McAdam opens up on overdue Showdown debut
It’s been a while coming, but finally Shane McAdam gets to experience the fierce rivalry Showdown on field. And now that he’s got his chance, he plans to make the most of it.
Port Adelaide
Ultimate guide: Where Showdown 54 will be won
Can the Crows keep their season alive? Or will the Power end their final chances as it marches towards its own September dream? Teams, key-match ups, full stats and expert analysis.
Operation Get Grundy: Port must make big ruck play
Port Adelaide needs to make another big play for out of favour Melbourne ruckman Brodie Grundy, writes Andrew Capel.
Port’s ‘Free Willie’ plot fails at tribunal
Port Adelaide argued to free Willie Rioli from his two-match ban so he could play the Showdown. Despite the tribunal not seeing it their way, the Power did still get something out of their appeal.
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Training talk: How Crows, Power players keep active at home
Virtual meetings, exercise bikes and work in pairs. Brodie Smith and Tom Rockliff reveal how Adelaide and Port Adelaide players are getting back to business during self isolation in this week’s The Lowdown Podcast.
Port Magpies may not survive pandemic
They’ve won 36 premierships, but one of the country’s most successful Australian rules football teams may not survive the COVID-19 outbreak.
‘We found out we’d be going into isolation on the plane’: Hinkley
Port Adelaide’s players and staff who travelled to the Gold Coast have completed week one of two of their self-isolation. Coach Ken Hinkley said they found out while on the flight home.
Magpies’ future uncertain
Port Adelaide boss Keith Thomas has admitted the Magpies’ future in the SANFL is up in the air as a result of the coronavirus crisis.
The Monday Moment: Port Adelaide’s poetic injustice
Saturday was exactly one month since poet Rupert McCall captivated 1600 people at Port Adelaide’s 150th gala dinner and closed with a line that was as prophetic as it was powerful. It leads this week’s Monday Moment column.
Ghost of a Showdown: The game that never happened
Adelaide Oval, and the streets of the city’s CBD, are usually buzzing on Showdown night. But there was only eerie silence on Saturday, after coronavirus forced the football world into shutdown, writes Matt Turner.
The Monday Moment: Why Swans did this for Sloaney
The three moments that showed why Rory Sloane commands respect and Swan Luke Parker explains why. Plus notes from Port Adelaide’s win over Gold Coast and our power rankings – for the first and possibly last time this year – in The Monday Moment column.
‘True believers’ still dressed for Port’s Prison Bar party
It was due to be Showdown night and Port Adelaide’s 150th anniversary celebration, wearing their ‘Prison Bar’ guernsey. Yet, it was not to be, but that hasn’t dampened the spirits of the Port faithful.
‘We will survive’: Thomas on Port Adelaide
Port Adelaide chief executive Keith Thomas admits the club is in a life-threatening situation, but reassures the club will not go under.
Is a New Year’s Eve GF on the table?
The AFL is determined to have a Grand Final settle this year’s premier and is keeping all options open, whether the decider is in October or December, at the MCG or Marvel Stadium.
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