Round 16: Centrals v Port - Saturday 9 August @ Playford Alive Oval

Centrals v Port

Saturday 9 August
Playford Alive Oval

Reserves: 11:25am
League: 2:10pm

Last Week
Centrals 7.8.50 d Sturt 6.9.45 @ Envestra Park
Port 8.6.54 lost to South 10.11.71 @ Hickinbotham Oval

Last Time They Met
Port 14.7.91 d Centrals 12.6.78 @ Alberton Oval

Ladder Position
Centrals 7th 7-8 46.92%
Port 1st 11-4 59.38%

Centrals had a shock win over Sturt, while Port had a shock loss over South. Will Centrals continue their late charge for finals, or will Port ensure Centrals have an early finish to the season?

given the medical room at Alberton, i'd expect a Bulldog victory by over 8 goals

Port by 38

Loads of changes, plenty of goods ins, not sure about the overall health of the squad.

Centrals to maintain their push for finals. Belatedly. Ultimately fruitless.

Let us hope.  

What a win to Centrals in the end.

The first half was all Centrals as they could do no wrong and raced out to a 42 point half time lead. Port, to their credit, came right back, slamming home 8 goals to 1 in the third quarter to take a 3 point 3 quarter time lead.

Centrals bounced back and had the lead back out to 21 points, but Port responded and regained the lead in the dying stages.

Then Waldhutter drills it from the centre wing into a pack 40 metres out from goal and a free kick is awarded to Kyle Jenner. He calmly kicks the goal, then the siren goes, and the home crowd is in raptures as they celebrate a great get out of jail win from Centrals.

Rucci was having a bit of a whinge about the free kick on the radio this morning - Dubious or was he just being a sore loser?

Scrunch wrote:Rucci was having a bit of a whinge about the free kick on the radio this morning - Dubious or was he just being a sore loser?

if Mr Rucci was at the game well that's fine he's allowed to have an opinion on what he saw, however if he wasn't at the match & is going on 'hearsay evidence' then he shouldn't be making a comment

Sounded as though he saw it, but I don't know for sure. No real issue, doesn't change the result. The Dogs have rediscovered some serious spirit in the back half of this season.

Scrunch wrote:Rucci was having a bit of a whinge about the free kick on the radio this morning - Dubious or was he just being a sore loser?

Being Rucci it's purely sour grapes. I'd be highly surprised if he was actually at the game.

He probably saw the vision of it from the SANFL...