From The Sunday Age
Reported by Brent Diamond
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PORT Melbourne coach Gary Ayres pulled out some quotes from the late coaching great Allan Jeans at three-quarter-time to inspire his players to a 22-point preliminary final victory against a brave Northern Bullants at TEAC Oval yesterday.
The Borough, undefeated after a flawless season, is into a grand final as a VFL stand-alone club and had to fight tooth and nail to get there against a team that had so much Carlton talent involved.
Advertisement: Story continues below It has been a threat to Port all season; whether a stand-alone VFL team that trains almost half of the time of full-time AFL players could match it with them.
Yesterday, they shrugged it off with some impressive performances. Dean Galea has some of the best hands in the game. He kicked five goals in the first half before Simon White went back to shut him down in the second half.
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