Showdown 59 final scores, stats and more<\/a><\/p>\nAdelaide goalkickers: Keays 3, Rachele, T.Murray 2, Pedlar, Rankine, Thilthorpe, Cook<\/p>\n
Port Adelaide goalkickers: Georgiades 3, Durdin, Berry 2, Wines, Butters, Visentini, Whitlock<\/p>\n
THE 3-2-1… (with Jack Jovanovski)<\/p>\n
3. \u2018I\u2019M SHAKING\u2019: KEN\u2019S WORDS OF WISDOM IN ALL-TIMER<\/p>\n
Ken Hinkley, who led Port Adelaide into 25 Showdowns as coach, said it best in the fourth quarter on Friday night. <\/p>\n
\u201cI wonder if those people are listening about how good these (Showdown) games are,\u201d he said on Fox Footy.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat a rivalry. We\u2019ve got it in, they\u2019re clashing, and we should be all watching this!\u201d<\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
But anyone who tuned into the 59th Showdown in its entirety was treated to a seesawing spectacle of monumental proportions. <\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
What ensued was pure chaos. <\/p>\n
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\u2019t 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. <\/p>\n
Enter Brayden Cook, who whipped up the perfect dish with 10 seconds left – a running goal from tight on the far-side boundary. <\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m shaking, and I\u2019m not involved,\u201d Hinkley said. <\/p>\n
You wouldn\u2019t have been blamed for thinking there was another twist coming, but not even the gallant Power could pull another rabbit out of the hat. <\/p>\n
\u201cI have no idea. Everything\u2019s just spinning \u2026 growing up a Crows supporter, just to be a part of it is unreal,\u201d Cook told Fox Footy after the match. <\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m muttering my words because I\u2019m so rattled \u2026 I can\u2019t even talk.\u201d<\/p>\n
And as the Crows walked back down into the rooms to sing the song, Hinkley doubled down. <\/p>\n
\u201cI did say it all week, and for anyone who\u2019s watching in another state, who\u2019s not barracking for either of the two teams, tell me there\u2019s a better game going around that you want to watch, and send me a message around what that game is,\u201d Hinkley defiantly said. <\/p>\n
\u201cBecause that is the game, if you\u2019re a pure football lover, you can just come and watch it and be impartial to who gets the result \u2026 and enjoy a fantastic and wonderful game of footy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Probed post-match on the necessity to make the Showdown a standalone fixture, Nicks said: \u201cI reckon if I were in Victoria tonight, I would want to be watching the Showdown. <\/p>\n
\u201cTo have a game like this tonight, they don\u2019t get much better, and it just keeps going, year after year. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s just a spectacle. The two teams match up really well, no matter where we sit on the ladder – there\u2019s a little bit more in it.\u201d<\/p>\n
2. \u2018DOESN\u2019T HAPPEN OFTEN\u2019: RARE LEVER PULLED AS \u2018RUSTY\u2019 CROWS FLIP SCRIPT<\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
By the main break, the Crows had generated seven more inside-50s than the Power, but had one less scoring shot to their name. <\/p>\n
\u201cThey are rusty as,\u201d Ricciuto said early in the second quarter of the Crows. <\/p>\n
It came as Zak Butters dominated the first half with 18 disposals and a goal. <\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s been amazing with the way he works,\u201d Hinkley said at half-time. <\/p>\n
\u201cHis ability to use the ball and create play is first class, and then that ability to finish that last goal was amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hinkley tried to go inside the mind of Adelaide coach Matthew Nicks, who would\u2019ve been frustrated with his side\u2019s inability to punish Port Adelaide. <\/p>\n
\u201cNicksy would be thinking \u2018we\u2019ve had enough chances, we\u2019ve got to put some polish into it\u2019,\u201d Hinkley said. <\/p>\n
\u201c(He\u2019d be thinking) \u2018I\u2019ve got to calm them down, I\u2019ve got to relax them, I\u2019ve got to get them to think with a bit of calmness\u2019. <\/p>\n
\u201c\u2018Hey, let\u2019s just come back to earth a little bit and play the moment we\u2019ve got to play – don\u2019t think two moments, think one\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n
And Nicks pulled a couple of levers to start the second stanza, injecting both Josh Rachele and Izak Rankine in at centre bounce. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt doesn\u2019t happen often,\u201d 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. <\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
1. \u2018HE\u2019S LOST IT\u2019: CROW BLOW AS \u2018ANGRY\u2019 STAR STRUCK DOWN<\/p>\n
Taylor Walker will undergo scans in the coming days after his Showdown was cut short due to a hamstring injury on Friday night. <\/p>\n
The beloved Crows stalwart, who received treatment in the first quarter before coming back on for a short time, \u201cangrily\u201d made his way to the bench with seconds remaining in the term. <\/p>\n
His body language – shaking his head at the Adelaide bench as he darted towards the interchange – indicated he was done for the night. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe body language of Tex is terrible \u2026 he ain\u2019t coming back (on),\u201d former Port Adelaide coach Ken Hinkley said on Fox Footy. <\/p>\n
Shaun Burgoyne added from the boundary line: \u201cTex is done, guys \u2026 when he conceded that mark (to Miles Bergman), he looked at the bench and gave a little shake of the head.\u201d<\/p>\n
Adelaide legend Mark Ricciuto added: \u201cI think he\u2019s done his hammy \u2026 he\u2019s angry, he\u2019s lost it. He knows he\u2019s out.\u201d<\/p>\n
A frustrated Taylor Walker on the bench after being ruled out for the remainder of Showdown LIX.Source: FOX SPORTS<\/p>\n
It comes after Walker managed just one goal from one kick in 51 per cent game time against Brisbane last Sunday. <\/p>\n
\u201cI wonder if that fatigue was starting to build up last week,\u201d caller Dwayne Russell said. <\/p>\n
At quarter-time, Burgoyne provided a further explanation. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe saw him getting his hamstring tested – that\u2019s the test where you do the glute bridge, and then they massaged his glute,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
\u201cHe got through that, came back on and had a run around, and it wasn\u2019t until Miles Bergman marked the ball in front of him \u2026 shook his head and came off, looked pretty angry.\u201d<\/p>\n
Walker\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n
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