Was Showdown shock a mere slip or a more troubling slide?
After winning thirteen straight games the Power have now lost three on the trot, is it a form slump, or just the standard ups and downs of a very even AFL season?
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Coleman not the target for sharpshooting Tex
Adelaide veteran Taylor Walker insists team goals and not individual honours are motivation enough this season – but you try telling his mates that.
Showdown player ratings: Who starred and who flopped
Taylor Walker starred – but which other Crows did the damage in the big win? And how many Port players will be avoiding the replay? We rate every player from Showdown 54.
Showdown trophy could be dumped despite late twist
Troy and Shane Bond have made it known they are happy for the Showdown trophy to be presented on Saturday night. But after their legal threat, what will the clubs do?
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Anywhere, anytime and no asterisk next to the winner
Brodie Smith and Tom Rockliff say they will play anywhere – even being quarantined interstate and backing up twice a week – and under any rules including bringing back the sub’s vest if it means the AFL season can resume.
Revealed: AFL’s 10 best young key forwards
Who is the best young key forward in the AFL? Triple Brisbane premiership forward Alastair Lynch names his top 10, with a Bulldog, Sun and Kangaroo in the top five. See the full list.
Players will be back fully firing in 14 days
Port Adelaide captain Tom Jonas says players will only need two weeks to prepare for games when the AFL season gets the green light to resume.
‘It’s like a last chance for me’: Dixon
After completing a full pre-season and looking impressive throughout the Marsh Series, the shutdown of the AFL season has been ‘very disappointing’ for Port Adelaide’s Charlie Dixon.
New role has ‘Pepp’ looking forward
There were questions about where he sat in Port Adelaide’s best team. But after shining in his new role in attack, Sam Powell-Pepper says he hopes to extend his stay at the Power when footy restarts.
’He’ll be back out there winning flags’
Port Adelaide star Justin Westhoff still has many good years of AFL football left in him. But Power skipper Tom Jonas has told of where the Barossan will likely play once he does hang up the boots at professional level.
The day Tredders took a ‘bow’ – and was ‘hauled over the coals’
In a week Port Adelaide was supposed to meet North Melbourne, the Power’s premiership captain reflects on the famous bow he made during the 2007 AFL preliminary final against the Kangaroos.
Power call leaves assistants feeling ‘vulnerable’
Port Adelaide football general manager Chris Davies says the club’s assistant coaches who have been stood down until early May, due to COVID-19 impacts, no doubt have concerns about their long-term futures.
Isolated SuperCoach Pig winning the internet
AFL players have turned to many weird and wonderful things in to cut through the boredom of coronavirus isolation, but Port Adelaide star Travis Boak says one teammate has taken it to the next level.
Oval’s plan for looming sports overlap
Footy and cricket could be on a collision course when it comes to ground availability, but Adelaide Oval head curator Damian Hough says the venue could manage if the two sports were to overlap.
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