work hard for three quarters by a determined Kangaroo outfit but ran away with the game in the last term to post a 15.13 (103) to 7.7 (49) victory at AAMI Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

Peter Burgoyne and Nick Stevens were the standouts for Port – finishing the game with 26 and 25 disposals respectively – while Adam Simpson worked tirelessly for the Roos all day to finish with 28.

Kangaroos’ captain Anthony Stevens won the toss and elected to kick with a strong breeze in the first quarter but it was the Power that made the most of the early going.

Adam Kingsley gathered 12 first-quarter possessions and delivered into his attacking 50 three times where Peter and Shaun Burgoyne lurked dangerously for the Power.

Port led by three points at the first break and quickly extended that lead early in the second term with goals to Chad Cornes and Shaun Burgoyne.

The Power was dominating around the ground but failed to capitalise on the scoreboard, allowing the Roos to work back into the match with goals to Shannon Grant and a late major to Jess Sinclair reducing the deficit to a mere two points at half time.

Peter Burgoyne was the prime-mover for Port with 18 possessions and five clearances for the half, while Simpson continued to work hard for the Kangaroos – amassing 19 first-half disposals – and was ably assisted by Sinclair with 14.

Port Adelaide again threatened to run away with the game early in the third term, scoring three unanswered goals – including Byron Pickett’s second – to establish a 19-point break 16 minutes into the quarter.

The Kangaroos’ cause wasn’t helped by the loss of Sinclair who left the field midway through the term after being met solidly by Chad Cornes. However, they continued to battle hard and were still in the hunt when Leigh Brown kicked his first to make the deficit 12 points at the last break.

Any hope of a come-from-behind win was quickly extinguished in the last quarter as the Power finished full of running – keeping the Roos scoreless and piling on 6.6 to run out 54-point victors.

Shaun Burgoyne capped off a solid effort with his fourth goal of the day while Pickett celebrated his first match against his old club in style with his third major of the match early in the last.

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