Crows and Power go toe-to-toe in Showdown 53

Showdown 53 will go down in the history books as one to remember, with Adelaide sparking life into its season to overrun crosstown rival Port Adelaide at Adelaide Oval on Saturday night.
The Power led 84-80 at the 11-minute mark of the last quarter before the Crows booted the last six goals to run away 31-point winners - 18.9 (117) to 13.8 (86) - in front of a 48,962-strong crowd.
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[@zenith675]

Thilthorpe's signature over-the-head goal!! 😭

[@snipee-mi5jl]

so proud of the boys💙❤️💛

[@charliegreen3426]

glad to see the title thing was fixed, thanks for listening to the viewers ♡

[@darren806]

Unfortunately they reverted back to type 😅

[@brendanwilliams7291]

Great game, go Crows.

[@zaksk-zhj77]

Well done to the Crows! The Power were really good all night but unfortunately lost. I'm also glad that the Power can play with the Prison Bar jumpers only during showdowns.

[@narutoslivereditz]

good old collingwood forever

[@cheng3582]

Nice prison bars boys

[@tahliataylor]

Yep, the convicts love it 💪🏻😂

[@patrickmilner4149]

Wharf jumper. It represents the Port Adelaide Wharf, but yeah apparently its prison bars....

[@eddielong8663]

The original Power guernsey with the teal looked better.

[@consciousbeing1188]

​@@tahliataylor How do you figure that convicts have anything to do with it since Adelaide was never a penal colony? 😂😂😂

[@PennypackerHE]

thanks for fixing the highlights titles afl, good lads. You should also look at adding BIG misses from set shots that makes the highlights more exciting for non live viewers. eg dixons miss in the 3rd

[@skronchy1497]

Sad that my club Collingwood lost their first game of the season against the crows, hoping for better next week cmon lads

[@husonku_]

they haven’t vsed this year

[@skronchy1497]

@@husonku_ it’s about the bars mate, called a joke

[@husonku_]

@@skronchy1497 well im sorry I didn’t realise till now

[@williamjamessmithwaynerona6404]

I heard Collingwood have a lot of sore players. 2 games in one week is pretty tough

[@jordisalavert1912]

@@husonku_ the joke soared past ur head 😂

[@mayaharrison3138]

love this team so much love the texen

[@clydethroat]

COLLINGGGGG-WOOooOOOD!

[@barbaramacmillian1658]

Mighty Adelaide crows😊

[@rebekahmccaul]

Go the crows

[@el-violador]

The dangerous tackle on Peddler and the play on for Sholl were pretty terrible calls. I'm not the ump slagging sort but those were pretty bad

[@CuriosityIgnited]

Crows vs Power: When the AFL field turns into an epic dance floor for Showdown 53! 🕺🏉💥 #FootyFoxtrot #ShowdownShuffle

[@markwhelan9887]

I really like Thilthorpe 5 straight if you don't mind, along with Rankine 4, we're amazing Rachele, and laird along with Keays were very creative when the whips got cracking in the last quarter. Jordan Dawson is a good captain because he Leeds by example he has that footy know how. Great win in the battles of the churches, Sam Powell pepper is a shining light for Port. Rozee and butters need to be 4 quarter players. At least it was a good close game from the beginning to ten minutes into the last term then the crows just wanted it more. Both Port and Brisbane seem to have problems, I know it's only early and things can turn around but let's be honest Ken Hinkley will not be coaching Port next year word although he lifted them up and got them very competitive. There game plan is predictable and it appears they need a new fresh coach with a different outlook.

[@deadbeatchumbuddetectivete4549]

Thilthorpe should have definitely won Showdown Medal. Dawson went quiet after first quarter.

[@StrangeLittlePoet123]

Port wears the prison bars better. I mean most of their members have been in prison so it figures

[@Planetrainguy]

or deserve to

[@winniewingfield]

💪 Footy.

[@helvijssaukants3479]

thilthorpe was great, filled a much needed gap considering fogarty is injured and mcadam suspended

[@KadosXO]

I hate port so much and crows are my favourite so crows are just better port suck so bad imaging losing to a team that hasn’t mad finals since 2017 and port have made finals for some years now, but what a game

[@davidkeel8376]

Ah what a pleasure to hear the dulcet tones of Dwayne Russell as the accompanying soundtrack. I wonder what his internal monologue was for getting into commentary? "Hmmm, I have the most annoying voice in Australia, and it gets more annoying and high-pitched the more excited I get...I wonder what profession would suit me after my mediocre footy career? I've got it...AFL commentator! You're a genius Dwayne"

[@BadgerFromOz]

How good was the Crows' Thilthorpe with his five goals? After Port Adelaide had the lead early in the final quarter, it was all Adelaide with the final six goals of the game, giving them something to Crow about. I never knew that Jordan Dawson was Adelaide's captain. Adelaide host Fremantle in Round 4 while Port Adelaide travel to Sydney.

[@Dale_Doback]

Power is out, and the convicts are behind their bars. 💙❤️💛

[@imalwaysright]

Port looked good for three quarters. I don't know what happened to them in Q4.

[@zaco21_]

Crows wanted the footy more. Simple.

[@consciousbeing1188]

Seems to me that there's a lot of tension at Alberton. I'd say at a guess that there's a good number in the playing group who aren't impressed with Hinkley and his style of nepotism stemming from his greyhound racing venture with some players who never get dropped back to reserves no matter how crap they play. This is their way of letting him and Koch know they're not happy.

[@iambraz833]

@@consciousbeing1188 wtf ru on about the players love playing for ken 10 in a row now since this loss

[@coreyjones7249]

​@@iambraz833how did 2023 finals go ?

