port v essendon aami stadium friday night
port come from behind to win by 4 goals to earn their first finals win and a trip to brisbane saturday night in the prelim final. essendon are out of it.
PA 3.4 3.8 9.12 11.17 (83)
ESS 3.4 5.8 6.8 8.11 (59)
GOALS: PA – Dew 3, P Burgoyne 2, N Stevens 2, Tredrea 2, C Cornes, Cockatoo-Collins; ESS – Barnard 2, Alessio, M Johnson, J Johnson, Ramanauskas, Caracella, Rioli
BEST: PA – C Cornes, N Stevens, K Cornes, Wanganeen, Tredrea, Primus;
ESS – M Johnson, Peverill, J Johnson, Misiti, Caracella, Ramanauskas
INJURY: PA – P Burgoyne (ankle), Wanganeen (groin), Kingsley (hamstring);
ESS – Bolton (hamstring)
CHANGES: ESS – Lloyd (concussion) replaced in selected side by Forster-Knight, Mercuri (groin) replaced in selected side by McGrath
REPORTS: ESS – Bolton for unduly rough play
UMPIRES: Allen, McBurney, Dore
ATTENDANCE: 27,661 at AAMI Stadium
adeliade v melbourne mcg saturday night
in one of the craziest games of all time adeliade came from behind after blwoing a 40 point lead to win by 2 goals over melbourne from 22 down at 3/4 time (62 point turn around in two quarters). adeliade will play collingwood at the g saturday afternoon (irocally they never played at the g before the semi final all year).
ADE 8.2 12.3 14.5 20.10 (130)
MELB 1.4 8.10 16.15 17.16 (118)
GOALS: ADE – Stevens 4, Burton 2, Edwards 2, Goodwin 2, McGregor 2, McLeod 2, Beinke 2, Bode, Johnson, Ladhams, Welsh; MELB – Neitz 5, Johnstone 4, Vardy 3, Walsh 2, Green, Bruce, Yze
BEST: ADE – Stenglein, Johnson, McLeod, Clarke, Goodwin, Stevens, Edwards; MELB – Johnstone, Yze, Bruce, Bizzell, Woewodin, Armstrong, Neitz
INJURY: ADE – McLeod (foot), Stenglein (foot); MELB – Brown (groin), Powell (concussion)
UMPIRES: James, Coates, McLaren
ATTENDANCE: 51,533 at MCG
prelim finals matches
saturday
collingwood v adelaide MCG
brisbane v port G (N)
Harrison’s world 