PORT Adelaide is coming off the bye and is keen to start the second half of the season strongly, while Sydney will be looking to bounce back from a disappointing loss to Richmond.
OPPOSING FORCES
PORT ADELAIDE
LAST MATCH: Round 12: Port Adelaide 16.10 (106) def by Carlton 17.8 (110)
SYDNEY
LAST MATCH: Round 13: Sydney 11.11 (77) def by Richmond 14.11 (95)
HEAD TO HEAD
Port Adelaide 7 v 18 Sydney
LAST FIVE
Port Adelaide 1 v 4 Sydney
THIS YEAR
Port Adelaide: LLWWWLLLWWLL v WWWLLWWWWWWL Sydney
PLAYBILL
Round 14
Port Adelaide v Sydney
SCG
Thursday 2 July
First Bounce: 7:20pm (local) / 6:50pm (SA Time) / 5:20pm (AWST)
Hashtags: #AFLSwansPower
Broadcast: Channel 7 (national), Fox Footy (national), FIVEaa, Triple M, ABC
YOU’RE INVITED
Sit with other Port Adelaide supporters
There is a dedicated Port Adelaide supporter bay. Choose from reserved and general admission in the ‘Tickets and Event Info’ drop down box. Click ‘Get Tickets’. Choose ‘Opposition Supporter’ and purchase your tickets.
Open Training
SCG, Wednesday 1st of July at 2.15pm
Pre-game events
Royal Exhibition Hotel
86 Chalmers St, Surry Hills (Opposite Central Station)
5pm – 6pm
Quiz – Prizes for the best ‘Footy Brain’
Give-aways for children
1st goal scorer raffle
Post-game event
Royal Exhibition Hotel
Rooftop Bar
86 Chalmers St, Surry Hills (Opposite Central Station)
Commencing approximately one hour after the game.
Selected players and officials in attendance. All members and supporters welcome
Supporter group raffle – prizes including footy signed by 2015 squad.
TIME MACHINE
Round 2, 2015: The Swans piled on the defensive pressure on their way to a 48-point win at the Adelaide Oval, after leading by 20 points at half time.
PORT ADELAIDE 1.1 4.2 6.5 6.8 (44)
SYDNEY SWANS 3.1 7.4 11.6 14.8 (92)
Best: R.Gray, Pittard, Carlile, Ryder
Goals: Ryder 2, Schulz, Wingard, Westhoff, Monfries
At Adelaide Oval
FOUR QUARTERS
THE STAKES
Port Adelaide are sitting 12th on the ladder and need to kick start its season now. Sitting two wins outside the eight, the stakes are high as Port prepares for a tough month on the field. After a loss to Richmond last weekend, Sydney has to get back on the winners list to solidify their place in the top four.
THE STOCKS
Paddy Ryder will make his long-awaited return this week, finally recovering from the Achilles injury that has kept him off the field since round eight. Robbie Gray has recovered from the concussion he suffered before the bye and will take the field. For the Swans, they will be without their big men up forward, with Kurt Tippett and Buddy Franklin both accepting one-match bans and giving coach John Longmire some selection headaches.
THE HISTORY
Sydney is another of Port Adelaide’s bogey sides, with the Swans winning 11 out of the last 12 matches the two have played. The last time the sides met was in Round 2 of this year, where Sydney stormed to a 48-point win at Adelaide Oval.
THE VIBE
With Port Adelaide sitting lower than expected after the first half of the year, all eyes will be on whether it can turn around this season, starting this weekend. With a depleted Sydney forward line, the Power will be looking to capitalise.
