Round Five
Adelaide v Port Adelaide
Sunday, May 3 at 4.10pm (local time) Adelaide Oval
Broadcast details
Live on Channel 7 and Fox Footy from 4pm
Head to head
Port Adelaide - 20
Adelaide - 17
Latest news
Gray for Gray?
Sam Gray was Port Adelaide’s best last weekend in the SANFL, and could be first in line to replace All Australian midfielder Robbie Gray should he fail a fitness test for Sunday’s Showdown XXXVIII.
Out of action (estimates only)
Robbie Gray – calf (test)
Paul Stewart – concussion (test)
Jarman Impey - hamstring (1 week)
Ollie Wines – wrist (3-4 weeks)
Billy Frampton – shins (4 weeks)
Dougal Howard – lower leg (4 weeks)
Port Adelaide’s last five
2015 Round Four, Port Adelaide 15.9 (99) d Hawthorn 13.13 (91), Adelaide Oval
2015 Round Three, North Melbourne 16.9 (105) d by Port Adelaide 17.11 (113), Etihad Stadium
2015 Round Two, Port Adelaide 6.8 (44) d by Sydney 14.8 (92), Adelaide Oval
2015 Round One, Fremantle 11.9 (75) d Port Adelaide 10.8 (68), Domain Stadium
2014, Preliminary Final, Hawthorn 15.7 (97) d Port Adelaide 13.16 (94), MCG
Recent form against Adelaide
2014 Round 15, Adelaide 14.15 (99) d Port Adelaide 10.16 (76), Adelaide Oval
2014 Round Two, Port Adelaide 19.13 (127) d Adelaide 11.7 (73), Adelaide Oval
2013 Round 19, Adelaide 15.13 (103) d by Port Adelaide 17.5 (107), AAMI Stadium
2013 Round Three, Port Adelaide 17.16 (118) d Adelaide 16.13 (109), AAMI Stadium
2012 Round 15, Port Adelaide 8.10 (58) d by Adelaide 17.14 (116), AAMI Stadium
Brownlow Medal votes from last meeting
3. Sam Jacobs (Adelaide)
2. Scott Thompson (Adelaide)
1. Patrick Dangerfield (Adelaide)
Most recent team
B: Hombsch, Carlile, Trengove
HB: Pittard, Jonas, Broadbent
C: Polec, Ebert, Cornes
HF: Krakouer, Westhoff, Wingard
F: Monfries, Schulz, White
Foll: Ryder, Boak, Hartlett
Interchange: Mitchell, Lobbe, Young, Ah Chee
News bites
AFL Media match preview
Read AFL.com.au’s preview of this weekend’s Showdown.
Robbie in the Gray
Star midfielder Robbie Gray will need to prove he has overcome a calf complaint to take his place in Sunday’s Showdown XXXVIII at Adelaide Oval.
Captains’ Call for Showdown XXXVIII
Taylor Walker and Travis Boak addressed the media side by side in the traditional captains’ press conference.
