AS Port Adelaide prepares to face St Kilda at Adelaide Oval in Round 16 of the 2018 AFL season, portadelaidefc.com.au looks back on the last time the sides met.

It was Round 19 of the 2017 season and Port Adelaide was looking to close in on a top four spot heading into the finals against a plucky St Kilda team which was only one win behind.

In wet conditions in front of a relatively small home crowd, Port conceded the first goal but responded with the next three.

The low scoring encounter never reached any great heights until the momentum swung towards the Saints right on three quarter time when Blake Acres marked and goaled after the siren to keep them within seven points.

When Brad Ebert launched a massive goal 12 minutes into the final quarter Port had a 14-point lead but the visitors slammed home the next four goals to Jade Gresham, Jack Sinclair, Luke Dunstan and Tim Membrey to take a seemingly unassailable ten-point advantage with just two minutes remaining.

The Power wasn’t done, though, and having forced the ball forward, Justin Westhoff and Aaron Young combined, with Young snapping home with 60 seconds remaining to give his side a sniff.

With 19 seconds on the clock, it appeared the Saints had done enough to hold on to their four-point lead.

Enter Paddy Ryder and Robbie Gray. Ryder’s tap over the back from a throw-in into the lap of Gray was clever and he then ran to 50 and kicked a remarkable goal to steal victory from the jaws of defeat.

Gray was among the best on the evening with 27 touches, five marks and three tackles to go with his goal, while Jared Polec was also influential in the wet conditions, finishing with 30 touches, six marks and a goal.

Ryder was huge in the ruck, winning 45 hit-outs, taking four marks and having 15 disposals, while the tackling pressure of Ollie Wines was important as the Power recorded a memorable last gasp win.

PORT ADELAIDE     2.3     3.5     5.7     9.9     (63)
ST KILDA                 1.3     2.8     3.12   8.13    (61)

GOALS
Port Adelaide: Westhoff, Amon, Impey, Polec, Trengove, Dixon, Ebert, Young, R Gray
St Kilda: Membrey 3, Lonie, Membrey, Acres, Gresham, Dunstan 

BEST
Port Adelaide: R Gray, Wines, Polec, Hartlett, Ryder, Byrne-Jones, Jonas
St Kilda: Dunstan, Carlisle, Ross, Roberton, Acres 

Umpires: Stephens, Kamolins, Findlay 

Official crowd: 30,335 at Adelaide Oval

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