From Inside Football Magazine
Reported by Paul Amy
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PORT Melbourne coach Gary Ayres charged on to the City Oval to embrace his players after they hustled home with six goals in the last quarter to defeat the Box Hill Hawks by three points on Saturday. Williamstown recruit Dean Galea’s seventh goal put the Boroughs in front with 63 seconds left.
“I embraced all my little boys,†Ayres said. “I felt like a father with 23 kids! I said to the boys, ‘I hope your drinks tonight taste as sweet as sugar’.†He said Port great Gary “Barrel†Brice had called it “a special win, one of the club’s best for a long, long timeâ€. “Barrel’s seen a lot of games over a long time, so that tells you how good it was.
It was unbelievable.†Making the performance the more commendable, Port had lost Ryan McMahon (ribs), Steve Brewer (knee) and Callum Sinclair (bruised foot) from the team that routed Sandringham in Round 5. Galea kicked 7.0 in his best effort at VFL level.
