Full match coverage and stats<\/a><\/p>\nImogen Trengove had Collingwood\u2019s best opportunity to kick a goal seven minutes into the final term when she ran onto a loose ball in space, but she pushed her attempt at her first AFLW goal to the right of the goalpost.<\/p>\n
The result improved the Power\u2019s record to 5-6 with one home-and-away game remaining and added roughly 12 percentage points, but Port still needs a minor miracle to play finals.<\/p>\n
Abbey Dowrick, Shineah Goody and Matilda Scholz were outstanding for the Power, who had winners across every line.<\/p>\n
There was little to suggest the lopsided contest that was to come in an opening term where the Magpies enjoyed several bright patches of play.<\/p>\n
Goody kicked the first goal of the match three minutes into the first quarter, but the visitors enjoyed a bright patch, generating six inside 50s in a row at one stage.<\/p>\n
But the Pies couldn\u2019t manufacture a score from that dominance and were stung by goals to Lauren Young and Gemma Houghton, who put the home side up by 18 points at the first break.<\/p>\n
It was Port\u2019s turn to dominate without capitalising as the second quarter progressed, with the home side going inside 50 11 times to Collingwood\u2019s one without kicking a goal.<\/p>\n
That changed on the 12th attacking foray when Gemma Houghton added a second, with the next long inside 50 marked strongly by Scholz, who goaled from close range to stretch her team\u2019s lead to 31 points at the main break.<\/p>\n
Power prime mover Dowrick kicked the only goal of the third quarter as Collingwood lifted its intensity without reward on the scoreboard.<\/p>\n
Port led by 35 points heading into the final term and while the home team kicked two goals to none, a few more were required to boost its percentage ahead of the last game of the regular season.<\/p>\n
Collingwood\u2019s clearance headache turns inside 50 woe
Collingwood averaged a league-worst 19 clearances a game heading into the match, with the Power third-ranked with an average of just over 25. Pies coach Sam Wright changed things up in a bid to combat that imbalance with Tarni White spending more time at stoppages and Britt Bonnici behind the ball. The tactic worked a treat, with the Magpies on 19 clearances by half-time to Port\u2019s 10. But Wright\u2019s charges couldn\u2019t make the most of that turnaround, goalless in the first half and on the wrong side of a 24-10 inside 50 count.<\/p>\n
Mules-Robinson farewells Alberton faithful
Port Adelaide skipper Justine Mules-Robinson played her final game in front of the Alberton home crowd after the three-time Adelaide premiership player announced her retirement mid-week. Playing her 104th AFLW game, the much-respected leader worked tirelessly as ever. She was hugged by emotional teammates after the final siren and was given a warm send-off by the Power faithful.<\/p>\n
Up next
Port Adelaide finishes the home-and-away season with a clash against St Kilda at RSEA Park Saturday 31 October at 1:05pm Melbourne time, while the Magpies take on the Bombers at Windy Hill on Sunday at 1:05pm local time.<\/p>\n
PORT ADELAIDE\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 3.0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5.2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 6.2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 8.4 (52)
COLLINGWOOD\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 0.0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 0.1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 0.3\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 0.4 (4)<\/p>\n
GOALS
Port Adelaide:\u00a0Houghton 2, Young, Woodland, Scholz, Pope, Goody, Dowrick.
Collingwood:\u00a0None<\/p>\n
BEST\u00a0
Port Adelaide:\u00a0Dowrick, Goody, Scholz, Germech, Brooksby, Boag, Heads, Moloney.
Collingwood: Centra, White, Bonnici, Rowe<\/p>\n
INJURIES
Port Adelaide:\u00a0Nil
Collingwood:\u00a0Nil<\/p>\n
Crowd:\u00a03,112 at Alberton Oval<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Justine Mules-Robinson celebrates a win during round 11, 2026. Picture: AFL Photos\/Getty Images COLLINGWOOD has slumped to a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":938255,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[64,63,85],"class_list":["post-938254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/938254","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=938254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/938254\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/938255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=938254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=938254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=938254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}