Adelaide has clutched one of the greatest Showdown wins of all time on Friday night, as a Brayden Cook goal with just 10 seconds to go handed his side a one-point win over Port Adelaide.

The winger’s major on the run came after rival forward Joe Berry slotted a goal of his own for the Power to give them a five-point lead with just 46 seconds to play.

It saw Matthew Nicks’ side come up trumps with a final score of 11.10 (76) over the Power’s 11.9 (75), in a match that, while it wasn’t as high-scoring as years gone by, was still just as, if not more thrilling.

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“I have no idea, everything is just spinning,” Cook told Fox Footy immediately after the match.

“It’s an old saying, but no matter where either side is on the ladder, it’s always a cracking game in the Showdown. Growing up as a Crows supporter, to be a part of it is just unreal.

“I’m muttering my words because I’m so rattled!”

Sam Berry was the winner of the Showdown Medal, accumulating a monster 19 tackles, 28 disposals (16 contested) and 627 metres gained in a stunning performance.

Aliir Aliir was once again incredible for the Power, continuing his All-Australian-like form with 21 disposals, 14 intercepts and 14 marks down back.

It was an incredibly scrappy first half, but the Crows bolted out after half-time to kick five straight goals heading into three-quarter time and at the start of the final term.

Unfortunately, star veteran Taylor Walker went down with a hamstring injury before quarter time to leave Adelaide one man down on their interchange for the vast majority of the night.

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MATCH CENTRE: Showdown 59 final scores, stats and more

Adelaide goalkickers: Keays 3, Rachele, T.Murray 2, Pedlar, Rankine, Thilthorpe, Cook

Port Adelaide goalkickers: Georgiades 3, Durdin, Berry 2, Wines, Butters, Visentini, Whitlock

THE 3-2-1… (with Jack Jovanovski)

3. ‘I’M SHAKING’: KEN’S WORDS OF WISDOM IN ALL-TIMER

Ken Hinkley, who led Port Adelaide into 25 Showdowns as coach, said it best in the fourth quarter on Friday night.

“I wonder if those people are listening about how good these (Showdown) games are,” he said on Fox Footy.

“What a rivalry. We’ve got it in, they’re clashing, and we should be all watching this!”

Hinkley, of course, is alluding to the fact the AFL once again chose not to schedule the Showdown as a standalone fixture – instead slotting it 40 minutes after Western Bulldogs-Fremantle kicked off at Marvel Stadium.

But anyone who tuned into the 59th Showdown in its entirety was treated to a seesawing spectacle of monumental proportions.

Port Adelaide was the more polished side to half-time, before a wasteful Adelaide outfit finally got going, booting five third-quarter goals to take an eight-point lead into the final change.

What ensued was pure chaos.

The Crows kicked the first two goals of the final term to burst 21 points clear at the five-minute mark, but Port Adelaide didn’t lay down, piling on the next four majors – including what we all thought was the mesmerising matchwinner by Joe Berry at the 29-minute mark.

Enter Brayden Cook, who whipped up the perfect dish with 10 seconds left – a running goal from tight on the far-side boundary.

“I’m shaking, and I’m not involved,” Hinkley said.

You wouldn’t have been blamed for thinking there was another twist coming, but not even the gallant Power could pull another rabbit out of the hat.

“I have no idea. Everything’s just spinning … growing up a Crows supporter, just to be a part of it is unreal,” Cook told Fox Footy after the match.

“I’m muttering my words because I’m so rattled … I can’t even talk.”

And as the Crows walked back down into the rooms to sing the song, Hinkley doubled down.

“I did say it all week, and for anyone who’s watching in another state, who’s not barracking for either of the two teams, tell me there’s a better game going around that you want to watch, and send me a message around what that game is,” Hinkley defiantly said.

“Because that is the game, if you’re a pure football lover, you can just come and watch it and be impartial to who gets the result … and enjoy a fantastic and wonderful game of footy.”

