Port Adelaide’s Jeremy Finlayson has kicked 5 targets in a 55-point belting of Hawthorn which creates a membership file AFL profitable streak.
The second-placed Power’s 23.13 (151) to 14.12 (96) rout at Adelaide Oval on Saturday is their ninth consecutive victory, bettering their eight straight wins within the seasons of 2002, 2003 and 2014.
Port additionally logged a sequence of scoring benchmarks in opposition to the Hawks, who had been woeful within the first half and trailed by 82 factors on the lengthy break.
The Power romped to 9.3 at quarter-time, their largest rating in a gap time period at Adelaide Oval, and their highest opening in any sport since 2009.
Port booted one other seven targets within the second quarter for a 16.9 (105) complete, their highest halftime rating ever, surpassing the earlier better of 15.5 (95) in opposition to Richmond in 2002.
The Power’s 82-point halftime lead was additionally a file for Ken Hinkley’s membership. Midway by means of the third time period, the hosts had been 96 factors up.
But the Hawks stemmed the bleeding by kicking eight of the final 10 targets of the sport.
“We played all parts of the game incredibly brutal, it’s definitely as good a half as I have seen us play for a long, long time,” Port coach Ken Hinkley stated.
“To expect that to continue on was probably me being a bit greedy in some ways, I just couldn’t expect that from the boys.
“We simply spent all of the petrol within the first half after we had been simply so ferocious.”
The only bright spot in Hawthorn’s dismal first half was Luke Breust kicking his 500th career goal, joining Leigh Matthews, Jason Dunstall and Jarryd Roughead as Hawks to reach that milestone.
“We received fully blown away by an excellent facet within the first half,” Hawks coach Sam Mitchell stated.
“At halftime, there’s two methods you go.
“And the spirit of the group and the energy, and commitment and belief – tick … really pleased with the spirit and energy we played with in the second half.”
Port’s Finlayson booted 4 targets within the opening quarter and his 5 for the match equalled his career-high.
Fellow forwards Todd Marshall (5 targets) and Junior Rioli (4 targets) additionally matched their career-best hauls.
Port’s midfield duo of Connor Rozee (29 disposals, 13 inside-50s, one aim) and Zak Butters (26 touches, one aim) continued their effective kind and halfback Dan Houston’s 20 disposals featured two lengthy targets.
Hawthorn’s Breust completed with 5 targets in a standout show for his Sixteenth-placed membership and Mitch Lewis slotted three majors.
Hawk on-baller James Worpel gathered a match-high 35 disposals whereas former Power pair Jarman Impey (33 touches, one aim) and Karl Amon (25, one aim) battled gamely in opposition to the Port tide.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
