{"id":384531,"date":"2024-04-13T21:21:54","date_gmt":"2024-04-13T21:21:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=384531"},"modified":"2024-04-14T00:03:46","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T00:03:46","slug":"port-star-faces-nervous-wait-after-awkward-bump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=384531","title":{"rendered":"Port star faces nervous wait after awkward bump"},"content":{"rendered":"

Port Adelaide<\/a> Brownlow hopeful Zak Butters may face scrutiny for a late bump on Fremantle<\/a>'s Bailey Banfield during the Power's three-point win at Adelaide Oval on Saturday night.<\/p>\n

Banfield was hunting the ball at ground level when Butters swooped in, with his hip making contact\ufeff with the Fremantle player's head.<\/p>\n

There was no free kick given and Banfield played out the remaining two minutes of the intense match, but the contact from Butters did briefly keep Banfield on the turf.\ufeff<\/p>\n

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Butters looked to have his eyes firmly on the football, but the act may be deemed careless as he didn't also look to protect the head of Banfield.<\/p>\n

Apart from his later blunder, Butters notched up 24 disposals\ufeff, with skipper Connor Rozee collecting 26 and Dan Houston having 27.<\/p>\n

\"Butters<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Port Adelaide proved that good teams don't always win easy, or pretty, when coach Ken Hinkley went head-to-head with Power forward Charlie Dixon at the quarter time break.<\/p>\n

Dixon expressed\ufeff frustration that his Power teammates were unable to deliver the ball to the prime position for him, with Hinkley attempting to calm him down.<\/p>\n

The veteran forward went on to kick two majors in the win, both after quarter time.<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

Port Adelaide now have four wins out of their five appearances this season, sitting in second on the ladder.\ufeff<\/p>\n

In a surprise statistic, it was the first time since round 14, 2001 that a match between these two sides hasn't included either Dockers legend Matthew Pavlich or Power champion Travis Boak.\ufeff<\/p>\n

Boak was out of the match due to a back injury he sustained against the Bombers in round four<\/a>.\ufeff<\/p>\n

The Power now face Collingwood at the MCG, while Fremantle, who have now lost two games in a row, drop the seventh on the ladder and face the Eagles.\ufeff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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