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Signing off for the night

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By Chris De Silva

Thank you for spending your Saturday with us once again everyone!

Melbourne, North Melbourne and Sydney the winners this afternoon.

We'll be back tomorrow for the double-header which kicks off with Richmond hosting the Brisbane Lions in Hobart at 1:10pm AEST.

See you all then!

A pair of close finishes to sign things off tonight

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By Chris De Silva

After last nights comfortable win by the Cats I thought the run of nail-biting finishes blogged by Chris had ended - I was wrong, it was just an anomaly. Thanks for the blogs Chris and Andrew, see you next time.

- Mike

The final numbers from the Adelaide Oval

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By Chris De Silva

Here's a look at all the main numbers from Sydney's three-point win over Port Adelaide.

Disposals: Sydney 355-341

Inside 50s: Port 56-47

Clearances: Port 40-30

Contested Possessions: Sydney 136-132

Marks: Port 83-72

Marks Inside 50: Port 13-8

Tackles: Sydney 61-56

Tackles in Forward 50: Sydney 12-11

One Percenters: Sydney 51-49

FT: Sydney 14.9 (93) defeats Port Adelaide 13.12 (90)

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By Chris De Silva

THE SWANS HAVE DONE IT!

Brodie Grundy fists the ball away from congestion from the final ruck contest, and it's as good as a kick and that's enough for Sydney to run down the clock.

What a game, what a win for one of the league's premiership fancies!

The Swans wind up kicking 5.1 to Port's 3.1 in the final quarter to record a three-point win.

All of Sydney's big names were huge in that final quarter.

Brodie Grundy recorded eight points and five clearances, Chad Warner had 10 touches and three clearances, while Isaac Heeney added eight touches of his own.

Heeney finishes the match as the leading ball-winner with 30 touches and also added nine score involvements, while Grundy also added nine clearances and six intercepts.

A word too to Jordon Sweet, Port's ruckman, who finishes with 17 touches, 13 score involvements and nine clearances.

Port draws level with Fremantle on 48 premiership points, but the Dockers have a game in hand having had their bye this week.

Port goes forward from centre clearance

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By Chris De Silva

Ball-up around 60m out from Port's goal with 18 seconds left!

Sweet trims Sydney's lead to three points

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By Chris De Silva

Jordon Sweet with a big mark and goal with 37 seconds left!

Big centre bounce coming up with the Swans clinging to a three-point lead.

Berry goes out on the full as Port presses

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By Chris De Silva

Joe Berry does everything right by sidestepping the man on the mark and sends the ball inside 50.

But then he undoes all his good work by kicking the ball out on the full.

We're into the last 1:20. It's still mathematically possible for Port, but very unlikely now.

Rowbottom kicks the potential sealer!

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By Chris De Silva

James Rowbottom may just have sealed the four points for the Swans!

Caiden Cleary kicks a long ball inside 50 and Rowbottom crumbs the marking contest perfectly.

Ghosts in from around the front and then dribbles it home on the left boot from close range.

Swans by nine points with 2:34 left on the clock

Mills traps Whitlock in a big tackle

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By Chris De Silva

Callum Mills with a terrific defensive play on the wing against Jack Whitlock!

That was a scintillating passage of play for the last minute.

We're into the last three minutes of this cotnest.

Horne-Francis sets up a grandstand finish

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By Chris De Silva

Jason Horne-Francis shows nerves of steel as he drills a set shot from directly in front 45m out from goal.

Sydney's lead trimmed back to three points with 5:10 left on the clock.

Is the next goal the winning one?

Georgiades keeps Port in with a chance

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By Chris De Silva

Mitch Georgiades drills a very difficult set shot from the boundary to trim Port's deficit to nine points with 7:40 left.

Zak Butters with the set-up to find Georgiades inside 50. He's gotten busy in the last few minutes, now up to 23 touches for the match.

McDonald makes Port pay for Ratugolea drop

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By Chris De Silva

Port officially in trouble here!

Isaac Heeney peels away from a stoppage in the middle of the ground and finds James Rowbottom with a handball.

Rowbottom's kick inside 50 is not good, but Esava Ratugolea spills the mark attempt, instead knocking it forward.

The ball lands in the hands of Logan McDonald, who snaps truly to give the Swans a 15-point lead with 10 minutes left.

Lloyd drills a ripper on the run to extend Swans lead

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By Chris De Silva

JAKE LLOYD, WHAT A FINISH!

The Swans veteran receives the ball at half forward around 70m out from goal and takes it inside 50.

He's about 47m out from goal and tucked into the boundary line, but decides to have a shot on goal, and the ball sneaks inside the right-hand upright.

Sydney now out to a game-high 10-point lead. Still plenty of time for Port though with 13 minutes left on the countdown clock.

Warner puts Swans in front!

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By Chris De Silva

The Swans force a turnover on the wing and Chad Warner finds himself all alone inside 50.

He takes the set shot from a hair beyond the 50m arc and absolutely flushes it to put Sydney in front.

The Swans have kicked seven of the last 10 goals to take the lead here.

Curnow strikes from close range after Swans transition

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By Chris De Silva

The Swans stream forward off halfback and Charlie Curnow is one out with Aliir Aliir.

Curnow manages to push Aliir off the ball legally and then runs through towards goal and receives a handball to kick an easy one running into an open goal.

Swans back within a kick at the Adelaide Oval.

3QT: Port Adelaide 10.11 (71) leads Sydney 9.8 (62)

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By Chris De Silva

Joe Berry misses a set shot from directly in front after the siren and Port has to settle for a nine-point lead at three-quarter time.

That could be potentially pivotal in a see-sawing contest like this one.

Another fascinating quarter in the books in this one. Swans kick 4.2 to Port's 3.2 to close the half-time margin.

Callum Mills leads all players with 23 touches, while Darcy Byrne-Jones is Port's high man with 19 touches.

Port big man Jordon Sweet is the clearance leader with seven and he's also got 11 score involvements.

The Power still have the lead in inside 50s (43-34) and the clearances (28-19).

One quarter to go, still anyone's game here.

Butters sets Adelaide Oval alight after shrugging off Heeney

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By Chris De Silva

Zak Butters with a massive goal on the run and Port Adelaide is back out to a nine-point lead!

Butters streams in towards goal and shrugs off an Isaac Heeney tackle before slotting it on the left boot.

He's now got 14 touches and three clearances to go along with that goal.

Durdin puts Port back in front after one-handed mark

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By Chris De Silva

Corey Durdin does it again!

Mitch Georgiades shakes off his defender and puts a left-footed kick inside 50 where Durdin is running back with the flight of the ball, and he puts one hand out and takes it. Brilliant mark!

Durdin kicks truly from the set shot to put Port Adelaide back int front.

We've got a proper Saturday night special here tonight!