PORT Adelaide travels to Balaklava for the Adelaide Crows' home SANFL Showdown in support of the Country Fire Service.
OPPOSING FORCES
PORT ADELAIDE
LAST MATCH: Round 6, 2015: Port Adelaide 10.15 (72) def Sturt 11.1 (67)
STURT
LAST MATCH: Round 6, 2015: Adelaide Crows 6.9 (45) def by Norwood 12.15 (87)
HEAD TO HEAD (since 2014)
Port Adelaide 2 v 0 Adelaide Crows
LAST TWO
Port Adelaide 2 v 0 Adelaide Crows
THIS YEAR
Port Adelaide: W2 L2 v W3 L2 Sturt
PLAYBILL
SANFL Showdown
Adelaide Crows v Port Adelaide
Ralli Oval, Ralli Street, Balaklava
Sunday 17 May
First bounce: 1:10pm
Hashtags: #crowsport
Broadcast: Channel 7
Tickets available at gate: Adult $14, Concession $8, Children U18 Free
TIME MACHINE
Round 14, 2014: Wearing a replica of its 1914 jumper, Port Adelaide swept aside Adelaide's SANFL team with a blistering performance where it rarely looked matched. Andrew Moore and Jake Neade booted three goals each while Steven Summerton, Henry Slattery and Nathan Krakouer were solid around the ground.
PORT ADELAIDE 3.5 6.10 12.13 15.16 (106)
ADELAIDE CROWS 1.2 4.5 5.8 7.12 (54)
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Moore, Neade, Summerton, Slattery, Krakouer, Stevenson
GOALS
Moore, Neade 3, Krakouer, Shaw 2, Mitchell, Slattery, Harvey, Amon, Johansen
FOUR QUARTERS
THE STAKES
Port Adelaide is back in the top five but needs to win this important game at Balaklava to keep touch with the competition leaders. The Crows - winless at this stage - are playing for pride. These games don't quite match the intensity of their traditional AFL counterparts, but a nice little rivalry is slowly growing at SANFL level.
It all depends for Port. Ollie Wines is a long shot to return in the AFL this weekend, so if he does he could squeeze out another player into the SANFL team. Adelaide's Riley Knight will have a fitness test, but the Crows' injury list is extensive.
THE HISTORY
Granted the rivalry really exists on the national stage, but in the SANFL, Port Adelaide and the Crows have played two games. While Adelaide plays its home 'Showdown' in country areas, Port Adelaide plays at its traditional Alberton home. At present the ledger is 2-0 in the Magpies' favour.
THE VIBE
Port Adelaide returned to form last week and looked sharper than it did against Norwood and the Eagles, but will want to improve its finish in front of goals against the Crows.
