Port Melbourne News

POTENTIAL Warrnambool AFL draft recruit Sam Dwyer is already looking forward to the Victorian screening on October 3, just days after his side Port Melbourne was knocked out of the VFL finals.

Port Melbourne lost to Northern Bullants last weekend to miss out on a berth in Friday night's grand final against North Ballarat.

The Borough was seven goals down at half-time but stormed home to go down by just over three goals.

Dwyer, 23, was again among Port's best to top off an excellent season in which he finished fifth in the VFL best and fairest, the Liston Medal, behind North Ballarat's Myles Sewell.

The silky skilled former South Warrnambool and Geelong Falcons player said yesterday he was still recovering after the weekend encounter but his attention would quickly turn to the state screening at the Melbourne Sports And Aquatic Centre on October 3.

He said he was invited to the session a month ago after scouts registered interest in him.

From The Age
Reported by Brent Diamond
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PORT MELBOURNE'S last-gasp, four-point victory over Box Hill Hawks yesterday had all the elements of a blockbuster final to earn it a second-straight preliminary-final berth against the Northern Bullants on Sunday.

From the Sunday Age
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FAST-FINISHING Port Melbourne overran Sandringham at home by 31 points to edge closer to the top two and end the Zebras' finals hopes yesterday.

And at Visy Park, Collingwood officially stamped itself in the VFL finals for the first time after eclipsing Frankston by 76 points.

From the South Coast Standard
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IT'S taken time for former South Warrnambool and Geelong Falcons player Sam Dwyer to settle into the line-up for VFL side Port Melbourne.

Now in his fifth year with the Borough, Dwyer has backed up a 21-out-of-22-game season in 2008 with an even stronger start to 2009.

From The Age
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PORT MELBOURNE: Coach Gary Ayres said he isn't fazed by the team's lack of polish to finish off matches despite its poor final-quarter record this season.

The Borough unveiled Wayne Schultz, who could be pivotal to Port Melbourne's quest for another grand final appearance.

From Leader Community Newspapers
Reported by Brad Beitzel
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FROM boiled lollies to advancing into the VFL top four.That’s the past week for Port Melbourne as it had one of its best second halves this season to knock off Box Hill by 49 points at TEAC Oval on Saturday.

From Leader Community Papers
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IT was ladies day at Port Melbourne on Saturday and the champers flowed at a marquee set up around from the small grandstand.

To judge from the anxious expression he carried in the first quarter, Boroughs coach Gary Ayres would have liked to inject a bit of fizz into his team as it lagged behind Frankston.

Despite being undermanned, the Dolphins fired off the first five goals of the match, leaving Port to fumble around like a man who’d misplaced his glasses.

But, good side that is, Port Melbourne clawed its way back and kicked six goals to none in the final term to win by 21 points and go 4-1 after six rounds.

No sooner had Ayres stepped down from the coaches box than he put his thoughts on Port’s next assignment. He called it a blockbuster: Williamstown at Point Gellibrand.

The Seagulls are still shirty about last year’s preliminary final, when the Boroughs came from four goals down at half time to charge into the grand final.

From ABC Grandstand
Reported by Chris Thompson
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Frankston travel to North Port Oval to take on the Borough this weekend in Round Six, and ABC TV Grandstand will be there to bring you all the action live on Saturday from 1pm on ABC1 in Victoria.

And as well as all the regular action, Phil Cleary will this week take you inside the coaches box with Gary Ayres for a special look at what it takes to be a VFL senior coach during a game.

Their Round Three blemish against the Bullants aside, Port have been in good form at the start of Season 2009, a first-up thrashing of North Ballarat in the Grand Final replay signalling their intentions to go one better this season.

And after backing it up with a hard-fought Round Two win over Casey, the Borough went 3-1 with a two-goal victory over the Cats, before having last week off.