Port Adelaide forward Indy Tahau has set an AFLW goal-kicking record as the Power upset arch rivals Adelaide by seven points in a feisty Friday night fixture.<\/p>\n
Tahau slotted two goals in a 7.10 (52) to 6.9 (45) victory at Norwood Oval \u2014 the Power’s first win over the Crows in four matches.<\/p>\n
Tahau has now kicked 23 goals this season \u2014 the most of any player in an AFLW home-and-away season.<\/p>\n
The Power dynamo equalled Melbourne’s Eden Zanker’s overall season record with 23 majors in 2023, which included three goals in three finals.<\/p>\n
Tahau, a premiership player with the Brisbane Lions who joined Port in 2022 and a year later suffered an injury requiring a knee reconstruction, snapped a goal-of-the-year contender during a precious win.<\/p>\n
The Power climbed to 10th on the ladder, just one win behind the seventh-placed Crows, with one game remaining before finals.<\/p>\n
Adelaide, with Grace Kelly booting two goals, skipped to a nine-point quarter-time lead, 3.3 to 2.0.<\/p>\n
But the Crows lost Niamh Kelly to concussion \u2014 the Irish talent left the field after an accidental head clash in a heated push-and-shove following Adelaide’s opening goal.<\/p>\n
The Crows, led by midfield star Ebony Marinoff’s 10 disposals, were remarkably efficient \u2014 they scored from all six of their entries inside their attacking 50-metre zone.<\/p>\n
But Port kept in touch on the scoreboard with Tahau slotting a stunning snap when pinned on a boundary line some 30m out.<\/p>\n
In the second quarter, the floodgates opened with four consecutive Port goals in less than eight minutes of play.<\/p>\n
They outscored the Crows 4.2 to 0.3 in the term, with Tahau again featured in a scoring spree capped by an Abbey Dowrick goal.<\/p>\n
Dowrick delivered the Power a 14-point advantage, 6.2 to 3.6 at the half-time siren, when yet another melee between the rivals ensued.<\/p>\n
Port logged the sole goal in a tense third term, stretching to a commanding 23-point break at three-quarter time, 7.6 to 3.7.<\/p>\n
But the Crows, after goals from Anne Hatchard and Rachelle Martin, snuck within 13 points with nine minutes remaining.<\/p>\n
And another late major from Caitlin Gould reduced Adelaide’s deficit to just seven points with 90 seconds left, but neither side scored again.<\/p>\n
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