A huge last quarter that included three goals resulted in Lance Franklin (122) being an important factor in the Swans’ win. The forward had 14 kicks, nine handballs, six marks and kicked five goals for the game.
Kieren Jack (117) laid seven tackles to be the best of the midfielders while Rhyce Shaw (113) racked up 32 disposals running off half-back. The defender is enjoying one his best Fantasy seasons, averaging 95 in the past three weeks.
Ruckman Mike Pyke was withdrawn before the match for team balance leaving Tom Derickx (50) up against the in-form Matthew Lobbe (133). The Power ruckman won the hit-out count 40 to 28.
A game-high 40 disposals handed Brad Ebert (136) the honours of being the top scoring Fantasy player on the ground. He has shown the capacity to score very highly this year with seven scores over 110. He should be considered as one of the top eight midfielders for the season. If we took out his two scores of 62 against Greater Western Sydney and 66 against Melbourne, he would be averaging 117.7 which would rank him third behind Tom Rockliff and Gary Ablett for the season.
Four goals to Jay Schulz (112) and 23 disposals and eight marks for Justin Westhoff (106) were instrumental in keeping the Power in the game.
Midfielder Daniel Hannebery (54) was shooting for his eighth consecutive 100 but it wasn’t to be as Kane Cornes (53) held him to just 13 touches. Port Adelaide’s coaching staff would have been happy with Cornes’ performance, but his Fantasy coaches, including me, were disappointed with him playing defensively managing just 18 disposals.
