AFL 2021 Round 10: Port Adelaide 59 Collingwood 58

AFL 2021 ROUND 11 COLLINGWOOD v GEELONG Time & Place:  Saturday May 29, 1:45pm AEST MCG TV: Fox Footy Weather: Min 8 Max 12 Chance of rain 60%:1.5mm Wind: S 24kph Betting: Collingwood $6.70 Geelong $1.11

PORT ADELAIDE    0.1.1  2.3.15  4.8.32    8.11.59

COLLINGWOOD   3.1.19  4.6.30   6.9.45   8.10.58

GOALS - Collingwood: McCreery 3, Grundy 2, Cameron, Daicos, Poulter

BEST - Collingwood: Adams, Grundy, Quaynor, Moore, Roughead, Crisp

INJURIES - Collingwood: Nil

REPORTS - Collingwood: Nil

SUBSTITUTES - Collingwood: Murphy (unused) 

OFFICIAL CROWD - 23,415 at MCG

What The Pies Coach Said "We didn't finish with the win ... we didn't finish often enough in elements of our play. If we bring that sort of energy, we'll sing the song a lot more than we have. We felt we should have won, but winning's a habit and we haven't really earned it, today we earned it but we didn't get the win."- Nathan Buckley

Media Clippings Herald Sun Port Adelaide staged a stunning final quarter fightback to hand Collingwood its worst start to a season in more than 20 years with a nailbiting one-point win. The Power came to life in the last term at the MCG on Sunday, kicking four fourth-quarter goals to overturn a 13 point deficit at the final change. The Pies have won only two of their first 10 games in 2021 – their worst start to a season since 1999 when they finished the year in last place with only four wins. A tumultuous week off the field, with the resignation of billionaire vice-president Alex Waislitz and members threatening to force an extraordinary general meeting, the Pies fought hard all day but two late goals weren’t enough to get them over the line.Pressure continues to mount on coach Nathan Buckley as the Magpies gave up four straight goals to start the final term. AFL PORT Adelaide has survived a massive scare to stay in touch with the top four with a thrilling one-point come-from-behind victory over a brave Collingwood at the MCG on Sunday afternoon. Despite being second-best for the majority of the contest and trailing until time on in the final term, Ken Hinkley's side turned the game its way during a tight fourth quarter to register an 8.11 (59) to 8.10 (58) win. It was a four-goal-to-two final stanza that gave Port Adelaide the impetus, with Sam Powell-Pepper, Robbie Gray, Travis Boak and Charlie Dixon instrumental in the late turnaround that swung the momentum and gave the visitors their first lead of the afternoon. The Age Collingwood have coughed up a golden opportunity to turn their season around, giving up a 13-point three-quarter-time lead to fall short by the narrowest of margins against Port Adelaide at the MCG on Sunday. The Pies were on the verge of a defining win over the premiership-contending Power before the visitors kicked four consecutive final-quarter goals to take a 13-point lead of their own. Jordan De Goey, who had just four touches to three-quarter time, was injected into the centre bounce late to give the Magpies a different look, and when youngsters Beau McCreery (three goals) and Cam Poulter kicked back-to-back goals late, just one point separated the two sides. But in the end, the Power held on for a much-needed one-point win, moving to 7-3 to keep their top-four ambitions well and truly in tact.