PORT ADELAIDE V NORTH MELBOURNE

Venue AAMI Stadium
Date Saturday, July 12
Time 7.10pm
Head to head North Melbourne 13 Port Adelaide 5 Drawn 0
Last time Port Adelaide 20.13 (133) def. North Melbourne 5.16 (46), 
2PF at AAMI Stadium
Betting TABSportsbet North Melbourne $1.83 Port Adelaide $1.90 Centrebet North Melbourne $1.86 Port Adelaide $1.95

Port Adelaide
Backs: Pettigrew Carlile Lower
Half-backs: Surjan Chaplin Lonie
Centres: Cassisi Thomson K Cornes
Half-forwards: Rodan Tredrea Ebert
Forwards: J Westhoff D Motlop C Cornes
Followers: Brogan S Burgoyne Rover: Pearce
Interchange: Bentley DeLuca Logan White
Emergencies: Stewart Farmer Cockshell
In: C Cornes Surjan
Out: Gray (ankle) Stewart

North Melbourne 
Backs: Gibson Firrito Urquhart
Half-backs: Harding Hansen Pratt
Centres: Harvey Simpson Harris
Half-forwards: Campbell Hale Wells
Forwards: Thomas Thompson Petrie
Followers: Goldstein Rawlings Rover: Ross
Interchange: Power Grima Watt McMahon
Emergencies: Lower Jones Obst
In: Ross Grima Goldstein McMahon
Out: Grant (club suspension) Jones Riggio Obst
New: Todd Goldstein, 20, Oakleigh

Summary A match between two sides whose playing groups have both been placed "on notice" to improve immediately. The Kangaroos recent inconsistency has not pleased coach Dean Laidley, irrespective of the tremendous promise they showed in beating Hawthorn two rounds ago. Over in Adelaide the Power are in analysis mode, picking up the pieces from a season that ended frightfully early for the 2007 grand finalists. Training this week has been willing as players fight for their futures, while the club is also fighting to get a decent crowd to AAMI Stadium - on a damp winter's night against a team not known for its drawing power a crowd of around 15,000 is not inconceivable.
Key North's inside midfield specialist Daniel Harris will want to put in a strong display against a hungry Power centre line, which should feature Chad Cornes after he recovered from a calf strain.
Tip North Melbourne by 25 points