1h agoSun 22 Mar 2026 at 3:01amAFL Round 2, Sunday \u2014 live scoreboard<\/p>\n
1m agoSun 22 Mar 2026 at 4:06am<\/p>\n
The two teams are out on the ground!<\/p>\n
We’re not far away from the first bounce now at the Adelaide Oval.<\/p>\n
Both Essendon and Port Adelaide have run through their banners and the players are going through their final warm-ups.<\/p>\n
8m agoSun 22 Mar 2026 at 3:59am<\/p>\n
Essendon aiming to end a horror losing streak<\/p>\n
Essendon has lost its last 14 games, stretching back to midway through last season.<\/p>\n
The Bombers’ last win came during last year’s Dreamtime clash against Richmond back in May 2025.<\/p>\n
Can they get on the board this afternoon? Will their losing streak last a full 12 months?<\/p>\n
20m agoSun 22 Mar 2026 at 3:48am<\/p>\n
Conditions absolutely perfect for footy in Adelaide![\"Port](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/lcimg-972be14e-0abc-46d6-9aef-986019410533.jpeg\")
Port Adelaide forward Todd Marshall goes through his warm-ups ahead of the clash against Essendon at the Adelaide Oval. (Getty Images)<\/p>\n
There’s going to be absolutely no excuses for the players out there this afternoon.<\/p>\n
Adelaide Oval is currently bathed in sunshine with the temperature a warm 28 degrees.<\/p>\n
I do wonder how these players will fare running out the game in that level of heat.<\/p>\n
25m agoSun 22 Mar 2026 at 3:42am<\/p>\n
Ken Hinkley is in the building again<\/p>\n
This has got to be so surreal for Ken Hinkley.<\/p>\n
The long-time Port coach is back at the Adelaide Oval this afternoon and he’s interviewing his former understudy Josh Carr on the sidelines.<\/p>\n
Life truly does continue to move on doesn’t it?<\/p>\n
Ken seems like he’s more nervous than Carr ahead of this interview on Fox Footy.<\/p>\n
Carr says talk about his pre-match chat last weekend was “probably blown out of proportion” after he’d mentioned that he’d gotten that wrong ahead of last weekend’s match.<\/p>\n
41m agoSun 22 Mar 2026 at 3:27am<\/p>\n
What did we think of Pat Voss’s taunting last night?<\/p>\n
One of the spicier subplots from Fremantle’s win over Melbourne came when Dockers forward Pat Voss mocked Dees big man Harry Petty.<\/p>\n
Voss referenced Petty crying on-field a few years ago, and it’s sparked up a conversation over whether taunting needs to be outlawed in the AFL or not.<\/p>\n
Interested to hear your thoughts!<\/p>\n
45m agoSun 22 Mar 2026 at 3:23amTeam news: No late changes for Port or Essendon<\/p>\n
Both Port Adelaide and Essendon will line up as originally selected this afternoon.<\/p>\n
Here’s how the two team line-ups look.<\/p>\n
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Port Adelaide and Essendon’s team line-ups for the Round 2 clash at the Adelaide Oval. (AFL.com.au)<\/p>\n
49m agoSun 22 Mar 2026 at 3:18am<\/p>\n
Recent history between Port and Essendon<\/p>\n
Here’s how the last five meetings between these two teams have gone:<\/p>\n
Round 3, 2025: Essendon 9.18 (72) def. Port Adelaide 8.12 (60) @ Docklands Stadium<\/p>\n
Round 4, 2024: Port Adelaide 17.9 (111) def. Essendon 6.6 (42) @ Adelaide Oval<\/p>\n
Round 16, 2023: Port Adelaide 11.12 (78) def. Essendon 10.14 (74) @ MCG<\/p>\n
Round 8, 2023: Port Adelaide 12.20 (92) def. Essendon 13.9 (87) @ Adelaide Oval<\/p>\n
Round 22, 2022: Port Adelaide 23.8 (146) def. Essendon 9.8 (62)<\/p>\n
1h agoSun 22 Mar 2026 at 3:04am<\/p>\n
Welcome!<\/p>\n
Good afternoon and welcome to ABC Sport’s live AFL coverage!<\/p>\n
We wrap up round two today with a double-header spanning from South Australia to Western Australia.<\/p>\n
The action begins at 3:15pm when Port Adelaide hosts Essendon at the Adelaide Oval, before West Coast hosts North Melbourne at Perth Stadium from 6:10pm (all times AEDT).<\/p>\n
Three out of the four teams in action lost badly last weekend in their season-openers, so expect them to be fired up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"1h agoSun 22 Mar 2026 at 3:01amAFL Round 2, Sunday \u2014 live scoreboard 1m agoSun 22 Mar 2026…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":556264,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,9512,63,55,9117,639,11231,160,7204,12104,161,85,7067],"class_list":["post-556263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-afl","tag-au","tag-aussie-rules","tag-australia","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australian-rules","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-essendon-bombers","tag-live-blog","tag-north-melbourne-kangaroos","tag-port-adelaide-power","tag-season","tag-sports","tag-west-coast-eagles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=556263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556263\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/556264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=556263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=556263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=556263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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