North Melbourne v Port Adelaide: 'Pathetic' Power hammered over 'no show'

Tom Naghten

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Not many former players command more respect at Port Adelaide than Warren Tredrea.

The club's only ever AFL premiership skipper labelled his former side's effort against North Melbourne at Docklands on Saturday night as 'pathetic'.


It took the four-time All Australian just a quarter to make that assessment and things got worse for the visitors after the first change. Far worse.

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Coming off the back of a stirring win over Sydney that lifted Port into the top eight, the Power had it all to play for against the Roos who are out of finals contention.

Though as has often been the case this season, Port Adelaide backed up a solid performance with a woeful one.

They were out-enthused by their opponents, going into quarter time down by five goals before a heated Ken Hinkley attempted to fire them up.

Unfortunately for Port Adelaide fans, the spray didn't work, with their side giving up 6.5 in the term to go into the main break down by 58 points.

Ruckman Todd Goldstein was a dominant force around the ground for North, while Ben Brown (six goals) and Nick Larkey (four) ran riot in the forward line.

This was the same North side who were held to 14 points all game last week.

It wasn't just Tredrea who'd seen enough, with plenty of Port fans taking to social media with their frustration.




In the end the Power went down by a demoralising 86 points - Brown finishing with 10.1 - seeing their percentage take a beating to allow Adelaide to jump them on the ladder despite the Crows suffering an 11-goal loss to Collingwood earlier on Saturday.


The Advertiser will have plenty of targets to pick off over the next week, with both South Australian clubs a chance to miss the eight after a shocking weekend.

Tom Naghten

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Tom Naghten is a senior editor at The Sporting News Australia where he's been part of the team since 2017. He predominantly covers boxing and MMA. In his spare time, he likes to watch Robbie Ahmat's goal against the Kangaroos at the SCG in 2000.