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End Game
Port Adelaide’s worst loss for the year can be easily explained through the stats sheet.
After Port dominated scoring shots and inside 50 figures in the first half (10-4 and 26-15 respectively), the Bulldogs’ surge in form after the main break turned the tables in the disposal count and with it the direction of the game.
Port Adelaide had five more possessions at the first break, two fewer at half time, 50 fewer at three quarter time and 41 fewer at the final siren.
It tallies with the visible change in the nature of the match - Power players frequently looked second to the ball after the halfway mark of the third quarter - and it conspired to cost the team by the end of the night.
Yes, some missed set shots in the first half and early in the third term kept the Bulldogs in the game, but there is no denying the simple fact that the Dogs came out harder at the ball in the third term.
Ken Hinkley acknowledged it post-match.
Few players could be said to have performed on the night.
Tom Logan, playing in front of his home crowd, had 22 touches at 90% efficiency – some of the best figures for any player on the night.
In his debut for the club, Jack Hombsch also performed brilliantly with his own haul of 22 possessions combining with five rebounds from 50, five tackles, and 15 defensive efforts to make for a very solid first-up game.
Scoreboard
Western Bulldogs 2.0 4.0 9.4 10.7 (67)
Port Adelaide 3.3 5.5 5.9 8.10 (58)
Goals: Wingard 2, J. Butcher, Hitchcock, Brad Ebert, Boak, Westhoff, Logan
Leader board
Disposals: Kane Cornes (28)
Marks: Cameron O’Shea (9)
Tackles: Justin Westhoff (10)
Clearances: Travis Boak (7)
Hitouts: Jarrad Redden (26)
Score leader: Chad Wingard (13)
Fantasy Leader: Kane Cornes (114)
Head to Head
Kicks: Power 198 – 207 Bulldogs
Handballs: Power 143 – 175 Bulldogs
Disposals: Power 341 – 382 Bulldogs
Marks: Power 66 – 53 Bulldogs
Average Efficiency: Power 63.66% - 65.47% Bulldogs
Clangers: Power 43 – 45 Bulldogs
Clearances: Power 44 – 49 Bulldogs
Hitouts: Power 38 – 62 Bulldogs
Tackles: Power 98 – 91 Bulldogs
Rebound 50s: Power 34 – 43 Bulldogs
Inside 50s: Power 51 – 44 Bulldogs
Fantasy: Power 1522 – 1584 Bulldogs
