Saturday third AFL Round 23 match is between Port Adelaide Power and Carlton Blues with the game to be played at AAMI STADIUM. The opening bounce is set to commence at 4:40pm local time with home team Port Adelaide Power currently holding favouritism. View our AFL live scores, odds and results for the game between Port Adelaide Power and Carlton Blues.
WHERE AND WHEN: AAMI STADIUM, 4:40pm AEST, Saturday 31 August
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Opening odds comparison:
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| Port Adelaide Power | 1.70 | 1.72 | 1.72 | 1.72 | 1.70 | 1.75 |
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Carlton Blues
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2.14 | 2.12 | 2.12 | 2.12 | 2.14 | 2.03 |
Preview:
Port Adelaide take on Carlton on Saturday, 4.10pm at AAMI Stadium. With 7th playing 8th, there is a lot to play for here, and both teams will come out firing. The Power
will have to turn their form around, however, after a 74-point loss to the Dockers last week. The Blues need to win here to ensure an eighth place finish, and will be
hoping for the return of Garlett, Kreuzer, and Walker, for what will be their most important game of 2013 so far.
Teams:
Port Adelaide Power:
Backs: O’Shea Hombsch Logan
Half-backs: Broadbent Trengove Jonas
Centres: Brad Ebert Boak Cornes
Half-forwards: Gray Westhoff Cassisi
Forwards: Wingard Schulz Monfries
Followers: Lobbe Moore Wines
Interchange: Stevenson Pittard Colquhoun Young
Emergencies: Neade Renouf Heath
In: Tom Logan, Lewis Stevenson, Jack Hombsch, Domenic Cassisi
Out: Alipate Carlile (back), Jake Neade (omitted), Campbell Heath (omitted), Kane Mitchell (back)
Carlton Blues:
Backs: Scotland Jamison Henderson
Half-backs: Tuohy McInnes Gibbs
Centres: Yarran Robinson Simpson
Half-forwards: Curnow Walker Bell
Forwards: Garlett Casboult Kreuzer
Followers: Warnock Betts Murphy
Interchange: Armfield Ellard Menzel Waite
Emergencies: Duigan Joseph Lucas
In: David Ellard, Andrew Walker, Matthew Kreuzer, Jeff Garlett
Out: Nick Duigan (omitted), Nick Graham (omitted), Brock McLean (quad), Aaron Joseph (omitted)
Power taught brutal AFL lesson by Freo
Port Adelaide coach Ken Hinkley is confident his team won’t simply limp into this year’s AFL finals series, but says fans shouldn’t expect too much of the young side.
The Power were taught a brutal lesson about pressure football in their 74-point loss to Fremantle at Patersons Stadium on Saturday night.
Port Adelaide’s fledgling squad struggled to match the intensity of the battle-hardened Dockers, with the Power managing just one goal in the opening half on the way to their biggest loss of the season.
Funnily enough, Port Adelaide’s place in the finals was confirmed two minutes before the end of the match when Essendon upset Carlton in the corresponding clash at the MCG.
The Power round out their regular season against the Blues at AAMI Stadium next Saturday, before facing off against either Collingwood, Essendon or Richmond in an away elimination final.
Hinkley, in his first season as senior coach, said his players should be proud of their achievement in reaching the finals after managing just five wins in 2012.
But he acknowledged it could take several seasons before the Power would become a genuine finals force.
“What we have to understand is we got beaten by a genuine top-four side, and they taught us a lesson in pressure,” Hinkley said after the 21.8 (134) to 9.6 (60) loss to the Dockers.
“That’s OK. The mistake we’ll make is if we don’t take the lesson.
“We’ll take the lesson onboard and we’ll try to improve. But we won’t improve in a week. Or two weeks. Or three weeks.
“This is a young team. As I’ve said before, it’s the journey.
“It’s going to take some time for us to be able to achieve the consistency of the top sides.
“But we’re not going to limp into the finals.”
Power star Chad Wingard was subbed out against the Dockers in the third quarter, but Hinkley said the move was merely precautionary.
“He was a little sore,” Hinkley said.
“The game was clearly gone so I wasn’t going to take any risks with Chad.
“It’s just a common sense decision I reckon, that you wouldn’t want to put Chad Wingard at risk at any stage if you’ve got bigger things to do.”