Port Adelaide Power captain Travis Boak believes the Adelaide Crows are the best team in the competition and deserve flag favouritism

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Port Adelaide captain Travis Boak is chased by Richard Douglas during Showdown 43. Picture: Sarah Reed

 

PORT Adelaide captain Travis Boak is tipping in-town rival Adelaide as the team to beat for the AFL flag.

And he suspects the looming Crows-Sydney preliminary final as the pointer to the flag.

“The Crows are the best side in the competition — and have been for the majority of the year,” Boak said as the Power closed its end-of-season player reviews at Alberton on Wednesday.

“Sydney are coming — they are playing good footy,” added Boak of the Swans, who play Geelong in a semi-final at the MCG on Friday.

The winner of the Sydney-Cats knockout final advances to the preliminary final against the Crows on Friday week at Adelaide Oval.

“They are the two front runners are the moment (Crows and Swans),” Boak said.

 

Port Adelaide fell out of the race in a dramatic elimination final played to extra time against West Coast on Saturday night at Adelaide Oval. Eagles midfielder Luke Shuey’s goal after the siren — on a free kick — put the Power in seventh spot.

Boak will not grade a return to AFL finals — after two seasons among the also-rans — as a pass mark.

“We didn’t win the premiership, so it was a disappointing year,” Boak said.

“Everyone wants to win the premiership.”

 

Source: Click

 

 

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