KANE CORNES will play his last game this weekend, and Port Adelaide will be hoping to see the back of its poor form run.
OPPOSING FORCES
PORT ADELAIDE
LAST MATCH: Round 7: Port Adelaide 7.17 (65) def by Brisbane Lions 15.12 (102)
BRISBANE LIONS
LAST MATCH: Round 7: Richmond 16.9 (105) def Collingwood 15.10 (100)
HEAD TO HEAD
Port Adelaide 15 v 9 Richmond (Drawn 1)
LAST FIVE
Port Adelaide 1 v 3 Richmond (Drawn 1)
THIS YEAR
Port Adelaide: 3-4-0 v 3-4-0 Richmond
PLAYBILL
Round 8
Port Adelaide v Richmond
Adelaide Oval
Sunday 24 May
First bounce: 4:10pm (local) / 4:40pm (AEST) / 3:40pm (AWST)
Hashtags: #AFLPowerTigers
Broadcast: FOX Footy (national), Channel 7 and FIVEaa (SA)
BUY TICKETS
YOU’RE INVITED
PRE-GAME EVENTS
March from the Mall
Cnr Rundle Mall and Stephens Place, Adelaide
March starts: 2:50pm
March arrives: 3:10pm
Other exciting events and supporter activities situated in the Southern and Eastern Plazas of the Adelaide Oval.
Power Playground is located in the Eastern Plaza.
POST-GAME EVENT
William Magarey Room
Level 3, Riverbank Stand
Adelaide Oval
All welcome, selected players and officials in attendance.
DON'T MISS MILESTONES
Kane Cornes - 300 AFL Games, Retirement Match
The Cornes Supremacy
The Chasing Pack
TIME MACHINE
Second Elimination Final, 2014: Port Adelaide posted one of its biggest ever scores
PORT ADELAIDE 8.1 14.5 19.8 20.12 (132)
RICHMOND 1.1 3.2 6.5 11.9 (75)
Best: Boak, Jonas, Westhoff, Cornes, Wingard, Neade, R. Gray, Wines
Goals: Neade 3, Westhoff, Schulz, Polec, Wingard, Monfries, Wines, Ebert 2, Boak, White, R. Gray
at the Adelaide Oval
FOUR QUARTERS
THE STAKES
Port Adelaide had a chance to jump up the ladder last week with a win. It didn't win, and it didn't climb. Instead, the Power remain stagnant in 12th place on the ladder, playing the 10th placed Richmond this weekend. The stakes, needless to say, are huge this weekend. A loss to either team will throw it into a pack of sides vying for the top eight, and losing further touch with the competition leaders. The intensity will need to be up.
Port Adelaide is poised to welcome back Ollie Wines and Alipate Carlile for Sunday's game - both are big inclusions. Wines would add much needed oomph to the Power's midfield while Carille is in superb form, having only missed last week's loss to Brisbane with back tightness. Richmond players Ben Griffiths, Chris Newman and Shane Edwards are all undergoing fitness tests ahead of selection.
THE HISTORY
There's definitely a history between these two clubs. Port Adelaide has the overall lead on the ledger but the Tigers have taken three of the last five wins. There's also been some heat in the last couple of encounters between the two sides, with Kane Cornes retiring from AFL football too, the stage is set for a cracking game.
Send off a champion in style.
