Showdown 53 Port Adelaide v Adelaide: Who starred, flopped and every player rated

The Power pulled off a big scalp in the opening round, but since then they’ve put in two disappointing performances. Who’s not pulling their weight? We rate every player from the Showdown.

Where Port Adelaide’s biggest problems are.

Who saw that coming?

Sure, the Crows had shown glimpses of good footy in the first two rounds but on the big stage, and on Port’s big prison-bars night, they shot the lights out with a dazzling display.

Riley Thilthorpe wasn’t even in the senior side in round 1 and yet his five goals showed coach Matthew Nicks he shouldn’t be dropped any time soon.

And new skipper Jordan Dawson wrote his name even further into the Showdown folklore with an epic display.

Port weren’t without their own stars on a night when both teams had their chances until the Crows took the game away in the last quarter.

Simeon Thomas-Wilson rates every Showdown 53 player from the victorious Crows and the vanquished Port Adelaide.

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Originally published as Showdown 53 Port Adelaide v Adelaide: Who starred, flopped and every player rated