Live: Port looking for preliminary final revenge in clash against Swans

What a cracking transfer by the Swans!

They’d been struggling to make inroads, taking part in the ball method too sluggish. However that point that they had a kick to the competition in the proper ahead pocket – the ball spilled to Isaac Heeney, who snapped a great thing about a kick that bisected the posts from a tough angle.

That ought to elevate the house facet!

Properly that was a sequence of occasions!

The Swans have been going downfield attempting to arrange a ahead entry – however the transfer broke down and the Energy simply RACED by way of the hall at high pace.

Willie Rioli chipped to Mitch Georgiades inside 50, after which he gave a Joe the Goose to Sam Powell-Pepper on the objective line.

There’s the primary objective of the day to the Energy!

After a decent begin, the primary clearance goes to Port Adelaide, with Connor Rozee discovering Kane Farrell, who goes lengthy to the hotspot and its finally ends up with a rushed behind. Port get the opening level.

Right here we go!

Can the Swans have a fast begin, or will Port Adelaide do what they did to Hawthorn final week and dominate the opening exchanges?

We’re about to search out out.

Sydney are sending James Jordon to Connor Rozee!

Rozee rebounding: Coach Ken Hinkley’s impressed transfer to place Connor Rozee at half-back paid large dividends in opposition to the Hawks. The Energy skipper has the imaginative and prescient, the engine and the distribution to make issues work within the again six. If he can engineer extra of these breaks out of defensive 50, the guests shall be properly on the best way to victory.Handball-happy Energy: At the moment’s sport will convey a conflict of types between Sydney and Port Adelaide. The Energy are a transparent primary within the league for utilizing handball, with a mean of 176 passes a sport. It does not work on a regular basis, however when it does they’ll reduce opposition defences up with fast motion. If they’ll flip their possessions right into a repeat of final week’s rating of 121 factors in opposition to the Swans, you watched they’ll come away with the win.

Discover a method to objective: The Swans are averaging 84 factors a sport in assault, forward of solely Richmond, Melbourne and West Coast. Objectives are at a premium — and that isn’t being helped with accidents to the likes of Errol Gulden, Tom Papley and Joel Amartey. Logan McDonald is underdone, which leaves rather a lot on the shoulders of Hayden McLean within the ahead line.Make turnovers pay: Final yr’s prelim noticed the Swans deal with Port Adelaide, largely off the again of turnover. They scored 76 factors on the counter, in comparison with simply 4 targets’ price from the Energy. A repeat is unlikely, however they should preserve the ledger on Sydney’s facet in the event that they need to win one for coach Dean Cox.