port v brisbane
this amazingly is the only time these sides have versed in a grand before or since and its also ports only flag to date beating lions by 40 ending what could have been only the 2nd 4 peat invfl/afl history.
PA 4.5 6.6 12.8 17.11 (113)
BRIS 2.2 6.7 9.9 10.13 (73)
GOALS: PA – Wanganeen 4, Pickett 3, Thurstans 3, Lade, S. Burgoyne, Carr, Tredrea, Mahoney, Dew, Kingsley; BRIS – Notting 3, Akermanis 3, Bradshaw 3, Keating
BEST: PA – Pickett, K. Cornes, P. Burgoyne, Carr, James, Thurstans, Wanganeen;
BRIS – Michael, Notting, Akermanis, Power, Bradshaw
NORM SMITH MEDAL: Byron Pickett
INJURY: BRIS – Lynch (quadricep)
REPORTS: BRIS – Black reported for striking Hardwick; Lynch and G Wanganeen (PA) for wrestling
UMPIRES: Allen, James, McInerney
PREMIERSHIP CUP PRESENTER: John Cahill, inaugural Port Coach
ATTENDANCE: 77,671 at the MCG
afl 2005 matches
round 1
brisbane v st kilda
north v carlton
melbourne v essendon gor
freo v port
sydney v hawthorn
richmond v geelong
adelaide v west coast
collingwood v bulldogs
Harrison’s world 