AFL Round 19 live updates: Port Adelaide vs Fremantle, North Melbourne vs Melbourne, Collingwood vs Carlton, West Coast vs Brisbane Lions — blog, scores and stats

It’s Dante again! He slams through his second goal in a matter of minutes after winning a free kick for holding the man.

Freo skipper Alex Pearce has both of Dante’s hands held in a marking contest like they’re about to do a really romantic tango.

The free kick count currently reads 9-1 and I think I’m hearing faint “RIGGED!!” noises coming from WA.

Port leads the inside 50 count 15-9 and has registered eight scores from those entries. Very efficient stuff.

Sorry about this headline, I was imitating the Argentina commentators after the winner against England last week.

Dante Visentini gets on the end of a loose ball in Port’s goalsquare and toe-pokes it home ahead of a diving defender to extend his side’s lead.

A lovely display of dexterity from Port’s young big man.

Port continues to look incredibly dangerous every time it goes inside 50 right now.

Joe Richards puts Port back in front!

It was a brilliant tackle from Port’s No.35 at the top of the 50m arc as Andy Brayshaw tried to wriggle his way through congestion.

Richards appears to be right on his kicking range here with the set shot, but makes absolutely brilliant contact.

Important goal that for Port after Freo had gotten up a bit of a head of steam.

The key to causing an upset is always to hang around for as long as possible before trying to nick a result at the death. That’s exactly what Port is doing right now!

The Big Cohuna is activated!

Jye Amiss, after kicking the first goal of the afternoon for Freo, this time sends the ball inside 50 to his running mate, Josh Treacy, who takes a good mark going back with the flight of the ball.

Treacy makes no mistake on the short-range set shot for his 42nd goal of the season.

The ladder-leaders have gotten warmed right up in the last five minutes!

Michael Frederick drills a set shot to level the scores with 10 minutes left in the opening term.

Freo veteran Jaeger O’Meara leads all players with seven disposals so far.

This time it’s Fremantle’s turn to take advantage of a free kick deep inside 50!

Jye Amiss is manhandled in a marking contest around 20m out from goal directly in front, and he drills the set shot via a snap.

A little steadier for Freo.

Fremantle may have started slowly, but their skipper has taken a brilliant mark going back with the flight of the ball.

Jack Whitlock sends Port’s second goal through after winning a free kick inside 50!

It was a good kick inside 50 from Ollie Wines, who put it to the advantage of Whitlock, and his defender Heath Chapman just panicked and held onto the big man a little too long in that marking contest.

Very handy start this for Port. Although, as we saw last week, Freo doesn’t get too fazed by slow starts.

Josh Carr’s got to be thrilled with what he’s seen over the first five minutes here.

Port leads the clearance count 5-0 and Ollie Wines has already racked up three by himself.

Wines also has four disposals to lead all players. The Brownlow Medal winner is turning back the block in the absence of his star running mates.

What a perfect start this is for Port!

They get the first centre clearance of the match and Mitch Zadow takes a good mark on the lead right on the 50m arc on a tough angle.

Zadow sets it up towards the top of the square, but the ball floats all the way past the outstretched Dockers arms on the goal line!

I think this would be a genuine banana-skin game for Freo if Port were fully fit. They’re a tough out at the Adelaide Oval despite their paltry record.

However, this is going to be a really tough ask. Can they make up for the talent disparity with sheer heart and grit? Let’s see!

Here we go, live action to kick off the AFL’s version of Super Saturday!

Willem Drew tossing the coin for Port this afternoon due to the absence of several of Port’s regular leaders.

Aliir Aliir has started with Josh Treacy in Port’s backline.

We’re not far from the first bounce here in Adelaide and I must say the conditions look spectacular out there.

Surely the AFL’s ladder-leaders, Fremantle, don’t stumble in this one against a decimated Port Adelaide side.

A nice moment for Freo as Brennan Cox led the ladder-leaders out ahead of his 150th game.

Here’s a look at how the last five matches between these two teams have gone:

R22, 2025: Fremantle 13.14 (92) def. Port Adelaide 13.8 (86) @ Adelaide Oval

R11, 2025: Fremantle 15.10 (100) def. Port Adelaide 7.9 (51) @ Perth Stadium

R24, 2024: Port Adelaide 13.9 (87) def. Fremantle 9.13 (67) @ Perth Stadium

R5, 2024: Port Adelaide 9.12 (66) def. Fremantle 9.9 (63) @ Adelaide Oval

R23, 2023: Port Adelaide 11.8 (74) def. Fremantle 8.10 (58) @ Perth Stadium

There’s been carnage on the injury front of late for Port Adelaide, and it’s continued in the lead-up to this match.

Harrison Ramm will miss this afternoon’s clash due to illness and has been replaced in the line-up by Jacob Wehr.

Fremantle will line up as originally selected.

Here’s a look at the final team line-ups for both sides.

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Round 18 continues today with four matches, with action kicking off at 1:15pm AEST when Port Adelaide hosts Fremantle at the Adelaide Oval.

Here are the start times and locations for the final three matches of the day:

• 4:15pm – North Melbourne vs Melbourne @ Docklands Stadium
• 7:35pm – Collingwood vs Carlton @ MCG
• 8:10pm – West Coast vs Brisbane Lions @ Perth Stadium