Live: Last-minute miss from Hawthorn captain sends Port Adelaide into preliminary final after thriller

Ken Hinkley explains what exactly he told the Hawks that got James Sicily so fired up after the match.

“I just told him after the game he’s not going anywhere,” Hinkley tells Seven.

Port star Zak Butters speaks about Hawthorn’s brash trash talking both during the week and throughout this season.

“I think they talk all year and it’s where they definitely get some energy from as a group,” he tells Fox Footy.

“Yeah, we looked at it a little bit. It’s footy and you’ve got to have fun, but at the same time we were out there to get the job done tonight.

“Kenny is a passionate man and that’s why we love playing for him.”

Here are the final numbers from an absolute classic in Adelaide.

• Disposals: Hawthorn 337-323
• Inside 50s: Port 51-42
• Clearances: Port 42-40
• Contested Possessions: Port 158-141
• Tackles: Hawthorn 82-76

Port Adelaide finishes with the three top-ranked players on the ground.

1. 1.Jordon Sweet (PA): 15 disposals, 53 hitouts, six clearances, five tackles
2. 2.Jase Burgoyne (PA): 25 disposals, nine marks, seven intercept possessions
3. 3.Connor Rozee (PA): 20 disposals, nine tackles, six score involvements

There’s some fiery scenes after the final siren here in Adelaide. 

Ken Hinkley mouths off at the Hawthorn players nearby as the two teams prepare for a guard of honour for Luke Breust.

Hawthorn skipper James Sicily is absolutely incensed and returns serve to Hinkley, all while chairing Breust off the ground.

“As a coach, that’s pretty disappointing,” Luke Hodge says on commentary.

“I reckon Ken as a coach would sit back and go, ‘We’ve just had a great win’, you should be talking about how well your team played.

“Instead, a coach is in there mouthing off to a losing side. That’s pretty poor form.”

“You certainly don’t see it very, very often, if at all. There is a lot going on there,” Matthew Richardson adds.

Spicy stuff!

I wonder if that was a response from Hinkley for Jack Ginnivan’s comments during the week where he insinuated that the Hawks were preparing for the Swans prelim clash.

PORT ADELAIDE WINS A THRILLER!

Ken Hinkley with his hands on his head and the crowd absolutely goes NUTSSSSS.

Holy smokes. That is an all-timer.

Esava Ratugolea with a huge intercept mark with 18 seconds left.

PANDEMONIUM AT THE ADELAIDE OVAL!

The Hawthorn captain has missed a set shot from 50m out.

Port clinging to a three-point lead. Sicily with his head in his hands.

A massive concern here for Port, with Jason Horne-Francis helped off the ground in big trouble.

Horne-Francis clutching behind his left leg. Not sure if it’s a hammy or cramp at this stage.

Two minutes left. Doubt he’ll get back onto the ground here.

HUGE play from Darcy Byrne-Jones!

Jarman Impey was away through the middle of the ground and he’s stopped in his tracks.

2.38 left on the clock.

GAME ON!

Finn Maginness snaps one through with 3.35 left on the clock and the Hawks are back within a kick.

A massive centre bounce coming.

Oh boy, what a miss this is!

Dylan Moore takes a mark on the boundary and looks to snap it through but hits the post.

Ball camped in Hawthorn’s half of the ground now.

Time becoming a factor now here in Adelaide!

The ball is inside Hawthorn’s forward 50 and we’ve got a boundary throw-in.

Mabior Chol is done for running too far inside 50! 

He had Nick Watson wide open, but was too indecisive after a brilliant chase from Port big man Jordon Sweet.

“Just do the simple things,” says Hawks great Luke Hodge in the commentary box.

Seven minutes left for Hawthorn to find two goals.

Mitch Georgiades with a HUGE contested mark deep in the pocket!

It was a lovely kick inside 50 from Connor Rozee, and it found Georgiades.

He shows some composure to go back and snaps it through for his third goal of the evening.

Port lead by 11 points with eight minutes left.

Oh do not go anywhere, we’ve got a game on again folks!

Jack Ginnivan snaps one through to draw the Hawks to within five points.

That was probably the first time tonight the Hawks were able to transition from end to end.

There’s 10.26 left, plenty of time for either team.

An excellent response from Hawthorn in the last five minutes.

A massive goal from Hawthorn skipper James Sicily!

He’s been flung forward by Sam Mitchell in this quarter with the Hawks forward line looking a little dysfunctional and the move pays off.

A stoppage deep inside Hawthorn’s forward 50, and an attempted spike from the ruck contest from Port ruckman Jordon Sweet lands in Sicily’s hands and he snaps it through.

There’s a goal review here for a touch, and it looks mighty close to being touched by Travis Boak, but the ARC stays with the on field call of a goal.

Probably the right call in the end, there wasn’t enough evidence to overturn that one.

Hawks still alive here.

THAT’S WHY YOU DON’T SUB HIM OFF!

A stoppage in Port’s forward 50 and suddenly Horne-Francis is back in midfielder mode despite spending all of the quarter as Port’s deepest forward.

He comes flying through the stoppage and snaps one through in heavy traffic.

Three goals in four minutes for Port.

Jase Burgoyne with a HUUUUUGE goal to put Port up by 12 points.

A loose ball inside Port’s attacking 50 after a centred kick lands in Burgoyne’s hands and he snaps it through and is SWAMPED.

Burgoyne up to 21 disposals now, he’s putting together a bit of a masterpiece.