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Port looked okay early on, lots of run and overlap even though they often broke down at half forward when a precision kick was needed.  By the last half of qtr 4, they lost all their run and were just kicking to contests. Is it fitness? Sure looked like it.

Bombers had similar problems, errors and turnovers in their forward half, but once Port's run and pressure stopped, 4 goals on the trot. Finished well.

Large parts of the game were attacks that broke down, then the other side attacked and broke down, and the game oscillated a lot between the arcs.  It reminded me of when 2 kicking union sides play, and the ball goes back and forth for long stretches.

Dynamic mobile forwards with precision kicking inside 50 is now the benchmark.  The best sides have it, the others don't.