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PORT Adelaide midfield assistant coach and Showdown legend Josh Carr has revealed his side of the infamous ‘Ramsgate incident’ 10 years after the headline-grabbing encounter between himself and then-Adelaide captain Mark Ricciuto.

The incident occurred at the Ramsgate Hotel in the Adelaide suburb of Henley Beach on the night following Showdown XI in 2002 where the Power prevailed over the Crows by 8 points at AAMI Stadium.

Ricciuto confronted Carr whilst the Port tagger was talking with Adelaide’s Kane Johnson in the front bar of the hotel and the pair proceeded outside to “have a bit of a chat.”

“We were all having good fun at the time and I think it’s one of those things [where] we had been here for a while and the Crows had been over the road for a few hours as well,” Carr recalled during a media conference at the Ramsgate Hotel ahead of Balfours Showdown XXXIII.

“We went outside and had a bit of a chat and that chat turned into bigger things.”

Players from both teams involved themselves in the scuffle between the pair and following police investigations and enquiries by the administrations of both clubs, fines were handed out to players who remain officially unnamed to this day.

When asked who ‘won’ the fight, Carr doused the common misconception of a heated ‘punch up’ between the on-field rivals.

“Between myself and Roo it was probably more of a wrestle more than anything … no punches were thrown ... there was nothing too untoward,” he said.

The ‘Ramsgate incident’ holds a special place in highlighting the deep rivalry between the Power and Crows, and is a part of South Australian football folklore.

“It’s [the Ramsgate incident] one of those things where we’re looking back in history and it’s not just what happened on that night but what happened in the last 15 years in Showdowns,” said Carr.

When asked whether it appropriate for South Australia’s two AFL teams to use the incident as a reason to promote this weekend’s derby, Carr emphasised that both he and Crows assistant Mark Bickley who spoke prior to him were not condoning the incident.

“We’re not condoning violence outside of football, or even in football, it’s just one of those things that happens,” said Carr.

“Everyone makes mistakes and I think it’s one of those things that if now, as a 32-year-old I was in the same situation, it wouldn’t happen.

“We weren’t proud … of what happened, but now myself and Roo can definitely look back on it and have a laugh. We get along very well and there’s no hard feelings between the two of us.”

Balfours Showdown XXXIII is a Port Adelaide ‘home game’ to be played at AAMI Stadium on Saturday night at 7.10pm.