2020 Round 18: Port Adelaide 61 Collingwood 45

THE FACTS

2020 AFL ELIMINATION FINAL COLLINGWOOD V WEST COAST Place: Perth Stadium TV: 7mate / Fox Footy Note: The finals begin on Thursday, October 1. The AFL will release details later this week.

PORT ADELAIDE  2.2.14    5.3.33   8.7.55   9.7.61
COLLINGWOOD   2.0.12    4.0.24   6.1.37   7.3.45

GOALS - Collingwood: Mihocek 2, De Goey, Elliott, Greenwood, Stephenson, Treloar

BEST - Collingwood: Adams, Pendlebury, Crisp, Daicos, Quaynor

INJURIES - Collingwood: Nil

REPORTS - Collingwood: Nil

OFFICIAL CROWD - 5,424 at The Gabba

The Coach Eagles would be 'pretty confident' facing the Pies: Nathan Buckley The Age "It is disappointing not to get the job done. I don't think it was a lack of effort or want. We didn't do the basics well enough. We didn't test them (Port) with effective ball use often enough. ... If that's the best team (Port) in the comp - and the ladder shows that they are - we're either not far away or a long way away. It's quite marginal in the contest ... we'll get learnings out of that. ... It's a familiar refrain but we were probably too happy to look for handballs under pressure, slippery conditions. We went forwards better in periods, trusted our contest a little bit more.'' - Nathan Buckley

The Game Pies' midfield needs a quick fix AFL Collingwood has the difficult task of travelling to Perth to play West Coast in an elimination final and will need to fix two glaring weaknesses to challenge the Eagles. Firstly, their ball movement was stagnant and predictable against Port Adelaide, and secondly, they were smashed at the stoppages. Again, Brodie Grundy dominated hitouts, but Collingwood was trounced 40-28 in the clearances and an ugly 14-4 at centre clearances, giving Port field advantage they did not relinquish. Scott Pendlebury, Taylor Adams and Adam Treloar all had nice nights with big numbers, but the other players spending time on-ball need to lift. After two full games back from hand surgery, is it time to throw Jordan De Goey into the fray for five minutes a quarter to see what he can do? Port Adelaide go wire-to-wire and finish on top for first time since 2004... when they won the flag Fox Footy Port Adelaide has completed a full season on top of the AFL ladder, and won its first minor premiership in 16 years, after defeating Collingwood by 16 points in the last game of the 2020 home and away season. The Power (14-3) finally kicked away from the Magpies (9-7-1) in the third quarter, with the teams trading the lead back and forth through the first half. Ken Hinkley’s side will host Geelong in a qualifying final while Collingwood has finished eighth and will be forced on the road to face West Coast in a do-or-die elimination final. Jaidyn Stephenson ignored after goal confession against Port Adelaide NEWS.com.au Collingwood’s Jaidyn Stephenson has been ignored by on-field umpires after he appeared to confess to his goal being touched off the boot during the Magpies’ crucial clash with the Power on Monday night. Stephenson’s honest reaction to his kick around the body brushing a defender’s hand as it sailed towards the big sticks wasn’t enough to have the play reviewed as the goal umpire awarded the goal despite vocal protests from Power players. The momentum swung between the two teams throughout the contest before the Power secured the minor premiership with a hard fought 9.7 (61) to 7.3 (45) win. Full Power: Port seals minor premiership, send Pies on horror trip AFL PORT Adelaide has capped a brilliant home and away season, grinding Collingwood into the Gabba turf to win by 16 points on Monday night and secure the minor premiership. After conceding the lead in a neck-and-neck battle early in the third term, Port put the foot down with three straight goals before holding on to win 9.7 (61) to 7.3 (45). It is their first minor premiership since the club won the flag in 2004. Port's win means it will host Geelong at Adelaide Oval in a qualifying final. Collingwood now has the arduous task of travelling to Perth for an elimination final against a West Coast outfit that is unbeaten at Optus Stadium in 2020. Port Adelaide beats Collingwood by 16 points at the Gabba to secure AFL minor premiership ABC News Port Adelaide has clinched the minor premiership with a solid win over Collingwood at the Gabba in the final game of the home and away season. The Power have led the ladder for the entire season, but the pressure was on with Brisbane poised to finish top if Ken Hinkley's men slipped up. Despite being challenged hard early, Port Adelaide steadied in the third quarter to take control before running out winners by 9.7 (61) to 7.3 (45). This is the fourth time the Power have taken the minor premiership — on two of those occasions (2002 and 2004), they finished first ahead of the Lions in second.nThe last time they finished top, they went on to win the flag — against Brisbane.