[@coreyjones7249]

​@@iambraz833will port make the top four in 2024 ?

[@penny_master7961]

Best game ever go crows😊

[@Feedersuper]

Good game.

[@gordonx145]

some people thought it was all over for the Crows at 6:14 ( spoiler: it was NOT OVER )

[@byzzenYT]

And that was the last goal port scored for the rest of the night

[@jeremycameron398]

Where was the fight?

[@Matt-cp9wh]

rankin worth the $$ great player

[@spade6240]

Collingwood’s 3rds no match for the mighty crom

[@CodE_breaKER_3]

🏈 🏈 🏈 3 🏈 🏈 🏈 Port Adelaide Chokers. 02 04 2023

[@matthewgeorgiou6343]

Did Collingwood play twice this round?

[@aaronbaines7698]

Now that some people think about it, even though Port's jumper may look like it is a prison bar design, I may be wrong but it sort of looks like a pair of cricket wickets stuck together.🥴 It's ok, though. Port can keep them.😌 Boy, our tips are going great. 3 so far.😋

[@raphaelkoch1573]

It's actually wharf pylons.

[@aaronbaines7698]

Oh. Ok.

[@gregorybedford2349]

Thought we were playing Collingwood for a minute .....doesn't matter ,we would have beat them too ......! 🇧🇪

[@Planetrainguy]

uhmm well about that

[@rencelani-ty2sc]

The trouble with the crows crowd is that they get depression every time they loose to the Power it’s like they lost their Grand Final

[@Skipper.17]

Port power, established 1997. Lol

[@lunch2102]

JHF showing his true value

[@METRO_UTILITIES_]

🏈 🏈 🏈 M 🏈 🏈 🏈 The most important thing is that Port Adelaide are outside the top 8. 02 04 2023

[@iambraz833]

10 in a row tied top of the ladder

[@coreyjones7249]

And out in straight sets after all their lucky wins last year

[@coreyjones7249]

​@@iambraz833got to win finals mate

[@SammyBoyy300]

Surely Hinkley is gone

[@coreyjones7249]

Guess not lol 😊

[@coreyjones7249]

Will hinkley get sacked in 2024 ?

[@ThatAussieBloke1]

Port needs some big changes

[@SCRAPPYK1LL]

The crows always catch us on the injury list. Every team pays the refs against port. Not fair.

[@russellrawlings2149]

Imagine seeing port in prison bars

[@consciousbeing1188]

​@Aqua Fyre Yatala doesn't have a football team... The club next door to the prison is Greenacres FC but it has about as much to do with the prison as PAFC has to do with "prison bars" instead of wharf pylons.😂

[@HawkBird]

I was quite used to them, but I'm talking about SANFL, where they aren't even called the Magpies no more and their club isn't even as old as they say

[@theearthrexden]

It’s more relatable for their fans

[@saintratty7855]

♥️💛💙

[@calebpaech]

i officially go for north Melbourne

[@autistpetey5703]

ken hinkley out

[@amaruvandevu8603]

Already? Lol 😂

[@consciousbeing1188]

​@@amaruvandevu8603 what do you mean "already"?... PAFC members and fans have been calling for his head to be on the chopping block for at least 3 years that I know about.

[@amaruvandevu8603]

@@consciousbeing1188By already, I meant the season only started lol. Relax

[@consciousbeing1188]

@@amaruvandevu8603 Why would I need to "relax", kid?... The only reason you would have to say that is because you've read a level of animosity into it that doesn't exist except in your misinterpretation. I was speaking matter-of-factly and nothing more. Your inference is predicated on elements of communication that are not present in the written form.

[@amaruvandevu8603]

@@consciousbeing1188 Mate I get it, you're frustrated and want to take it out on someone lol. But mate why me??? I just said Already??? hahaha. Have a good one.

[@TheLordOfBeans]

CARN CROWS

[@CODE_br3AKER_333]

🏈 Port Adelaide are pretenders. 05 04 2023

[@leemo5208]

Up the f*cking Crows!

[@coreyjones7249]

Bring on 2024

[@sachithraatapattu4676]

As a port fan I am not happy about this

[@CodE_breaKER_3]

🏈 Port Adelaide, that "prison bars" jumper looks ridiculous. 02 04 2023

[@consciousbeing1188]

Try "wharf pylons", you cretin!😂

[@maddie_3589]

What the heck happened to Ports uniform

[@catsfan3037]

Short sadelaide chokers

[@coreyjones7249]

Will cats make finals in 2024 ?

[@catsfan3037]

Port should fold

[@tangiers365]

Crows were robbed

[@tangiers365]

Right in front of me

[@coreyjones7249]

​@@tangiers365LoL 😅

[@coreyjones7249]

And crows robbed right on front of 50 000 fans lol

[@jassa2160]

thuggery sports, nothing comes out good on those all players. Their brain constantly being steered to be aggressive, swearing, spitting

[@hazza8459]

Go watch netball then

[@consciousbeing1188]

Would you like a cup of tea and an angel cake, Tinkerbell? This sport has been played for over 150 years with scant, little evidence of "thuggery". Your weak attempt at hyperbole is lost on this channel 😂

[@coreyjones7249]

You look like a thug in your profile picture haha 😅

[@The-SGC-Files]

Wannabe Collingwood can’t replicate the pies

[@eddielong8663]

I'm no Collingwood fan, but I think they might aswell be as difficult towards Port Adelaide as they want. If Port really didn't want to be forced to wear the additional teal when they first entered the AFL (which is still a unique colour in professional sports today, and it actually looked decent), then they shouldn't have bothered entereing at all.

[@consciousbeing1188]

It's the other way around, kid... If PAFC were true to their original colours they'd run onto the field in PINK guernseys 😂