Saturday’s third AFL Round 10 match is between Port Adelaide Power and Hawthorn Hawks with the game to be played at Adelaide Oval. The opening bounce is set to commence at 7:10 PM local time with home team Port Adelaide Power  currently holding favouritism. View our AFL live scores, odds and results for the game between Port Adelaide Power and Hawthorn Hawks.

Round: Round 10, May 24, 2014,Saturday,7:10 PM
Stadium: Adelaide Oval
Weather: 22° Partly cloudy.

Odds Comparison:

Port Adelaide Power	1.42	1.43	1.43	1.43	1.42	1.43
Hawthorn Hawks	2.90	2.85	2.90	2.85	2.90	2.85

All odds are subject to change. Odds listed are correct at the time of the latest update.

Preview:

In the undisputed match of the round, 1st placed Port Adelaide take on 2nd placed Hawthorn on Saturday, 7.10PM at Adelaide Oval.  While Port will go into this match as slight favourites, past form would suggest otherwise.  Having beaten Port Adelaide in each of their last five meetings, this will be the first premiership season game where the Hawks will enter as underdogs since round four, 2012.  While the Hawks will be keen to prove everyone wrong, beating Port at home will be a very difficult prospect.

To make things ever harder, the Hawks will be without some key talent this weekend, with Josh Gibson, Sam Mitchell, Cyril Rioli, and Brian Lake all out due to injury and key forward Jarryd Roughead suspended.  If Port win this match, they will move eight points clear of the Hawks on the ladder and set themselves up as major contenders for the flag.  However, they will have to stop the AFL’s highest scoring team in Hawthorn, and the most accurate team kicking at goal at 60.9 percent.

Teams:

PORT ADELAIDE
B: Jack Hombsch, Alipate Carlile, Jarman Impey
HB: Matthew Broadbent, Jackson Trengove, Jasper Pittard
C: Jared Polec, Travis Boak, Kane Cornes
HF: Aaron Young, Justin Westhoff, Angus Monfries
F: Robbie Gray, Jay Schulz, Chad Wingard
FOLL: Matthew Lobbe, Ollie Wines, Brad Ebert
I/C: Matt White, Hamish Hartlett, Dom Cassisi, Kane Mitchell
EMG: Paul Stewart, Jake Neade, Benjamin Newton,
IN: Matthew Lobbe,
OUT: Brent Renouf (omitted)

HAWTHORN
B: M.Suckling R.Schoenmakers T.Duryea
HB: W.Langford B.Stratton G.Birchall
C: J.Lewis L.Hodge L.Shiels
HF: I.Smith J.Gunston B.Hill
F: P.Puopolo D.Hale L.Breust
FOLL: B.McEvoy B.Sewell S.Burgoyne
I/C: M.Hallahan J.Ceglar B.Hartung J.Simpkin
Emerg: K.Cheney A.Woodward T.O’Brien
IN: L.Hodge, B.Sewell, L.Shiels, J.Ceglar
OUT: J.Roughead (suspension), J.Gibson (shoulder), C.Rioli (hamstring), K.Cheney (omitted)

News : 

Dayne Beams admits the third time he injured his quadricep muscle, he started worrying about his AFL career.

The Collingwood midfielder will play his 100th game this Saturday against West Coast at the MCG.

He is back to full fitness and strong form this year and has not missed a game.

But last season was a disaster.

Beams only managed eight games after a basic quad injury kept recurring.

“Once that third time came around it was pretty dark for me,” he said.

“I didn’t know when I was ever going to be back playing and they (physios) went the ultra conservative approach after the third time.

“They trained me like I had a mini-ACL (knee reconstruction).

“You’ve got a set program and it dosesn’t matter how you’re feeling.”

Last year’s trials made Beams a big believer in “pre-hab” – making sure his body is as injury-proof as possible.

It was the low point in a rollercoaster career that so far has featured the 2010 premiership and his breakout 2012 season, when he won the club best and fairest award and made the All-Australian team.

Beams said star teammates such as captain Scott Pendlebury and Luke Ball had been crucial in helping him make the transition to a full-time midfielder two years ago.

“It took me a little bit of time to understand what it takes to play AFL (at) a consistent level,” he said.

“I’ve had really good role models around me – I’ve got probably two of the most professional guys I’ve seen in Bally and Pendles.

“When my opportunity came in 2012 to play permanently in the midfield, I think I was prepared to do that.”

At Thursday’s media conference, Beams was also prepared for questions about his younger brother Claye, who plays for Brisbane.

Claye set Dayne up in the media this week, saying he’s a mummy’s boy and was a terror of a child.

In response, Dayne called his younger brother a goose.

“He always lived with Mum, I think he slept with Mum until he was about 12,” Dayne said.

“He’s a sook.

“I told him I was going to make up a few lines about him … I will have the last laugh.”