Port Adelaide midfielder Tom Rockliff tries to escape Geelong's suffocating pressure at Metricon Stadium.

PORT ADELAIDE lost to Geelong by 60 points at Metricon Stadium on the Gold Coast in what turned out to be a Friday night fizzer.

Port never got out of the blocks or troubled the Cats as it suffered its third loss of the season.

Here are some key things we learned from the game.

1) Port is beatable at Metricon

Going into Friday night’s game, Port had never lost at Metricon Stadium, or Carrara as it was previously known. Nine wins in nine games had supporters calling the venue the Porticon. Originally scheduled for the Gabba, the game was shifted to Metricon and the move had many True Believers cheering. But, as the saying goes, all good things must come to an end, and given the way it panned out on Friday, the game could have been played on the moon and the Cats would have won.

2) Boak just keeps showing up.

He turned 32 early this month but age, and a condensed fixture, has not worried Travis Boak. The former club captain and reigning best and fairest finished the game against Geelong as Port’s top ball winner, and the only Port player to have more than 20 disposals. There were six Cats who achieved that. Boak also had four tackles, a game-high seven clearances, and three score involvements on a night when Port struggled to hit the scoreboard. He currently sits third in the AFL Coaches voting behind Brisbane’s Lachie Neale and Melbourne’s Christian Petracca, and it would be hard to argue that he would be favourite to win his third John Cahill Medal for Port Adelaide.

3) Geelong is a pretty handy side.

Alright we didn’t learn that out of this game alone but it was very clear. The Cats dominated in all facets of the game and kept Port to its lowest score of the season, eclipsing the 6.8 (44) it managed against St Kilda. Even when the Power did have chances, they were more often than not missed, but to be fair there were not many chances in what was a stingy defensive performance by the Cats. As stats guru @sirswampthing pointed out on Twitter, Port’s 4.7 (31) was the lowest score by a team on top of the ladder for more than 20 years.

4) Geelong has the wood on Port

Port beat Geelong last season (by 11 points at Adelaide Oval) but before that had lost 14 of the previous 15 games between the sides. In fact the overall record sees Port having won just ten of the 34 encounters with one draw and 23 losses. The Cats average three goals more than Port when they play each other. That puts Port’s winning percentage at just 29.4% against Geelong, its worst against any side. The club’s next worst winning percentage comes against Sydney where its 10 wins in 30 games has it winning just 33.33% of games. Talk about a bogey side.

5) Still top, top, top

For all the doom and gloom, Port Adelaide still sits top of the AFL ladder – a position it has occupied for a remarkable 21 weeks. Equal on points with Brisbane but still 9.2% ahead on the percentage stakes, Port Adelaide goes into its last five games well placed to make a run at and into the finals. With the AFL’s latest fixture release on Friday, Port can plan to play Hawthorn, Sydney, North Melbourne, Essendon and Collingwood with three games at home and only one of those sides in the top eight as it stands. It is a good spot to be in.