AHEAD of their meeting in Round 20 of the 2018 AFL Premiership Season, we thought we would look back at one of our favourite clashes between Port Adelaide and Adelaide. 

The Power came into Showdown XVI at Football Park as the ladder-leader after winning its past three games, and eager to secure its third minor premiership in succession. 

The Power was hoping to take good form into the finals, and was eager to atone for a 32-point loss to the Crows earlier that year in Port’s home Showdown. 

Adelaide was sitting in 12th after a disappointing campaign and while finals were off the cards, maintaining cross-town bragging rights was very much a possibility. 

The Power got the ideal start when acting captain Warren Tredrea snapped around the body to find Toby Thurstans inside 50 for the first goal. 

The Crows were very aware of Tredrea’s dominance after he had booted seven goals against them earlier in the season and the big forward was central to much of the first quarter action as the Power kicked away. 

When Dom Cassisi found a goal on the stroke of quarter time, the margin was out to 19 points and from there Port was never headed. 

Tredrea was among his side’s best with four goals, eleven marks and 21 touches while Showdown specialist Josh car had 26 disposals and seven marks and Peter Burgoyne and Chad Cornes were also busy with 25 and 24 disposals respectively. 

The win secured the Power a third McClelland trophy in succession as the competition’s minor premiers and put the club on course for a historic finals series.

PORT ADELAIDE              5.2   8.6   11.10   12.13  (85)
ADELAIDE                        2.1   4.2     8.5       9.6    (60)

GOALS
Port Adelaide: Tredrea 4, Thurstans, Wanganeen 2, James, Cassisi, Lade, Pickett
Adelaide: Biglands, Edwards 2, Goodwin, Ladhams, Mcleod, Perrie, Stenglein.

BEST
Port Adelaide: Tredrea, Carr, C. Cornes, Burgoyne, Lade

Adelaide: Edwards, McLeod, Ricciuto, Goodwin
 
Umpires: Kennedy, Rosebury, Meredith

Crowd: 45,473 at Football Park

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