Probed post-match on the necessity to make the Showdown a standalone fixture, Nicks said: “I reckon if I were in Victoria tonight, I would want to be watching the Showdown.

“To have a game like this tonight, they don’t get much better, and it just keeps going, year after year.

“It’s just a spectacle. The two teams match up really well, no matter where we sit on the ladder – there’s a little bit more in it.”

2. ‘DOESN’T HAPPEN OFTEN’: RARE LEVER PULLED AS ‘RUSTY’ CROWS FLIP SCRIPT

The Crows, who entered Friday night with ball movement issues, also came in as a below-AFL-average side for scores-per-inside 50, and their forward efficiency was all the talk for the wrong reasons in the first half.

By the main break, the Crows had generated seven more inside-50s than the Power, but had one less scoring shot to their name.

“They are rusty as,” Ricciuto said early in the second quarter of the Crows.

It came as Zak Butters dominated the first half with 18 disposals and a goal.

“He’s been amazing with the way he works,” Hinkley said at half-time.

“His ability to use the ball and create play is first class, and then that ability to finish that last goal was amazing.”

Hinkley tried to go inside the mind of Adelaide coach Matthew Nicks, who would’ve been frustrated with his side’s inability to punish Port Adelaide.

“Nicksy would be thinking ‘we’ve had enough chances, we’ve got to put some polish into it’,” Hinkley said.

“(He’d be thinking) ‘I’ve got to calm them down, I’ve got to relax them, I’ve got to get them to think with a bit of calmness’.

“‘Hey, let’s just come back to earth a little bit and play the moment we’ve got to play – don’t think two moments, think one’.”

And Nicks pulled a couple of levers to start the second stanza, injecting both Josh Rachele and Izak Rankine in at centre bounce.

“It doesn’t happen often,” Ricciuto said as the livewires started to get more involved – with a stirring Rankine goal at the 19-minute mark of the third term helping turn the tide.

From there, Adelaide kicked five of the next six goals to flip a six-point deficit into an eight-point lead at the last change.

The third quarter was fuelled by better punish from the Crows, who generated 12 forward-half intercepts in the quarter after 13 in the first half.

But while Adelaide lunged over the line to win the game with just 10 seconds remaining, it registered only one more scoring shot than Port Adelaide despite a whopping 20 more inside-50s for the match.

1. ‘HE’S LOST IT’: CROW BLOW AS ‘ANGRY’ STAR STRUCK DOWN

Taylor Walker will undergo scans in the coming days after his Showdown was cut short due to a hamstring injury on Friday night.

The beloved Crows stalwart, who received treatment in the first quarter before coming back on for a short time, “angrily” made his way to the bench with seconds remaining in the term.

His body language – shaking his head at the Adelaide bench as he darted towards the interchange – indicated he was done for the night.

“The body language of Tex is terrible … he ain’t coming back (on),” former Port Adelaide coach Ken Hinkley said on Fox Footy.

Shaun Burgoyne added from the boundary line: “Tex is done, guys … when he conceded that mark (to Miles Bergman), he looked at the bench and gave a little shake of the head.”

Adelaide legend Mark Ricciuto added: “I think he’s done his hammy … he’s angry, he’s lost it. He knows he’s out.”

A frustrated Taylor Walker on the bench after being ruled out for the remainder of Showdown LIX.Source: FOX SPORTS

It comes after Walker managed just one goal from one kick in 51 per cent game time against Brisbane last Sunday.

“I wonder if that fatigue was starting to build up last week,” caller Dwayne Russell said.

At quarter-time, Burgoyne provided a further explanation.

“We saw him getting his hamstring tested – that’s the test where you do the glute bridge, and then they massaged his glute,” he said.

“He got through that, came back on and had a run around, and it wasn’t until Miles Bergman marked the ball in front of him … shook his head and came off, looked pretty angry.”

Walker’s untimely setback comes at a time when fellow key forward Darcy Fogarty remains out of the side due to a back injury, and after recruit Finnbar Maley was dropped for the Showdown.

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