Touch of the Fumbles
It was the perfect Showdown finale: a contentious goal, a Crows win and Port throwing their toys out of the proverbial cot. For our long-suffering Fumbles correspondent, what loomed as a scant consolation for a wasted year has instead become the undisputed highlight of Adelaide’s season – one that could yet have a major bearing on Port’s 2018 fortunes.
Football
Adelaide’s hierachy don’t know when key onballer Rory Sloane will be fit for AFL action after suffering another foot injury.
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Port Adelaide coach Ken Hinkley says arch rivals and ladder-leaders Adelaide are made of “really scary stuff”.
Adelaide’s AFL captains have appealed for footy fans to show respect during Sunday’s Crows-Port grudge match.
UPDATED | Another heartstopping Showdown has ended in an ugly aftermath of controversy, with Adelaide’s football community and the AFL’s indigenous leaders rallying around Crows star Eddie Betts and Port Adelaide ruckman Paddy Ryder after racist insults were hurled during and after the weekend’s heated clash.
There’s plenty of good things our Fumbles correspondent could say about the weekend’s Showdown win, but there’s also plenty of reasons not to say them. After all, we’ve been here before… haven’t we?
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