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Mission: nullify Adam Goodes
By ZAC MILBANK
26jun03
SYDNEY'S Adam Goodes - arguably the most difficult player in the AFL to match-up on - will present Port Adelaide with a huge hurdle to overcome on Saturday at AAMI Stadium.
Currently in career-best form, Goodes has been the chief instigator behind Sydney's unexpected rise to fourth (eight wins, four losses) on the AFL ladder under coach Paul Roos.
The equal-third favourite for the Brownlow Medal is extremely mobile for his size and has proved he's capable of playing almost anywhere on the field with distinction.
"As far as match-ups I think he would be (the hardest in the AFL to quell)," Port defender Adam Kingsley said.
"He's a tall guy who can run, can play either end of the ground or in the middle and he's been doing a lot of the ruckwork for them.
"As a 6 ft 4 in (195 cm) bloke who can run, he's almost like a ruck-rover so he's going to be a hard player to match-up on, but I'm sure we'll cover him."
Power defender Matthew Bishop's likely return from a calf injury could not have been more timely as he looms as Port's leading candidate to stand the outstanding Swan.
"We've got a couple of those guys (tall and mobile)," Kingsley said.
"Matty Bishop could get a role there, because he's a tall guy who can run and could match it with Adam Goodes.
"But that's something the coaching staff will sit down later on in the week and discuss."
After Bishop, Port's back-up options would include ruckman Dean Brogan or Chad Cornes.
Brogan has stood up to most challenges Power coach Mark Williams has set him this season but his fitness may be tested if asked to follow Goodes around the ground.
Enter the elder of the Cornes brothers, who would be missed at the goalfront but has the height, weight and aerobic capacity to provide Goodes - in his 100th game - with a run for his money.
Bishop proved his fitness while training at AAMI Stadium yesterday and like skipper Matthew Primus (hamstring), appears set to resume with the Power.
Missing since round two, Stuart Dew (osteitis pubis) showed no ill effects and could be used by Port from the interchange.
If not, he should play for Central in the SANFL along with Brent Guerra (back) who also moved without restriction.
Mission: nullify Adam Goodes
By ZAC MILBANK
26jun03
SYDNEY'S Adam Goodes - arguably the most difficult player in the AFL to match-up on - will present Port Adelaide with a huge hurdle to overcome on Saturday at AAMI Stadium.
Currently in career-best form, Goodes has been the chief instigator behind Sydney's unexpected rise to fourth (eight wins, four losses) on the AFL ladder under coach Paul Roos.
The equal-third favourite for the Brownlow Medal is extremely mobile for his size and has proved he's capable of playing almost anywhere on the field with distinction.
"As far as match-ups I think he would be (the hardest in the AFL to quell)," Port defender Adam Kingsley said.
"He's a tall guy who can run, can play either end of the ground or in the middle and he's been doing a lot of the ruckwork for them.
"As a 6 ft 4 in (195 cm) bloke who can run, he's almost like a ruck-rover so he's going to be a hard player to match-up on, but I'm sure we'll cover him."
Power defender Matthew Bishop's likely return from a calf injury could not have been more timely as he looms as Port's leading candidate to stand the outstanding Swan.
"We've got a couple of those guys (tall and mobile)," Kingsley said.
"Matty Bishop could get a role there, because he's a tall guy who can run and could match it with Adam Goodes.
"But that's something the coaching staff will sit down later on in the week and discuss."
After Bishop, Port's back-up options would include ruckman Dean Brogan or Chad Cornes.
Brogan has stood up to most challenges Power coach Mark Williams has set him this season but his fitness may be tested if asked to follow Goodes around the ground.
Enter the elder of the Cornes brothers, who would be missed at the goalfront but has the height, weight and aerobic capacity to provide Goodes - in his 100th game - with a run for his money.
Bishop proved his fitness while training at AAMI Stadium yesterday and like skipper Matthew Primus (hamstring), appears set to resume with the Power.
Missing since round two, Stuart Dew (osteitis pubis) showed no ill effects and could be used by Port from the interchange.
If not, he should play for Central in the SANFL along with Brent Guerra (back) who also moved without restriction.
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